Episode 14: The Healing Weight Paradox - Why Your Scale Is About to Betray You (And Why That's Actually Good News)

You're about to eat 2,000+ calories, gain 10 pounds in two weeks, and it's going to be the best thing that ever happened to your metabolism.

Dr. Steve Presciutti exposes the truth that's helped hundreds of his patients finally escape diet prison: those first 5-20 pounds you gain when you start eating real food again? That's not fat. That's your liver desperately refilling glycogen stores. Your muscles rehydrating after years of starvation. Your minerals restocking. Your cells literally coming back to life.

In this game-changing episode, you'll discover why Michelle gained 12 pounds eating 2,000 calories then lost 35 pounds total in three months. Why Sarah gained 18 pounds in her first month then dropped 65 pounds eating 2,600 calories daily. Why the Minnesota Starvation Experiment proved that weight gain during recovery is mandatory, not optional.

Dr. Presciutti reveals exactly how to tell if you're gaining healing weight (hint: check your temperature, not your scale), why week six is the magic turning point, and the specific foods that accelerate metabolic recovery. Plus, the critical fat percentage mistake that causes unnecessary weight gain when eating adequate carbs.

Warning: This episode will make you throw your scale in the garage for six weeks. It will also give you permission to finally eat enough food to heal. If you've been stuck at the same weight eating 1,200 calories, doing endless cardio, and feeling like death, this is your blueprint to freedom.

Your body isn't broken. It's starving. And the solution is the opposite of everything diet culture taught you.