Q: Since the start of the New Year, I have tried working with a personal trainer, a Pilates class, a Body Pump class, and a kettlebell class. None of these have shed any weight off my frame and I have actually added an inch to my waist. What is the answer to all these choices?

A: This is the time of year that I see many people get frustrated if their body isn’t responding the way they wanted or hoped it would to adding exercise. Unfortunately, it just isn’t as simple as add a few classes here, a session or two with a trainer there, and then “Voila!” transformed. No, it takes much more then that… It takes, what I call, the three C’s of weight loss (no we are not going shopping for a new diamond…).