: Episode 1307 – Vinnie Tortorich talks with listener Dave Rossbach about failed gastric bypass, natural weight loss, critics, great friends, and more on this Saturday episode of the podcast.
NATURAL WEIGHT LOSS
- From Altoona, PA
- First nephew was born
- This snapped Dave into wanting to lose weight
- Started with a gastric bypass
- Was 34 at the time, 5’8″, 450 lbs
- Type 2 diabetic at the time
- Realized he needed to lose weight to stay alive
- Lost weight after the gastric bypass (230 lbs), but then gained it backÂ
- Took about 2-3 years for all the weight to come back
- Found NSNG and went cold turkey
- Found it through a friend
- The pounds started falling off
- Lost 90 lbs in about 6 months
- Starts off the day with coffee and HWC
- Eats lunch sometimes – scrambled eggs, avocado
- Dinner will be ribeye or chicken thighs with maybe a veg
- His dad was worried he’d give himself a heart attack with all this fat
- But Dave had gotten sick because of what doctors had told him to do
- Realized he needed to go against the conventional wisdom to get healthy
