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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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Meal Plans Are Adult Lunchables for People Who Don’t Want to Think
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…
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The Gym Is a Waste of Time (If You’re Trying to Lose Weight)
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…
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Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. The Real Reason Diets Keep Failing (And What You Need to Do Instead)
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…
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The Real Reason You Keep Falling Off (It’s Not What You Think)
The Myth of Willpower: Why Your Weight Loss Plan Keeps Failing The Myth of Willpower: Why Your Weight Loss Plan Keeps Failing (And How to Fix It) If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “I was doing so well and then I just fell off,” you’re not alone. That phrase—and its equally demoralizing cousins “I just…
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Fat Isn’t a Feeling—It’s a Choice You Keep Making
I used to wake up every single morning, drag myself to the mirror, and mutter, “I feel fat today.” It was my default line, almost like a mantra. I didn’t even think about it — it just came out.But after years of saying it, one day it hit me: that sentence makes no sense. “Feeling…
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Why Your Diet Is A Lying, Soul-Sucking Freak
If you’re a high-achieving executive who’s sick of starting over every Monday, I get it. I’ve been there — more times than I’d like to admit. I know what it feels like to walk into the boardroom with confidence… while secretly hating the way your clothes fit. I know what it’s like to crush quarterly…
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F*ck The Diet Industry – Stop Starting Over, You Drama Queen
Have you ever eaten one cookie and thought,“Well, I’ve blown it now. Might as well eat the whole box and start fresh on Monday”? Yeah. You’re not alone. That exact thought used to run my life. It’s the trap most people fall into. It feels logical in the moment, but it’s actually one of the…
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