Two Celebrities Lost 100 lbs Each: HOW????

0:01 [SPEAKER_01]: What did two celebrities do to lose a hundred pounds each stick around and find out? [SPEAKER_02]: And we're talking logical weight loss. [SPEAKER_01]: That's right. [SPEAKER_01]: Logical weight loss. [SPEAKER_01]: Where we try to make sense out of what the heck did we do to our bodies?

0:45 [SPEAKER_01]: Holy cow, I'm Dave Jackson. [SPEAKER_01]: Let me remind you, I'm not a doctor. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not a trainer. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just a dude like you trying to lose weight in the basement. [SPEAKER_01]: And I saw an article in Men's Health. [SPEAKER_01]: And they're talking about Kevin Smith. [SPEAKER_01]: And Penn Gillette, better known as the guy from Penn and Teller, you know, the magician. [SPEAKER_01]: And what was interesting about this was how ordinary [SPEAKER_01]: the turning point was because they were both big guys uh there was no trendy gadget there was no expensive program or some sort of viral trick each of them lost about a hundred pounds and the change that started it was yeah they're died they decided to eat something differently now it was a little weird both of them got there the hard way [SPEAKER_01]: and this is what i'm trying to avoid in twenty fourteen uh... Gillette was diagnosed with high blood pressure check uh... in two thousand eighteen uh... Kevin Smith at a heart attack uh... because he had a complete blockage in one of his arteries better known as the widow maker and he lived through it and those scared made it clear to both of them [SPEAKER_01]: that their weight had become an obvious health problem and not just a number on the scale.

2:21 [SPEAKER_01]: And so what was weird about this is their first move was kind of surprisingly simple. [SPEAKER_01]: Gillette, eight nothing. [SPEAKER_01]: Are you ready for this? [SPEAKER_01]: Eight nothing? [SPEAKER_01]: But plain, I think that's the key [SPEAKER_01]: So no butter, no salt, no sour cream, no bacon, just a potato. [SPEAKER_01]: For two weeks as a kind of reset now, before you go on the potato diet, again, I will remind you I'm not a doctor or a trainer. [SPEAKER_01]: He did it under a doctor's supervision and then Kevin Smith, [SPEAKER_01]: He basically followed Penn's progress and said, well, if it worked for him, I'm going to do that.

3:11 [SPEAKER_01]: And so he did. [SPEAKER_01]: He called it intense, but necessary. [SPEAKER_01]: And I guess when you almost die, you'll do anything. [SPEAKER_01]: But for me, the real lesson here is what came after the potatoes. [SPEAKER_01]: Both man lost less than 20 pounds during those two weeks of nothing but potatoes. [SPEAKER_01]: Again, plain potatoes. [SPEAKER_01]: Most of the weight came off later. [SPEAKER_01]: Once they settled into a more balanced way of eating. [SPEAKER_01]: So Penn built his diet around whole foods and cut out processed foods, [SPEAKER_01]: It didn't eat junk.

4:01 [SPEAKER_01]: And so when you look at the label and you can't pronounce it, yeah, that stuff Smith also brought in his diet, yeah, you think no, he's been eating potatoes for 10 years. [SPEAKER_01]: No, after the first two weeks, he lost more than a hundred pounds over the following months. [SPEAKER_01]: The potato phase got them started. [SPEAKER_01]: but the lasting change and how they ate is what made the difference. [SPEAKER_01]: I also appreciate that none of this cost much, but Tatos, and again, I'm not going on the potato diet, are one of the cheapest foods you can buy, which is a good reminder that eating batter doesn't always have to be expensive.

4:47 [SPEAKER_01]: And again, I'm not here to oversell the potato diet, give me a break. [SPEAKER_01]: Experts have raised some serious concerns about it. [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you think anytime there's some major extreme, you can't eat this, you must have this. [SPEAKER_01]: You know, it's so restrictive that most people can't stick with it. [SPEAKER_01]: Because again, it's a plain potato. [SPEAKER_01]: It's very low in protein and essential fats, and it can lead to muscle loss, which is what burns calories. [SPEAKER_01]: And it's, you know, it's got some nutrient deficiencies. [SPEAKER_01]: It can also feed an unhealthy relationship with food, including binge eating.

5:28 [SPEAKER_01]: And again, Angelette did it under medical supervision for a reason. [SPEAKER_01]: The thing I'm really trying to point out here is that the real lasting change came from rethinking their diet as a whole. [SPEAKER_01]: Those who chose simple whole foods over processed ones and stayed with that choice longer after the first two weeks.

6:12 [SPEAKER_01]: And if you're like, do you mean the food? [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I do mean the food. [SPEAKER_01]: And last week, I weighed in at 2.30. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know how long it's been since the last episode. [SPEAKER_01]: It's been basically a week and I'm still at 2.30. [SPEAKER_01]: Might even be up a half a pound or so. [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm here to tell you, the over the weekend because it's easy when you use something like chronometer, which is a food tracking activity thing that I love. [SPEAKER_01]: you can really see where the problems are and mine was very easy. [SPEAKER_01]: I would lose weight during the week and the weekend it would come back. [SPEAKER_01]: So last weekend, I dusted off all the equipment and I just beat the snout out of myself.

