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Shut Up And Choose - STOP DIETING. START CHOOSING.

Jonathan Ressler

The weight loss industry hopes you never find this podcast.Welcome to Shut Up and Choose, the no-nonsense weight loss podcast for busy professionals who are done with diets, gimmicks, and false promises.I’m Jonathan Ressler — Amazon bestselling author of Shut Up and Choose, keynote speaker, and former 411-pound chronic dieter who lost over 140 pounds without dieting, without the gym, and without giving up the foods I love.This show isn’t about restriction or willpower. It’s about sustainable weight

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21:16

Let's Not Bullshit Each Other - You’re Not Starting...

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2025/12/24

Send us a text Stop pretending the last week of December doesn’t count. We cut through the holiday fog and the “January will fix me” myth to show how small, steady choices right now create a January that feels possible instead of punishing. No gimmicks. No miracle plans. Just blunt truth and five practical strategies you can carry into the new year without burning out by the second week. We start by dismantling the fake fresh start and the idea that seven chaotic days are invisible to your b...

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33:55

Why Shut Up and Choose Hits You Hard - And Why That’s...

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2025/12/17

Send us a text The fastest way to change your body is to stop acting like a bystander in your own life. Today we pull the curtain on the stories that keep people stuck—why “I barely eat,” “I’m just big and happy,” and “this plan failed me” feel comforting, yet block real progress. I share why I named the book and show “Shut Up and Choose,” how dropping 140 pounds came from decisions that fit my messy, real schedule, and why anyone can build the same control without diets, pills, or a gym memb...

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26:34

If You’re Waiting for January, You’re Not Serious -...

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2025/12/10

Send us a text Ever notice how the calendar gets credit for changes your choices never made? We pull apart the January myth and show why momentum—not a date—creates real, lasting weight loss for people with jobs, families, and zero interest in living at the gym. December doesn’t doom you; it reveals you. Parties, travel, stress, and a kitchen full of “just because it’s there” snacks are not traps set by fate. They’re moments to practice ownership. We break down the predictable loop that dera...

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30:17

You Don’t Need a New Diet — You Need to Grow a Set

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2025/12/03

Send us a text Ready for a hard reset on everything you’ve been told about weight loss? Jonathan pulls no punches as he explains why you don’t fail diets—diets fail you—and how the cycle of rigidity, restriction, and unreality keeps you stuck in guilt instead of building real momentum. Rather than hand you another plan, he shows you how to take back the steering wheel and create choices that actually fit your life. We dig into the hidden cost of dieting: the slow erosion of self-trust. If ev...

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29:27

Thanksgiving Didn’t F*ck You Up. Your Choices Did.

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2025/11/26

Send us a text Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. I’m Jonathan Ressler, Transformation Guide and author of Shut Up and Choose. I lost 140 pounds and built a movement the diet industry hopes you never find. No starvation. No obsession. No gym marathons. Real transformation starts when you stop outsourcing discipline and start leading yourself. The truth is simple: weight loss isn’t about willpower—it’s about integrity. Every time you keep a promise to yourself, you rebuild confidence. Every smar...

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38:50

The Biggest Lie From The Biggest Loser- Why Exercise...

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2025/11/19

Send us a text Shock value makes great TV, but it makes terrible health. We dig into the Netflix documentary on The Biggest Loser and trace the fallout of extreme weight loss: starvation-level calories, dehydration before weigh-ins, and punishing workouts that tanked metabolism and broke trust. The headline the show never printed is simple: you can’t out-train bad choices, and you can’t bully biology. When intensity replaces consistency, the body fights back with slower burn, louder hunger, a...

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26:36

You’re Not Just Carrying Extra Weight — You’re Paying...

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2025/11/12

Send us a text The extra 25 pounds you call “no big deal” might be costing you far more than you realize. We get brutally honest about how weight can quietly shrink your world—tugging at your confidence, narrowing your relationships, draining your energy, and numbing your joy—long before it shows up on a medical bill. No scare tactics, no gimmicks, just a clear path out: one small, smart choice at a time that rebuilds integrity and self-trust. We share the mindset shift that changed everythi...

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30:07

The Weight Loss Conspiracy They Don’t Want You to...

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2025/11/05

Send us a text What if the loudest promise in wellness—make it easy—was the most expensive lie you’ve ever bought? We pull back the curtain on the weight loss industry’s subscription model, from big-box pharmacy counters to glossy “doctor-approved” plans, and show how the business thrives on keeping you almost there. No miracle shot, cleanse, or app can sell you the only tool that actually creates lasting change: ownership. I share how desperation once had me chasing fixes and how everything...

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31:06

The Fat Kid’s Survival Guide to Halloween Candy

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2025/10/29

Send us a text Candy doesn’t control you—rigid rules do. We break the holiday panic cycle and show how Halloween can prove you’re in charge by trading restriction for intention. Jonathan unpacks why willpower collapses under real-life stress and how a choice-based mindset lets you enjoy the candy without the guilt, the spiral, or the Monday reset. This is about presence over perfection, awareness over autopilot, and ownership over all-or-nothing thinking. We dig into the core shift from obey...

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27:54

The Day I Stopped Dieting and Started Choosing To...

