Program Yourself Thin Podcast

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live Q&A and coaching with the PYT community. New here? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction to the PYT approach.

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If you believe overeating means you’ve failed, weight loss will always feel fragile.

In this episode, I explain why occasional overeating is normal — even for people who stay thin — and how to stop letting it derail your progress. You’ll learn:

Why trying to eliminate overeating completely backfires

How to recover quickly without guilt or restriction

The mindset that keeps one off moment from turning into a pattern

Overeating sometimes doesn’t ruin your results.
Panicking about it does.

Learn how to keep moving forward — calmly and confidently.

If cravings keep winning no matter how disciplined you try to be, the problem isn’t your willpower.

In this episode, I’ll show you how cravings actually work — and how to neutralize them without fighting, resisting, or “white-knuckling” your way through the day. You’ll learn:

Why willpower fails when cravings hit

How to interrupt cravings before they turn into overeating

Simple mental and behavioral shifts that make cravings lose their intensity

When you stop battling cravings and start understanding them, they stop controlling you — and weight loss gets dramatically easier.

Getting thin gets all the attention. Staying thin is where real success lives.

In this episode, I break down what actually keeps weight off long-term — and why most approaches quietly fail after the scale hits the goal. You’ll learn:

Why “maintenance” shouldn’t feel fragile or restrictive

The habits and mindset shifts that make staying thin feel natural

How to think like someone who lives at their goal weight, not someone trying to hold on

Staying thin isn’t about effort or fear.
It’s about identity, systems, and living in a way that simply makes sense.

You might think your biggest problem is not getting to your goal weight — but what if part of you is actually afraid of getting there?

In this episode, I unpack the subtle fears that can quietly sabotage progress just as things start to work. You’ll learn:

Why success can feel uncomfortable or unsafe at a subconscious level

How identity shifts, expectations, and attention can trigger resistance

What to do when fear shows up after progress — not before

There’s nothing wrong with you if you slow down near the finish line. Once you understand what’s really going on, you can move forward calmly, confidently, and without self-sabotage.