This week, I pull back the curtain on how the diet industry uses marketing to keep us stuck. As someone with a background in marketing, I’ve seen how these strategies are designed to sell shame, false hope, and a lifetime of “not enough.”

From fear and isolation to the promise of belonging, marketers know exactly which buttons to push. You’ll learn how these messages tie into identity, why the goalpost always keeps moving, and the toxic lie that diets fail because you didn’t try hard enough.

🥬 HERE’S WHAT I GET INTO:

• How marketers exploit hope, fear, and belonging
• The illusion of being “one purchase away” from the life you want
• Why diets are designed to fail long-term
• How to spot the manipulation

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Which diet industry messages have I been believing without question?

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