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2025/10/22

Send us a text A hospital wristband, a bag of orange pill bottles, and a photo so jarring it broke years of denial—this is the moment the story turns. I walked to the edge of the “easy way” with bariatric surgery and GLP-1 drugs and realized every shortcut still demanded the same hard truth: I had to choose. Not once, not perfectly, but daily, in boring, unglamorous ways that rebuild trust from the ground up. I share how I canceled surgery twice, cleared just enough space in the fridge to br...

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29:08

Calories Don’t Lie — But Diet Gurus and Fitness...

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2025/10/15

Send us a text The loudest voices in weight loss profit from confusion, shame, and false certainty—so we turn down the noise and hand you the controls. We break apart the biggest myth of all, that “calories don’t matter,” and rebuild from first principles: energy balance, metabolic adaptation, and small, smart choices that actually stick. No whiteboard lecture, no guru vibes—just plain-English science and pragmatic steps you can use today. We talk about how the industry manufactures contradi...

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23:51

No Discipline or Willpower? No Problem. That’s Not...

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2025/10/08

Send us a text Some truths sting because they pull the mask off. The $70B diet machine thrives on your “failure,” selling restriction and then blaming your willpower when real life shreds the rules. We take a flamethrower to that narrative and replace it with something durable: design over discipline. When your environment and systems do the heavy lifting, healthy choices stop being a daily fight and start becoming your default. We walk through the psychology of decision fatigue and why busy...

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27:33

Food Rules Are Bullsh*t, But Keep Believing If You...

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2025/10/03

Send us a text Tired of being told what you can’t eat and when you’re allowed to eat it? We go straight at diet dogma—carb curfews, salad halos, cheat-day chaos—and show why rigid rules keep you stuck in guilt and rebound binges. Instead of another plan that collapses when life gets messy, we make the case for a smarter operating system built on small, repeatable choices that flex with your day and still move the needle. We break down the biggest myths with simple, actionable alternatives: w...

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31:28

By Next Summer You’ll Either Thank Me—or Hate Yourself

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2025/09/17

Send us a text Ever caught yourself thinking "I'll get serious about my health in January" or "I need to get beach-ready by June"? That seasonal mindset is exactly what keeps you trapped in the frustrating cycle of weight gain and panic dieting year after year. The hard truth? The diet industry has masterfully conditioned us to think health has a season. They don't make billions from people who fix their health once and for all—they profit from those hitting the reset button every spring, on...

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28:01

Two Seats, One Truth- Southwest Just Did Us a Favor

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2025/09/03

Send us a text Ready for some raw, unfiltered truth about weight loss? In this hard-hitting episode, we tackle Southwest Airlines' customer size policy head-on and flip the script on the outrage. Far from discrimination, requiring passengers who can't fit in one seat to purchase another might be the wake-up call you never knew you needed. Drawing from personal experience of losing 140 pounds, I share why shame never works – but honesty absolutely does. There's a crucial difference between th...

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28:07

Ozempic Lawsuits? Surprise The Miracle Was Bullshit

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2025/08/27

Send us a text Ready for the unfiltered truth about Ozempic? Brace yourself for a reality check that the pharmaceutical companies and diet industry don't want you to hear. The miracle weight loss shot that celebrities and doctors have been raving about isn't quite the revolutionary breakthrough it's been marketed to be. Behind the glossy ads and dramatic before-and-after photos lies a familiar pattern – the same one the $70 billion diet industry has been recycling for decades. From diet shak...

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28:28

Meal Plans Are Adult Lunchables for People Who Don’t...

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2025/08/20

Send us a text Ready to ditch the fantasy of perfect meal plans that inevitably collapse when life gets messy? This raw, unfiltered episode cuts through the diet industry BS to reveal why those color-coded, macro-counted meal plans fail – not because you lack willpower, but because they're fundamentally designed for robots, not real humans with complex lives. Jonathan passionately breaks down why meal plans create a false sense of security that shatters the moment life throws you a curveball...

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25:38

The Gym Is a Waste of Time (If You're Trying to Lose...

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2025/08/13

Send us a text Ready for some unfiltered truth that might just change everything you thought you knew about weight loss? Forget what the fitness industry has been selling you for decades – the gym is not your weight loss solution. As someone who lost 140 pounds without ever setting foot in a gym, I'm pulling back the curtain on one of the biggest myths keeping millions of people frustrated, broke, and still overweight. The hard reality? You don't have a gym problem; you have a food problem. ...

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29:35

Stop Dieting. Start Choosing. The Real Reason Diets...

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2025/08/06

Send us a text We've been sold a lie about weight loss. The billion-dollar diet industry thrives on your repeat business—creating plans that promise transformation but deliver temporary results at best. The problem isn't your willpower or motivation; it's the fundamental approach. When you diet, you're outsourcing your power to someone else's rules. You're following a script written by strangers who don't know your life, your triggers, or your unique needs. And when those one-size-fits-all a...

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30:42

The Real Reason You Keep Falling Off (It’s Not What...

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2025/07/30

Send us a text Ever found yourself saying "I was doing so well and then just fell off"? Stop blaming yourself – your weight loss plan was probably designed to fail from the start. The harsh truth is that willpower is a finite resource that gets depleted throughout your day. By the time you're staring at the fridge at 7 PM trying to choose between a healthy meal and ordering pizza, your mental battery is toast. The pizza wins every time – not because you're weak, but because your system is fl...

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