Vinnie Tortorich

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Behind the Scenes – Episode 2132

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2132 – On this Saturday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich has an eye-opening conversation with “Lucy X” and they discuss success with NSNG®, behind the scenes at a big online “weight loss” program, feeling like a fraud, and more.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

  • Vinnie welcomes “Lucy X” and tells her how, after having a consult with her, how angry he was at some of the info she shared with him. (2:50)
  • Lucy elaborates on her educational background which is centered in health, wellness, and nutrition. (4:44)
  • She realized that what she learned in school wasn’t working for her; as a result, when she heard Vinnie on Mike Rowe’s show she decided to learn more. (5:29)
  • Vinnie and Lucy discuss each of their backgrounds in health & fitness training in both college and high school and how much they loved it. (5:40)
  • They then switch gears into discussing Lucy’s weight loss journey, first with Weight Watchers, then “dirty keto”, then her success with NSNG®. (17:02)
  • Vinnie chats with her about keto products and their unfortunate immediate side effects; as a result, he reminds us how the body reacts when it recognizes something as poison. (26:00)
  • Vinnie then asks Lucy about her job as a “health coach” at Noom and she give a lot of details about the program behind the scenes; as a result of what she now knows about what really works, Lucy feels like a fraud. (36:36)
  • Lucy reveals a (not so) surprising comment made by her supervisor. (45:00)
  • They talk about the online program a bit more and Vinnie agrees people are getting bamboozled. (47:18)
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Eating High Carbs & Ways to Workout – Episode 2127

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Episode 2127 – On this Saturday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks with Leona Jaeger and they discuss eating high carbs, limiting dairy, various ways to workout, and more.

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EATING HIGH CARBS & LIMITING DAIRY

  • Vinnie welcomes Leona to both the show and the podcast team; then Vinnie asks her to share some of her history and how she discovered him and NSNG®. (2:20)
  • Leona tells Vinnie that she heard him on The Adam & Dr. Drew podcast (in 2015) and mentions a little more of her history. (3:40)
  • She was frustrated about the years of conflicting information about eating high carbs and burning body fat; as a result, when she heard Vinnie explain things so clearly, NSNG® and a low-carb lifestyle just made sense. (7:32)
  • Vinnie explains how even his Italian ancestors warned him that pasta and bread could make you fat. (8:52)
  • Vinnie explains where the myth of needing high carbs took hold. (10:12)
  • Vinnie mentions that the Adam & Dr. Drew episode that Vinnie was on remains one of their show’s more famous episodes; it’s the reason he has since been on their shows around 90 times so far. (12:15)
  • Leona continues with a little more history of her approach to dairy and success with NSNG®. (12:56)
  • Vinnie talks about what he recommends about dairy and why. (16:45)

VARIOUS WAYS TO WORKOUT

  • The conversation then transitions to strength, and Vinnie coaches Leona with several exercises to improve grip strength. (18:28)
  • Leona asks Vinnie for advice about struggling with what she calls “the workout mentality”–that workouts have to be a certain way in order to be effective, which contributes to her lack of consistency. (31:33)
  • Vinnie describes various ways to work out that can help and what he likes to do for himself. (35:29)
  • Vinnie reminds us that it doesn’t have to be as difficult as we tend to make it; he then shares his thoughts about breaking up workouts into smaller segments and whether that can be effective. (41:10)

TENACITY & “WHY NOT?”

  • Vinnie explains he doesn’t think he is tenacious as much as he’s just formed lifelong habits and his personal approach of “Why not?”. (49:25)
  • He then shares some examples of what he means by that approach, and it has helped him out in life. (50:50)

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The Diet Mentality – Episode 2122

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2122 – On this Saturday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks to new listener Tim Mallien about his recent discovery of NSNG®, the diet mentality, finding his “why”,  and more.

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THE DIET MENTALITY

  • Vinnie welcomes Tim and they chat a bit about how much progress Tim has made in the 6 weeks he’s been living the NSNG® lifestyle.
  • Tim then gives more of his history and how he had been depressed and frustrated coming from various other diet programs, only to gain the weight back.
  • Tim was seriously considering gastric bypass surgery.
  • Tim had really felt he had hit his “lowest of lows”; Vinnie understands this because he has worked with so many morbidly obese clients over the years.
  • Tim admits he comes from a severe diet mentality, sugar addiction, and a lot of emotional eating.
  • Vinnie and Tim talk about various temptations like certain fast food and Mardi Gras season; however, Tim is amazed how NSNG® has helped him change his mindset.

