Disrupting Obesity

Send us Fan Mail Does anybody else Miss Richard Simmons? Because I sure do. I miss how he made me feel with the 'Sweatin to The Oldies' workout videos. Now, I don't exercise and I don't teach it, but I still miss him and in this episode I’ll explain why.  You’ll hear how Richard Simmons created a space for people dealing with extreme weight loss when it wasn't a thing like...

Send us Fan Mail We all have food maps. These are pathways in our brains based on all the food experiences we've had since we were kids. It's how you're wired and how you've programmed your brain to eat and enjoy food.  In this episode, I talk about food maps and what you can do to rewire yours. Because if you're going to change your relationship with food, you must work o...

Send us Fan Mail I get asked a lot of questions regarding weight loss. I also tend to get asked the same questions repeatedly, so I thought I'd dedicate a monthly series to your nagging weight-related questions.  In this episode, I'll try to answer some of your questions and offer insights based on my personal experience. We'll cover topics like the dos and don'ts of calorie tr...

Send us Fan Mail Spread, sprinkle, and pour - the three low-hanging fruits for extreme weight loss. If you want to sustainably lose a ton of weight, these are the first food groups you should concentrate on. Forget the traditional macros; I want you to look at things you spread, sprinkle or pour.  In this episode, I'll discuss the easiest way to cut a lot of calories from your diet with littl...

Send us Fan Mail So you have been consistent with your weight loss regime. You're doing everything right, and it even feels like you're losing weight. But what do you do when the scale stops moving? Or worse, when it starts moving in the wrong direction? In today's episode, I'll share a much better way to track your progress when the scale seems to turn its back on you. We&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Do you need an accountability partner to lose an extreme amount of weight? I already know the pushback I'll get on this, but I believe you don’t. Losing weight is a personal thing. It’s not a team sport, and there's definitely no group work. Yes, everybody wants support, but thinking you're going to bring somebody along with you on your weight loss journey is just a...

Send us Fan Mail What other people think of you is none of your business. People will have opinions about your weight loss, just like they have opinions about your weight. And for some reason, the more you reveal about your journey, the more people will have something to say about it - and not all of them will be polite or pleasant.  In this episode, I'll discuss why you need to disregard wha...

Send us Fan Mail Do you hide while eating your favorite foods? Maybe you feel uncomfortable eating in front of other people? Closet eating is a real thing. Some people eat in actual closets, others eat secretly to cope with stress or emotions. And although there's nothing inherently wrong with eating alone, people with a healthy relationship with food don't hide while they eat.  In this...

Send us Fan Mail One of the first things I teach my clients is the 3A Way to losing an insane amount of weight. It’s a toolbox everybody can use to fix their relationship with food. The 3As are effective in helping you focus on long-term habits that you can stick with, and are more likely to result in lasting weight loss. So what are these three As? In this episode, I reveal the three things you n...

Send us Fan Mail Is it possible to lose a lot of weight without cardio, low carb, or cutting out food groups for non-medical reasons?  We've been programmed to believe that weight loss demands a total overhaul of how you eat, loads of cardio and lifting weights. None of that is true. Weight loss success is relative. What works for someone with 20 pounds to lose isn't always going to work...

Send us Fan Mail Is it worth losing weight if you're going to be stuck with a bunch of sagging skin?  Loose skin is a hot topic in weight loss circles right now. And yes, the Ozempic face is a thing. So if you're sitting there afraid to start your weight loss journey because you don't want to deal with a whole bunch of loose skin, here's something you should know. Not everybody...

Send us Fan Mail Here's something the toxic diet culture doesn't want you to know: you don't have to exercise to lose weight. I lost 200 pounds with zero exercise. I know that diet and exercise have been touted as the magical weight loss cure. But you absolutely do not have to exercise to lose weight.  Yes, pursuing fitness will definitely make your weight-loss journey easier. But i...

Send us Fan Mail Losing a lot of weight and losing a little bit of weight are not the same thing. Being 30 pounds overweight and 180 pounds overweight is not the same thing. So why does the toxic diet culture ram solutions for relatively slender people down our throats and act like that's the only answer? Losing a lot of weight is not a punishment; it needs to be a gradual and sustainable pro...

Send us Fan Mail We spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year trying to lose weight. Every year the amount we spend goes up, and every year, the number of obese people on the planet also increases.  The big question is, why aren't we seeing any results? Well, the toxic diet culture wants you to fail. It is a business model designed to keep you fat and take your money. Yes, restrictive...

Send us Fan Mail I hate cheat days. I think they are completely unnecessary and 100% counterproductive. The whole point of sustainable weight loss is to eat whatever you want, just less of it.  Food isn't your enemy, and weight loss is definitely not about the food. It's about your relationship with food. So in today's episode, I'll share why I believe cheat days are destructiv...

Send us Fan Mail When you get down to the root cause of why you're eating other than to nourish your body, odds are you're eating to either comfort, reward, or cope. These are the three horsemen of overeating.  When you start thinking differently about food and learning to treat it more as fuel, you start to feel differently about it too. This way, smaller amounts become much more satisf...

Send us Fan Mail Losing a lot of weight is a huge deal. It's a very intimidating process, especially since most people regain lost weight plus 25% more within 5 years of losing it. So how do you keep yourself going once you decide to lose weight?  In today's episode, we'll discuss a simple way to keep going and stay motivated on your weight loss journey. I'll also share why bei...

Send us Fan Mail Weight loss is all about the calories. We all want there to be another way, and it would be awesome if there were. But every single weight loss tool plan, device or treatment works because it puts you in a calorie deficit. Everybody hates tracking their calories. But as much as it sucks, you won't lose weight if you don't have a handle on your calories. I'm not too...

Send us Fan Mail Being fat is not about the food. We all want it to be, but it's not. If it were about the food, there wouldn't be an 85% recidivism rate. People wouldn't regain all the lost weight plus an average of 25% more than when they started out.  I put on 150 pounds in less than five years; I went from the 180s to the 330s. It also took me two and a half years to lose 200 po...

Send us Fan Mail When people find out that I lost 200 pounds, the first thing they ask me is how I did it. Then they want to know how long it took and what I ate. My answer is usually shocking, because I lost all that weight by eating whatever I wanted and not exercising at all. Is that even possible? Well, it is. But only if you focus on being on a calorie deficit. And the trick to not exercising...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Disrupting Obesity Podcast. I'm Charlotte Skanes, and I'll be sharing ways to help you regain control over your body and lose an extreme amount of weight naturally.  It took me just under two and a half years to lose over 200 pounds. And in the end, I did it without changing the kinds of food I ate, or exercising. According to everybody, that meant I shoul...