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If you're a whiny snowflake that can't handle the truth, is offended by the word fuck and about 37 uses of it in different forms gets ass hurt. When you hear someone speak the absolute, real and raw truth, you should leave Like right now. This is Shut Up and Choose, the podcast where we cut through the shit and get real about weight loss, life and everything in between. We get into the nitty gritty of making small, smart choices that add up to big results. From what's on your plate to how you approach life's challenges. We'll explore how the simple act of choosing differently can transform your health, your mindset and your entire freaking life. So if you're ready to cut through the bullshit and start making some real changes, then buckle up and shut up, because we're about to choose our way to a healthier, happier life. This is Shut Up and Choose. Let's do this Now. Your host.

Speaker 2: 1:10

Jonathan Ressler. Hey, welcome back to Shut Up and Choose the podcast that cuts the noise and nonsense and all that bullshit out there that the internet gurus and Instagram influencers are throwing your way. We all know it's a bunch of shit, but that's what we're here to talk about today. Today, I want to talk about something that's really kind of shocking. Actually, ozempic is not the miracle that you've been sold. Huh, those GLP-1s aren't as great as everybody thought. Wow, there's a shocker. Huh, and lawsuits piled up. They're just the beginning.

Speaker 2: 1:47

You probably heard the hype doctors calling it a breakthrough, celebrities parading their miracle transformation, social media drowning in before and afters, ozempic, wagovi, majaro, all the GLP ones They've been marketed like salvation in a syringe. Finally, the drug that will end obesity once and for all. That's the story. But here's the truth nobody wants to say out loud. The story is starting to crumble Fast and those lawsuits you're now seeing they're cracks in the foundation. But Ozempic is not new and it's not revolutionary. It's the same old trap we've been falling for for decades. Only this time it comes with a prescription pad and a needle. Think about it. For 70 years, the 70 billion dollar diet industry's employing all the same shit. All the same moves promise a shortcut, sell the fantasy and profit off failure. Whether it's diet shakes in the 80s, atkins in in the 90s did that one, weight watchers points did that one, keto meal kits did that one, or now it's the GLP-1 injections, it's always the same pitch. This time it's different. This time we've cracked the code, this time we've found the secret. Except, it's never different. It's always the fucking same thing. The lawsuits are starting to expose the obvious Side effects that are more than just a nuisance. People aren't just losing weight, they're losing muscle mass, developing severe gastrointestinal issues, dealing with malnutrition and even ending up hospitalized. And here's the kicker A lot of people who stop the drug gain the weight back almost instantly, and often with a little bit of interest. Why? Because nothing about their habits or their relationship with food has changed.

Speaker 2: 3:29

The drug didn't fix anything. It just muted the symptoms until the prescription ran out. And that's exactly why I call Exempic nothing more than Weight Watchers and a syringe. It's the same model Gives you a false sense of control, keep you dependent and profit when you fail. Look, let's be real here. If these drugs actually worked long-term, if they actually solved obesity, you'd see the diet industry collapsing, not booming, but you don't. The industry doesn't want you free. It wants you hooked hooked on meal plans, hooked on shakes, hooked on programs and now hooked on weekly injections that actually cost a fortune. And when it fails because it always does they'll be right there to sell you the next shiny new solution. That's the scam, that's the cycle, and Ozempic and GLP-1s are just the latest chapter.

Speaker 2: 4:20

Now here's why it matters the lawsuits. They're not just about legal liability. They're about pulling back the curtain on the illusion, because for once, people are starting to see the pattern, the promises, the hype, the failures, the damage, and maybe, just maybe. This is the wake-up call that people really need, because weight loss has never been about a miracle drug or a perfect plan. It has always been and always will be about common sense, small, smart choices made, consistently, learning to trust yourself, instead of outsourcing your decisions to a diet or some fucking idiot coach or now a pharmaceutical company. That's not sexy, it doesn't fit into flashing Instagram ads or late night infomercials, but it works and at last, small, smart choices are the only way to really lose weight and keep it off. And the lawsuits are piling up against Ozempic. It's not just about one drug. They're proof that the hype machine of the diet industry is breaking down. The cracks are showing. People are fucking pissed and people are waking up. And that's why I'm here, because it's time for a revolution, not against one drug, not against one company, but against the entire system that's been lying to you, profiting off you and keeping you stuck for decades. Ozempic isn't the miracle. The miracle is realizing you never needed it in the first place. So let's talk about why Ozempic blew up in the first place, why it's been crowned.

