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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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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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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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
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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"