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Chapters

1. Start here · 8:02 Preface Why the GLP-1 era has brought so much confusion, and why new questions need a new way of thinking.

Part I · Understanding Obesity

1. Chapter 1 · 54:36 Why Obesity Needed a Different Answer Why another diet was never the answer, and why you did not fail your body.
2. Chapter 2 · 25:07 What Are We Calling Obesity? What BMI and body composition can and can’t tell us, and why diagnosis is about treatment, not measurement.
3. Chapter 3, Part 1 · 38:25 Stress Causes Storage Why storage is the body’s response to repeated stress, and how genetics and today’s food environment push the fuel gauge toward “empty.”
4. Chapter 3, Part 2 · 41:01 Stress Causes Storage How sleep, stress, medications and life stages shape weight beyond food.
5. Chapter 4 · 1:03:01 Creating Room for Weight Loss How treatment moves the brain’s fuel gauge away from “empty,” and the questions patients ask most.
6. Chapter 5 · 23:20 Why Everyone Wants a Piece of Your Obesity The business of weight loss, and why charging for access to care has become so common.

Part II · Supporting Obesity Treatment

1. Chapter 6 · 21:07 Why Your Doctor Never Prescribed You a Diet What years of dieting really teach us, and what obesity specialists actually recommend instead.
2. Chapter 7 · 25:20 Fear-Based Fitness Separating evidence from fear, and why exercise is too important to be judged by the scale.
3. Chapter 8 · 19:40 Why Sleep Matters More Than You Think Why a tired brain believes the fuel tank is running low, and what you can do about it.

Part III · Weight Stewardship

1. Chapter 9 · 14:46 Hope That Doesn’t Depend on Finish Lines Why finish lines create fragile hope, and why weight stewardship offers a hope that lasts.
2. Chapter 10 · 6:49 Why Words Matter Why obesity deserves the same precision in language as every other chronic disease.
3. Chapter 11 · 8:57 The Comparison Trap and Why Thoughts Matter Why your results don’t need to look like anyone else’s.
4. Chapter 12 · 17:53 The Weight Stewardship Mindset The middle ground between fear and complacency.
5. Chapter 13 · 28:44 What Is the Goal of Weight Loss? How obesity specialists measure progress, and when more weight loss stops helping.
6. Chapter 14 · 10:51 Best Weight Why goal weights can do more harm than good, and an introduction to best weight.
7. Chapter 15 · 8:08 Obesity Is Chronic – And That Is Clarity How understanding obesity as a chronic disease replaces blame with clarity.