 So obesity can affect a person's health from anything from putting them at higher risks for developing diabetes, heart disease, or chronic pain. So if you can imagine having all that additional weight on your body, it does affect patients' quality of life, their ability to function on an everyday basis, it affects their quality of sleep, their interactions with other people, and their overall emotional and mental health. There are so many options and it's actually overwhelming because you can do everything from various diets, fad diets, whether it's the keto diet, the low carb diet, or go into GNC or any of these health food superstores and you see tons of supplements and it's overwhelming. But the best thing I could advise patients to do is stop in to see your doctor and you'll be able to get a sense of what might work right for you, specifically looking at your body composition, your metabolic pattern, your family history, and determining if you should start exercise right away or if you should focus on diet and what type of diet you should focus on. There is definitely a surgical option. There are a few different types of surgeries available. There is the traditional gastric bypass, there is the vertical sleeve, there is the lap band. All of those procedures, patients are qualified for having that procedure if they have a BMI above 40 or a BMI above 35 with a what's called a comorbid disease or something like diabetes, hypertension, or sleep apnea. So I always tell patients if you restrict yourself and you deprive yourself, you may find yourself locked in a pantry with a tub of ice cream or cookies. So everything in moderation and then trying to embrace a healthy lifestyle and finding the joy in cooking and eating. It is a process and it is a process where certain times the year are usually year than other times of the year for patients and it all depends on their family situation and their life and that's where I come in because I am a firm believer of being a cheerleader for my patients and standing in their corner because weight loss is so challenging and patients can feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and I'm there to help them with all the challenges. With weight loss there are so many challenges that my patients can face throughout the year and that can change with different times of the year and different life stressors that they can come against and I am there to help them through all of those challenges.