Vinnie Tortorich

Fitness Confidential Podcast

Healthy, Natural Weight Loss – Episode 1307

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : 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.

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NATURAL WEIGHT LOSS

  • From Altoona, PA
    • Old railroad town
  • 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 back 
    • 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

 

Medical Ripoffs and Credit Card Debt – Episode 1304

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1304 – Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk the importance of education, the dangers of credit card debt, aerobic activity, over-involvement in politics, medical ripoffs, the amazing talent of Richard Pryor, and more on this Monday show.

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CREDIT CARD DEBT

  • Anna got a credit card in college
  • Ran up a lot of debt
    • Felt insurmountable
  • You have to be careful!
  • Easy to think it’s free money, but it certainly isn’t
  • Very common to have hundreds of thousands in debt, sadly
  • Anna paid it off a little every year
    • Set goals!
  • There is a difference between being responsible and being stingy/having no fun
  • Really we should learn how to balance our checkbooks in school

AEROBIC ACTIVITY

  • Vinnie did about 15 hours of aerobic activity over two days
  • Have some F-Bombs, have hard boiled eggs, pickle juice

MEDICAL RIPOFFS

  • One of Anna’s friends goes to a functional doctor
  • Doctor gives her a $1200 shot
    • Not covered by insurance
  • Supposed to curb hunger — technically diabetes medication
  • These things are ripoffs
    • Eat healthier, don’t put this expensive, do-nothing steroidal crap in your body
  • “May help” lose weight
  • Pretty much always, these quick-fixes don’t work
  • This drug says you also need to eat low-cal and workout
    • It’s BS

Richard Pryor

Being Active at the Gym – Episode 1303

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1303 – Gina Grad joins Vinnie for this new Sunday School episode, and the two talk her new podcast Easy Listening, other great podcasts, cars and engines, good movies, driving safely, Stella’s recovery and Lola’s passing, being active at the gym, and more.

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DRIVING SAFELY

  • You need to be careful when you drive
    • ALL OF THE TIME
  • For you and for others
    • And for your family, too
  • Vinnie watched a man die the other day because some kids were racing on surface roads
  • It is never worth driving dangerously
  • Vinnie stopped riding motorcycles because he realized drivers are just too distracted these days

BEING ACTIVE AT THE GYM

  • Someone walked up near Vinnie today and put the mat right off the side
  • Sat criss-cross apple sauce on the floor
  • Got on her cell phone
    • Literally sat there for over an hour doing nothing
  • Make sure you are making your gym time productive
  • Don’t use the gym to slack off or tend to other things
  • Phones are killing us – be present, not stuck in tech

 

Throwback: Losing Inches but Not Pounds- Episode 1302

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1302 – This week we look at an old, important show that tackles one of the biggest concerns for many NSNG®ers.  What does it mean if you’re losing inches not pounds? If you like old shows like this, make sure to buy access to every old show through the website! Check back tomorrow for an Easter show, and next week when we bring you only new shows! Happy Passover to many of our fans listening this Saturday.

Fitness Confidential fan Kristi is winning at NSNG® but is concerned because she seems to be losing inches but not weight…

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KRISTI STELLE

  • Found Vinnie on Mark in the Morning with Gina Grad
    • Followed Gina’s progress and looked into NSNG®
  • Read Vinnie’s book, Fitness Confidential, and found it made sense and began NSNG®
  • Started just about a month ago
  • Suffered a bad concussion back in April, was told to cut out sugar and caffeine
  • Started eating meat when she started NSNG®
  • Loves reading about nutrition but has trouble with convoluting information
  • Wants to lose about 25 lbs

LOSING INCHES NOT POUNDS

  • Kristi has lost some girth both in her waist and arms
    • Her seat belts are a little looser
  • Hasn’t lost a pound
  • Body has not been used to some of these nutrients due to veganism
    • Her body is likely grabbing at the nutrients it is newly receiving
  • She also definitely feels less hungry in general eating this way
  • She is eating about 400-600 more calories a day, and not gaining weight, but losing inches
    • This is a win!!!
  • Keep on it and lbs will start to come off
  • Be happy with the results you have at first, even if they are not immediately weight loss
    • Feeling better and eating more without gaining weight is a win
  • Vinnie advises Kristi to cut back slightly on the fat, add a bit more proteins and such and the weight will come off
    • While this is a high fat diet, there is still a thing as too much fat
  • Plateauing is also normal

