Why? Because Jen knows that hunger is not your enemy— deprivation is. When you eat real food in real portions, your body stops panicking and starts releasing stored fat naturally. Here’s a radical idea: you don’t have to hate your workout.

You just need to decide that today—right now—you’re going to do one small thing the person you want to become would do.

Do you want the cookie more than you want to wake up without back pain? Do you want the extra 30 minutes of Netflix more than you want to fit into your favorite jeans?