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Ep314: The Surprising Reasons You Can’t Keep the Weight Off with Dr. Holly Wyatt

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In this episode, Tina chats with Dr. Holly Wyatt, an endocrinologist with over 20 years of clinical experience in long-term weight loss maintenance. She discusses the complexities of weight regulation, the role of hormones, and transitioning from weight loss to maintenance. She emphasizes the importance of physical activity, proper meal timing, and a supportive environment in sustaining weight loss. She also deep dives into the impact of GLP-1 medications and strategies for maintaining weight after discontinuing these drugs. Here’s what you’ll learn: - Why “doing everything right” can still leave you stuck - The silent ways your environment shapes your metabolism - How living in fat-loss mode for too long backfires on your body - How to know when it’s time to move from fat loss to maintenance - The shift that separates short-term results from lifelong success - What to do before layering in advanced supports like peptides or hormones - Why meal timing might matter more than calorie math - The key mindset change every woman needs for sustainable results Losing the Weight Loss Meds: A 10-Week Playbook for Stopping GLP-1 Medications Without Regaining the Weight https://rstyle.me/+xYw7h91GamED25O5ZYRI1A Connect with Tina Haupert: https://carrotsncake.com/ Facebook: Carrots 'N' Cake https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake Instagram: @carrotsncake https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake YouTube: Tina Haupert https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake About Tina Haupert: Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P). Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals. Connect with Dr. Holly Wyatt: https://www.weightwisdom.com Podcast: https://www.weightlossand.com/ About Dr. Holly Wyatt: Dr. Holly Wyatt is a physician, endocrinologist, and nationally recognized leader in weight loss and long-term weight management. With more than 25 years of clinical and research experience, she’s helped thousands of people lose significant weight, keep it off, and transform their health. Millions came to know her as the physician on ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss, where she guided participants through dramatic real-world transformations. She also coauthored the bestselling book State of Slim and created the SOS programs, which give people science-based strategies to reset metabolism, manage appetite, and build a strong mindstate for success. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Dr. Wyatt serves as Professor of Nutrition Sciences, where she teaches the next generation of health professionals and leads research on what it really takes to maintain weight loss long-term. She’s also the co-host of the Weight Loss and… podcast, where she translates science into practical strategies people can use right away. Away from the classroom and camera, Holly is usually chasing after her blue-eyed merle pug, Bodie — a constant reminder that curiosity, energy, and joy matter as much as results.

In this episode, Tina chats with Dr. Holly Wyatt, an endocrinologist with over 20 years of clinical experience in long-term weight loss maintenance. She discusses the complexities of weight regulation, the role of hormones, and transitioning from weight loss to maintenance. She emphasizes the importance of physical activity, proper meal timing, and a supportive environment in sustaining weight loss. She also deep dives into the impact of GLP-1 medications and strategies for maintaining weight after discontinuing these drugs. Here’s what you’ll learn: - Why “doing everything right” can still leave you stuck - The silent ways your environment shapes your metabolism - How living in fat-loss mode for too long backfires on your body - How to know when it’s time to move from fat loss to maintenance - The shift that separates short-term results from lifelong success - What to do before layering in advanced supports like peptides or hormones - Why meal timing might matter more than calorie math - The key mindset change every woman needs for sustainable results Losing the Weight Loss Meds: A 10-Week Playbook for Stopping GLP-1 Medications Without Regaining the Weight https://rstyle.me/+xYw7h91GamED25O5ZYRI1A Connect with Tina Haupert: https://carrotsncake.com/ Facebook: Carrots 'N' Cake https://www.facebook.com/carrotsncake Instagram: @carrotsncake https://www.instagram.com/carrotsncake YouTube: Tina Haupert https://www.youtube.com/user/carrotsncake About Tina Haupert: Tina Haupert is the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P). Tina and her team use functional testing and a personalized approach to nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals. Connect with Dr. Holly Wyatt: https://www.weightwisdom.com Podcast: https://www.weightlossand.com/ About Dr. Holly Wyatt: Dr. Holly Wyatt is a physician, endocrinologist, and nationally recognized leader in weight loss and long-term weight management. With more than 25 years of clinical and research experience, she’s helped thousands of people lose significant weight, keep it off, and transform their health. Millions came to know her as the physician on ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss, where she guided participants through dramatic real-world transformations. She also coauthored the bestselling book State of Slim and created the SOS programs, which give people science-based strategies to reset metabolism, manage appetite, and build a strong mindstate for success. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Dr. Wyatt serves as Professor of Nutrition Sciences, where she teaches the next generation of health professionals and leads research on what it really takes to maintain weight loss long-term. She’s also the co-host of the Weight Loss and… podcast, where she translates science into practical strategies people can use right away. Away from the classroom and camera, Holly is usually chasing after her blue-eyed merle pug, Bodie — a constant reminder that curiosity, energy, and joy matter as much as results.

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