{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Mayhem","slug":"midlife-mayhem-6731699","podcast_index_feed_id":6731699,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/joanneleecornish/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.joannelee.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17651524/3000x3000.jpg","author":"joanne lee cornish","episode_count":100,"summary":"Midlife Mayhem hosted by body composition expert, Joanne Lee Cornish is intended to explain the madness that can occur during midlife. Offering information and solutions to help you avoid what most people experience in Midlife. Aimed at both men and women. Joanne can help those who want to be helped","last_synced_at":"2026-09-29T00:18:37.560951+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-mayhem-6731699"},"episode":{"title":"The Psychology of Weight Regain","slug":"the-psychology-of-weight-regain","published_at":"2026-06-03T20:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-mayhem-6731699/the-psychology-of-weight-regain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-mayhem-6731699","url":"https://podcast.joannelee.com/e/biggest-loser-loser/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vdrt2pij4j8bcggr/BIGGEST_LOSER.mp3","summary":"The Psychology of Weight Regain: Why The Battle Isn't On The Scale Most people think weight loss is the hard part. After more than 30 years coaching body composition, I'm convinced that's not totally true. In fact, the anxiety can kick in when the weight is gone In this episode, I explore one of the least discussed but most important topics in body composition: the psychology of weight regain. Not the calories. Not the macros. Not the exercise plan. The psychology. Because most people don't regain weight because they forgot how they lost it. They regain weight because they never fully became the person capable of maintaining it. I share some of my own story from my competitive bodybuilding days, including what it felt like to stand on the Ms. Olympia stage with one of the best physiques in the world and then gain significant weight back after competition season. Despite years of success, I often felt like a fraud. I could control the weight loss. I couldn't control the regain. And I now realize many people experience that exact same fear. Not necessarily the fear of losing weight. But the fear of losing control. The fear that the weight might come back. In this episode we discuss: • Why reaching your goal weight can sometimes create anxiety rather than freedom • The difference between losing weight and becoming someone who maintains weight loss • Why many people attach happiness, confidence, and self-worth to a future body • The concept of the identity gap and why the body often changes faster than the mind • Why weight regain can feel more like grief than frustration • Lessons from The Biggest Loser and the emotional impact of regaining lost weight • The biological changes that occur after weight loss, including hunger, cravings, and metabolic adaptation • Why midlife…","meta_description":"The Psychology of Weight Regain: Why The Battle Isn't On The Scale Most people think weight loss is the hard part. After more than 30 years coaching body…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/midlife-mayhem-6731699/episodes/the-psychology-of-weight-regain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-mayhem-6731699/the-psychology-of-weight-regain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}