The Obesity Guide with Matthea Rentea MD
Matthea Rentea MD leads discussions on obesity and chronic weight management. Her guests range from experts in the fields that intersect with obesity and wellness, to individuals successful in their weight journey. She is a Board certified Internal Medicine and Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and founder of the Rentea Metabolic Clinic, a Telehealth clinic for residents of the state of Indiana and Illinois that helps comprehensively with weight management. This podcast is for information and education purposes only. No medical advice is being given. Please talk to your physician for what is right for you.
Episodes
215 episodes
How Your Nervous System Hijacks Your Eating (and How to Get It Back) with Jane Pilger
For 25 years, Jane Pilger couldn't figure out why she couldn't stop binge eating. It wasn't until she uncovered the one piece no one had ever explained to her that things finally started to change.And it had nothing to do with willpower…...
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Season 1
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Episode 165
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41:09
Jacqui Cook on GLP-1 Weight Loss, Maintenance Fears, and Letting Go of Diet Rules
For decades, Jacqui Cook lived in a cycle many women know all too well: losing weight, gaining it back, and starting over… always wondering why nothing seemed to stick. Food was her love language, life kept getting in the way, and no matter how...
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Season 1
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Episode 164
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38:34
You've Hit Your Goal Weight…Now What? 5 Truths About Long-Term Weight Maintenance
You hit your goal weight. So now what...?For a lot of people, maintenance feels like uncharted territory. And without the right mindset, it's easy to either white-knuckle it or slowly drift back to old patterns. In this episo...
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Season 1
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Episode 163
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16:05
GLP-1s and Vision Loss: Separating Fact from Fear with Dr. Mina Farahani
There’s a lot of noise online about semaglutide, sudden vision loss, and scary eye complications. If you’re taking a GLP-1 (or thinking about it), you might be wondering: Am I putting my vision at risk? In this episode, I s...
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Season 1
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Episode 162
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16:09
Restarting GLP-1s? 5 Reasons It Feels Harder This Time
Back on your GLP-1 medication… but confused why it isn’t working this time?Lots of people stop these medications for valid reasons. Cost, side effects, pregnancy plans, or simply because things were going well and it felt like the right ...
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Season 1
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Episode 161
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18:44
Perimenopause, GLP-1s, and What's Actually Affecting Your Sex Drive with Dr. Kristen Wolfe
If you've noticed your sex drive has tanked, whether from GLP-1s, perimenopause or menopause, postpartum changes, or simply the mental load of being a woman in 2026… you're not imagining it. And you're definitely not “broken”.In this epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 160
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55:42
Understanding PCOS: From Diagnosis to Long-Term Health with Dr. Sabrina Huq
If you’ve been told you have PCOS (or suspect you might), you’ve probably been left with more questions than answers. It’s one of the most misunderstood conditions out there, and a lot of people are misdiagnosed, under-treated, or given the sam...
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Season 1
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Episode 159
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48:20
The Cost of GLP-1s is Forcing Switches: Can You Maintain Your Results?
What happens when the medication that's finally helping you is no longer affordable?If you've had success on Mounjaro or Zepbound but need to switch to a more affordable option like Ozempic for maintenance, you're probably wondering:...
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Season 1
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Episode 158
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15:47
Your Friday Five: Cozy Protein Favorites, Movie-Night Snacks & a Surprise Soda
Welcome back to Your Friday Five — a quick roundup of products I’ve been loving lately, especially when it comes to easy ways to add more protein.Here’s what’s in my current rotation:•
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Weight Loss Stalled on GLP-1? Focus On THIS Instead
Some of the best conversations start with listener questions, especially the ones that come from feeling stuck, confused, or wondering, 'is this normal?'In this special Q&A episode, I'm tackling two listener questions. One is about u...
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Season 1
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Episode 157
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13:46
We Are Not Chasing Suppressed Hunger
In today’s quick Friday Five episode, we’re talking about something that causes fear for so many people on a weight loss journey: hunger.If hunger starts returning, many people immediately assume something has gone wrong — that the medic...
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7:23
Oral Wegovy: How to Take It, Who It's For, and What It Costs with Joseph Zucchi, PA
We finally have the first-ever FDA-approved oral GLP-1 for treating obesity, and it's a much bigger deal than the headlines suggest…In this episode, I'm joined by Joseph Zucchi, PA, a clinical supervisor at a weight management clinic who...
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Season 1
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Episode 156
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28:23
The Week Muscle ‘Disappears’ (But Doesn’t)
In this short Friday episode, Dr. Matthea Rentea breaks down a common body composition mistake that causes unnecessary panic: apparent muscle loss that isn’t real.She explains two very common scenarios where body composition sca...
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200-Pound Weight Loss: Why Self-Love Is a Practice, Not a Feeling with Dr. Joy Bracey
Self-love gets talked about a lot… but most of us still don’t really know what it is. Is it positive affirmations? Spa days? Just “being nicer” to yourself?And if that’s true, why do so many capable, motivated people still feel ...
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Season 1
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Episode 155
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36:19
Your Friday Fave: The One Question That Changes Everything
This week’s Your Friday Five centers around a single question—one that has the power to shift your mindset, your habits, and the way you evaluate progress. I came across it in a video from Jamie Seltzer (linked below), and it stopped m...
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New Obesity Medications Coming 2026-2028
Weight loss medications are evolving at lightning speed. But once you start digging online, it’s easy to feel unsure about what’s real, what’s safe, and what your options actually are if a medication stops working.In this episode, I walk...
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Season 1
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Episode 154
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19:54
Your Friday Five: The “Prepared, Not Perfect” Nutrition Reset
In this New Year edition of Your Friday Five, we’re talking about the ONE strategy that consistently transforms my patients’ nutrition—and my own. Winter is here, the days are darker, and this is the time of year when energy dips and c...
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9:28
Community, Energy, and Gratitude: Looking Back at 2025
In this special end-of-year episode, I'm doing something I've never done before: slowing down to reflect on the moments, lessons, and people who shaped this year—and sharing a glimpse of what's coming in 2026.From the evolution of the 30...
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Season 1
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Episode 153
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29:01
Your Friday Five: The 5 Lessons That Changed My Health This Year
In this year-end episode, I’m sharing the top five lessons that transformed my own health—and the health of so many patients I’ve worked with. These weren’t quick fixes or resolutions that fizzled out in February. These were identity-level shif...
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24:52
Conquering Health During the Holidays (Re-Run)
The holidays are something I look forward to every year. It’s a beautiful time spent coming together with friends and family in celebration. But there will always be certain challenges that come with the changes in environment, routine, etc. An...
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Season 1
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Episode 152
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17:54
Home Menus, Lunch Rotations, and High-Protein Hacks with Brooke Simonson
Tired of staring into the fridge exhausted, hungry, and out of ideas?Enter Brooke Simonson, a nutrition and mindset coach who specialises in helping busy women eat well without the all-or-nothing approach. She supports my clinic...
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Season 1
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Episode 151
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39:29
Your Friday Five: Restarting GLP-1s Postpartum—What to Expect
This week’s Friday Five tackles a question many women quietly wonder about: “What should I expect if I restart Mounjaro after pregnancy and breastfeeding?”Whether you paused your GLP-1 for pregnancy, breastfeeding, or sim...
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6:42
Weight Cycling: The Metabolic Damage You Can't Ignore
As the year wraps up, many people are about to lose coverage for their weight-loss medications… yet most have no plan for what happens next. That uncertainty alone can set the stage for weight cycling, and that’s where things get to...
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Season 1
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Episode 150
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