6:58 [SPEAKER_01]: Now I'm actually much better at that. [SPEAKER_01]: than I used to be. [SPEAKER_01]: I know how hard to push so that maybe the next day I'm a little sore, but I'm not so sore like that I can't shampoo my hair because I can't raise my arms. [SPEAKER_01]: That's ridiculous. [SPEAKER_01]: And I did that consistently over the weekend. [SPEAKER_01]: And so when Monday morning rolled around, I was excited. [SPEAKER_01]: I'd actually even quit some of the snacking at night. [SPEAKER_01]: I was like, you know what, [SPEAKER_01]: And then I stepped on the scale and was like what the hell? [SPEAKER_01]: And it's easy at that point to just want to give up.

7:41 [SPEAKER_01]: But if we think about Kevin Smith and Pendulette, I'm not doing the potato diet, that's ridiculous. [SPEAKER_01]: But it was the whole food, eating good food. [SPEAKER_01]: not processed and so i was laughing because i bought some atkins snacks from walmart he's uh... chocolate crisps something something's low carb gotty atyata okay great and you got to read the ingredients and you're like what languages that that's probably something i should find a a better substitution for [SPEAKER_01]: But if you remember, the biggest loser contest, I love that show.

8:22 [SPEAKER_01]: I know it got a lot of flack, but I loved it and inspired me. [SPEAKER_01]: And you'd have these people exercising till you throw up. [SPEAKER_01]: I don't recommend that. [SPEAKER_01]: Did I mention I'm not a trainer or a doctor? [SPEAKER_01]: Contact your doctor, but I don't think that was healthy. [SPEAKER_01]: But they would get to the way and then they go, what happened? [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm like, well, obviously, you exercise. [SPEAKER_01]: So what's the other piece of the puzzle here? [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, that's right, you're diet. [SPEAKER_01]: And so my problem, and I've identified it. [SPEAKER_01]: is I eat probably around six o'clock. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm done by seven after I sit and watch some boob to brew whatever and then it's from seven to midnight.

9:06 [SPEAKER_01]: I got five hours and so I'm trying to do things like a just drink water because a lot of times I'm not actually hungry. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm just dehydrated. [SPEAKER_01]: I want something to fill my belly. [SPEAKER_01]: And then I've also been doing, well, if I really want something that has some taste to it, I will drink some tea. [SPEAKER_01]: But no, pretzels, no, add kind stuff, no, there's no that. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm trying. [SPEAKER_01]: And I would say I'm about [SPEAKER_01]: I would say 30, yeah, 40% successful, which is still not 100, but I'm trying in the fact that some days I can in some case, I'm like, all right, I'll just have one handful of peanuts or whatever.

9:57 [SPEAKER_01]: uh... i am would love to be perfect but i know i'm human and so i am trying and it's new to me and the older you get i mentioned this in the last episode the older you get the harder it is so while it looked like i had a perfect score over the weekend [SPEAKER_01]: When I go, well, why didn't it work? [SPEAKER_01]: Well, it was probably the diet. [SPEAKER_01]: And you go, no, no, I was good on the diet. [SPEAKER_01]: Why isn't it working? [SPEAKER_01]: The answer might be because you're older than you want to admit. [SPEAKER_01]: And you lost a lot of muscle over the last four decades.

10:37 [SPEAKER_01]: So that's why. [SPEAKER_01]: Is it fair? [SPEAKER_01]: Actually, it kind of is because it was up to you to keep the muscles up and you didn't do it. [SPEAKER_01]: Does it suck? [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, absolutely. [SPEAKER_01]: But, that doesn't mean it's a reason to quit. [SPEAKER_01]: So, I know this week, I was like, alright, I haven't really exercised. [SPEAKER_01]: I was doing really good every day, exercising at least a half hour, and I just didn't want to do it. [SPEAKER_01]: And I was like, alright, what's the one that I kind of almost, you know? [SPEAKER_01]: And I was like, ah, it's stationary bike. [SPEAKER_01]: Sit on that pedal while you watch TV. [SPEAKER_01]: and it was not looking forward to it was not having fun on it because I was sweating up again, but I felt proud when I got off.

11:23 [SPEAKER_01]: So if you happen to be listening to this on a treadmill or something good on you, because you did it, and it is one of those things where we dread it getting on, but we usually don't getting off. [SPEAKER_01]: So don't give up on yourself. [SPEAKER_00]: You're worth it. [SPEAKER_01]: That's logical loss.com slash love. [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for helping me keep the lights on. [SPEAKER_02]: We're talking about your Kuwait loss.