Speaker 2: 5:51

The magic shot. The sales pitch is simple right, effortless weight loss. A tiny injection once a week and poof, your appetite vanishes. Sounds good to me. You're not thinking about food all the time. You're eating less without even trying. No calorie counting, no meal prepping, no giving a pizza or wine, no lifestyle change required, just take the shot, sit back and watch the pounds fall off. And honestly, I get it. I get why people want to believe it. Who wouldn't? We live in a world where everybody wants results. Yesterday, fast weight loss, minimal effort, maximum payoff, a shot that makes you skinny feels like the ultimate life hack. I get it. I thought about it, so I totally get it. It's the exact fantasy the diet industry has been dangling in front of us for decades.

Speaker 2: 6:36

But here's the part that the ads and the celebrity testimonials don't tell you behind the hype there's some really fucking ugly realities, and those realities are now showing up in the form of lawsuits. Let's start with the side effects. And we're not talking about oh, I felt a little nauseous today. Anybody can deal with that. We're talking severe, long-term gastrointestinal issues people developing stomach paralysis, malnutrition, er visits because their bodies literally can't handle the drug. And while the companies downplay it, the lawsuits that are piling up are exposing the truth. These aren't rare, isolated incidents. They're happening to real people every single day.

Speaker 2: 7:20

Then there's the rebound weight gain. You stop taking the drug, the weight doesn't just creep back, it rockets back, and for a lot of people it comes back with a lot more weight. Why? Because nothing has changed their habits, their food environment, their relationship with eating. None of it got fixed.

Speaker 2: 7:37

Ozempic and GLP-1s don't teach you how to navigate the restaurant menu, or how to handle stress without overeating, or how to build sustainable daily choices. It just flipped the off switch on your appetite for a while and the second that switch turns back on. It's fucking game over. That means, if you think about it, people are stuck in dependency. To keep weight off, you just have to keep taking the shot forever. And a thousand or fifteen hundred bucks a month, that's not just unsustainable, it's exactly the kind of financial trap the diet industry loves Get you hooked, keep you paying and make sure the only way to succeed is to stay on the hook.

Speaker 2: 8:17

If that sounds familiar, it should, because this isn't new. It's the exact same cycle we've seen with every so-called miracle before it the pills in the 60s, slimfast in the 80s, atkins in the 90s, detox teas and fat burners. In the 2000s, keto subscriptions in the 2010s and now, in the 2020s, it's GLP-1 injections. Different package, same fucking scam. The pattern never changes Big promises, quick results, some early success stories to make it look legitimate. Then the dark side shows up the side effects, the rebound, weight gain, the failure rates through the roof and the industry shrugs and it blames you for not sticking with it and moves on to the next shiny thing. Meanwhile, billions of dollars change hands and millions of people stay stuck.

Speaker 2: 9:09

That's why I keep hammering on this point Ozempic is not a revolution. It's just the latest costume in the same old, tired play. And the lawsuits they're just the proof. Proof that, once again, the hype doesn't match the reality. Proof that, once again, people are paying the price in money, in health and in lost hope. And here's the truth. Nobody's selling you this drug, wants you to hear.

Speaker 2: 9:34

Weight loss was never about finding a magic bullet. It's about common sense. It always was and it always will be. Here's the thing about the GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Govi and Manjaro. They've been sold as a revolution, but in reality they're nothing more than diet culture in a syringe. Think about it.

Speaker 2: 9:57

These shots don't fix anything. They don't change your relationship with food. They don't teach you how to make better choices at a restaurant, or how to handle stress without eating, or how to stop mindless snacking when you're tired at 10 o'clock. What they do is simple they shut off your appetite, that's it. For as long as you're on them, you eat less, but the second you stop, your appetite comes roaring back, and so does the weight. That's not a cure, that's a fucking leash. And that's the exact same model diets I've been using for decades Weight Watchers Points did it, jenny Craig. Mealboxes did it. Keto Subscriptions did it. Detoxies all right. Well, I never did that one, but all of them work in the short term, because they limit your choices, they put you into some little box.

Speaker 2: 10:49

But the second you step outside the box, like, let's say, you go on vacation, or when you eat out, or if life just throws you a curveball. You've lost, you're lost, you don't know what to do. So you snap back to the old habits. Cue the rebound, weight gain, the guilt and the never-ending cycle. Glp-1s are no different. They just wrapped diet culture or lab coat and injected it into your arm or, I guess, into your stomach is where, I guess, you inject it.

