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Julie Hittleman was a nurse for 25 years and could not fix her own health. In April 2020 she was 265 pounds, couldn't climb a flight of stairs, and had fatty liver, pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. She booked a telehealth visit to ask her doctor for a water pill.

He'd known her 10 years. He told her she was scaring him, that he thought she was in congestive heart failure, and that she was a hamburger shy of a heart attack.

She released 120 pounds in 11 months. She says the bigger weight was the one between her ears.

This conversation goes past food rules into what actually holds the pattern in place: using food to manage a dysregulated nervous system, why she refuses the phrase "cheat meal," the dopamine trap that guarantees the cycle repeats, and the difference between an ex-smoker and a non-smoker that explains why her eighth quit attempt was the one that stuck. She also draws a hard line between being symptom-free and being healthy, and between lifespan and health span.

Her line for it: it wasn't what I was eating, it was what was eating me.

Full written version: https://connorwithhonor.com/blog/2026-155-she-was-a-hamburger-shy-of-a-heart-attack-what-a-nurse-learned-losing-120-pounds

Find Julie at https://hittlemanhealth.com, including a free metabolic scan. She's on Facebook and Instagram as Julie Stern Hittleman.

This is a conversation, not medical advice. Julie's results are her own, not a promise of yours. Talk to your physician before changing anything about your health.

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