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#137 - How Kyle Lost 40+ Pounds Balancing Work, Travel, And New Fatherhood
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If you have spent years knowing you need to change but cannot seem to stick with it, this one is for you. Kyle has lost over 60 pounds total and more than 40 of those pounds in the 15 months we worked together, all while traveling for work and becoming a new dad.
In this conversation we break down how an everyday guy with a busy schedule and real life stressors finally made it stick for good.
You will hear:
• What finally clicked for Kyle after years of starting and stopping
• How he learned to eat in a way that works for real life, not just a perfect week
• The simple structure we used to balance work travel, family life, and progress
• How becoming a dad shaped his motivation and his choices
• The mindset shifts that helped him stop chasing quick fixes and build a lifestyle
If you are a guy who has been telling yourself you will start on Monday, or you feel like you have tried everything and nothing sticks, Kyle’s story will hit home. He is a normal guy who decided he was done feeling stuck and was ready to become the kind of man his family can look up to.
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Transcript
Introduction to the Podcast with Kyle Hand
00:00:03
Speaker
Welcome back to the Fit-ish Project with your host Lathan Bass where we make fitness and health simple for regular people like you and i We have another weekly episode coming at you. I'm pretty excited for this episode here today because we have another guest. I think this is the fifth person that I've had on the podcast so trying to get more people on here, get some new perspectives and get some new stories on here and this one I'm pretty excited about because this is a person that I've been working with for a little bit now.
00:00:29
Speaker
Kyle and I have worked together for over a year and a half or right around there. And so I've got to know him. I've got to see him make some pretty sweet results and do a lot of really cool things. And so I'm excited to get him on this podcast and be able to share his story a little bit because since he started, he's lost around 60-ish pounds and has also been balancing, becoming a new dad, traveling with work, a lot of different things. So really excited to get into this one.
Kyle Hand's Background and Weight Gain Journey
00:00:55
Speaker
And so to kick this one off, I just want to start with Kyle introducing himself a little bit and just giving us a little bit of background about where he was before we got into working together. So I'll pass it over to you, Kyle.
00:01:06
Speaker
Hey, ladies, appreciate you having me on. We yeah set the goal to get under 300 and get on the podcast. as So we're finally here. um Yeah, so my name is Kyle Hand. I live in Texas. I'm a wildlife biologist.
00:01:21
Speaker
a travel quite a bit for work. You know, played football in high school, worked out a lot, then was always big. I mean, I played played high school ball at like 275.
00:01:34
Speaker
um Senior year after that, I dropped down to probably 250 after I got out of that. ah Then I got a job at a gas station, which was probably the worst thing ever. And that started my weight climb. You know, I was kind of off and on working out still, but...
00:01:52
Speaker
So graduated high school in 2008, and then probably right around 2018 to 2020, somewhere right in there, I had a doctor's visit, and I was i was up to 357. So then you just, you know, I just stopped stepping on the scale. So in all reality, I was probably over that 360 mark.
Initial Steps and Motivation for Weight Loss
00:02:16
Speaker
I probably right around there, I started working out, was in the gym pretty good for ah you know probably two years and was definitely getting stronger, but wasn't seeing the results that I wanted there.
00:02:30
Speaker
i ah ah did, a cut out, I used to be a big sweet tea drinker and not like kind of sweet, like it might as well have been syrup. Um, so like during that, like 18 to 20, I cut out sweet tea. Don't really drink sweet tea except for like super special occasions.
00:02:50
Speaker
And I dropped, don't know, probably 15 pounds just from doing that over a year. But then fast forward, wasn't seeing any progress, ah kind of had kind of given up and was holding right around that like 345 mark. then see June of 2020,
00:03:06
Speaker
ah mark and then see june of twenty 24 found out that, that my wife was pregnant. And, that was really the thing that like hit me between the eyes, but like something has got to change. I'm about to have, not that I didn't have my wife depending on me, but I'm about to have other people depending on me and I want to be around for a long time.
00:03:31
Speaker
Yeah, and going back, i was borderline pre-diabetic, or borderline diabetic. So I was pre-diabetic. a one c was right at like 6.9, I think. I think seven is what they call diabetic.
00:03:43
Speaker
So I've been right around there. And then it was it was August, the first week in August of 24, sitting in my desk and I was like, something has got to change. I either got to, you know, I thought about getting on some semi-glutides or things like that, but...
00:04:03
Speaker
Those things are great. I have family members that those have helped out, but I wanted to try one more time to do it the way I wanted to do it. And so that's when I gave you a call. And so that was, I think my first way in with you was I was 341. And last week the first time since...
00:04:21
Speaker
ah point eight which is the first time since probably, don't 2009, 2010, since I've been under 300. Yeah, huge milestone to hit that there. And ah I think the point that you make about just having that that strong why is such a a big thing for a lot of people, because I remember having that conversation. We hopped on a phone call and you that that was your exact word. You said, I'm going to be a new dad here soon and I got to figure some things out. And I know we've talked about that quite a bit, just being that
00:04:54
Speaker
that example and that role model and passing on some better habits onto your kids and things like that. And I think having something that's just super strong, whether it's your kids or your wife or your family or being around so you can see them grow up or play with them or hunt or whatever it is, like having something that's super strong that you can refer back to and really think about, I think is such a critical thing that a lot of people miss out on because we all know that we should be focusing on our health. We know that we should be prioritizing things, but it's really easy to just let things slip and life starts to happen and we work and we have a social life going on and we have all these responsibilities and that health seems to take a backseat a lot of times. And until something like, you know, a newborn comes around or some big health incident or pre-diabetes or whatever the case may be, like you said, just kind of hits in between the eyes and makes you realize that you need to change.
00:05:43
Speaker
So thinking back a little bit to where you were at, what were the biggest struggles for you when it came to just making things stick?
Learning New Eating Habits and Strategies
00:05:51
Speaker
Probably the biggest one, and I'll say this probably a bunch of times today, is, ah and it's it's kind of weird to say this, but as a 30-year-old man, I didn't know how to eat.
00:06:01
Speaker
I mean... the I think the first week that I tracked calories, I just ate how I had been eating. And it was, um it's it's true that we we way underestimate the amount of food that we eat.
00:06:16
Speaker
I mean, it was it was nothing for me to, you know, eat a normal breakfast and then, you know, fast food hamburger for lunch and then go to Chili's and and crush a trip triple dipper after of that. Absolutely. And that right now is like my that's my guilty pleasure is that. But after logging that like a triple dipper is 2200 calories.
00:06:38
Speaker
I mean, that's what I should be eating all day long. But I was stacking two meals on top of that. And so, I mean, I had the workout background. And so I knew, you know.
