# How to Lose 20 Pounds Before Summer by Fixing Your Hormones, Closing the Kitchen, and Eating in the Right Order With Ben Azadi | #1303 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/how-to-lose-20-pounds-before-summer-by-fixing-your-hormones-closing-the-kitchen-and-eating-in-the-right-order-with-ben-azadi-1303 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/how-to-lose-20-pounds-before-summer-by-fixing-your-hormones-closing-the-kitchen-and-eating-in-the-right-order-with-ben-azadi-1303.md Podcast: [The Ben Azadi Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725) Published: 2026-04-30T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP3407326524.mp3?updated=1778872278 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP3407326524.mp3?updated=1778872278 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/episodes/how-to-lose-20-pounds-before-summer-by-fixing-your-hormones-closing-the-kitchen-and-eating-in-the-right-order-with-ben-azadi-1303 Duration seconds: 1213 ## Resource πŸ”₯CLICK For Your Complete 14 Day Fat Loss Plan (Reignite Your Body & Life) HERE - https://bit.ly/4tgoK96 πŸ“š 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today to receive immediate access to a FREE course on metabolism with exclusive interviews from Dr Daniel Pompa, Dr Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, Cynthia Thurlow & more. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) Most people trying to lose weight are focused on eating less and doing more β€” but that's not what actually moves the needle. In this episode, Ben Azadi shares the three-step protocol he used to lose 80 pounds and go from 34% body fat to 6% β€” and has kept it off for over 18 years. The real reason fat loss stalls isn't lack of discipline. It's a hormonal signaling problem. Your body may be receiving the signal to store fat even when you're trying harder. Before you can accelerate results, you have to remove what's blocking them. Step one: Close the kitchen 3–4 hours before bed. Late-night eating depletes willpower, triggers poor food choices, disrupts deep and REM sleep, and raises resting heart rate β€” all of which keep you in fat-storage mode. A hard eating cutoff eliminates the majority of bad food decisions and unlocks deeper, more restorative fat-burning sleep. Step two: Delay your first meal. Fat burning only happens when insulin is low. By extending your overnight fast to 12, 14, or 16 hours, you give your body the time it needs to burn through sugar reserves and tap into stored fat β€” the belly fat, visceral fat, and love handles. Let the window build naturally and your hunger will adapt. Step three: Fix your meal order. Lead every meal with protein, healthy fat, and fiber before anything else. This blunts the glucose response, keeps insulin low, and shifts your body into fat-burn… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/episodes/how-to-lose-20-pounds-before-summer-by-fixing-your-hormones-closing-the-kitchen-and-eating-in-the-right-order-with-ben-azadi-1303/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/how-to-lose-20-pounds-before-summer-by-fixing-your-hormones-closing-the-kitchen-and-eating-in-the-right-order-with-ben-azadi-1303.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.