…for a meaningful number of people, especially those who start dieting when they don't really need to, the dieting comes first and the extra body fat follows, years later, as a consequence of the restriction-recovery cycle repeating itself. They didn't get fat and then diet. They dieted and got fat.

Years of restrictive dieting haven't given you lean and muscular. They've given you metabolically suppressed with escalating anxiety and control around food. And the path forward isn't what you think.