Dr. Brian King trained as a neuroscientist and psychologist and for more than a decade has traveled the world as a comedian and public speaker. By day he conducts seminars, presented nationwide and attended by thousands of people each year, on positive psychology, the health benefits of humor, stress management, and healthy living. By night he entertains audiences in comedy clubs. Dr. Brian began performing stand-up comedy in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, and since then he has performed hundreds of shows around the world. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas, a master’s degree from the University of New Orleans, and a PhD from Bowling Green State University. He is the author of The Art of Taking It Easy (Apollo Publishers) and The Laughing Cure. Dr. Brian hails from New York City, but is regularly on the road with his wife and young daughter or at their homes in Montreal, Canada, or Dallas, Texas.

Psychologist, stand-up comedian, and best-selling author Dr. Brian King reveals the techniques he used to lose one hundred pounds, and provides guidance and humor to make your weight loss journey a healthy, sustainable, and even enjoyable one. Dr. Brian King studied neuroscience and psychology before touring the world as a stand-up comedian and public speaker. Yet despite giving life guidance to others, he was carrying an extra one hundred pounds, taking up too much space in airplane seats and keeping the opposite sex at bay. When Dr. Brian committed to change, he embraced his understanding of human behavior and mindsets to reframe his approach to a healthy lifestyle. Now having lost most of the weight, he uses his signature combination of humor and neuroscience to delve deep into mindfulness, stress, habits, willpower, diet, exercise, and much more to guide readers in losing weight and keeping it off. This highly anticipated follow-up to Dr. Brian‿s renowned stress management guide, The Art of Taking It Easy, is equally destined to help readers worldwide live better, longer, more active lives‿and make your skinny jeans your everyday ones. Dr. Brian's unique, encouraging guidance brims with colorful anecdotes, personal stories, and scientific evidence, and is complemented by wisdom from a wealth of other experts‿in various health fields as well as comedy‿who have also triumphed in their weight loss journeys. Whether you are looking to shed those final five, the COVID fifteen, or the weight of another adult, Of Bears and Weight Loss offers life-changing tips and instructions that will have you embracing change with humor and the power to finally see your goals through to completion. Inside you‿ll find:- A comprehensive guide to developing the right mindset. - An understanding of how factors such as poor sleep or impulse control could be sabotaging your goals. - Guidance on how to know what diet and exercise program is right for you. - The motivation to change and instructions on how to sustain a healthy lifestyle. - Revelations on why diets fail and how to embrace sustainable change without going hungry or spending all night in the gym. - Support for balancing weight loss goals with busy lifestyles, work, parenting, and social commitments. - A wealth of humor, deep belly laughs, and scientifically-sound, evidence-based know-how.

Preface: Bonjour de Montréal

Chapter 1

Three Books

The Ship that Almost Passed Me In the Night

Fat Tales: Bringing Sexy Back

A Promise I Intend to Keep

The Best Things About Losing One Hundred Pounds

Chapter 2

Two Simple Methods

Consulting the Expert: Bodybuilder Andrew Ginsburg

Fat Tales: That Doctor Comedian

Consulting the Expert: Chef Suzi Gerber

Chapter 3

Studies of Eating and Screwing

Consulting the Expert: Occupational Therapist Sarah Bollinger

Two Pounds of Fat

Fat Tales: Time to Bring the Doughnuts

Sorry, But the Bear is Back

Of Berries and Worms

Stress Eating Over a Caterpillar

Shark Mode

Eating or Screwing?

Chapter 4

The Eye-Opening Event

The "Not-So-Secret" Secret

Fat Tales: Popcorn for Breakfast

Old Habits Die Hard

Fat Tales: Time to Wear the Big Boy Pants

The Worst Things About Losing One Hundred Pounds

Chapter 5

Not That Kind of Bear

Fat Tales: Eating Like Olympians

Chapter 6

The Right Place at the Right Time

Getting Those Last Few Steps In

Speaking of Europe: German Comedian Thomas Nicolai

Fat Tales: The Adventures of Daddy Pig

Chapter 7

Check Out This Bunch of Losers

Comedian Mark Schiff Lost Fifty Pounds After Some Inspiration from Jerry Seinfeld

Comedian Steve Mittleman Lost Fifty Pounds and Has Kept Most of Them Off for Thirty-Seven Years

Comedian AC Valiante Has Lost Fifty Pounds Since the Start of the Pandemic

Writer and Comedian Jonelle Larouche Lost Thirty Pounds by Giving Up Alcohol

Comedian Trevin Verduzco Has Lost Eighty-Five Pounds with the Help of a Weight Loss Clinic

Comedian Mark Evans Lost One Hundred Pounds Thanks to Intermittent Fasting

Comedian Kieran Atkins Lost Forty-Five Pounds by Overcoming Impulsive Behavior

Comedian Jennifer Anderson Lost Eighty Pounds by Kickboxing!

Comedian Erik Escobar Lost Over One Hundred Pounds Because He Had a Toothache

Comedian Dave DeLuca Lost 110 Pounds by Walking Throughout New York City

Comedian ANT Lost Almost Seventy Pounds After Trying Nearly Everything

A Few Words About Medication

Nashville Hot Chicken Restaurateur Austin Smith Lost Over One Hundred Pounds and Still Eats His Own Food

Sometimes It’s Really Good To Talk To Others

Fat Tales: Just Call Me Papa Button

Chapter 8

My Boots Were Made For Walking

Fat Tales: A Father and Son Thing

Chapter 9

Sarah’s Struggle

Fat Tales: The Day After Thanksgiving

Chapter 10

Au Revoir de Montréal

Epilogue

Acknowledgments