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But let's talk a little bit about the side effects, because this is where the mask, where the scam really slips up. The hype train makes it sound like you'll deal with a little nausea when your appetite disappears. But the reality is much, much darker. I mean, first let's talk about the infamous ozempic phase. But the reality is much, much darker. I mean, first let's talk about the infamous ozempic face. When the weight drops quickly, it's not just body fat you're losing, it's fat in your face. That's what gives you a healthy, youthful look. Without it, the skin sags, the cheeks hollow out and suddenly you look 10 years older. People chasing confidence end up feeling worse, staring into a mirror at someone they barely recognize. And once again, the system cashes in.

Speaker 2: 11:46

Now plastic surgeons are making fortunes fixing the side effects with fillers and faceless and cosmetic procedures. It's diet culture's favorite trick Create a new insecurity, then sell you the product to fix it. But it doesn't stop there. Now we're even seeing lawsuits and reports of something that's even scarier. That's vision loss. Some patients on GLP-1 have experienced sudden severe damage to their eyesight, even permanent blindness. Imagine that you signed up to lose 40 pounds and instead you lost your ability to see. That's not a side effect, that's a life sentence. And yet you won't see that risk highlighted in the glossy ads and TikTok testimonials. Because if people knew the real cost, the hype would collapse overnight. And that's what's happening. And here's the brutal truth. Glp-1s aren't a revolution. They're a rerun, a reboot of the same tired shit we've been watching for 70 years.

Speaker 2: 12:44

Diets have always worked this way Restrict and lose weight fast, suffer the side effects, rebound when it ends, blame yourself for failing and then buy the next solution. Now, instead of restricting carbs or counting points, they're handing you a syringe. Same shit, same cycle, same dependency, same profits for the diet industry. And let's not ignore the money, the injections. We all know they cost anywhere between $1,000, $1,500 a month. That's not treatment, that's really. That's literally a subscription service and, like every other diet product, it's built on dependency. If you stop paying, you stop losing, and if you stop losing, you rebound. And then the shame starts again, all over again. The drug companies know that In fact, they're counting on it. They don't want you fixed, they want you hooked. And that really is diet culture in a nutshell. And now it's literally in a needle.

Speaker 2: 13:42

So the question becomes are we really going to fall for it again? Are we really going to pretend this time is different, even as people deal with those epic face gastrointestinal paralysis, malnutrition, lawsuits and now blindness or are we really going to finally wake up to the truth that weight loss was never about gimmicks, hacks or miracle shots? Because here's the real deal. When you look past the hype, glp-1s teach you the exact same lessons diets do. They prove yet again, shortcuts don't work. They prove that when you outsource your health to an external system, whether it's a point tracker or a box of shakes or a $1,500 injection you lose twice. Once you win, you regain the weight and again when you realize you wasted your time, your money and now we're finding out, in a lot of cases, your health.

Speaker 2: 14:35

Glp-1s are the diet culture's last big play, their final magic trick, if you will. But like every other trick, once you see how it's done, the illusion dies and the lawsuits piling up, they're just pulling back the curtain faster than ever. So at the end of the day, the answer has always been the same it's not in a box, it's not in a fucking PDF and it sure as hell isn't in a needle. It's in your choices that you make every day. Small, smart choices, common sense. That's the revolution and that's the one thing the diet industry can't sell you, because once you realize you have the power, you don't need them anymore.

Speaker 2: 15:13

And here's the part that nobody wants to talk about. Ozempic isn't the problem, it's the symptom. The real disease is the diet industry machine, a $70 billion behemoth built on failure. Think about it If diets worked, there wouldn't be a diet industry. If one program, one pill, one app or one shot actually delivered lasting weight loss, the whole fucking thing would collapse. There'd be no repeat customers, no endless cycle of subscriptions and shakes and surgeries and now injections. One good solution and the problem will be solved. But that's not how the industry makes its money. Instead, the entire business model is built on keeping people stuck, hook you with hype, deliver just enough results up front to make it feel real, and then let it collapse when you inevitably gain the weight back because you will.

Speaker 2: 16:08

You don't blame the program, you blame yourself. Oh, I didn't stick with it or I wasn't disciplined enough, or I'll try harder next time. And what do you do? You open your wallet again. That's the playbook. Always has been, always will be. And Ozempic and GLP-1s fit perfectly into that playbook. Because here's what happens with the GLP-1s you pay thousands of dollars to take your shot. You lose weight quickly, you deal with brutal side effects everything from nausea to malnutrition, to Ozempic face, to lawsuits over stomach paralysis and even blindness, and then, when you stop, the weight comes roaring back on. Instead of questioning the drug or the system, you tell yourself I failed, I couldn't stay on it. The guilt is the fuel, the shame is the business model. The machine is designed to keep you blaming yourself while they keep cashing checks. And they're smart, they know how to reinvent the same lie over and over again.

