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Stop Dieting Start Choosing: The Only Framework That Works During Stress
Diets collapse the moment life gets loud. Stress does not reveal weakness. It exposes bad systems. Stop Dieting. Start Choosing is built to survive pressure. Anyone can follow rules on a calm day. You promise discipline. You promise prep. You promise tracking and water and perfect behavior. Then real life shows up. Deadlines. Conflict. Fatigue.…
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Thanksgiving Didn’t F*ck You Up. Your Choices Did.
WHY THANKSGIVING DOESN’T MAKE YOU FAT. YOUR CHOICES DO. Thanksgiving gets blamed for everything. The turkey didn’t ambush you. The pies didn’t scheme. The stuffing didn’t stage a revolt. The real problem hits before the first bite. People flip into holiday mode and treat the entire day like a permission slip to abandon every habit…
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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 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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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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