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The Biggest Lie From The Biggest Loser- Why Exercise Is Not The Answer
The cultural myth of transformation loves a montage. Sweat. Tears. Screaming trainers. A confetti weigh-in that promises redemption. When the cameras shut off physics and biology take over. This episode breaks down the Netflix piece on The Biggest Loser and shows why it proves the core idea behind Stop Dieting Start Choosing. Spectacle punished people…
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You’re Not Just Carrying Extra Weight — You’re Paying for It Every Day
Stop Dieting. Start Choosing: The Real Reason You Feel Stuck Most people think being overweight is about numbers. Calories, steps, or the scale. It’s not. The truth runs deeper. Extra weight steals from the parts of life that matter most—confidence, connection, energy, and joy. I know because I lived it. I showed up to meetings…
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The Weight Loss Conspiracy They Don’t Want You to Figure Out
Stop Dieting. Start Choosing: The Truth About Ownership, Dependency, and Real Transformation Stop Dieting. Start Choosing: The Truth About Ownership, Dependency, and Real Transformation The promise of “easy” weight loss has never been louder. Everywhere you look, someone is selling relief wrapped in convenience. Walk into a pharmacy, open your Instagram feed, or flip on…
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The Fat Kid’s Survival Guide to Halloween Candy
The Fat Kid’s Guide to Halloween Candy Halloween gets framed as a willpower test, but the real story is mindset. When the calendar flips to late October, candy bowls multiply and old diet scripts turn up the volume: Don’t eat that, you’ll blow it. That script is the problem. It assigns moral value to food…
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The Day I Stopped Dieting and Started Choosing To Transform My Life
Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. | Jonathan Ressler Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. I walked out of the hospital stitched together by meds and luck, holding a plastic bag of orange bottles and a head full of denial. Sepsis had wrecked me, but the moment I got home I slipped back into the quiet autopilot of bingeing…
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Calories Don’t Lie — But Diet Gurus and Fitness Influencers Do
The Truth the Diet Industry Doesn’t Want You to Hear | Jonathan Ressler The Truth the Diet Industry Doesn’t Want You to Hear Stop dieting. Start choosing. The noisy churn of the diet industry thrives on confusion, identity, and false certainty. Everywhere you look—Instagram, talk shows, glossy magazines—someone’s promising the “real secret” to weight loss.…
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No Discipline or Willpower? No Problem. That’s Not What Got You Fat Anyway
The Loudest Lie in Weight Loss: Why “Try Harder” Keeps You Stuck The Loudest Lie in Weight Loss The loudest lie in weight loss is also the most seductive: try harder. That message works because it flatters our grit and fuels the illusion that success is a moral contest won by the toughest. Every ad,…
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Food Rules Were Meant to Be Broken
Food Rules Were Meant to Be Broken Diet culture loves commandments. You know the ones: Don’t eat after seven. Breakfast is mandatory. Salads are always healthy. Fat makes you fat. Save your cravings for a “cheat day.” These rules get repeated like gospel in magazines, TikToks, and weight-loss forums. They sound so clean, so certain.…
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By Next Summer You’ll Either Thank Me—or Hate Yourself
Jonathan Ressler on Breaking the Seasonal Weight Loss Cycle Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. Jonathan Ressler on Breaking the Seasonal Weight Loss Cycle Why fall is the best time to start—and how small, smart choices create lasting change. Every year, I used to fall into the same exhausting cycle—and maybe you have too. Spring would roll…
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Ozempic Lawsuits? Surprise The Miracle Was Bullshit
For as long as I can remember, the diet industry has been running the same playbook: take an old idea, slap on a shiny new label, add some celebrity endorsements, and convince the public that this time, it’s different. And for just as long, we’ve all been caught in that cycle—believing the hype, buying the…
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