MrBeast Winner Breaks Silence On $500,000 Prize, Hitting Rock Bottom, & Losing 100 Pounds

23:29So like, I don't need it. I don't need to depend on it. I feel like I depended on that a lot. It's like, I'm feeling tired, you know, I'm about to crash. I need to drink an energy drink. So yeah, from food for sure. What about just having less weight on your body? Because, and also having more muscle on your body. I heard that like, those are also interestingly enough, like key to just overall mental health, motivation, energy levels. Yeah. Yeah. And, and mental clarity of force, um, losing, losing a bunch of weight. Uh, when, when I put on the 97 pound suit, so like you don't know how much like you actually weigh until like you wear your old self and like wearing that, I couldn't believe I was walking around cause I walked around like that my whole entire life.

24:07So having a hundred pounds off of you and then putting a hundred pounds back onto you is insane. Like the way that I was even breathing with the hundred pounds on was crazy, you know, And just being in the sun too, that's like one of those things. Like those are little habits, like the habits and structures that I built, that helped improve too. Like actually getting sunlight. I never got sunlight, bro. I was always in my house. I was always in my room, just gaming, you know, gaming, sleeping, never outside, no steps. I probably got minimum like a thousand steps, bro. A thousand and 1500 steps when I was living my old life.

24:36But yeah, like losing the weight definitely improved my health, you know, overall. What about girls? What about girls? Like, like if you're just spending all of your time, like playing video games, drinking caffeine, caffeinated beverages, stuff like that, and just like chilling in a dark room. Was that ever like a priority of yours to like go and like try to find partner or like the dating? I mean, not really dating. I was very sociable before. Like I always talked to people and anytime, cause I would travel to events. So I would always meet people too, you know? Um, and even girls, girls liked me and I like girls too.

25:08It's, uh, they actually like big boys, you know? So the girls thing wasn't like, I was never self-conscious of myself, you know, or I never felt some type of way or like insecure, like insecurities. I always loved myself and I always showed up, you know? So who, who you saw is who you saw, you know, what you got. Going into the challenge, did you have a strategy to win? Yeah, it was just train, bro. It was just push-pull legs. It wasn't too much cardio. But then I got my coach, and my coach gave me the, this is the blueprint, this is what we're going to do, and it worked. So yeah, he gave me an upper-lower rest, but the rest day was a cardio day, and then upper-lower cardio, and then full rest day.

25:49And how were the living conditions there? what was the sleeping situation like i had a bed yeah and i was in private the bed was comfy i got introduced to a sleep mask that too so i can improve sleep because i was talking to my coach about like how could i get more REM sleep i had an aura ring i don't have it on me now but my apple watch and that tracked my sleep and um just improving my quality of sleep like actually sleeping longer rather than those two hour spurts that i would have you know and feel like 10 hours actually see for six, seven, eight hours a night all the way through. The meals, I was really curious about that.

26:23Did they give you a guide of what to eat or how did the kitchen work? It was like a whole grocery store. Yeah, the grocery store. So coach actually like our first, so I had a bunch of stuff, like literally a bunch of stuff inside this kitchen. And then in the actual grocery store, I had a bunch of stuff too. I got to request anything I wanted, literally anything I wanted. If I wanted a steak, I got a steak. If I wanted chicken, I got chicken. you know so i wasn't limited to anything if you requested a steak would they bring you like a prime cut ribeye like it's yeah it's literally a steak yeah a ribeye whatever i'm in new york if you wanted wagyu or a filet yeah you can get lobster yeah and what would you because it would be raw i would have to cook it yeah oh so you had to cook everything yeah yeah i cooked everything but if you wanted lobster and steak every single day i could do it i could yeah 110 i could i had ground beef every day.

27:13I had ground beef, turkey, um, tuna. I had a little bit of that too. That's what you ended up using your endless resources on? I mean, I wasn't really like, I'll tell you something. Okay. Coach and I had a tradition, um, rest in peace coach. We had a tradition where every Thursday, every other Thursday, we would do steak, like a steak dinner and we would grill it. So it was literally steak, corn, asparagus, potatoes every other Thursday. Like that was our tradition. Like we would break bread like that as like a good week, you know, from training. What was the most expensive meal that you've asked?