Throwback: On the Road, Young and Obese – Episode 1300

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1300 – In honor of Vinnie and Andy’s being on the road this past week, we are throwing it back to a show from last year which was recorded while the two were traveling for business. Vinnie has had quite the hectic schedule between finalizing a distribution deal for the Fat Doc, taking care of Stella (she is cancer-free!), and traveling for PCC, but tune back next week for a brand new Wednesday show! Also, make sure to buy all of the old podcasts so you can hear more great ones like this.

Andy and Vinnie host another Wednesday show from the road, and the two talk their experience watching young and obese people having a girls night out order drinks and food, unknowingly having had their good intentions stolen, and more.

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STOLEN GOOD INTENTIONS

  • Vinnie and Andy saw a big table of women (12-15)
  • Having a GNO – trying to have a great time!
  • About 10 morbidly obese
    • Genuinely will die under the weight of their own weight if they do not address the problem
  • Not even 30 years old
    • Obesity affecting younger and younger people
  • All of these women had super large sugary drink
    • Had several
    • One on occasion is okay, but this is not that
  • Lots ate lobster mac n cheese, Mini-tacos, etc.
  • All high carb and totally grains
  • Injecting a straight line of sugar and carb-loading on top of that
    • First, glucose spike, then glycogen load
  • The women all eat more carby entrees, too
    • Salmon was maple bourbon glazed and had candied bacon — sugar sneaks in everywhere, even if people think they are being healthy by having salmon
  • This is not fat shaming – this is being concerned about what already sick people are putting into their bodies
    • They watched them get more sick and it is just hard to watch knowing the truth
  • These peoples’ good intentions have genuinely been stolen

You Don’t Need to Calorie Count – Episode 1299

by Vinnie Tortorich

 : Episode 1299 – Anna Vocino and Serena Scott Thomas join Vinnie this Monday, and the two talk the family pets, behaving in the NSNG® Facebook Group, why it isn’t necessary to calorie count while eating NSNG®, supporting the Beauchamp’s, insulin resistance, and more.

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STELLA UPDATE

  • Stella had a surgery recently
  • She is Vinnie’s older vizsla
  • Recovering quite well from her surgery now
  • They removed her spleen and with it, a volleyball-sized tumor
  • They are biopsying this and other lumps
  • We are hoping it is benign
  • If it is cancer, we will treat her
  • Hopefully will find out something early this week
  • Sadly, our cat Lola also had to be put down this past week

BE KIND IN THE FACEBOOK GROUP

  • People on the FB group have been getting out of hand
  • Ganging up and insulting other people in the group
    • DO NOT DO THIS, even if you do not agree
  • A doctor had posted in the group asking for studies
    • Nobody provided her studies, people started attacking her
  • We need to be nice!!!
  • There’s a difference between a joke and overstepping and being wrongly rude
  • Don’t attack newbies!
    • If they are trying, that is great
  • Also do not post photos of other people who are overweight without their consent
    • Can be extremely damaging for people who are going through stuff
    • You don’t know where they are in their journey
  • This all being said, we aren’t going to remove every reported post
  • Some people do take offense to non-offensive things

CALORIE COUNT

  • You do not need to calorie count on NSNG®
  • Calories are not a good measurement of what you are eating
  • They are not created equally
    • Check out Good Calorie Bad Calorie
  • A calorie is just a unit of energy
  • Your body can’t store sugar as sugar after a certain level
    • Stores it as fat
    • This is why CICO does not work
      • You can have fewer calories but if too many of them are sugar, you will still gain weight and fat
  • (Also, take in higher fat with protein so your body doesn’t convert the extra protein into sugar)

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