It's called The Calories and features interviews with:
Rich Weil, Director of the Mt. Sinai Hospital Weight Loss Program
Kristen Vickers, Director of Wellness Coaching for the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program
Adam Smotherman, Assistant Strength Coach for the Clemson Tiger Football Team
Dana Hunnes, UCLA Obesity Professor and Dietitian
After I lost 100 pounds in 2015 I started to realize why trying to lose weight by just eating healthy and exercising--the way I had been trying for most of my life-- is so hard. Or really why losing weight is so hard and why eating healthy and exercising doesn't make it easier.
As you guys know losing weight is hard because while you lose weight by definition you are on a calorie deficit--not eating enough for your body to continue at it's current size. And while you're on a deficit you're going to be hungry. It's hard to be hungry when your boss yells at you. It's hard to be hungry when things are weird with your partner. We only have so much willpower throughout the day.
On the podcast Rich Weill says that of the 900 participants in the Mt. Sinai hospital St. Luke's weight loss program one person has lost weight every single week. One! And most of us do not have the full resources of a top-level weight loss program at our disposal. Some weeks we will mess up.
To me, the idea that the process of losing weight is saying ENOUGH! TIME TO TURN MY LIFE AROUND! and becoming a perfect human being who jogs every day and has an impeccable diet of things like grilled chicken, quinoa and asparagus is ludicrous for 99% of us. Some days we don't have it in us. Some days we get invited to weddings! Some days our friends have a party.
"If you think you're going to have to give up mac and cheese for the rest of your life to keep your weight off you're going to be a miserable human being" Rich Weil says in episode one.
Calorie counting is not for everyone for reasons ranging from calorie counting can be tedious and annoying to being triggering for certain people with eating disorders. But I think understanding that creating a calorie deficit is the basic mechanism for weight loss helps when you're choosing and managing a diet regardless of your weight loss plan.
You can find the podcast here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-calories/id1436451862?mt=2
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