Dr. Rees Checketts

Dr. Rees Checketts Internal medicine certified | Obesity medicine fellow | No shame evidence-based weight management

06/10/2026

You can eat pizza and lose weight! You need to budget for it, sample a piece of it, then get back to your goal-consistent pattern of eating.

06/09/2026

There’s a place for TRT. The problem is when we bury our heads in the sand and stop asking, “why is the T low?” Don’t be that person! Ladies - send this out to your husbands/brothers/dads.

06/08/2026

Great visit with The Frugal Derm on how nutrition impacts hair loss. See it below 👇🏻

06/08/2026

What is actually causing the hair loss with GLP-1s?!?! Can we prevent it?

and are making me think it’s not just the rapid weight loss that is the trigger, and it may have a lot to do with the fact that people are starving themselves of calories, protein, and nutrients. Our bodies (and hair) need those building blocks.

This paradigm shift is changing the way I counsel patients with this problem and, who knows, maybe if we focus on optimizing nutrition we can prevent some of this hair loss? One can hope.

06/06/2026

The weight we want to lose is from fat tissue. Fat loss is a more precise term than weight loss. Sometimes, our body weight may increase and fat still decrease and vice versa.

06/06/2026

This is the part that isn’t your fault.

Think of your body like a thermostat. Set it to 68 and crack a window — the heat just works harder to hold the line. Your weight has a thermostat too, and dieting is the open window.

Lose weight and your body doesn’t celebrate. It panics. Hunger hormones climb. Metabolism quietly turns down. Fullness signals weaken. The longer you white-knuckle it, the louder your biology gets — until willpower loses. It was always going to.

That’s not a character flaw. It’s a defended system doing exactly what it evolved to do.

Understand that, and you stop blaming yourself and start treating the actual problem.
Share this with someone who’s been blaming themselves. 🔁

What this doesn’t mean, that you get a pass from eating a low calorie and high quality diet. You still need to do that. But rather than doing it as a crash few months, make it a lifestyle.

Big shout out to my new rising fans!Sarah Chipman, Rachel Lawrence, Janis Klingler
06/06/2026

Big shout out to my new rising fans!

Sarah Chipman, Rachel Lawrence, Janis Klingler

Still in awe that people are willing to engage in these conversations. Grateful for this community.Special shoutout to J...
06/06/2026

Still in awe that people are willing to engage in these conversations. Grateful for this community.

Special shoutout to Janis Klingler — a dear friend from when we served as Christian missionaries together overseas back in 2012. Still following along and still humoring me. Means a lot.

And to everyone new here — welcome. This community is the whole point. This is why I’m still on social media.

Sarah Chipman, Rachel Lawrence, Janis Klingler

06/05/2026

These are the ones I’d normally soften. I didn’t this time.

Drop the one you disagree with most in the comments. ⬇️

06/04/2026

39 grams of protein at breakfast. Under 400 calories. Three minutes.

This is what I actually eat most mornings — and I pull this up when patients tell me they don’t have time or money to eat well. Berries, Greek yogurt, flax seeds, a scoop of protein powder, almond milk. Nothing expensive. Nothing that requires cooking.

The evidence on protein timing is pretty consistent: front-loading early keeps you fuller longer, protects muscle, and flattens the blood sugar curve that otherwise bottoms out and wrecks your afternoon. Most people get under 15 grams at breakfast. This bowl is nearly triple that.

(Add an egg and this becomes ~45g — that reel is coming.)

You don’t need a perfect diet. You need a solid first meal.

🥣 Comment PROTEIN for my free Protein Starter Guide.
🛒 My go-to protein picks are in my storefront — link in bio.

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