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Life-Saving Weight Loss - Episode 1367

Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Release Date: 07/20/2019

Starting Where You're At - Episode 2746 show art Starting Where You're At - Episode 2746

Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2746 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer answer essential questions about starting where you're at in your fitness journey, protein, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/01/starting-where-youre-at-episode-2746 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Starting Where You're At First: Vinnie's NSNG® VIP Group opens up January 2, 2026! Vinnie's workout videos, group calls, and supportive community are waiting for you, FREE to all members who join! What is the biggest mistake people tend to make going into a new workout routine? (3:30) ...

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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2744 - Vinnie Tortorich welcomes back Dr. Anthony Chaffee, and they discuss animal-based diet and developmental matters in humans. https://vinnietortorich.com/2026/01/developmental-matters-dr-anthony-chaffee-episode-2744 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Developmental Matters But first: Vinnie's NSNG® VIP Group opens up today! Vinnie's workout videos, group calls, and supportive community are waiting for you, FREE to all members who join! Dr. Chaffee explains his medical credentials. (2:00) His low-carb approach with his patients has...

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Episode 2743 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss their plans for the show and VIP Group while launching into 2026, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/12/launching-into-2026-episode-2743 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Launching Into 2026 First: Vinnie's NSNG® VIP Group opens up today! Vinnie's workout videos, group calls, and supportive community are waiting for you, FREE to all members who join! Vinnie and Chris have a plan for the Wednesday shows that will probably take several episodes. (5:00) They will address...

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Episode 2741 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer welcome three callers to discuss their success stories, dialing it in, keeping on track, and more. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/12/dialing-it-in-episode-2741 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Dialing It in First: Vinnie's NSNG® VIP Group opens up January 2, 2026! Vinnie's workout videos, group calls, and supportive community are waiting for you, FREE to all members who join! Vic is our first caller. (3:30) Vic bought a couple of Jaspr air scrubbers and is loving them. Vic has been a guest...

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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2740 - Vinnie Tortorich and Chris Shaffer discuss a variety of coming health trends for 2026 and whether the trends are truly beneficial or not. https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/12/coming-health-trends-in-2026-episode-2740 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - Coming Health Trends in 2026 Optimizing sleep is essential. (4:00) Vinnie used to be proud of the fact that he only slept 4 hours a night; however, he also thinks that lifestyle contributed to him getting cancer 17 years ago. Microbiome personalization. (14:30) Having a healthy...

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Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2739- Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino discuss music and share a favorite holiday tradition, a humorous review of the "Twelve Days of Christmas." https://vinnietortorich.com/2025/12/a-favorite-holiday-tradition-episode-2739 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS   YOU CAN WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE - A Favorite Holiday Tradition After a bit of discussion about certain music and Hallmark movies, Anna and Vinnie begin their traditional “12 Days of Christmas” review. (24:00) This time, they have AI to help analyze the lyrics. They review the song every holiday season, always...

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: 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 
  •  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