Program Yourself Thin Podcast

You want it gone by summer. By the reunion. By next month. That urgency feels like commitment — but it's quietly working against you. Because the moment the scale doesn't cooperate, the panic sets in and the whole thing falls apart.
Naturally thin people don't live that way. They're not counting down to a deadline. They think in decades, not days — and that longer view is exactly what makes it feel effortless.
In this episode, I explain why zooming out takes the pressure off, why it gets you to your goal weight faster than any sprint, and how to start thinking like someone who has all the time in the world.
🎧 Download the free "New Thin Me" hypnosis session.

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live coaching and Q&A with the PYT community.New to PYT? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction.
🔥 Get your Free Weight Loss Hypnosis Session
📖 Get Jim's book → The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight

The late-night snacking. The stress eating. The way you feel fine all day and then lose yourself the moment you walk through the door. For years you've probably treated these like character flaws — proof that something in you is broken.
They're not flaws. They're patterns. And every pattern has a solution once you understand what's actually driving it.
In this episode, I explain why your eating struggles have never been about willpower, why each one is a puzzle with a real answer, and how naming the specific pattern is the first step to gently changing it. You don't need to fight yourself harder. You need to understand yourself better.
🎧 Download the free "New Thin Me" hypnosis session.

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live coaching and Q&A with the PYT community.New to PYT? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction.
🔥 Get your Free Weight Loss Hypnosis Session
📖 Get Jim's book → The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight

You've tried it, haven't you? The harsh inner voice. The strict rules. The promise that once you finally get disgusted enough with yourself, you'll change. And yet here you are — more exhausted, no lighter, and quietly wondering if something's wrong with you.
Nothing's wrong with you. The approach was wrong.
In this episode, I explain why self-criticism has never once created lasting change — and what actually does. Because you don't move toward your goal weight by hating where you are. You get there by finally being on your own side.
🎧 Download the free "New Thin Me" hypnosis session.

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live coaching and Q&A with the PYT community.New to PYT? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction.
🔥 Get your Free Weight Loss Hypnosis Session
📖 Get Jim's book → The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight

You've been setting yourself up to lose. Goals so big, rules so strict, standards so high that falling short is almost guaranteed. And every time you fall short, you feel like a failure all over again.
In this episode, I explain how to flip that completely — how to design your days so that winning becomes the easy, natural outcome instead of the rare exception. When the win is built in, momentum takes care of the rest.
🎧 Download the free "New Thin Me" hypnosis session.

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live coaching and Q&A with the PYT community.New to PYT? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction.
🔥 Get your Free Weight Loss Hypnosis Session
📖 Get Jim's book → The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight

Fun. Happiness. Celebration. Reward. Watch the commercials closely and you'll notice junk food is never really selling you food — it's selling you a feeling. And that's exactly why it's so hard to resist.
In this episode, I pull back the curtain on how these companies engineer their products and their marketing to hijack your emotions, and how seeing the trick clearly starts to loosen its hold on you.
🎧 Download the free "New Thin Me" hypnosis session.

The daily Program Yourself Thin live show with Jim Katsoulis. Today's topic plus live coaching and Q&A with the PYT community.New to PYT? Start with our standalone episodes for the best introduction.
🔥 Get your Free Weight Loss Hypnosis Session
📖 Get Jim's book → The Tao of Living at Your Goal Weight