FINDING HIS “WHY”

  • Vinnie tells Tim about Scott King’s “Why”, and Tim has a strong “Why” of his own.
  • Tim has enjoyed running half marathons and he’d like to get back into them.
  • Tim shares some of the things that inspire him and what he loves about NSNG® and its community; as a result, Scott King has become a friend and mentor to Tim.
  • Vinnie and Tim discuss some of the naysayers on social platforms, but Tim is grateful that both Vinnie and Anna give so much time and energy to help others.

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Feeling Comfortable in Your Body – Episode 2108

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2108 – On this Sunday School episode, Vinnie Tortorich and Gina Grad talk Gina’s breast reduction surgery, feeling comfortable in your body, healing, and more.

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BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY

  • Gina recently had surgery to reduce her breasts.
  • She is a small woman (5’5″) and her breasts were very disproportionately large.
  • This was a medical surgery, not a cosmetic one.
    • Her insurance company covered it quite easily.
  • Post-op, she has to wear certain clothes and follow certain protocols to ensure she heals up healthily.
    • For the first few days, she felt pretty sick. Now, she’s feeling better but taking it easy.
      • Mostly, she’s walking, and it feels good — including on a cellular level.
      • Eating healthily tough because she is dealing with nausea, but she wants to get back on the wagon as soon as possible.
        • Right now, she needs to eat what she can stomach, even if that’s rice or bread.

FEELING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR BODY

  • Now, she feels fantastic and so much more proportional!
  • It is tough on your body to have so much weight that is ‘non-functional’ insofar as it is not muscle.
    • She didn’t want to do anything with impact because it was uncomfortable and would hurt her chest.
    • This took about 4 lbs off.
  • She hopes to be “streak-ready” soon, post-op and back on the NSNG® wagon.

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Battling Allergies with Diet – Episode 2107

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Episode 2107 – On this Saturday show, Katherine Craig joins Vinnie and the two talk Vizslas, battling allergies with diet, dog food, and more.

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KATHERINE’S STORY

  • She used to be the calorie queen — she’d eat any and all sweets.
  • Despite working in medicine, she’d eat cupcakes whenever offered.
  • One day, she ate a cupcake and had a severe allergic reaction.
    • It didn’t have anything in it that she hadn’t had before, but it kept happening.
      • They didn’t know what was wrong with her, but they gave her medication — like putting a Band-Aid on a bleeding wound without figuring out what caused it.
  • Katherine decided she needed to try something to stop the allergic reactions and her stomach issues. She began by trying paleo for one month.
    • This was mostly meat, fish, veggies and fruit.

BATTLING ALLERGIES

  • The paleo diet took away the allergic reactions and her stomach pain, but as soon as she’d start ‘cheating,’ by eating anything she wanted, she’d get the pain and allergic reactions back.
    • When she was eating badly, she was on TONS of medications and her environmental allergies.
    • She also found out she’s highly allergic to soy — at restaurants, the meat must be cooked on foil to avoid touching the grill.
  • If she has too much dairy, her environmental allergies kick back in.
  • Much of this has to do with the body’s inflammation, and when she is careful about what she eats (very low carb, no sugar, no grains), the inflammation is low enough that these allergic reactions don’t really surface.
  • NSNG® has worked for her, and it has also helped her avoid diabetes which she is predisposed to.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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Losing Muscle is Preventable – Episode 2105

by Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 2105 – On this Wednesday show, Andy Schreiber and Vinnie Tortorich talk about vegans on Twitter, losing muscle, various exercising like cycling and jumping rope, and more.

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VEGANS ON TWITTER

  • Vinnie’s very active on Twitter.
  • He tries to provide free advice through this medium.
  • But often, vegans come after him.
    • He doesn’t like to block them, but they’re so crazy.
  • Unfortunately, they aren’t there for conversation, they’re just there to clog the conversation.
  • This is personal, and sometimes they go ad hominem.

LOSING MUSCLE

  • In our 30s, we stop building muscle.
  • Instead, we lose a pound or so a year if we don’t do anything.
  • But, you can keep (and grow) these muscles.
    • It doesn’t matter what age you are, your muscle fibers grow the same.
      • That said, you might need more recovery as you get older.
      • Think of Reagan — he gained a ton of muscle after the assassination attempt.
        • He needed new suits at 70 because of his muscle!
  • Work the muscles you want to keep! It’s that simple.
  • Do a little every day, over the course of the day.
  • Even getting up to move around can help with this.
  • Weight lifting has lots of benefits for many.

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FAT: A DOCUMENTARY 2 (2021)

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