Is There Such a Thing as a Weight "Set Point?" – In Session with Marc David

The Psychology of Eating Podcast

Marc David

Nutrition, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In the weight loss world, the concept of a weight "set point" is pretty common. Meaning, our bodies seem to have an intrinsic natural weight that can be different for each of us.

For many of us, that natural "set point" isn't what we think it should be. We want a lower set point weight than we have, so we'll often fight the body and make Herculean efforts to lose weight.

And while you'll find lots of resources out there on how to change your set point, in this episode we explore weight set point from the perspective of eating psychology.

One of the key teachings of eating psychology is that our challenges with food and body are a great teacher. They're not here to torment us or drive us crazy, they're here to show us where our deepest personal growth lies.

So in this episode of "In Session," you'll hear Marc work with 62-year old Joanne, who has lost and gained about 15 pounds over the last 30 years. She has a clear idea of what her weight set point "should" be, it's just that her body doesn't seem to agree.

Every time she puts herself on a diet, Joanne loses weight. It seems like her "set point" has adjusted – until she starts to eat more pleasurable foods, when she gains the 15 pounds right back.

For Joanne, life just seems like it would be a whole lot easier – and she would be so much happier – if she could simply learn how to reset her weight set point.

But is changing her weight set point truly going to lead to happiness and fulfillment with this one precious, beautiful life she's been given?

Tune in to find out!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology of Eating podcast, where food and body challenges are the doorway into a happier, healthier life.
0:11.0	Now, here's your host, Eating Psychology Expert and founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating, Mark David. Welcome everybody. I'm Mark David,
0:27.0	founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. We are in the Psychology of Eating podcast,
0:32.2	and I'm with Joanne today. Welcome, Joanne. Thank you. Yeah, I'm glad you're here. I'm glad we're doing this. So the idea is
0:39.4	here's you and I together for the first time ever. And this is your session and your opportunity and my
0:46.5	opportunity to work with you. So if you could weight your magic wand and have whatever you wanted
0:52.1	with food and body, what would that be for you?
0:56.2	I would like to,
1:01.0	I would like to get to a weight set point,
1:09.6	different than the set point that I have.
1:15.1	I often get to a set point of ideal weight.
1:19.8	I guess let me go back.
1:21.5	My set point and what I mean by that is like what tends to be like a normal,
1:32.5	what's familiar to me but it's usually I'm usually a little heavier 10 to 15 pounds heavier than I ideally would like to be and so my
1:42.8	what I so every time I get less, every time I get to where I want to be,
1:50.2	it's like it goes back to a set point. Do you know what I mean by set point? Yeah, it's,
1:55.9	I think so. It sounds like your body, even though you get to where you want to be, your body wants to be
2:01.6	somewhere else. Yeah. You know, it's like, wait a minute. I want to be here, but then it goes here.
2:06.6	And I know it's in my head because maybe I get to the weight I want to be. And then I'm like, oh, hey, you know what? I have some room to wiggle around. I can, you know,
2:18.3	eat that cookie or whatever. And then before you know it, I'm back to that, that heavier
2:24.1	point that I am at. And then you stay there unless you do something. Yeah, yeah. But then it's always
2:32.8	in my head, like, you know, like I just
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