Weight Loss Archives

Working Out Post-Injury

: Episode 601 – Melissa Mackey joins Vinnie Tortorich to ask about working out post-injury as she suffered an injury from riding her back and wants to get back in the saddle, literally.

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MELISSA MACKEY

Big fan of the show, active on the FB page
From Michigan

WORKING OUT POST-INJURY

Melissa bruised her tailbone riding a bike
- Pressure should not be that far back on a bike
- Because she does not really have a butt, she had no ‘padding’.
Vinnie thinks she likely had a microscopic tear, causing her hips to also hurt
- She then threw out her back because her hips and tailbone were hurting her
She hadn’t been riding
Vinnie thinks she should start by going to the gym and getting on a spinner for very short periods of time
She should do compound exercises anaerobically also
- Light lunges on each leg
- Light stretching on that area
- 90º at her knees, leg press with light weight
She needs to start working those muscles before she dives back in as to not cause the injury to resurface

NSNG 101

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 600 – Vinnie and Anna get back to the basics with an updated NSNG 101 episode.

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NSNG 101

Back to the basics
Fruit
Vegetables
Grains
Protein
Dairy
Nuts
Etc.
Vinnie and Anna elaborate on what exactly NSNG is, and help folks figure out what they should be eating
Some people’s metabolisms can deal with the occasional sugar or grain, but it is best to start out totally sugar and grain free
- Metabolic Syndrome does go away when folks truly commit to NSNG
If you have any more questions, please e-mail Vinnie or schedule a phone call

: Episode 599 – Andy Schreiber joins Vinnie Tortorich on this Wednesday edition of the Angriest Trainer podcast to discuss peak and optimal heart rate, and for night workers, when is the best time to work out.

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ANDY THE CELEBRITY

Andy is starting to feel like a bit of a celebrity
People who call with help for PVC are often shocked and happy that they get to talk to Andy on the phone and such!
People recognize Vinnie from the book or from Adam Carolla sometimes now
- Vinnie doesn’t like to take credit, but is always flattered
- People recognize Vinnie even at races

PEAK AND OPTIMAL HEART RATE

Vinnie’s peak heart rate is in the 180s at his age and fitness
He likes to train and race in Zone Two (that is optimal)
How to calculate YOUR Zone Two heart rate: 180 – your age
- That being said, if you are very fit you can raise it a few (5-7)
- Between 70-79% of your max heart rate is your Zone Two
- This calculation is efficient enough and free and easy!

BEST TIME TO WORK OUT

When should night shift workers work?
- Before or after work
Depends on WHAT you are doing work-wise
Try both ways and see which you have more energy when doing
- What is important for night workers is maintaining energy

Sugar Trigger

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 598 – Vinnie Tortorich and Anna Vocino talk to comedian Nikki Bailey about comedy and feeling good by eating properly, and the two also discuss The Biggest Loser, and “sugar trigger”.

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TRUMP

Vinnie was talking to Andy (who is super liberal) about how this happens
Vinnie thinks that people behind Trump are the fried twinky crowd
While neither Vinnie nor Anna like Trump because they think he is hateful and does not have good concrete policies, they do have friends / listeners who support Trump and they realize that

NIKKI BAILEY & FEELING GOOD

Stand-up comic
Has done some of the same shows and classes as Anna
Vinnie is a huge fan of hers
The Improv on May 10th!!! Check her out there
Wednesday May 25th at the Comedy Store
Check out one of her performances here
Has a confident and natural style
- She has sparkle
Nikki does have weight to lose, but she doesn’t care about her appearance as much as she cares about just feeling better
- Trouble sleeping, weird rashes, achiness
  - She went to doctors and they didn’t know what to tell her
  - She had been on every diet and just losing weight never REALLY made her feel better
- Now she is NSNG and most of that has gone away
Did weight watchers 4 separate time
- Did lose the weight but then slowly gained the weight back and never really felt good
Emotional component to eating
- Nikki had done therapy to talk about eating issues
Nikki feels like she really gets to eat with NSNG and her emotional issues and physical issues are largely resolved

SUGAR TRIGGER

This week’s stripper in “Stripper vs. NFL Player”

THE BIGGEST LOSER

People are trying to ‘win’ this game, and they are starving themselves
They had to have doctors watching contestants because the contestants are in starvation mode and are incredibly dehydrated, for the most part
Pretty much EVERYONE on that show gained the weight back and got even more emotional issues with food as a result of the show
Caused permanent ‘alteration’ to their metabolisms
- alteration is negative
- also trashes endocrine system

NSNG After Antidepressants

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 597 – Listener Jody asks questions about weight loss and NSNG after antidepressants on this Saturday 1-on-1 episode of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer Podcast.

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JODY ROSS

From Minneapolis, Minnesota
- a warm 32º the day this was recorded
- Hopes to move out of Minnesota!
46 years old
She is a Laughter Yoga teacher
- She practices yoga, but Laughter Yoga focuses on purposeful laughter and breathing
- Body cannot tell the difference between a simulated laugh and a real, humor-caused laugh
Has a history of PTSD and eating disorders
- Started starving herself at age 8
- Has been in the eating disorder psych unit multiple times
- Her reward system from a young age was messed up, so part of healing from that was introducing laughter
- Eating disorders are the most lethal addictions
Currently 5’7, and maybe 20 lbs overweight
- She likes her curves but it is a little more than she wants right now
NSNG is the first time in her life that she has not had to deal with cravings

NSNG AFTER ANTIDEPRESSANTS

On seizure, sleep, and depression medications
She thinks that part of her mood disorder was both a result of not eating proper nutrients (she limited fat a lot) and her past issues
She has since come off of antidepressants
Once she went off of her sleeping medication, she had some trouble sleeping
- Found NSNG which helped her sleeping, as well as some good supplements

GETTING RID OF KETO-FLU SYMPTOMS

Still gets achy, still has lower GI stuff
It has improved over the past few months but it is still an issue
Keto flu should only last a few days, maybe a couple weeks
Vinnie thinks she should check it out and see a doctor because he is not a doctor
Her diet
- Eggs and bacon for breakfast
- Lunch is 5 oz of meat, some carrots and veggies
- Dinner is the same as lunch
- If she needs a snack she will have a piece of bacon or some tea with full fat coconut milk
- Has recently cut out sweet potatoes
- still shouldn’t have these issues, so something else must be at play

Chocolate Milk and Bro Science BS

by Vinnie Tortorich

: Episode 593 – Listener Charlie asks Vinnie about chocolate milk and bro science BS on this Saturday edition of the Celebrity Fitness Trainer podcast.

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LISTENER CHARLIE

Lives in Maine
Trains with Vinnie over the phone
Found Vinnie through Opi and Anthony
Has been on and off with NSNG
- Gained a lot of the weight he lost back, but whenever he goes back on it that weight falls back off

CHOCOLATE MILK & BRO SCIENCE

Some of Charlie’s friends are pro tennis players
One of his friends told a kid he was training that the best thing to drink for recovery is chocolate milk
Chocolate milk is all sugar!
Water, maybe with some electrolytes is what is best
Everything that is ‘muscle milk’ this ‘chocolate protein’ that is full of egg protein, and bad sugar, all raises your glycemic index
- Everything will go up a whole bunch which is not good
Chocolate is a great antioxidant but people don’t want to eat bitter chocolate, so they eat chocolate with sugar in it which is not healthy
- 80%+ is good
Awful to teach kids these things
- It will make these kids fat and actually hurt their sports