12:06 [SPEAKER_02]: Cause in the end I am the boss and we're talking about your Kuwait loss. [SPEAKER_01]: I am using if you're new to the show, I love gadgets and such. [SPEAKER_01]: and i have used the app called streaks for a very long time nothing wrong with it i was just like yeah let's try something new and so i found this app uh put a link to it out in the show notes called strides the thing i like about it it works on an iphone which is what i have but it also works on an android phone [SPEAKER_01]: And basically you can get organized and track kind of anything you want to build for your perfect routine.

12:47 [SPEAKER_01]: And that's what we're trying to do. [SPEAKER_01]: And you also want to stay motivated. [SPEAKER_01]: So there's charts, there's reminders, all sorts of stuff to help you achieve your goal. [SPEAKER_01]: And so I use it a lot. [SPEAKER_01]: And what I like about this at least on the iPhone is I use [SPEAKER_01]: A lot of the stuff will sync with Apple health. [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm assuming there's something on the Android site as well. [SPEAKER_01]: And so I can put in my goal for calories. [SPEAKER_01]: And it will let me know if I'm on track or not. [SPEAKER_01]: Now I can see that in chronometers. [SPEAKER_01]: Well, but it's nice that everything is there. [SPEAKER_01]: I can have a goal to walk.

13:27 [SPEAKER_01]: I can have a goal to really whatever you want. [SPEAKER_01]: It's totally flexible. [SPEAKER_01]: There are four unique tracker types. [SPEAKER_01]: You can track really anything that matters to you, and it's easy to customize and fit your needs. [SPEAKER_01]: So if you want to monitor a habit, great. [SPEAKER_01]: If you want to monitor a target, [SPEAKER_01]: So a goal value by date, uh, I have that set now to track my weight, you enter any number, and uh, basically shows you if you're on track or not. [SPEAKER_01]: That's what I really love about that. [SPEAKER_01]: If you want an average, you know, any time period or a rolling average or whatever, and you can also kind of track it with milestones, it's super easy to set up your goals.

14:13 [SPEAKER_01]: You get all of [SPEAKER_01]: your data you can see how you do on each individual goal, but you can also see a report for everything. [SPEAKER_01]: And those charts kind of help you stay motivated when you look in, you're like, whoa, who's bleeding all over this? [SPEAKER_01]: Everything's red. [SPEAKER_01]: And I like it because about seven eight o'clock, I can look at this and go, ooh, I didn't put in what I ate today or ooh, I haven't lifted weights today or I haven't, whatever. [SPEAKER_01]: It's a cool way to kind of remind you of that. [SPEAKER_01]: Uh, I don't know, do I remember what I paid for this? [SPEAKER_01]: I know there's a free [SPEAKER_01]: But I just I liked it mainly because you can kind of build the perfect daily routine and then see your progress reports, which then help you stay motivated and inspired, it can kind of help keep you accountable because if you set it up to it will basically.

15:06 [SPEAKER_01]: uh... remind you hey it's time to do whatever it is again you can set this up to be health related which was what i have but you could also set it up to like it could be hopefully you don't have to be reminded do this but hug your kid whatever again anything you're trying to track you can do this and i love the fact that a lot of these on calories on carbs [SPEAKER_01]: calories I burned all those I don't have to track it just shows up in the app because it's tied in with my phone and the apple health so I'm assuming again there's something on Android that will do something similar they're almost always is.

15:52 [SPEAKER_01]: One little tip you can try. [SPEAKER_01]: And I did this today and it did not kill me. [SPEAKER_01]: I use, is it meow? [SPEAKER_01]: It's these little flavors you can spray into water to give them some flavor. [SPEAKER_01]: And again, if you look at that label, gee, I can't pronounce half the ingredients on this, probably not a good idea. [SPEAKER_01]: And so how about if I just drink, I don't know, water. [SPEAKER_01]: And I did. [SPEAKER_01]: And so the CDC list swapping sugary beverages for water as a realistic starting goal for weight loss. [SPEAKER_01]: And if you're like, man, I love my diet coke, I can't. [SPEAKER_01]: All right. [SPEAKER_01]: How about if you swap out one? [SPEAKER_01]: Just one. [SPEAKER_01]: don't have to do it all day, just baby steps, then maybe tomorrow to be too, you know, eventually it'll just be water.

16:37 [SPEAKER_01]: But I did that today and was like, hmm, I think I should do more of this. [SPEAKER_01]: It really wasn't that bad. [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not a fan. [SPEAKER_01]: Water has to be really, really cold. [SPEAKER_01]: And so I did it and I also did it with a meal. [SPEAKER_01]: So I was using water to wash food down as [SPEAKER_01]: I did that. [SPEAKER_01]: So that is another quick tip for trying to lose some weight. [SPEAKER_01]: And that's how we're going to do it. [SPEAKER_01]: And maybe a baby step, but as long as we're moving forward, we're not going backwards.

17:36 [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for watching, and I'll see you in the next video.