: Episode 894 – Listener Dan calls in to talk about his NSNG success and to ask the question “will exercise stunt my kids’ growth?” and “what age can I start them on exercise?”
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LISTENER DAN
- Found Vinnie via the Carolla effect
- Vinnie answered every Twitter question Dan ever asked him
- He has been NSNG for 4 months
- Has lost over 20 lbs
- Always tried fads, but now has done this lifestyle change successfully
- Has two young sons, 9 and 11
- Both have autism, but both very high functioning
- Mild forms, high functioning
- Social quirks
- Older one, very sensitive and this turns into anger, also a bit of a loner
- Amazing memory, amazing talent
- Younger one, will just shut down when he gets frustrated
- Older one, very sensitive and this turns into anger, also a bit of a loner
- Social quirks
- They are still in a normal classroom, mainstreaming is great for them
- Mild forms, high functioning
- Both have autism, but both very high functioning
STUNT MY KIDS’ GROWTH
- Kids don’t need to do heavy, intense, muscle-building exercise
- Ex: lifting weights not necessarily the best for your kids
- If they want to run, if they want to do some martial arts, that is all great
- Can also be good for them hormonally
- “Formal exercise”, not yet
- Exercise should be body movements
- His gym has kid size rower, kid size elliptical next to adult machinery
- All of this stuff is good
- Make competitions out of it
- All of this stuff is good
- His gym has kid size rower, kid size elliptical next to adult machinery
- Worst thing we are doing to kids is not letting them play or move around
thanks a lot for this article.best wishes.
Vinnie,
I discovered you on Carolla and starting listening to your podcast about a year ago. I’ve never had a weight issue but still think I’m a perfect example of your credo that exercise is terrible way to lose weight. I ran cross-country and track in college. I stopped regular running afterwards due to a knee injury from basketball. I still stayed fit but gained 15 pounds over my college weight. (I’m stand at 5’9.5 and went from 145 to 160.) I started running regularly again and training for marathons about eight years ago. (I’m 45 now.) Throughout that time, I’ve maintained my weight at 155, which was perfectly acceptable. Earlier this year, I had to take a few months off due to a partial meniscus tear. Before that, I adopted many of your teachings, e.g. embracing whole milk and coconut oil, but held on to carbs for my running. While recovering, I decided to try adopting the full NSNG way of life and actually dropped back down to my college weight within a month or two – not exactly sure how long since I didn’t get back on a scale until I started running again. Once I started running again, I decided to keep up with the strict NSNG and found that my performance has not been diminished. In fact, it has been improved likely because I’m lugging 10 less pounds around. Also, I’ve found my overall quality of life has improved. Before, I would get hunger pains and my brain wouldn’t function if I got to 1pm without lunch. That’s never the case now. In fact, I first realized the difference one day back in April when moving that I went from 7am to 10pm without eating and not having any issue.
Although my experience with NSNG is not as life-altering as others that have come across you, I thought I’d share with you my experience and thank you for all your good work.
CPL
thank you so much for sharing