00:06:50
Speaker
More muscle means you're going to burn more. But i guess the biggest change from then till now is just how much diet matters. It doesn't matter. You can spend 24 hours in the gym every day and you can't outwork a bad diet. I mean, it's cliche. We say it all the time, but it really is true.
00:07:10
Speaker
And so just... Really, I guess I had my priorities, you know, well, I didn't have my priorities wrong. It was just what I knew was working out. So it was easy for me to say, okay, I'm going to work out four days a week, three days a week, whatever, ah and try to incorporate that because it's what I knew.
00:07:28
Speaker
And really throughout this whole process with you, i mean, it's just learning how to eat. that's That's the biggest thing. Even... Even, you know, through times through this process, there's there's ups and downs.
00:07:41
Speaker
But the times that I'm dialed in on eating is when I see the most progress, at least on the scale. There's other things I see from from being dialed in at the gym. But, yeah, it's just – it really is like learning how to eat and and what – what substitutions you can make um to to make things better, ah to get more protein. you know, I still struggle sometimes to get get my protein in.
00:08:09
Speaker
But, yeah, it's just a learning. it's Yeah, my biggest challenge was learning how to eat, which sounds weird as a 30-year-old person. Yeah. No, that's ah I love the way you phrase that, because that's what I always say. And I'm i'm big on just learning things in general and having that 1% better mindset, that growth mindset. And that really helped me as well with all this fitness stuff is just thinking about it as skills, because when you break it down, it is it's just learning how to eat better and As you said, it sounds kind of weird. It's because like we've we've all been eating since the day we were born. We're going to eat till the day we die. But a lot of times, most of us didn't come from super great eating habits. That's just we didn't get them passed down to us. We didn't learn them in school. We didn't have anybody teaching us those things. And so you just carry those habits into adulthood.
00:08:55
Speaker
And then, you know, you couple that with maybe not moving as much, not working out as much or not playing sports as much. And then you look up and you gained a bunch of weight and you have all these poor eating habits and you get so used to it in a way to where like it just becomes your new normal. And so, like you said, thinking about having to learn how to eat seems like such a weird concept, but it's true. Like when you look around, most of us, we eat too much. We don't eat the right things a lot of times. And as we've talked about many times, you can fit whatever you want into your diet, but getting to a place where like, you are eating a lot of good things where you not only can look the way that you want, but you actually feel different, you start to feel a certain way as you start to eat better portions and eat the right things. And I think that's something that a lot of people miss out on because they assume that, like you said, I'm a 30 year old man, I should know how to eat, right? Like, yeah that's something that I've been doing forever. I know how to eat, right? But
00:09:46
Speaker
At the same time, it's like we don't. We have to spend some time maybe tracking some food and learning what portion sizes look like and learning how to eat more protein and hit our macros and things like that. And I don't think any of those tools are things that we have to do forever. But I think for a lot of us spending even six months, a year, a couple years doing those things in order to hit your goals and then have those skills for the rest of your life seems like a pretty good investment to make.
00:10:10
Speaker
Yeah. And the other, probably the other thing and we've talked about it a lot. I know you've talked about it on the podcast a lot is the the all or nothing. It's like, you know, the old, the old me, like you miss two workouts one week. You just say, well, if I can't get four, I'm not going to get two or Hey man, that meal was, was not on track.
00:10:31
Speaker
my And if if it was breakfast that wasn't on track, then ah this day shot anyways, just go ahead. and But I mean, One thing, another thing I've learned through this is i mean it's good to look at calories on a day-to-day basis.
00:10:46
Speaker
But at the same time, like, it's okay to look at calories over a week ah to to plan how you're going to move those calories around. um i don't think i don't think I could look at it at a month scale, but, like,
00:11:00
Speaker
Yeah. And in consistency, what I've learned is being consistent with food five days and then just like blowing it out on the weekends.
00:11:12
Speaker
i can I can still make my progress for five days. I can do really good and then just still make my progress on a ah weekend, which is fine if you know you're going into it, but I can also just make tweaks throughout the week to plan for that.
00:11:29
Speaker
So. Yeah, 100%. I think there's there's so many different ways that you can attack this food thing. And I think that's where a lot of people get really hung up because when you hop on social media, you'll have tons of different people telling you to do this diet, try carnivore, intermittent fasting, or try this food, or don't eat this food, or try this and this. And the way that I think about it is like, it's so much more about finding what is going to be consistent for you because all these diets work in the same way and that they just help you eat less food. But if it feels so hard that you can't stick to it, then it's not going to work. And so like you said, finding a way to, if it is like calorie cycling, where you're eating a little bit less throughout the week and then giving yourself a little bit more leeway on the weekends, if that fits for you, then let's do that. Because too many people, I think, try to fit themselves into this particular diet. And the way that I think about it is, especially once you get going and you start tracking food and
00:12:19
Speaker
building some of these skills, like we want to create a diet. We don't necessarily need to fit in this particular box of being keto or low carb or whatever. Those are all tools in the tool belt like we've talked about, like it's good to have those different things.
00:12:31
Speaker
But when you get to a place where like you genuinely enjoy the way that you eat and you can see yourself doing it for the long term, that's going to be something that's actually sustainable where you get to this place and then you can keep the weight off, which I think you've done a really good job of.
00:12:45
Speaker
Like you said, having that that learning curve and being able to try some different things. And there's times where, you know, you you mess up or things didn't go out the way that you wanted them to. And then you think about, OK, how can I approach this situation a little bit better next time? I think like with traveling, there was a lot of that where you try certain things or you try this certain strategy and this one worked a little bit better than this one. So let's try to utilize that a little bit more, or we have some social gathering things coming up. So let's kind of plan ahead for those sorts of things. But I think really it's just coming down and just really understanding and trying to figure out what's going to actually be sustainable for you for the longterm.
00:13:18
Speaker
One good thing is like trying all those different things. So I do have
Diet Management and Planning Techniques
00:13:23
Speaker
those tools. Like every week for me doesn't doesn't look different. Some weeks I'm in the office, you know, five days a week. Some days I'm on the road four days a week and there's, you know, every different variation.
00:13:37
Speaker
in that And so, like, trying all those things gives me an idea, like, how I can attack each one. And I'll say, like, I don't have, like, a set diet every week. I just look at the i look at the week, look at the calendar, see what it looks like, and and make a plan of attack. And, you know, some...
