: Episode 724 – David Ramirez joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Saturday show to discuss serial killers, David’s weight loss journey, and becoming a runner.
DAVID RAMIREZ
- Not actually related to Richard Ramirez
- Enjoy the tangent about serial killers including Ramirez and Ted Bundy
- Just completed a 50 mile ultra
- David has lost over 100 lbs
- At his biggest, he was 260 lbs
- He was 29 when he started his weight loss journey, now is 35
- He is 5’6″
- He kept losing weight and then gaining it back
- He tried to convince himself he was okay, but internally was miserable and hated looking in the mirror
- David wanted to get healthy for himself and for the woman who ended up being his wife, and ultimately, his daughter as well
- Initially, David calorie counted
- Now that he is NSNG, he is not going back
BECOMING A RUNNER
- When David started losing weight, he began to run
- He had no idea what he was doing
- David did a 10k and came damn near last, but he loved it
- Then, he moved on to a half marathon after some other 5 milers and 5ks
- He was losing weight until the half marathon training, at which point he was around 180 and the weight wouldn’t budge
- After his half marathon, he started gaining some weight back
- He NEEDED a goal:
- He signed up for the Chicago Marathon
- He went from 195 to 185 in training
- He justified his bad eating habits by the fact that he ran
- After running the Wisconsin marathon (196lbs) where he was an hour longer than he wanted to be, he knew something had to change
- David found NSNG through the fact that his brother did paleo
- He is now at 160, doing better than ever, running ultras and feeling great while doing it!
