Weight Loss Forensics: FBI Tactics to Investigate Cravings, Overeating, and Why Diets Suck

Hi. I’m Holly Bertone. I’m a recovered sugar addict. Here’s how I quit sugar for 2 years, what happened to my body, and how the relapse changed my life. Together, we will investigate: What actually happens to your body when you quit sugar, and why most people quit. Why Holly Bertone shares that quitting sugar felt harder than her divorce (and what no one warned her about). The withdrawal symptoms...

If you consider yourself a sugar-aholic or joke about your insatiable sweet tooth, this episode is for you. Because we've gotten really comfortable calling certain effects of sugar everyday life.  This episode is not a lecture and we are not getting into the science. This is your chance to stay curious and decide for yourself what’s actually normal and what’s a red flag. Together, we will inv...

Every diet fails because you’re starting at the wrong step. If you’re a woman who has tried at least 5 diets in the last 5 years, and has diligently followed advice from the professionals, but the scale is going up instead of down, pay attention. Because what no one tells you is that 4 specific steps have to happen first, before you even think about what to eat.  In this episode, you’re going to g...

Your New Year’s weight loss resolutions don’t fail in January. They actually fail in December, before you’ve even made them. Your January goals collapse because of 3 specific things you’re doing right now, in December, without even realizing it. I’m breaking down the 3 December mistakes that quietly sabotage your weight loss goals, and how to fix each one so you don’t start January starting over....

You’ve been told to follow certain “expert-approved” holiday tips so that you don’t eat everything in sight… but here’s the truth: 4 of these popular rules actually make you overeat this time of year. After 40+ years of my own emotional eating, and after helping several hundred women conquer binge eating using strategies I learned while working as the Chief of Staff for FBI Counterintelligence — y...

Your overachieving tendencies are the #1 reason your “I’ll start in January” plan turns into holiday overeating, and you don’t even realize it’s happening.  There are 3 predictable personality traits that influence every food decision you make. They’re the same traits that have made you successful in your career, but are causing you to feel out of control around food, especially this time of year....

I just had a week that should have triggered massive binge eating. But it didn’t. If you’re in a season of high stress because of travel, holidays, vacation or even a project deadline, you need to hear this because I want you to steal my exact strategy because one stressful week can unravel every single gain you’ve worked so hard to make. After 40+ years of emotional eating myself, and after helpi...

Stop blaming your family for your holiday weight gain. You know exactly who pushes your buttons, but your triggers aren’t about them, they’re about how you respond. And if you’re a high-achieving career-driven woman who is already over the drama and you refuse to start January in a hangover full of food regret, you need to hear this.  In this episode, you’ll get the 5 ways your family drama and ho...

Nutritionists and dieticians are going to hate me because what I share in this episode goes completely against everything they’ve been preaching. You know… the calorie deficit and macro counting and portion control and those sad little salads that leave you miserable, hangry, and wanting to demolish an entire bag of cookies.  Today, I’m exposing the 4 hacks that fix 97% of overeating and binge eat...

I lost 20 pounds in my 50’s after decades of weight challenges… all without dieting, and I want you to steal my strategy so you can do this too. We think that once we hit our 40s and 50s, weight loss becomes an entirely different game that’s difficult to win, especially when you’re doing everything right but the scale won’t budge. We think it’s because we’re getting older, or we blame our slow met...

Don’t eat a single one of those seasonal mini candy bars, holiday cookies or treats until you listen to this.  Because chances are, you’re like most of the career-driven women I work with and you crush it all year long. But from October through December, you end up fighting a losing battle with the candy bowl full of holiday minis, the pumpkin spice everything, the seasonal cookies, and then it’s...

Every diet is a psychological operation. Just like governments use manipulation and propaganda to control their people, the diet industry uses these same PSYOP tactics to control you.  Today, you’re going to get the playbook that links the 5 steps of government control and exposes how the diet industry is manipulating you to be a lifelong customer. In the 4th step, you’ll get your question answere...