00:13:58
Speaker
if i'm If I'm traveling and I know I'm going somewhere, like if I know I'm going by this barbecue joint, but like we're having one meal a day, but it's going to be a good one. um and ah But there there may be other times where where I take that – I just take it differently. And so having all those – trying those things and and knowing how they work, which ones work, and what better scenarios, like I can – I can go one meal a day for a couple days and then go to calorie cycling the next week and just fit my diet to my schedule, not my schedule to my diet.
00:14:33
Speaker
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And that's kind of what my next question was going to lead into is like, what have been some of the things that have been most helpful to help you make these changes? I know you just mentioned one, which was just like the planning thing. And it sounds so obvious. Like I tell people this all the time. And like we had this conversation multiple times, but like you said, you do a really good job of just looking at your week, like whether it be on Sunday or that weekend, kind of going into the next week of just planning out, okay, what am I going to do for my meals?
00:15:01
Speaker
What am I going to do for my workouts? What are those things going to look at? So as far as like just things that you have changed or maybe habits or skills that you've adopted, what do you feel have been maybe like one or two of those things that have been the most helpful to get you to this spot here?
00:15:14
Speaker
Yeah, I think the number one thing is my wife and I, we we sit we try to sit down on Saturday night or maybe Sunday afternoon and say, what does what does the week look like? not and And be pretty detailed about it and be honest with yourself. Like sit down and look at the calendar, say, what does this week look like?
00:15:37
Speaker
and And plan the meals and get as detailed as possible. Yeah. Not only does that, it's, I've seen that it saves us money at the grocery store because we're not buying a bunch of junk that we're not going to eat.
00:15:51
Speaker
We've got a list going in the grocery store, but also it's like, I don't have to think about it. I don't have to think about tonight what I'm having for supper. Like this is what I'm having for supper. Now, Somebody called me up said, hey, we want to go out to eat. You know, like that may change the plan a little bit. But the biggest thing has really been trying to get as detailed as possible about, like, what I'm going to eat at each meal and making sure that those things are, you know, available at the at the house or or maybe while while I'm traveling.
00:16:22
Speaker
When I plan, I do well. When I don't plan, I don't do well. And so that's, like, the golden ticket for me. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's such a good point too. And I really like how you said, just being honest with yourself because we all have good intentions, right? Like we all have expectations about like, I'm going into this week. I'm going to nail every workout. I'm going to hit my meal prep. I'm going to have all these things planned out. But like, we also know that life is always moving and dynamic. And especially in your case, you throw a little one in the, in the mix and you throw some traveling. It's like, sometimes life starts to happen and things start to come up, but the more that you can plan for those things and have a set schedule and some details ready and,
00:16:58
Speaker
and things like that and just really think through it a little bit, it can have such an effect on just how consistent you're able to be. And I think just like you said, just being really honest about that because not everything is going to go your way 100% of the time and then you learn from it and you move on and you get better at it as you continue to do it. But it's such ah a small thing to do, but makes a massive difference is just planning.
00:17:19
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, we we've made a you know ah ah sheet that we fill out every every week, like, what are we having for each each meal? And that sounds boring, and I guess that's just adulting.
00:17:33
Speaker
But, I mean, it's it is what it is, and it it helps. It's not only helped me, but, I mean, it's helped the family as well. Yeah. I would say that. And you got to be able to extend yourself some grace because I've eaten like I've eaten for 30 years.
00:17:51
Speaker
not going to change it in one day. going to have a weak moment and go by Domino's and destroy the whole Domino's pizza. And... Don't take, I mean, you can try to adjust maybe the rest of the week to try to, you know, make up for it, but it's also just as easy to be like, that was yesterday or even that was lunch.
00:18:13
Speaker
Let's do something better for, for supper. And so, yeah, it's just having, having some grace for yourself as you, as you move through it. Yeah. A hundred percent. I think that's, that's, again, that's something that a lot of people struggle with. i have to have that conversation with people all the time about like,
00:18:28
Speaker
you didn't screw everything up. Like you didn't make all your progress in a single day or a single workout or a single meal. So we just get back to it. And I think that mental piece of just being able to make some mistakes and learn from those things is such a huge thing. And that was something that I noticed from you very early on. And that's, that's really one of the critical things that I really look for in people. And just knowing that they're going to be successful long-term is they don't dwell on those things. Like those things are going to happen. Like we're all going to have those moments. Like I still crush entire pizzas every once in a while. And I days where I eat way more than I wanted to eat. And that's just part of the deal. That's just part of life. You don't need to beat yourself up about it or or get too down on yourself about it or anything like that. It's just all part of the process.
00:19:08
Speaker
One thing that I wanted to ask you, because I know that this is something that I don't hear a ton of people talk about, but I know that it's a really crucial part of why you've been so successful.
Support Systems and Personal Growth
00:19:16
Speaker
As you mentioned, your wife is also a part of this process and like the grocery shopping and the meal prepping and you guys doing this sort of together. And I know that you had mentioned to me, she's also lost some weight, which is awesome.
00:19:26
Speaker
How big of a thing do you feel that's been just having you guys on the same page as this stuff? And the reason I ask is because I see a lot of couples struggling when they only have one person kind of on board and then you have somebody else kind of doing their thing. And so I'm just curious to get your perspective on that and how important that's been.
00:19:43
Speaker
Oh, a hundred percent. Like, I'm not to say that I couldn't have made progress if she wasn't on board, but the fact that she's been on board as just, I mean, it's,
00:19:54
Speaker
Number one, it's made it easier because I'm not sitting here eating something that I don't want to while she's eating, ah you know, something that that I wanted to eat. But I think that also helps.
00:20:05
Speaker
It also because i mean, yes, it is a calorie restricted diet, but it's not a restricted diet. I mean, we still go probably, don't know. once or twice a month and get Domino's.
00:20:17
Speaker
It's just a matter of like, hey, we need to take into account that we're going to eat a pizza and some cheesy bread tonight. And ah that's a whole lot easier pill to swallow for somebody instead of saying, hey, we're not going to eat anything but meat, which ah I'm all for. I'm a meat eater. But ah that's just getting somebody on board with that is, I think, a little harder. So no, 100%.
00:20:43
Speaker
that my wife being on board with it is, is why I've lost 40, 41 pounds So, Yeah. Yeah. I think that's huge to to be on that that same page and just really be chasing similar goals together. just helps a lot just as far as you know account them accountability, having a little bit of support and just doing something that's not always easy, to be honest, and having somebody there going through it with you is really helpful as well. So it's really nice that you had that. And I know we had talked through that a little bit. And so it was always nice to just hear that side of things too, because it does makes a huge difference.
