If weight loss has felt harder the more thoughtful, educated, or self-aware you’ve become, this episode explains why.

In Episode 2 of The Set Point Science™ Podcast, I explore how effort, analysis, and constant self-monitoring can quietly interfere with the body’s ability to regulate weight.

This episode is not about doing less out of apathy.

It’s about understanding state, safety, and why the body doesn’t respond to being managed.

You’ll learn:

• Why thinking harder often increases friction instead of results

• How over-monitoring keeps the nervous system alert, not regulated

• The difference between effort and biological readiness

• What actually helps the body shift into release mode

This episode is especially for you if:

• You’ve tried every plan and understand the science, but still feel stuck

• You notice that more effort seems to create more resistance

• You’re tired of managing your body and want a calmer, more effective approach

Nothing is wrong with you.

Your system may just be working very hard to stay safe.

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If you’ve tried everything to lose weight and it still won’t budge, this episode offers a radically different explanation, one that isn’t about discipline, willpower, or fixing yourself.

In this first episode of The Set Point Science™ Podcast, I share the moment that changed everything for me: realizing that my body wasn’t resisting weight loss, it was protecting me. Through both personal experience and clear, grounded science, we explore why effort and strictness can actually keep weight stuck, and why safety, not pressure, is the real prerequisite for change.

This episode is for you if:

• You feel like weight loss used to work, and now it doesn’t

• You can’t stick to strict plans anymore, no matter how motivated you are

• You’ve wondered if it’s your metabolism, your age, your meds, or something “wrong” with you

• You’re exhausted from starting over every few days

In this episode, you’ll understand:

• Why the body won’t release weight when it feels stressed or unsafe

• How the HPA axis, cortisol, leptin, and ghrelin respond to pressure

• What “safety” actually means in the body, biologically and practically

• Why calm isn’t laziness, it’s the condition for regulation and release

• How your set point shifts when your body finally feels steady enough to trust

If this perspective feels relieving, I created a free resource called the Gentle Weight Loss Guide. It’s not a plan to follow, just something to read and sit with as you begin seeing your body differently.

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Nothing is wrong with you.

Your body is responding.

Set Point Science explores the science behind how your body and brain regulate weight, for good.

Hosted by Cheri Alberts, this podcast draws from neuroscience, psychology, physiology, and real-world coaching to explain why weight loss stalls, why forcing never works, and how calm, consistent nourishment allows the body to release weight naturally.

If you’ve tried everything and feel like your body is holding on, this podcast will finally make sense of that.

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