➡ This text discusses a weight loss program that includes weekly coaching and a supportive community to help maintain weight loss. The program also addresses weight loss as an addiction recovery process. The author shares their personal experience with the program, highlighting the importance of having a mentor or counselor for guidance and accountability. The text also mentions an upcoming free training session that will debunk common weight loss myths and provide practical lifestyle strategies.

Hey gang, it’s me, Dr. Steve, and as you may have guessed, you know, the biggest names in the pharmaceutical industry are raking in insane amounts of money. More than ever, in the first quarter of 2024, get this, the top 20 drug makers all saw increases in profits, all 20, and many are linked to the demand for weight loss medication. But did you know that we could stick it to big pharma and regain our youthful bodies at the same time? It’s true. Stick around to get the same directions I took to restore my health when I recently lost 60 pounds.

But the surge in market value for these companies should make you stop and pause. Drugs like Ozentic that big names promote, right? No pun intended there, by the way. See if you caught that. Might cause people to lose weight temporarily, but think about it. Do we really want to rely on big pharma for that? Do we really want to put our health in the hands of those who are in cahoots with some of the most corrupt folks in our government? I think I can speak for all of us when I say no freaking way.

So what can we do? Well, you can do what I did when I lost over 60 pounds naturally, and I’ve kept the weight off now for over a year. You can talk to my good friend and sponsor, Dr. Ashley Lucas, who’s here today to give you the insider details of how to ditch the drugs and get back to true health. She’s a doctor and dietitian behind PhD weight loss, what I use to lose 60 pounds, and together we’re hosting a free weight loss webinar just for Turley Talks listeners like you. You can register for that by clicking on the link below.

So Dr. Ashley, welcome. Great to see you again. Great to see you. Thanks for having me here. Oh, it’s my honor. So I mean, this weight loss shot craze makes me picture, you know, big tech pharma guys with the cartoon dollar signs in their eyes, right? When I heard about this, you were the first person I thought of. I’ve been waiting to chat with you on this and get your take on this new alliance. I don’t even know how new it is between big pharma and weight loss. So have at it. What do you think about all this? I you put it so nicely and exactly how I think it’s going, you know, big pharma is pushing these drugs so hard.

They’re pushing it not just on us adults, but on kids, which I just think is terrible. You know, I always thought big pharma and medical associations were in it together. But now it is just so clear, you know, the American Academy of Pediatrics is their first line of defense for obesity for kids 12 and older are these drugs, these injectables, which I just think is insane. And they’re testing it on kids as young as six years old. You know, they just that we have not been taught how to eat to lose weight. And so we have lost hope and we have been disempowered.

And now they create this drug that seems to help in some ways. It does. But we have to be on the drug forever. And it has a scary side effect profile. It’s very expensive. And I think it’s such a wise business plan for the government to sell us this drug, this expensive drug. And it’s something that we have to be on forever. So very wise when it when we look at it from that perspective. Yeah, no, I know from my work with PhD weight loss. I mean, this is this is about so much more than just taking a pill.

I mean, can you give us a sense of what are some of the misconceptions about natural weight loss that drive people to actually seek out these big pharma needs? Well, we think that it’s painful and we’ve been told all the wrong things. So it has been a painful experience. We’re told that we just need to eat less. We need to move more. We think we need to eat vegan or vegetarian rabbit food. We need to starve ourselves. We need to exercise like crazy. And it’s just not the truth. So here we haven’t been told the truth around nutrition.

We think that it’s our fault. And we think that there’s no hope. So we go to these quick fixes, these drugs, when really you can do all of this naturally without any of it. You can quiet the food noise. You can quiet the food chatter without these expensive drugs that have these scary side effect profiles. You know, actually, I was I was talking about this on Instagram and some lady was like, you know, I really feel like I need these drugs because I’ve got this food chatter, this food noise. I was like, listen, do exactly what I tell you to do for a week and it will go away.

And it did. And it blew her mind. So I just anyone listening to this, I just want you to know that there is hope and you can do this without depending on big pharma if you want to. It is so fast. That was one of the most that was one of the most surprising things about the PhD weight loss is how how how I wasn’t hungry throughout. This new eating strategy, I just I remember it was one of the easiest thing. I just was never hungry. It was so fascinating. Yeah. Besides nutrition and movement, what what other factors do you focus on with clients that play a role in getting and getting healthy again? Well, 80% of any change comes from the mind.

So we have to look at the mental, emotional, the habits, behaviors. And that’s where these drugs really are falling short is if we just take a drug that’s going to allow our body to drop weight. And by the way, a ton of muscle mass usually comes with the weight when we’re taking these drugs. We haven’t shifted our mindset around food. We haven’t understood how we should be eating to support our unique metabolism. It’s just a matter of time for this weight to come back. And studies show that 70% of the weight comes back within a year after stopping these drugs.