00:21:18
Speaker
It probably helps that our why is the same. Like, I want to be around for a long time and she wants me to be around for a long time. So, i mean, when it started, when it started, it was just her helping me get, get to where I want to go. And then because we eat meals together, i mean, she started seeing the same progress and now it's become like, it's become not a competition of who can lose the most, but like who can, who can do a little bit better than the other ones. So yeah. A little friendly competition.
00:21:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, that's awesome. um I wanted to ask you a little bit about like the physical stuff, because I know you're you're a hunter big into hunting and that's a big part of your life. And obviously now with losing 60 pounds and being in the weight room and getting stronger and building muscle, and you've also run and and got into some endurance stuff, like what have been some of the biggest physical benefits that you've noticed since just like being more consistent, both maybe inside the gym, but also outside the gym and how that's affected your life?
00:22:17
Speaker
Yeah, so, man, I don't i don't even remember what year it was, 2020, 2021, I don't maybe it 2022. One of those, me and a buddy drew tags for Colorado elk, and that's probably when I was around that 350 mark.
00:22:33
Speaker
three fifty mark and We went up there and i mean, i just I just couldn't do it. I mean, just physically couldn't be way back in the woods and, you know, you hike couple miles in and then you're looking for the animals.
00:22:49
Speaker
And we ended up coming home early because it was just it was just more than ah I could do. But fast forward to last November, went to a Arizona on a hunt, ended up doing, i don't know, 36 miles, I think, in five days, up and down some some steep country. Yeah. So, I mean, that that's just the testament of of it.
00:23:11
Speaker
But ah not only hunting, but just just lifting weights. Like, I'm stronger now than I was my senior year of high school. Granted, we didn't do a lot of deadlifts, stuff like that, but I i know that I could i could squat more.
00:23:25
Speaker
think mar max in high school was 405, and, yeah, I could hit 405 for reps right now. Let's see, it was last – it was April, I think, signed up for my first 5K, so it started – working with you to try to start incorporating some running, some, a little bit more cardio into it. So I wanted to do a 5k.
00:23:46
Speaker
So I did a 5k and, you know, Texas, it was like, don't remember 80 degrees, maybe in April. And I was like, I'm not going to do another one until it's, until it's cool out. So I signed up for one July 4th, obviously. And it was like 95, 95 degrees.
00:24:03
Speaker
um It was terrible, but it was great ah at the same time. And then guess it was about a month ago, I signed up for a thing called death by 5k.
00:24:14
Speaker
So I've run two 5ks in my life and signed up for death by 5k, which is 5k every two and a half hours for 24 hours. So a total of 10 5ks.
00:24:26
Speaker
And, uh, the course ended up being actually like 3.5 miles. So yeah, 35 miles in 24 And, uh,
00:24:33
Speaker
and Yeah, it was was one of the hardest things I've ever done. wouldn't have been able to do it at 360, and I didn't do it fast at 300, but I did it. So, I mean, it's just something that after that hunt, when I realized how in bad shape I was, would have never thought that, hey, in a couple years, you'll do a Yeah.
00:24:58
Speaker
Yeah, it's ah it's one of the cool things about fitness is a lot of those things that you think are impossible. I mean, we were just talking a little bit before we got going on this about just marathons in general and and longer running events and things like that. Things that you think would never be possible, that you would never do or ever even want to do become more attainable the more that you start to do these things. And I think it's just one of those really cool things about fitness is like as you put that work in, as you start to improve, as you start to Get your reps, get your miles and all that stuff. All these things that seem super impossible become very attainable things as long as you're willing to put in that work. and
00:25:32
Speaker
There's something that, you know, you want to chase and you want to do those things. So it's, it's really cool that way. Yeah. I mean, even like that hunt in Colorado, when we came home, I would have been, would have said, and Hey, it's, it's not going to happen again, but I, I'd sign up for that. you know, as soon as, soon as I could, i don't think I wouldn't have as big, big hurdle.
00:25:53
Speaker
Um, but then just like every day, like I can tie my shoes without feeling like I'm going to pass out. I mean, that's, ah so. So, I mean, just in my everyday stamina, strength, yeah, it's just, the the quality of, my quality of life has gone way up since then.
00:26:11
Speaker
And I think that's, I mean, I know we've talked about that. And that's one thing that I always try to get people to think about is those non-skill victories. And like somebody here is, you know, tying your shoe without feeling like you're going pass out and they laugh a little bit. But i remember exactly what that feeling was like going upstairs or even like simple things like trying to find some decent clothes is just becomes a hassle or, you know, you're tired at random times or you're feeling this soreness in your body. And that stuff just starts to wear on you a little bit as you just go through day in and day out. and you're just not feeling great in your body and you don't really feel great physically. You don't really feel all their all that great mentally. And then you start to work on these things, maybe lose some weight, get a little stronger, start to work out and build up your endurance and energy and all that thing. And then pretty soon you get to a point where it's like, I don't even know how I was living like that for so long.
00:26:56
Speaker
Yeah, you brought, you made me think of that. It's just something simple of like, now I can go to a normal clothes store and they're probably going to have stuff that that fits now. Where before it was like, if they have jeans, it's going to be a pair of jeans, right?
00:27:13
Speaker
and or if they have shirts, it's going to be, you know, one or two. I mean, just the fact that now I can walk into a normal like sporting goods store and buy clothes, that's great too.
00:27:24
Speaker
And that's confidence. Confidence booster. i mean, it's pretty – You know I can remember his probably, I was probably eight or nine years old, like already wearing Husky jeans. That's what they used to call me. Husky jeans. And yeah, so now I don't have to go in looking for Husky jeans. I mean, I'm still on the top end of of some of that stuff. But the fact that I can probably go buy so buy a shirt today if I need a shirt.
00:27:50
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Yeah, that's ah it's funny you mentioned the Husky thing. I remember that too, going going school shopping with my mom and going to the Husky section and finding all those things. And it's just like, you get so normalized to it because you just kind of grow up as a big guy and that's just kind of what you do. And I think that's also a big part. And that's kind of what I wanted to ask you next was just like, just the perspective shift and the mindset shift. Because one thing that I try to really just harp on a lot is just the whole like mindset piece, the whole identity piece. Because as you mentioned earlier, like,
00:28:20
Speaker
You go through life in this particular way, like you eat a certain way, you are thought of as the bigger guy or the big guy, or, you know, you just get all these habits kind of ingrained in you in this mindset that you're in this certain body and in this certain space. And that's just kind of who you are. And so How do you how have you, I guess, started to shift that a little bit? and how has your perspective changed as you start to make some of these like physical changes and really start to prioritize health?
