Throwback: You Don't Have to Work Out to Lose Weight (Pt. 1)

This episode has one of the most controversial opening lines Laura has ever recorded: working out is the worst way to lose weight.

She meant it. And she's going to prove it.

In Part 1 of this two-part episode, Laura breaks down exactly why tying exercise to weight loss is the very thing that keeps so many women stuck — and what to do instead. This is not an anti-exercise episode. It's a pro-freedom episode.

In this episode:

Why working out can make you hungrier and trigger the over-restriction cycleHow exercise makes weight loss too complicated and leads to throwing in the towelWhat moral licensing is and why working out makes it so much worseWhy the thought "I have to work out to lose weight" might be the exact thing blocking your progressWhat happens to your weight loss when you get injured — and why it's not about the injuryWhy unhinging exercise from weight loss is the most liberating thing you can doHow movement actually CAN help with weight loss — just not through calories in, calories outThe cortisol-insulin connection and why stress management through movement mattersWhat it looks like when exercise just gets to be for you

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