I sit down with Kashif Anwar, an MD board certified in Obesity Medicine, to discuss the role the medical profession does and doesn&apos;t play in weight loss. Email me at jay@lightersidepodcast.comInstagram : @lightersidepodcastCall the hotline at 908-396-7791Music by Jared Mancuso and Steve Kupp<p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)</p>

"I don't even like sports"

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.