Speaker 2: 17:05

The 80s, like I said, it was low-fat everything. In the 90s it was Atkins I did it. In the 2000s it was detoxes. Never did those but South Beach and fat-burning pills. In the 2010s it was keto, intermittent fasting and endless body transformation programs. Now, in the 2020s, it's GLP-1s like Ozempic and Mungovi and Manjaro.

Speaker 2: 17:26

Every decade a new shiny object. Every decade the same trap. And look at the marketing. The industry doesn't just sell you products, it sells you. Hope that this time will be different, that this is the new science, this new diet, this new drug is finally the breakthrough. And they're masters at pulling emotional levers. They show you the happy before and afters, the celebrities swearing by it, the influencers hashtagging their way through miracle transformations. They make it look easy, inevitable and definitely permanent until it isn't.

Speaker 2: 18:00

And here's another harsh truth the diet industry has never been about health. If it was, the focus would be on long-term sustainable change. It would be about teaching people how to eat in the real world, how to manage stress, how to build habits they can actually live with. But they don't teach that because if you learned it, you wouldn't need them anymore. They don't want you free, they want you dependent. And ozempic and all the GLP ones prove that.

Speaker 2: 18:28

Big pharma saw what the diet industry has been doing for decades and thought hey, what the fuck, why not us? They packaged the same dependency model into a weekly injection, slapped a prescription label on it and marketed it like salvation. But it's the same old scam, different packaging and much higher stakes. Because, let's be real, what's more profitable than a product people have to take forever to succeed? A pill you pop for a week, that's one thing, but an injection you're stuck with for life at a thousand a month, that's the subscription model that Wall Street dreams about. And when people are chasing their dream, the consequences pile up, not just in money but in health.

Speaker 2: 19:11

I said it before a zempic face, stomach paralysis, vision loss, dependency, rebound, weight gain and, the cruelest part, people walk away from this shit, blaming themselves instead of realizing the truth. The game was rigged from the start. Here's what the diet industry doesn't want you to know. Your body is not broken. You don't need saving. You don't need gimmicks, hacks or miracle shots. What you need is the one thing they can't sell you, which is common sense, small, smart choices, made over and over again, real food that you enjoy, movement that you can stick with, learning how to make better decisions in the chaos of daily life. That's what works, that's what lasts and that's the one thing the machine can't monetize, because once you realize it, you're out, you're free. That's why they keep dangling shiny new solutions in front of you, because if you ever stopped and said, wait, this is the same lie as last time, the entire $70 billion empire would collapse.

Speaker 2: 20:13

Ozempic isn't just a drug. It's the latest disguise of the same predator, a predator that thrives on keeping you stuck, ashamed, dependent and fat. And until we stop feeding it, it's going to keep reinventing itself, decade after decade, while people waste their money, their time and their health choosing the next fantasy. The machine doesn't want you to hear this, but here's the truth. You don't need them, you never did.

Speaker 2: 20:42

At this point it should be obvious. Ozempic isn't the revolution, it's the rerun. It's the same trap, dressed up in a lab coat, the same gimmick, recycled with a needle instead of a PDF. And the lawsuits piling up prove it's not just ineffective, long-term, it's fucking dangerous. But here's the real problem. We've been playing the diet industry's game for so long. We don't even realize the board is rigged. We keep following the rules and they keep winning. That's why it's time to flip the table. It's time for a revolution.

Speaker 2: 21:14

And let me be crystal clear. I don't mean a revolution against Ozempic or Weight Watchers, or Keto or Atkins or Slim Fats or whatever comes next. No, this is bigger than that. This is a revolution against the entire system that's been lying to you, profiting off your pain and keeping you stuck for decades. Because here's the truth that Diet Insert never wants you to know. Weight loss was never complicated. It's never been about secret hacks or special meal plans or magic injections. It was and always will be about common sense. Small, smart choices made consistently. That's it. But common sense doesn't make anybody rich. You can't patent it, you can't package it up in a shiny subscription and you sure as shit can't sell it for $1,500 a month. That's why the industry ignores it, dismisses it, even laughs it off, because if you ever embraced it, they'd lose you forever.

Speaker 2: 22:09

So what does this revolution look like? It starts with refusing to play their game. It starts with saying no more chasing quick fixes, no more believing the next shiny project will magically save you, no more blaming yourself when the system fails because it was designed to fail, and no more outsourcing control to a program or a drug or an app. The revolution is about taking your power back. It's about choosing to build patterns, not chase perfection. Choosing to trust yourself, not some external set of rules Choosing progress over gimmicks. It's about learning to make better decisions, not some external set of rules Choosing progress over gimmicks. It's about learning to make better decisions in the chaos of real life Instead of relying on a system that crumbles.