00:28:46
Speaker
For sure. and I'm still known. i mean, I'm still the big guy. I still love some barbecue, ah but it's a different type of big, big guy now. hmm. You know, even think we probably find ways to cope with things that we don't like in our life, you know, making jokes about how much you're going to eat and stuff like that. And and not to say that I still don't joke around about that kind of stuff. But, yeah, I've realized that, like, that's not me. Like, I'm not the the guy who's – I still can tear up some food. you
00:29:16
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Yeah. I think i too i tell i tell you, like i had ah I had a big Kyle moment, um but just not letting that be my identity. like I can just walk around with so much more confidence.
00:29:30
Speaker
um Even when I had just lost 20 pounds, now that I'm 40 pounds down, but just being able to walk into the room and not worry about like, how my shirts, does my shirt look tight when I sit down? Or, you know, worrying about, you know, how am I gonna cross my arms to make myself look smaller? All those little things that you don't think of when you're when you are that person.
00:29:55
Speaker
but still the same guy, just a lot less of me. So yeah, I would, I don't think but if you asked me beforehand that I would have said my identity was the big guy, but after I've lost that weight and, and people notice there's, there's a lot less of that, around. So I don't know that I answered the question. Great, but no, no, that's good. I think that's a,
00:30:20
Speaker
It's one of those things that I don't think a lot of people really think about or even really realize if they've never been in that position. And so like for me, I was for sure that guy. Like I was always a big kid, always a big guy and then got into college and got even bigger. And so like like you were saying, like I have friends challenging me to eating contests all the time or like.
00:30:37
Speaker
People don't want their food, so they gave it to me. Or, you know, they make certain comments here or there and they don't meet it in a bad or demeaning way. It's just kind of you get used to it and you get used to that label and you get used to that identity and it starts to become who you feel like you are. And so your actions kind of align with those things. And then you start to lose weight and you start have to start like really thinking about these things a little bit more consciously and being like, OK, that's not necessarily what I do.
00:31:00
Speaker
you know, all the time. Like, ah like you said, you have your big Kyle moments and I still have big Lathan in there too. Like I had those moments where I just go and crush an absolute crap ton of food and eat more than I should. And I can still do that if I want to, but that's not who I feel like I am all the time. And I think really starting to just think about that person that you want to be and, and show up in the way that you want to show up really has to be something that you
Evolving Habits and Lifestyle Changes
00:31:23
Speaker
have to think about. And I think it's a part of this whole weight loss process,
00:31:26
Speaker
process that people don't really think too much about. like Everybody knows you have to eat a little bit better and you have to work out and things like that. But So many people just overlook the the mental side of things. And I, the more and more that I'm in this stuff and the more conversations that I have with people, I think that weight loss is so much more mental than it is the physical stuff.
00:31:44
Speaker
Oh, oh, a hundred percent. I mean, i think we all probably have an idea of like, if you looked at your diet, what are things that you probably shouldn't be eating or what should you not be eating as much of, um,
00:31:59
Speaker
And even throughout this whole thing, like I'll have weeks that, you know, I can tell that I was disciplined, like super dialed in And I i see the the victories, you know, maybe it's on the scale, maybe it's in in the gym.
00:32:13
Speaker
um And then I have weeks where, you know, but my discipline is lacking. And i Most of time, that's when I don't have a pre-made plan.
00:32:25
Speaker
When we didn't sit down and talk about that plan, you know, are we going to eat out with family this week? Okay, how are we how do we need to prep for that? And so i think going back to what we said the beginning, i can it's a whole lot easier for me to be disciplined if I know this is this is the plan for this week or today,
00:32:45
Speaker
And then I think when we started or when I started, like it was every decision, every, you know, down to every ingredient. I thought about every ingredient that I was making and like, is there a better choice for this?
00:33:01
Speaker
And now that's just like second nature. Like now instead of a handful of shredded cheese, like throw a third of cup cottage cheese in something you Now those things that i used to have to, and it was exhausting at the beginning, having to think about every ingredient that you put into your food.
00:33:18
Speaker
Now it's just like second nature. Like I know if I really want to be dialed in with my protein, don't eat chicken thighs, eat chicken breast. You know, go for a 90-10 package of ground meat instead of a you know, 80-20, something like that.
00:33:35
Speaker
You know, I really used to think that my problem was sweets and I still do, but those nerd clusters, man. Yeah. I will say 50 K fueling with those nerd clusters has, has brought them down a little bit. um I still will eat them.
00:33:53
Speaker
But like I didn't realize, I thought, carnivore is, people say it's good for you, so let's eat meat. Well, I like fatty cuts of meat. like i can right i can lose weight on ribeyes, right?
00:34:06
Speaker
Yeah, there's a lot of calories in fat. um and so like Maybe I still could have, but maybe not the 20-ounce ribeye. Maybe the 12-ounce is enough. Yeah. Yeah, just ah again logging food, planting it, all that just really came together. And now it's just second nature. I mean, still think about all that.
00:34:26
Speaker
And I will say, as we've when I first started, i was trying lots of new recipes and I still like to try a lot of new recipes. But now I've kind of gotten down to especially like breakfast and lunch.
00:34:38
Speaker
Like I have like, well, right now I've got one breakfast that's dialed in and it's just like, I don't even think about what I'm going to eat in the morning. And then lunch, I've got like, you know, four or five things that I choose through.
00:34:51
Speaker
and then we experiment or, you know, do something. If we want to try something different, try it at lunch. I mean, a supper. So... Yeah. Having those go to meals dialed into for when your plan does break down and then you've got something that you can you can lean on.
00:35:07
Speaker
Yeah, I think I mean, two really big things I think that stood out there is number one, like having some sort of just simple plan, like especially when you get into this stuff and it is more hard, it is more exhausting. It does take more energy and effort.
00:35:19
Speaker
just having some of those simple meals or simple workouts or just things that you know that you can go to that work and that you can easily repeat so that you can build some momentum. Because I think so many people,
00:35:29
Speaker
they get in with this idea that it's going to be quick. And then like they're doing all these different things and trying to change a million things at once. And it's just overwhelming. You can't do it. yeah But when you get in with a simple plan, you have some go-to meals, you have your workouts already planned out and you're, you know, when you're going hit those workouts and things like that, it's easy to actually build up some momentum. So I think that's a really good tip for people trying to just get started. And then the other thing that you said that I really liked as well is that like,
00:35:55
Speaker
It is hard in the beginning. And I think that should be expected that anytime you're making a change like this, like a big lifestyle change, you should expect that it's going to be hard because having the right expectations going in is really important.
