
For as long as the modern diet industry has existed, it has followed the same pattern. An old idea is repackaged as innovation, framed in scientific language, endorsed by influential figures, and sold as a breakthrough. When results fail to last, the blame quietly shifts to the individual, and the next solution appears. The cycle…

Introduction: Why I’m Done with “Perfect” Meal Plans For most of my life, I believed what you probably believe right now: that the perfect meal plan was the golden ticket to weight loss. I can’t tell you how many PDFs I downloaded, how many programs I bought, or how many “done-for-you” diets I tried to…

Stop Pretending the Gym Is the Answer to Your Weight Problem By Jonathan Ressler · August 13, 2025 Prefer the app? Open this episode on Spotify. Let’s cut through the noise and address the giant, sweaty elephant in the fitness room: the gym is not your weight loss solution. I know that ruffles feathers. You’ve…

For most of my life, I believed that weight loss required suffering. Restrict. Deprive. Obey the rules. Start over on Monday. Punish yourself for failure. Repeat. I lived inside that cycle for decades—and it almost broke me. But when I finally stopped dieting and started choosing, everything changed. Let me explain. I Was the King…