Speaker 2: 22:49

The second things get fucked up and think about it. You don't need Ozemi to tell you eating 3,000 calories of cheese fries every night isn't helping you. You don't need a diet app to tell you that walking daily is good for you. You don't need a celebrity endorsement to prove that drinking water instead of soda makes a difference. You already know. You've always known the diet industry, just convinced you that it had to be harder than that so you'd keep buying.

Speaker 2: 23:18

The lawsuits against Ozempic aren't just about the drug. They're a wake-up call, proof that the hype is collapsing, proof that people are starting to about the drug. They're a wake-up call, proof that the hype is collapsing, proof that people are starting to see the truth. The diet industry never wanted to fix you. It wants to own you. But here's the good news Revolutions don't start with corporations.

Speaker 2: 23:34

They start with people One person deciding they've had enough, one person refusing to play the game, one person saying I'm done chasing gimmicks, I'm ready to start choosing. And when enough people make that choice, the whole system crumbles, because the diet industry can't survive without your money, your hope and your belief in their bullshit. Take that away and they got nothing. So maybe the lawsuits against Ozempic are the beginning of the end. Maybe they're a crack in the wall that finally brings the whole house down, or maybe it'll take longer. But one thing is certain that revolution has to start with you, because you don't need another plan, another pill or another shot. You don't need permission from the diet industry to take back control. You just need to decide. You need to choose. Decide to stop dieting and decide to stop outsourcing and decide to start choosing. That's how the revolution begins, not with another fad, but with a simple choice, and it's yours. So let me kind of land this plane, because I'm worked up right now.

Speaker 2: 24:37

Ozempic isn't a miracle. It's been solved, as it's not a revolution. It's just the latest costume, the tired play that diet industry has been running for decades pills, shakes, points, detox, eat, surgery, apps and now injections, different packaging, same shit, the lawsuits piling up against Ozempic are proof that the hype is collapsing, proof that, once again, people have been sold a dream and quickly turns into a nightmare. If you've been caught in that cycle before, it's not because you're weak, it's because the system was designed to keep you there. But you don't have to stay there. The real revolution isn't in a syringe, it isn't in a PDF and it sure as shit is not in a subscription box.

Speaker 2: 25:16

The real revolution starts with common sense, with small, smart choices you can actually live with, with taking your power back from an industry that's been profiting off your frustration for decades. That's why I'm here, because I lived it. I lost 140 pounds without dieting, without gimmicks, without ozempics and any GLP-1s, and I kept it off, not because I found the magic bullet, but because I finally stopped playing the game, and that's what I want for you. So if this hits home, make sure you hit that subscribe button, share it with someone who's tired of chasing gimmicks. And if you want more no BS, truth that the diet industry hopes you'll never hear, go to JonathanWrestlercom slash free tips and get my weekly tips delivered straight to your inbox quick, easy and actually effective. Oh and, by the way, they're 100% free because I want to break the diet industry. I want to watch them crumble because they kept me trapped for 59 years until I figured it out. It was about common sense. Now I get it. The lawsuits are not going to end ozempic, but the truth will, and the truth is this you don't need another diet, another drug or another scam. Honestly, you need to shut up and choose. So that's my rant on GLP-1s. It's been a crazy week A lot of lawsuits coming out.

Speaker 2: 26:32

If you want to read all about my journey, you can buy my book Shut Up and Choose on Amazon. We're an Amazon bestseller. I get emails every day telling me that the book has changed people's lives and that's probably the most gratifying thing in the world. If I can save you $1,500 a month by not going on Ozempic, I feel great. The reality is, this is all about small, smart choices. It's all about common sense. It's all about taking control of your own life, not giving it to somebody else. This is about learning how to eat in the life that you're living, giving it to somebody else. This is about learning how to eat in the life that you're living, not changing your life to live and eat on somebody else's meal plan. So again, it's all about choices. Now all you have to do is shut up and choose.

Speaker 1: 27:18

You've been listening to Shut Up and Choose. Jonathan's passion is to share his journey of shedding 130 pounds in less than a year without any of the usual gimmicks no diets, no pills. And we'll let you in on a little secret no fucking gym. And guess what? You can do it too. We hope you enjoyed the show. We had a fucking blast. If you did, make sure to like, rate and review. We'll be back soon, but in the meantime, find Jonathan on Instagram at JonathanWrestlerBocaRaton. Until next time, shut up and choose.