The Psychology of Weighing Yourself on GLP-1 Medications w/ Brian Baumal, RP

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Your scale isn't measuring weight...it's measuring fear, shame, and whether you believe your GLP-1 is working.

Registered dietitian Ana Reisdorf sits down with Brian Baumal, a registered psychotherapist who lost 100 pounds, kept it off for 14 years, and recovered from two eating disorders. He explains how the scale can become exposure therapy, why shame drives the "lose it fast" thinking that sets you up to fail on Ozempic or Zepbound, and how to stop tying your worth to a number.

IN THIS EPISODE
- Why weight gain on a GLP-1 sends you into a spiral (and how to stop it)
- Using the scale as exposure therapy: the CBT-E "collaborative weighing" technique
- How shame causes quick weight loss goals, black-and-white thinking, and failure
- Why Ozempic and Zepbound don't eliminate food noise completely — and why that's normal
- Habit change vs. the underlying psychology of emotional eating

ABOUT THE GUEST
Brian Baumal is a registered psychotherapist based in Toronto, Canada, trained in depth psychotherapy with a practice focused on the emotional and unconscious drivers of weight, eating, and shame. He has adapted cognitive behavioral therapy for eating disorders (CBT-E) into a weight management approach. Brian lost 100 pounds and has kept it off for nearly 14 years, and is recovered from two eating disorders — exercise bulimia and binge eating disorder.

CONNECT WITH BRIAN
Website: https://alivapsychotherapy.com

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CHAPTERS
00:00  The scale is measuring more than weight
01:21  Meet Brian Baumal, RP
03:17  Why weight judgment feels so personal
04:36  When the scale makes or breaks your day
05:16  The scale as exposure therapy
08:40  Challenging the spiral in real time
13:14  Breaking the panic-weigh cycle
15:41  Shame, quick fixes, and all-or-nothing thinking
20:29  Habits vs. the psychology underneath
23:49  Food noise isn't going away — and that's okay
28:24  Working with Brian + final thoughts

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