Life-Saving Weight Loss - Episode 1367
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Release Date: 07/20/2019
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Remapping the Taste Buds - Episode 2697
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Episode 2697 - Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss health concerns, remapping the taste buds, and grocery store challenges and reviews. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/09/remapping-the-taste-buds-episode-2697 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Remapping the Taste Buds Vinnie and Anna have been doing the Fitness Confidential podcast for 14 years! (2:30) They’re considering doing a call-in show with both Anna and Vinnie. Vinnie mentioned a caller he had recently spoken to, named Scott. Scott, his wife, and son have lost a combined...
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Managing Type 1 Diabetes - Episode 2696
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Episode 2696 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer host a call-in show with a discussion around combating aging, managing Type 1 diabetes, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/09/managing-type-1-diabetes-episode-2696 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Managing Type 1 Diabetes Vinnie has been a lifelong athlete and has some aches and pains. (2:30) Vic is the first call-in guest. (9:00) They chat about being neighbors in New Orleans. Vic has been NSNG® for a while and is close to his goal. (14:00) He asks Vinnie about stretching and...
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Bodyweight Exercises 101 - Episode 2694
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Revelations and Exploitations - Episode 2691
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Episode 2691- Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss the docuseries "Fit for TV" and its behind-the-scenes revelations and exploitations. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/09/revelations-and-exploitations-episode-2691 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH ALL THE PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE - Revelations and Exploitations After a chat about hand modeling and voiceover actors, they discuss the Netflix docuseries “Fit for TV.” (2:00) The Biggest Loser, when originally aired, was exploitive. (8:30) The contestants weren’t paid very well, and the trainers were questionable....
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Having An Epiphany with Tim Mallien - Episode 2690
Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Episode 2690 - Vinnie Tortorich welcomes guest Tim Mallien for an update, discusses struggling with consistency, then having an epiphany, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/08/having-an-epiphany-tim-mallien-episode-2690 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Having An Epiphany Tim shares the background of his health journey. (4:00) The mind can play tricks on you, and you don’t always realize how the weight creeps up. He tried several ways of losing weight, and had some success, but the weight would always return. He enjoyed running; however,...
info_outline: Episode 1367 - On this Saturday show, low-carber Jeff Davis joins Vinnie and the two discuss his 350+ lbs life-saving weight loss journey, the carnivore diet, love and fat, and more.
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LIFE-SAVING WEIGHT LOSS
- Jeff doesn't necessarily do NSNG®
- He is a low-carber
- Doesn't know Vinnie super well
- He is 47, 5'11.5", and weights 314 now
- In 2001, he weighted 679 lbs
- Obviously still has a ways to go
- Jeff was a chubby kid, and got fat fairly quickly
- Played football and other sports
- In 8th grade he was 275 lbs
- Heavy-weight wrestler
- Fairly active as a kid and teen
- Once he lost a good amount of weight, he looked in the mirror and didn't know who was looking back
- Hard to explain, totally mind-boggling
- Looks like "a fit dude spreading out of a fat person"
- Still doesn't feel that he looks like him
- When he lost a lot of weight, his marriage did come to an end
- He freaked out, and got some wandering eyes from new attention
- Found someone else that is also trying to lose weight
- They get to go through this journey together
- When he started his serious weight loss, he cut out some bread and other stuff
- Lost about 200 lbs
- Then got serious about low carb/keto and felt better and lost more
- Lost about 200 lbs
- In 2001 he had gastric bypass
- Got back up to 600+ lbs after this surgery
- Carnivore diet appealed to him
- "Biggest bang for my buck"
- Feel that he's lost 80-100 lbs this way
- "Biggest bang for my buck"