If you are struggling to not just lose weight, but actually keep it off like the elite who have lifetime sustainability… your actions have to match your ambition.  You are going to get the 5 skills that separate those who create sustainable weight loss from those who stay stuck on the diet rollercoaster. The secret isn’t what you eat. It’s what happens before the food is even on the fork. Together...

Your family and friends don’t want you to lose weight. And it can be one of the most defeating experiences when they try to sabotage your efforts. It feels like you’re being betrayed, and then if you try to stand up for yourself, it feels like you’re being rejected. And then so many women end up just caving to the pressure, and then blame their loved ones when they quit their diet. So why does thi...

They lost hundreds of pounds on national TV. Then they gained it back. So what went wrong? What does that mean for you and your weight loss goals? You’ve probably watched The Biggest Loser and thought: If I just had someone pushing me like that… I could finally do it. But what if that is the exact reason why they - and maybe even you - regain the weight? If you’re curious about the shocking truth...

If you never actually achieved that summer body you were talking about, and now you’re facing the end of the year with Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas... and you’re kind of in a low key panic because do you buckle down and try to get this weight under control or do you do what you’ve done every other year… I’ll just start back up in January.  If you want to make good on your word and you’...

You might be wondering… ok Holly, what on earth is weight loss forensics? Why should I even care, how are you any different than the million other weight loss coaches out there, and is this going to actually help me lose weight? Together, we will unpack: What “Weight Loss Forensics” really means and how it uses FBI tactics to crack the code on cravings, overeating, and diets that don’t work. How H...

You probably didn’t realize how much ChatGPT and artificial intelligence are not just keeping you fat… they can actually be dangerous to your weight loss journey. We’re going to dive into the specific things you need to look out for as a consumer. If that sounds interesting, then this episode is for you.  Together, we will unpack: Why blindly following AI/ChatGPT advice could be sabotaging your we...

Welcome to Weight Loss Forensics, the go-to podcast where we use FBI tactics to investigate food cravings, overeating, and why diets suck.  Hosted by Holly Bertone, PMP, and former FBI Chief of Staff for Counterintelligence, now known as the Emotional Eating Profiler and Coach, this show dives deep into the psychology of weight loss, emotional eating triggers, and conducts behavioral profiles and...

Today is part 2 of the 15 of the most ultimate life lessons I’ve learned over the past 15 years from the darkest times of my life… and how I completely upgraded my body and life forever because of them. Together, we will unpack: Why success is often hidden behind failure, and how failing fast can lead to faster success. What Navy SEALs, brain science, and overeating have in common about the daily...

What if I told you that some of the most difficult times in your life are the ones that teach you the best lessons? I’ve got 15 of the most ultimate life lessons I’ve learned over the past 15 years from those darkest times of my life… and how I completely upgraded my body and life forever because of them. Today is Part 1. Together, we will unpack: The 15 biggest life lessons that secretly upgraded...

We love to blame our midlife hormones for why we’re gaining weight, or why we can’t lose weight. And most of this blame is on estrogen or cortisol. But there are two hormones that we forget about, and when they’re not balanced, your body and brain will work against your weight loss goals, and no amount of willpower or clean eating can fix it. But it doesn’t have to be this way, and there is a solu...

What if I told you that the patterns many women experience with men… I’m talking about the guys who make you question your worth… these are the same patterns that show up in your relationship with food? Today, we’re going beyond the clinical and looking at patterns of behavior between toxic and narcissistic men and food. And there’s a lot more similarities than you realize. Together, we will unpac...

If you’re a woman over 40 who is struggling to lose weight, and the pounds refuse to come off, regardless of what you try, this episode might be interesting to you. Today, I’m going to tell you the 5 hard truths about why you can’t lose weight. Two of these are what everyone blames and thinks are the problem, but they’re actually not. And the fifth one is the hard truth that no one else will say....

I can tell in 60 seconds if you are an emotional eater, just by observing your body language and behavior. If you want to know the psychology of emotional eating, and how to tell if your habits, posture, and clothes are secretly revealing your relationship with food, this episode is for you. Together, we will unpack: What your voice, posture, and behavior reveal about emotional eating, even when y...