Are you still counting calories when it comes to weight loss? What if I told you it’s not necessary—and that the secret to permanent weight loss might just be in the last place you’d ever expect?

I’m excited to announce that in just a few months my new book will be available, and what an amazing journey it has been. I can’t wait to share with you everything I learned along the way, especially since this book brings together many of the things I’m so passionate about, like the importance of a balanced gut and its connection to not only healthy digestion, but also the health of the entire body—and it can also help you finally lose weight and keep it off for good.

The Skinny Gut Diet: Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss is the culmination of years of research, dedication, and discovery. Not only does it reveal how successful weight loss has everything to do with the balance of bacteria in your gut, but it provides a simple and easy-to-follow guide to help you finally achieve your ideal weight. Here’s the scoop: all those billions of bacteria that live in your digestive tract? They are the real reason you gain or lose weight. When those microbes are out of balance, you absorb more extra calories from food, store more fat, and have more cravings—but by balancing the good and bad bacteria, you can finally achieve your ideal weight for good.

The Skinny Gut Diet lays out a simple 14-day eating plan to help you get started, and it all begins with eating less sugar (including the sugar that comes from starchy carbohydrates) and more healthy fats, protein, and living foods to balance your gut bacteria. And the best part? Dozens of delicious recipes! Plus you’ll be able to read real-life stories of ten everyday people who transformed their health by bringing balance back to the gut.

I hope you’re as excited as I am for the release of The Skinny Gut Diet this fall. Be sure to stay tuned to BrendaWatson.com for updates—and get ready to forever transform the way you think about weight loss! Plus, if you pre-order now, you’ll get access to 7 exclusive gifts.