00:36:07
Speaker
I think you were really good about that too. And you were never in the camp of like, I need to make this as fast as possible. i need to lose a bunch of weight quickly. It was more so I know this is a lifestyle change and this is going to take some work and I'm willing to make those changes and mess up and fail and try and learn and all these different things. But also understanding too, that like, it's not going to be that difficult forever. Like, yes, this is a lifestyle, but as you get better at these skills, as you start to figure out some calorie swaps and as you start to figure out preparing and and different meals and things like that and how to work out better and how to fit things in your schedule better, it does get easier. And I think sometimes people hear that and they don't really believe it because their experience when they first get into it for the first couple of weeks or even couple of months is this is really hard.
00:36:52
Speaker
And I think just knowing that it's not always that hard forever. Like you said, it's a lot of these things are second nature to you now. And that's exactly how I feel. Like when I started this, it was extremely difficult for me and I really struggled. But now I'm at a place where like it is very easy for me to maintain this in because I've spent time building those habits. And so I think for you sharing that, that's really important for people to understand. Like it's going to be hard. Like you're going to have some some trying moments. It's going to be difficult at times, but it it doesn't stay like that forever.
00:37:22
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, something that, I mean, even like the first week or, I mean, I still find myself struggling with it a little bit, but like when you start tracking calories, like I've, my personality is I want to know like to the calorie what, what I'm eating.
00:37:37
Speaker
And so I bought a food scale, but you know, going through the app, logging food, like you may see like two things that look exactly the same and they have different calorie amounts. Well,
00:37:49
Speaker
you know I would stress over that way more than I should. a 500-calorie deficit, as long as I'm within 10% of what it be, going to be still making progress. Yes, would love to be able ten percent of what it should be you know i'm goingnna be i'm goingnna be still making progress yes i would love to be able to plug in exactly and see to the calorie and that's something that i did at the beginning like weighed all my food because again i'm learning learning how to eat but now i find myself doing that a lot less but like that looks about like four ounces which you got more margin for error when you're eating less calorie dense foods when you're eating fat-free venison five ounces four ounces is not as big of a deal as
00:38:35
Speaker
four ounces versus five ounces of pork sausage, if you know, with something with a lot of fat in it. So yeah, something that small in the beginning seems just like mentally taxing and with practice, just like anything else with practice, you see how, how to make it work for you.
00:38:55
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. I think with all this stuff, it's just like the, I always think about like one of the things that I always tell myself is just get your reps and get your reps and like, You're going to be bad at a lot of things, especially when they're new. But if you can get your reps in and just continue to show up, even when it feels hard, even when it feels like you're making mistakes, even when it feels like you're not making progress, like things do get better.
00:39:14
Speaker
All these things get better if you just keep getting those reps in. One question that I had for you. was since you have become a new dad, I know that is something that a lot of people struggle with is time. And specifically when people have kids, it's just like some of that time starts to disappear. And so for you, what's been maybe the the most critical thing with being able to balance all this stuff while becoming a new dad, because you have all these different things on your plate, but you've still done a really solid job of making sure that this health stuff is still a priority.
00:39:43
Speaker
And so how have you been able to do that? I think the biggest thing is being flexible. You know, when, before Renly came along, like I was a morning workout guy, like, uh, 530 in the gym, babies don't always sleep like you want them to sleep.
00:40:00
Speaker
Uh, and sometimes 530 comes a lot earlier than it you think. And so, I mean, I still have times where, It probably varies week by week. I still have times when I can, and it's easy to get up and go work out in the mornings.
00:40:15
Speaker
But there's a lot of times where, and it may be morning of decision, but like, it ain't happening this morning, but it's got to happen today. So like, find time at lunch or you know, make a plan with Anna to to get it in in the evening. And it may be, hey, I've got, you know, six different lifts.
00:40:35
Speaker
I'm going to go in and hit two of them. And that's that's all I can do today, but it's better than... If nothing else, just staying in the routine of doing it. Yeah, I think flexibility, but also reality is like the first three months of us working together, ah lost like 18 pounds and then maybe it was six months.
00:40:56
Speaker
Like i ah the rate at which I lost weight before the baby came was a lot greater than afterwards. Yeah. But progress was still progress.
00:41:07
Speaker
And i I found myself getting down. Like, man, I was losing weight so fast before. And now I'm losing it still, but it's it's a lot slower. But just realizing that that's reality. And I'm talking with some with some friends as well. as like...
00:41:24
Speaker
the long-term trajectory of losing weight, or my long-term trajectory looks a lot better now than it did, you know, two years ago.
00:41:36
Speaker
Because as long as I continue this steady decline, I'm going to be, you know, where I want to be. And so managing expectations, I mean, before, and even for a little while after she was here, I was like, Hey, four workouts a week. That's, that's great. Yeah.
00:41:52
Speaker
And it came down to like, hey, man, we we got to dial this back to three. And so i mean just ah being flexible, not being rigid with ah your schedule. Like the workouts have to happen, you know, 6 a.m. And if it doesn't happen, it's not going to happen. Just finding some way to get get something in You know, I had some at home workouts that were easy to do, like in the backyard after she went to sleep after a rough day. Yeah.
00:42:19
Speaker
But yeah, just the flexibility is the number one a takeaway or number one tool that I've had with that schedule changing. and And I think that's probably what it's going to be like for the rest of my life. Like, it was really easy when it was just my wife and I. But...
00:42:34
Speaker
and I wouldn't change it, but it's it's definitely different having kids. Yeah, no, I think that's that's such a good point. And I think that's one of the things that I really try to stress to people as well. And I think that you've really adopted that super well is just that it's not, it never has to be all or nothing.
00:42:49
Speaker
Get to that mindset where it's always something. Like you said, you show up and maybe you're only doing two of the six exercises for that day, or you can't hit the 60 minute workout. So you do a 20 minute workout or you do something at home or You're on the road and you can't get your workouts in. So you're going out and you're getting steps in, which I know is something that you implemented. And it's just thinking in that way and really starting to just curate your mindset to doing something that you don't need to be perfect because none of us are perfect and understanding that things go in seasons. Like you're going to have times where it's way easier to be locked in with your diet and with your exercise. And you're going to have seasons where
00:43:22
Speaker
It's not nearly as easy to do those things. But like you said, progress is still progress, no matter if it's slower, no matter if it's faster. And one other thing that I really tried to iterate, too, is even just maintaining is progress at some different areas. And I think that's something that we all forget, because like you said, you do see that progress initially and it's very quick.
00:43:41
Speaker
Typically for most people, when you start this process, you lose weight the fastest that you will ever lose weight. And so you expect that's how it's going to be the whole time, but that's not life and that's just not how it works. And it'd be nice if it was that way, but it's not. And the reality is, is that a lot of people who lose weight and who start programs and who exercise, they fall off.
