{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Weight and Metabolism","title":"Decision Fatigue","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":806,"description":"By the time most people sit down to plan dinner, they've already made hundreds of decisions — what to wear, what to say, what to let go, what to fix. In this episode, Dr. Deepti Sharma explores decision fatigue: the very real, well-documented phenomenon where the sheer volume of choices we make each day depletes our mental resources, and why that depletion doesn't stay contained to the mind. She explains how decision fatigue shows up physically — reaching for the easiest food instead of the planned one, skipping the workout, saying yes to things you meant to decline — not because of a lack of willpower, but because the brain, like any other organ, runs on a finite budget. Dr. Sharma connects this to the disproportionate mental load so many women carry: managing households, relationships, caregiving, and careers, often while suppressing their own needs to keep things running smoothly for everyone else. That invisible labor adds up, and by evening, the choices that matter most for health — what to eat, whether to move, whether to rest — are often the ones made with the least capacity left. This episode isn't about adding another task to your list; it's about understanding why \"just make better choices\" is incomplete advice, and what actually reduces the load.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/84_Xx67R-y5RLPLUedlP0dxOXEsNMlayNHxEIsdGYqo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZGE2/M2Q3YjY4YjYxY2E1/ZWRlMzNmNTA0MmIx/ZmE0MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}