So at PhD, I fully understand that it’s more of a mental game. It’s really up in our heads. And we have to understand that aspect of ourselves to be able to keep any weight off for good. Yeah. Yeah. Well, can you give everyone a little bit of a peek at how the program works and and some of the success stories that stand out? Sure. Well, the first step is we determine your optimal weight. And the optimal weight for each person is different. And we don’t look at BMI, it’s not a good marker of health, we look at body composition, how much fat you’re carrying, especially the belly fat, that visceral fat, the visceral fat is active, this belly fat actually secretes hormones that keep you fat.

It’s like an entity in and of itself. And it has urges and demands and desires and cravings, and it will not rest until you feed it. So if you only drop a portion of your excess fat weight, it’s just a matter of time until it eats its way back up again. So the first step is to determine where is that sweet spot, which is what we did for you, Dr. Turley and made sure that you fully collapse that belly fat. So you weren’t at risk of it all coming back. Right. So that’s the first thing. And that’s really unique.

Actually, most programs don’t do that. And then we create a customized meal plan guiding you on exactly what, when and how much to eat. So we take out all of the guesswork. And that’s customized to each person because each person is unique in their needs and tastes. We make sure that you enjoy what you’re eating, that you feel full, that you feel good. Most people sleep better, their joints hurt less just within the first week. It’s crazy. After six weeks, we can reverse a lot of chronic diseases. 16 weeks usually is this marker where we can see a type two diabetes go away and high blood pressure go away.

It can happen even sooner than that. One story that I was just chatting with an OB gyn physician and he’s been a practicing OB gyn for 35 years and working with us he reversed his type two diabetes in six weeks and was completely blown away. Wow. To the point where he’s totally changed the way that he practices and teaches his perimenopausal and menopausal women how to overcome that belly fat adiposity that happens when we have those hormonal shifts. So I mean, that is just huge. And he can’t believe that he wasn’t taught this in medical school.

Yeah. So the food is a big thing. And then we look at the mental emotional habits behaviors. We have weekly coaching. We like to provide a lot of the food for no additional cost just to help with baby steps. Dinner is always your responsibility, but we help guide you so you can dine out and take out and do what you need to do there with your food. And then as we go and with the weekly coaching, we gradually release our food so you become totally self sufficient. For a lot of people weight loss is an addiction recovery process.

So we tackle that as well. And then you hit maintenance and we have a big alumni community where we support you in maintaining the weight you drop because dropping weight is one thing maintaining it is a whole other aspect. And so that’s really what we focus on is the maintenance plan. I, you know, going back and looking back at all the times I tried to lose weight. I remember trying to, trying to just pin. Why was it? Why did I always, why did it would go for a couple of months and it would just come all back and why did it always fail? And I really, for me, I thought I just didn’t have a mentor.

I didn’t have a counselor something that I can talk to each week to help me, help me through that. And that’s, I have to say, I think for me, that was one of the best parts about PhDs getting assigned, you know, for lack of a better term, a counselor to kind of walk you through the process each week, hold you accountable also, but help you get back on the wagon when you fall off and all that good stuff. So I had Anna’s, you know, and it was just. She was just, she was just amazing. Just walking me through this.

It’s just, it’s so good to have that kind of support. It’s necessary, I would say. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Necessary is right. Yeah. So give us a little bit of a peek on what we could expect on June 11. I believe it’s at 3 p.m. Eastern time. We’re going to have our, our special free training with you. Give us a little sneak peek of what to expect there. Yeah. Well, I’m going to talk about common myths that we see around weight loss and bust those. That’s one of my favorite things to do. We’ll talk a little bit about PhD and when someone might be a good candidate, answer any kind of questions that folks might have.

And then I’m going to provide some simple lifestyle strategies that folks can implement into their life, why they shouldn’t be drinking oat milk, for example, why red meat is actually very good for you and things like that. So I want to bust those myths and provide strategies that people can implement right away. And then I’ll talk about some success stories and some clients who have really inspiring journeys. Awesome. It’s so cool. Gang, Dr. Ashley Lucas, she’s the real deal. And I’m, again, I’m, I’m living proof of it. She has the right path and formula to help you achieve the life you need to leave a legacy for your family.

I mean, trust me, gang, this is amazing, amazing. Journey that she will take you on. It’s the same route I took and I’m forever grateful to have my health in order because of Dr. Ashley. She’s click on that link below to register for our free webinar on Tuesday, June 11th at 3 p.m. Eastern. That’s Tuesday, June 11th, 3 p.m. Eastern, free online. Click on the link below to register. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to take charge of your health again, but without relying on big pharma and some gimmicks like pills. Dr. Ashley, great to see you.

As always, I’m looking forward to seeing on the 11th. That’s right. Me too. Thank you so much. [tr:trw].

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