Hello Dr Wagner and Zoe!! You should do an episode where all you do is answer questions from different social media platforms!!

Looking forward to those recipes for carrot cake and zucchini overnight oats. Sound delicious!

Saddest part of Chris's comment is that I remember agreeing with Chris as an obese person myself. Dr. Weiner statement about Chris likely struggling with feeling slighted and having personal issues him or herself is so dead on. Having gone through sleeve surgery and having felt the difference on the otherside, I can categorically state that it is a complex disease. I have lost weight up to 100lbs at a time and gained it all back several times in my life, all supporting the idea that I could lose weight if I just stuck to it. Was willpower part of it? Sure it was, but the idea that most skinny people make very little effort to stay skinny, is absolutely unquestionable at this point for me. The sleeve did not add to my ability to lose weight , I lost most of the weight BEFORE surgery, but so far having lost nearly a hundred pounds I have none of the compulsive crazy cravings and or hunger that I'd experience normally. Even when I "let go" I splurge on relatively healthy food or minimal naughty food. And nobody was more surprised than I when I discovered post surgery that I COULD eat myself into not losing weight if I just placed meals slightly apart. The difference is that my body for once was on my side! My set point had been lowered and losing weight felt like the right thing to do from my body, and eating naughty foods gave little to no enjoyment compared to normal after losing 100lbs. By the time you lose 100lbs normally my body and mind are so fatigued by the effort the "little break" you take is all you need to start the inevitable slip towards the return to set point