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

Holly Bertone, PMP, CNHP, and Emotional Eating and Weight Loss Coach

196 episodes

1 day ago

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 about the Biggest Loser TV show, and why so many contestants gained back so much weight, you migh...

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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 about the Biggest Loser TV show, and why so many contestants gained back so much weight, you migh...

Show more...

Alternative Health

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness,

Episodes (20/196)

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

182: How ChatGPT and AI are Keeping You Fat

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 weight loss without you even realizing it.The 3 hidden dangers of AI that no one’s talking abo...

1 day ago

23 minutes

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

Welcome to Weight Loss Forensics

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 forensics of what got us here in the first place. Hit that follow button if you’re sic...

5 days ago

7 minutes

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

181: (Pt 2) The 15 Ultimate Life Lessons That Upgraded My Body and Life Forever

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 choices we make.Why removing distractions, not adding habits, might be the key to sustainable weig...

1 week ago

27 minutes

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

180: (Pt 1) The 15 Ultimate Life Lessons That Upgraded My Body and Life Forever

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 my health, body, and mindset after breast cancer, Hashimoto’s, and divorce (Part 1 of 2).How emp...

2 weeks ago

32 minutes

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

179: These Forgotten Hormones are Sabotaging Your Weight Loss. But They Don’t Have To.

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 solution. Together, we will unpack: Why midlife weight struggles might not be about estrogen or corti...

3 weeks ago

43 minutes

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

178: Are You in a Narcissistic Relationship with Food?

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 unpack: Why toxic relationship patterns with men often mirror emotional eating patterns with food.The ...

4 weeks ago

32 minutes

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

177: The 5 Hard Truths About Why You’re Not Losing Weight

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. Because what you think is the problem… isn’t the problem at all. Together, we will unpack: The 5 ...

1 month ago

19 minutes

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

176: The Psychology of Emotional Eating: What Your Body Language & Behavior Are Trying to 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 you’re not saying a word.7 behavioral “tells” that silently reveal if you’re an emotional eater (a...

1 month ago

21 minutes

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

175: Pt 2 - If I Wanted to Destroy Weight Loss Progress, Here’s What I Would Do (According to ChatGPT)

If you want to destroy a woman’s health for good, don’t attack her body. Attack her identity. Make her question her voice, her worth, her past, and her future. Make her believe she’s too much… and still not enough. This is Part 2 of how the enemy tries to destroy your weight loss progress and take you out. And today, we’re going in. Together, we will unpack: Learn how “tone it down” messaging is used to silence powerful women in midlife.Discover how self-abandonment (disguised as ...

1 month ago

17 minutes

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

174: Pt 1 - If I Wanted to Destroy Weight Loss Progress, Here’s What I Would Do (According to ChatGPT)

If I wanted to sabotage your weight loss - on purpose - I know exactly how to do it. When it comes to diet, weight loss, eating better and being healthier, and you feel like you’re at war with yourself, you need to get into the mind of what the enemy is thinking and planning. Because when you can go full-on enemy recon, when you can get into the mind of the enemy, when you know the enemy's strategy… you can start playing offense instead of defense. And today is all about putting t...

1 month ago

18 minutes

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

173: How Diet Culture is Brainwashing Women Like the Famous 1960's Psychology Experiment

If someone in a lab coat told you to hurt a stranger, would you do it? Most people say no. But history says otherwise. If you ever wanted to go down the rabbit hole of how diet culture uses the Milgram experiment from the 1960's to control and dare I say… brainwash women, we are going there today and then some. Your midlife comeback begins right now. Together, we will unpack: Why the shocking 1961 Milgram Experiment still controls your eating habits today.The chilling psychology that’s ...

2 months ago

35 minutes

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

172: What James Hetfield (Metallica) Taught Me About Weight Loss and Emotional Eating

Have you ever watched someone on stage and felt they’re not really there? That was James Hetfield in the early Metallica years. He was loud and full of rage. But a few weeks ago, I saw a totally different man. He was grounded and present. And it hit me. Emotional eating is the same performance. It’s just food instead of guitars. This episode isn’t about rock music, and you don’t even have to be a Metallica fan. Because this episode isn’t about music. It’s about you. It’s about the...