00:44:00
Speaker
And so when you have those periods where you're even just maintaining and you're showing up and you're getting two workouts in and it's not your typical four or your diet's pretty solid, it's 70% versus your normal 85%, like that's still progress because you're maintaining and you're not going backwards, which is what most people
Staying Motivated and Setting Goals
00:44:16
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do.
00:44:16
Speaker
Yeah, and i I try to set those expectations beforehand. Like, January, February are – those are tough months for me. Those are months that I'm on the road a lot.
00:44:27
Speaker
And my goal, January and February, is to not lose – mean, not ah not lose ground by gaining weight. Right. We want to get through January and February, and we want to be where we were on January 1. And then we got 10 other months to to really like try to do some more work. Not to say that I'm not doing something, but the other thing with you know having a little one is you know i have i have big goals. like like the big goal would be like 250 pounds.
00:44:58
Speaker
But man, even now, after losing 40 pounds, that still seems like a long way off. So, I mean, I have other little goals. Like, the next goal is 289. Like, increments down because...
00:45:14
Speaker
It's just those little goals along the way. And even Anna and I, we had ah little thing like, hey, when we when we hit this this next little goal, I'm going to you know, maybe it's we're going to have some really nice supper. Or maybe it's like, I'm going to go buy a new tumbler or, you know, some of workout gear, something like that.
00:45:35
Speaker
And those are little things that just help you look forward to that. But not all of them are are scale victories, too. I think you and i talked about, Like one of my goals is to bench more than I weigh.
00:45:47
Speaker
It started out like I want to bench 315 and became pretty evident that it's going to take a while until I get to 315. And so now it's like, let's have these goals in tandem. Like the more I lose, the closer I am to doing that.
00:46:02
Speaker
so So setting your big goals, but also having little goals that you can achieve along the way that aren't just like scale. So like my next goal, my little goal, weight goal would be like 289.
00:46:15
Speaker
And then also doing pull up unassisted is ah is another one. So yeah, just having a bunch of small goals that little steps to get you to your big goal, I think give you a sense of progress.
00:46:30
Speaker
Yeah, that's such an important point. And I think that's another thing that a lot of people miss out on. I mean, I think even for myself, like we were talking a little bit before we got going here, but I had got just haven't really had any big goals on my um like on my training docket or anything like that. And it's just like you said, seeing that progress is such a ah motivating thing. And to have some of those goals and to be working towards those big goals is fun.
00:46:51
Speaker
But just making sure that you have some of those small goals, too, because those things are important. And this process is it's not the quickest in the world, as we all know, like it takes some time. And so to have some of those things that you feel are achievable within you know a few months or whatever is is really motivating to make sure that you're continuing to do all the right things.
00:47:08
Speaker
One final question that I had for you is I know that a lot of people, they know they should probably be doing something different and maybe they're not doing those things and they really want to do those things. And a lot of people just, they waste a lot of time. I mean, I know that I've done it. I'm sure you've probably done it on certain goals and maybe you waited longer than you wanted to wait for trying to accomplish some certain thing or diving into the weight loss thing or whatever the case may be. A lot of times people know they want to change, but they really struggle to make that initial decision to change. And I know that you can't force anybody to change, right? And so it has to be that person's decision. But what would you say if you were talking to somebody who is in that position who feels like they really want to make a change and they're ready to change, but they're just not doing it right now?
00:47:54
Speaker
o That's a good question. The first thing I would say is, for me, it was it was the why. That's what made this trip different than other other journeys. like This is about me wanting to live for longer than past family members have. It's wanting me to you know Ann and I have had a daughter you know late in life. like I want to be able to walk her down the aisle. And ah so, I mean, that's that's the first thing.
00:48:28
Speaker
and I think it has to be something about you. and maybe it is like you want to look some certain way, but I think it really needs to be very personal, number one, why you want to do it. And you need to remind yourself of why you want to do it often, multiple times a day.
00:48:46
Speaker
The other thing is don't get overwhelmed. Like you got to start somewhere, but you can go look in all these places and you can see to do this or do that or, you know, drink this supplement or whatever. And it is when you take the big picture, it's simple.
00:49:02
Speaker
You got to use more than you eat. It's no different than a bank account. If you spend more than you than you make, you're going to end up in the red. And in this case, we want to be in the red.
00:49:16
Speaker
But I think one of the other things that's helped me, and we talked a little bit about it, is ah surrounding myself with people who want to see you win. not just ah Not just Anna, but I have some buddies at church that, um you know, we get together once ah once a month and do a physical activity.
00:49:32
Speaker
um It's been everything from on your feet for 24 hours to, you know, some some smaller smaller things. And I leaned on those guys for when things got hard. Like, hey, man, you need to need to help me out. Give me some encouragement.
00:49:49
Speaker
But also them just, like, not being asked to, but, like, they'll come up to me and be like, hey, man, you're doing really good. So finding those people and surrounding yourself – ah with people that you want to be like. Now, I don't think you should cut all ties with people who who don't eat like you you should eat.
00:50:06
Speaker
But yeah, the people that you surround yourself with, I think, can definitely help you a lot. The old saying of how do you eat an elephant one bite at a time? You got to start somewhere, start doing something.
00:50:19
Speaker
And then build on it. Keep learning. ah You know, an old coach always said, if you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got. So you got to do something different.
00:50:30
Speaker
And, you know, learning something new is hard, especially after you've been doing it for all your life. Literally, eating is one of the things you have you have done all your life and you will do all your life. But just trying to make some change and reaching out for help, too. I mean,
00:50:46
Speaker
I think I could have done it ah without your help. It would have taken me a lot longer, but I mean, the the encouragement and the the guidance from somebody who's already done it has was was paramount in it.
00:51:00
Speaker
Yeah, I love that answer. That was super good. Like all those points were awesome. um I think hitting on that, just that environment thing and just getting around the right people is so important because like you said,
00:51:11
Speaker
Most of us know, we know a lot of general things that we should be doing, but we're not doing those things. And so, like you said, we have to find different ways to approach this and make it so that we can get that behavior change that we want. And I think, like you said, getting around some like-minded people, getting around some people who can help support you in this whole situation, in this journey is very important and very critical because it's hard understand.
00:51:33
Speaker
change this much and make this big of a lifestyle change when you're doing it all by yourself. But when you can surround yourself with the right people, take it on with that approach that you said of just, you know small bit after small bit, that's such a big thing. And then having a really strong why with it. I think those are just honestly three super critical things that if you can set yourself up and and do some of those things, like you're on a really good track. So I love that answer.
