Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. As many of you know, Commune is not just a podcast, but also a course platform for personal and societal well-being, where we offer more than 150 courses on integrative medicine,

nutrition, personal development, yoga, meditation, fitness, spirituality, and yes, even social

impact.

Well, today's episode is an excerpt from our latest course, Jillian Michaels' 10-day weight loss master class.

So Jillian started her journey helping people lose weight as a personal trainer when she was just a

teenager.

But she became a household name through her work on NBC's The Biggest Loser in her wildly popular fitness programs.

She's also a nutritionist and a multi New York Times bestselling author.

So Jillian's new commune course takes the guesswork out of safe, effective, lasting weight loss

in her uniquely no-nonsense way, she cuts through the misinformation and helps you create a personalized

weight loss program that actually works.

So what you'll be hearing is her story and the first episode of the program.

To keep learning, go to onecommon.com slash weight loss and sign up for free.

That's onecommon.com slash weight loss.

Okay, here's Jillian. I struggled with weight my entire childhood.

For a host of reasons, I've come to learn in my older age as science has advanced

so that I actually have

four genetic markers for obesity. But on top of that, not only was I genetically predisposed,

I was psychologically predisposed. My dad was also overweight and food was one of the ways that we

bonded. We had a estranged relationship,

but when we would go to the chicken swarm a place that we both liked, there was common ground, right?

It provided me a connection with my father. As I got older, my grandmother died, my parents got divorced,

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