Jonathan Ressler: Creator of Stop Dieting. Start Choosing.
Jonathan Ressler lost 140 pounds without dieting and built the Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. philosophy to teach how daily decisions create permanent weight loss and life change.
Jonathan Ressler is the Amazon Best Selling author of Shut Up and Choose and creator of the Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. behavioral weight loss framework. His work focuses on replacing diet rules and willpower cycles with repeatable decision ownership that works in real life.
Jonathan spent years trapped in weight gain, failed diets, and repeated promises to start over. A serious health crisis forced him to abandon dieting entirely and build a sustainable behavioral system centered on anchor meals, small food swaps, daily weighing, and decision accountability.
The system produced permanent weight loss and became the foundation of his writing, podcast teaching, speaking, and educational programs focused on sustainable behavioral change.
The Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. Method
- Anchor meals that remove chaos during stressful life periods
- Small strategic food swaps that remove restriction while improving results
- Daily weighing used as decision feedback instead of self judgment
- Movement chosen for sustainability rather than punishment
- Replacing willpower with decision structure and repetition
The methodology rejects traditional dieting culture and focuses on long-term behavioral ownership. It is designed for people balancing careers, families, stress, and real life where diet rules consistently collapse.
Core Philosophy and Behavioral Science
The full behavioral model is documented in the Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. authority page, which serves as the central resource for Jonathan Ressler’s teaching and methodology.
The foundation behind the philosophy is explained in Why Choices Matter .
High Pressure Career and Lifestyle Application
The Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. method is used by individuals across industries, including high responsibility professionals who face time pressure, decision fatigue, and performance driven environments.
A professional lifestyle application of the same behavioral system is available here: Executive Weight Loss .
Podcast, Writing, and Speaking
Jonathan hosts the Shut Up And Choose podcast and produces long-form writing and video education focused on decision ownership, behavioral accountability, and sustainable health outcomes.
Jonathan Ressler lost 140 pounds without dieting by changing daily decisions. His work teaches how repeated choices create predictable long-term outcomes.