00:51:56
Speaker
Awesome, man. Well, is there ah anything else that you wanted to relay to the people before we hop off this thing? I feel like you indulge us in a lot of really good answers here. And it's cool to just hear you talk about all these things now that you've really been in it for a while. And it's it's good to see just how much you've changed and just your mindset and the way that you approach these things. And it's very clear to me, like, it's it's always hard to pinpoint to know when somebody is going to be successful. But like, just after having so many conversations with certain people around this topic, I can always feel like after a while, like, okay, they're going to be okay, they're going to be all right on their own, like they're going to be able to do things because
00:52:32
Speaker
I've had plenty of conversations where people, you know, they ask me questions or they want advice or they want certain things. And I'm in my head. I'm like, this person's not going to use any of this stuff that they just asked me about.
00:52:43
Speaker
But then there are certain people you have conversations and you can kind of hear it in their voice. You can hear the way they they talk about themselves and the conviction that they have and the confidence that they start to have around all this stuff. And you know that they're going to be OK for the long term, which has been really cool to see you transition through this whole thing and and get to the spot that you're at.
00:53:00
Speaker
Yeah, the one thing I'd say that we probably haven't said is when I was probably at my worst or at my at my heaviest, I knew that I didn't feel good, but I didn't realize how much better I could feel with just with just losing some. I think we all know that I will feel better if I lose weight. I will feel better if I get in better shape, but i didn't realize how much better i would feel losing, you know, I've lost 12, 15% body weight so far.
Impact of Weight Loss on Life Quality
00:53:34
Speaker
and And you and I talked about it. Like there was a time where I probably wasn't as disciplined as I should have been because I already felt like so much better.
00:53:45
Speaker
than I did. And that's, that's reality. I mean, uh, that was probably around the 25, 30 pound mark. but Like I can't imagine feeling that much better losing more, but this is true. Like quality of life has changed. Physical, uh, you know, strength has changed. Mental health has changed. So, i mean, it's all, there's nothing but good to come from starting.
00:54:08
Speaker
Uh, if you keep it, keep it up. That's my encouragement to people. Yeah. I think that's a super good point too, because I think One thing that I really think that the fitness industry does a really bad job of is selling people this idea that you need to be ripped with a six pack and like look a certain way and run a five minute mile and be able to do all these certain things in order to like be quote unquote healthy.
00:54:29
Speaker
And it's like, you don't, you don't have to do all those things to be healthy. Like for the majority of people, if you lost, Like you said, 5%, 10% body fat. You're not as heavy on your joints and you're having all these benefits and your mental health is better because you exercise more and you have more energy. Like your life is going to be substantially better if you can do those things.
00:54:48
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And yes, it does take some effort. It does take some time. It does. Take you really making and wanting to do this and make this change, but it's so worth it. I always say that I really wish that I could put every single person who wants to change or get healthy. I wish I could put them in their future body for 24 hours so they could feel it, feel how much different it was in doing that in the right way so that they, they know that they can sustain that. And you would never want to go back.
00:55:13
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Like you, I'm sure you feel it now. Like there's no way you could ever see yourself going back to three 60 now because of the way that you feel now is head and heels. way better than you ever could have felt at that general size and that general health.
00:55:26
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Oh yeah, absolutely. If, uh, it would be whole, I think it would have been a whole lot easier to start and to stay with it. If I would have known how much better I was going to feel. But like we talked about earlier, like we just normalize that, man, I'm really out of breath when I bend over and tie my shoes, or I'm really out of breath going up a flight, us one flight of stairs, like,
00:55:51
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Unfortunately, that is normal ah in the United States now. But I mean, it doesn't have to be and it shouldn't be. And all of us can feel a little better doing something.
00:56:02
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Yeah, absolutely. Which I think that's a great place to leave it here, because this is why these types of things and you know you sharing your experience and your story is so important because. I'm telling you, there's a ton of people out there who are in your exact same position who have been thinking about making this change for a really long time. And it's such a thing that's worth your time and your effort because you're only given one of these bodies and your quality of life can improve. Your health can improve. it helps the people around you. There's just so many benefits. And so I really appreciate you getting on here and just sharing a little bit of your insight. and sharing a little bit of your story and I'm sure this is going to help some people.
00:56:37
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I appreciate the invite. Glad we finally saw it 299 on the scale. And yeah, I couldn't have done it. Definitely could have done it as fast without you and your encouragement and the guidance along the way. So appreciate it.
00:56:51
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you've You've literally changed the course of my life and my family's life. That's awesome. Yeah, I'd love to hear that. And I'm super glad that I've been to just been able to see it and just be a small part of it. And yeah, we'll keep things rolling and we'll we'll stay in touch for sure. so And that is a wrap on this episode. Hopefully you got some good insights from this episode that I did with Kyle.
00:57:11
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I really like to get people on here to talk about their experiences and their perspective and their journeys with weight loss because obviously I get on here and I talk about my experience a lot, but that's only one single experience and perspective.
00:57:25
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And I think the more perspectives that you can get from people who have also been successful in the things that maybe you want to do is very helpful. Because one of the things that I know a lot of people struggle with is just finding that belief and really truly believing that they can actually make this a change and make this a change for a lifetime.
00:57:45
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and it's absolutely possible i've seen dozens of people do it at this point and been able to help lots of people get to their results and help them to achieve some of these goals that they have but when it comes down to it it's got to be your decision it's got to be something that's truly important to you and it's got to be something that you're willing to struggle with as we talked about in that story there there was a lot of ups and downs there's a lot of times when you wish things would be a little bit faster when maybe you wish that progress would be going a little bit better and things would be easier. But as Kyle mentioned multiple times in that podcast, sometimes that's just not the reality.
00:58:22
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And I think the more that you can embrace that and just understand that this is a process that's going to come and go in different phases. But as long as you're willing to continue to show up and it's something that's very important to you,
00:58:34
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you can ultimately make those changes that you want to make. And in turn, it changed your entire life. There's not many things that you can do as powerful as prioritizing your health and really changing that for yourself and having so many benefits in different areas within your personal life, within your work life, within friends and family life, within just your confidence in general, your mental health, your physical health, all that stuff. And so If that is something that you have struggled with or are currently struggling with and you do want some help from somebody who can guide you, but who's also been in your shoes, that is what I do with one-on-one coaching. And you can check out the link in the show notes for that.
00:59:14
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But as always, I appreciate you listening. If you can continue to leave reviews, share these episodes that you find helpful with other people, that is how this show continues to grow. I appreciate you listening and we will see you next week.