2 months ago

22 minutes

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

171: The 16 Hidden Fears Running Your Food Habits Without You Knowing It

Fear runs more of your life than you think. It’s not loud and it doesn’t show up with drama. It’s that quiet whisper of… “Don’t mess this up.” Or, “Why bother? You’ll just fail again.” In today’s episode, we are going to talk about that fear that’s keeping you from getting results - especially with your nutrition, food, and healthy weight. Together, we will unpack: Why fear (not food) is the real reason you’re stuck in emotional eating.The hidden and sneaky ways fear shows up.Why your...

2 months ago

20 minutes

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

170: Why You Can’t Handle Big Emotions… and Neither Can He (Grazing, Ghosting, and the Gen X Disconnect)

A student in my program asked me, “If I take away comfort food… how am I supposed to take the edge off?” And that question? It cracked everything wide open. In today’s episode, we are digging into why those big emotions feel so scary and why many women feel like they can’t handle them. Oh, and we’re also going to throw in some dating stories, ghosting, and this whole Gen X disconnect that seems to be trending and hitting a little too close to home. So let’s go. Together, we will unpack: What ...

2 months ago

20 minutes

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

169: Are You Addicted to Food?

I’m breaking down the truth behind emotional eating and food addiction… and why these labels might be doing more harm than good. You’ll also get the 8 important questions you need to ask yourself to determine if food addiction or emotional eating is something that you shouldn’t worry about, or something that you should seek help with. If you’ve ever said “I feel out of control around food,” or wondered if you’re actually addicted to food, this episode will change how you see the p...

3 months ago

34 minutes

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

168: I Analyzed 1,791 Cravings to Crack the Code on Emotional Eating

What if your food cravings aren’t random? What if they are the result of invisible patterns you’ve been running since childhood? On today’s episode of Your Midlife Comeback Story, I’m pulling back the curtain behind the 1,791 cravings profiles that I analyzed to reveal the real story behind the Emotional Eating Psychological Profile that’s been blowing people’s minds. Once you see your pattern, you’ll never unsee it. Together, we will unpack: Real-life patterns from 1,791 cravings profi...

3 months ago

24 minutes

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

167: 3 Millionaire Success Patterns That Transform Weight Loss

In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what I observed inside a room full of seven-figure entrepreneurs - multi-million dollar business owners - and how those same success patterns apply to healing your relationship with food, breaking free from emotional eating, losing weight, and finally creating the healthiest version of you. These millionaire patterns are about building a legacy with your body, just like they’ve done with their businesses. If you ever wanted to know wha...

3 months ago

20 minutes

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

166: Bridging the Divide to Heal the Mind, Body, and Spirit with Amy Stark

If you are curious about what it takes to truly heal - I'm talking mind-body and spirit, and you're secretly wondering if there's something more out there than just conventional advice, today's conversation is for you. My guest today is Amy Stark. She is a Master Healer, author of the brand new book Bridging the Divide, A Powerful Path to Personal Transformation by Healing the Mind, Body, and Spirit, and host of The Stark Transformation Show. For two decades, she’s helped thousands of p...

3 months ago

35 minutes

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

165: This is My Pity Party. And Yes, There’s Food

You know those days when you’ve hit your breaking point and you throw yourself a pity party… and food is the guest of honor? I’m talking sweat pants, messy bun, and diving head first into a pint of Ben and Jerry’s kind of day? If that’s been your day, or your week… or honestly, your life… this episode’s for you. Keep listening. Because today’s pity party’s got a plot twist. Together, we will unpack: Why your late-night snack attack isn’t a lack of willpower. The real reason emotional e...

4 months ago

9 minutes

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

164: 5 FBI-Proven Steps to Stick to Weight Loss (Stop Starting Over!)

I’ve had so many women reach out to me recently and say, I don’t even know where to start anymore. And honestly, I get it. Because when you’ve tried all of the diets and nothing works, and then Dr. Google has 47 different answers for you, it’s easier to just give up. But... we don’t give up around here. I’ve got 5 simple steps for you that you can take right now that will get you started in the right direction. Together, we'll unpack: Why saying “I don’t even know where to start” ...

4 months ago

30 minutes