Glenn DawsonReset-U Fitness · Owner and CEO of Reset-U Fitness

3 Reasons You Can’t Lose the Last 20 Pounds

14 Sept 2026 · 2 min

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In this short promotional video, the speaker outlines three primary reasons why many people struggle to lose the final 20 pounds of body weight. First, he explains that most individuals do not track their food intake or energy expenditure, citing a study showing people over‑report their calorie burn by 51% and under‑report their intake by 47%, leading to a mis‑estimated energy balance. Second, he argues that even “healthy” processed foods from stores like Sprouts or Whole Foods are less satiating, disrupt ghrelin and leptin hormones, and cause frequent hunger, whereas whole, minimally processed foods (meat, fruit, vegetables) promote fullness and lower overall intake. Third, he describes how an inflamed, bloated gut impairs metabolism, reduces calorie burning, hampers nutrient processing, and can contribute to anxiety and depression. To address these issues, he promotes Reset U’s 21‑day Reset Gut Metabolism Protocol, which is part of a broader 10‑week Regain Your Prime Challenge, and invites viewers to comment “RESETME” to receive next steps.

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Here are the 3 main reasons why you most likely cannot lose that last 20 pounds. Number 1, you're not tracking anything. In a recent study done on fat loss, it found the average human over-reports their energy expenditure by 51% and under-reports how much they're actually eating by 47%. You have no idea how many calories you're eating or how many you're burning. Most of the time we're way off, and that's why the weight isn't moving. Number 2, you're eating healthy processed foods. Even if they're healthy processed foods from Sprouts or Whole Foods, they still don't fill you up as much and they cause you to be hungrier sooner. They mess with ghrelin and leptin and your satiety hormones, so you're constantly eating and overeating. Whole foods like meat, fruit, vegetables, things that you're making from scratch have a completely different effect. They're gonna fill you up more and you will eat less of them. Your gut is inflamed. In clinical research, if you have an inflamed gut, meaning you've got a bloated, gassy gut where there's just a war going on inside of it, that slows down your metabolism, makes it so that you are not burning as many calories and you're not processing as many nutrients. It also leads to anxiety and depression. That's why at Reset U we have our 21-day Reset Gut Metabolism Protocol. It's part of our 10-week Regain Your Prime Challenge. If you're interested and you want to get your gut reset so that by Thanksgiving you are back to your prime and you've lost your 20 pounds, write RESETME below and we will set you up with the next steps.