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Episode 224: Top 5 Weight Loss Lies You’ve Been Sold (for 30 years)

Jul 10, 2026
 

 

What if the weight loss advice you’ve been following the last 30 years is the reason you’re struggling to lose weight? What if it’s all one big fat lie?

Today, we’re putting the top 5 industry lies under a microscope. It’s time to start flexing those critical thinking muscles, question what’s not working, and walk away with a game plan. 

Together, we will investigate:

  • The weight loss advice you've been following for 30 years has been working against you, not for you.
  • Five weight loss lies expose one pattern. What they have in common will surprise you. 
  • The 1950s shaped decades of nutrition propaganda. Why are we still following this flawed advice?
  • Does CICO - calorie in vs. calorie out - actually work?
  • The math on burning off a Reese's Cup will make you never think about exercise the same way again.

 

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