27:45I guess it would be the steak. Yeah. Like the steak, the steak was the most expensive that we would make. And it never crossed your mind to get a Wagyu A5 from Japan. I'm not bougie. Yeah, I'm not bougie. But you could ask for it and they would give it to you. I know, but like, I'm just not bougie. You should have asked for like a steak with a Rolex sitting on top of it that's funny that's that's funny you know see that's funny a diamond encrusted yes yeah gold flakes yeah gold flakes that's good and then you peel them off yes i would have asked gordon ramsay to like bring some yeah i was i was the chef this guy right here i was the chef i didn't know how to cook beforehand i'll tell you that right now coach got me right though tell me how to do the ground beef tell me how to do the chicken air fryer was my best friend quite literally so easy.

28:28So what was your best meal to lose weight? Um, it was my breakfast, honestly, like that was my best meal. It was, we transitioned. So it was five eggs at first, uh, which was 350 calories. Cause I was tracking everything, uh, five eggs for 30 grams of protein and then yogurt. So I would always weigh my food, 170 grams of oil, close yogurt, 17 grams of protein for a hundred calories and a protein powder scoop in there with fruits on the side. That was basically like an omelet. I would make an omelet protein yogurt bowl with fruits. So a hundred grams of blueberries, strawberries. That was my staple every morning.

29:03What was the hardest part about losing weight? I'll be honest. I've had this question a lot, but it ultimately comes down to my circumstances, like what happened with me. And it was just like losing coached. That was like, that was the actual hardest part of weight loss, you know, is losing someone that's been with you along this ride, you know, this journey every single day. That was definitely the hardest part for me. But it lit a flame under me, man, you know, and it made me go harder and allowed me to finish. Yeah, that was a really hard moment to watch. Yeah. And everything was filmed so publicly.

29:39Yeah. Did any of that cross your mind not to include in the video? Or did you feel like, yeah, Or did you feel like it was intrusive to like get such a raw moment on camera? No, no, I didn't mind. I mean, we're all human at the end of the day, you know, everybody goes through loss. Everybody goes through like a tragedy or something that will change the trajectory of their life. And that was mine. That was filmed. Right. Well, it was on camera and I'm grateful for it. Right. Because it's like a blessing in disguise. It's like, bro, like I'm turning this pain into passion. Right. And I get to continue on this journey, which I'm very grateful for in honor of Coach Wall and honor of me as well and my family.

30:22But yeah, I was okay with it. I think the coolest part about it is it is so raw because it is me and watching it in third person is something. But also just seeing how the world kind of reacted to it because we're all human. You know what I mean? So the fact that people did get to see this and feel what I felt in the moment and me seeing their reactions was crazy. Right. Because there are like internet trolls, but then like everybody has to understand that just because it's a video doesn't mean that it's a video. Like this is real life. Yeah. And yes, I'm very grateful that we got to showcase that.

31:01Right. Or that's included in the video. Now that plenty of time has passed and you've had a lot of opportunity to like reflect back on that time period and a lot of those moments that you had with them. What is something that you learned, like the main lesson that you'd say you've learned from coach? Just showing up for yourself. That's the key thing is literally showing up. I always told him that he's doing everything for me. He's like, I'm not doing anything at all. You're doing everything. And he would always say that even if I gave you the best plan, like in the world, literally the best plan, you're the one that's deciding to show up.

31:36You're the one that's deciding to go through everything and do all of this. you know you're the one that's making that choice so just making the choices and like being intentional and mindful of what you're doing because people look at this and they're like okay you lost 100 pounds you know are you going to keep it off like it wasn't just a diet wasn't just losing 100 pounds like this is a complete lifestyle change you know these are habits that i built structure that i built because of coach and what he taught me just the way that he held himself and the way that he showed up for me every day and the way i showed up for him every day um yeah he made me a better man for sure.

32:07What was going through your mind when they offered you the opportunity to have another coach come in to walk you through that last part of the journey? It's, it's tough, man. It's, it's one of those things where you've built something, you know, and you don't want to like, I want to say tarnish it, but it's very hard for someone to come into the mix as something was being built. Right? Like if you're building a company and like these people know that this is the blueprint, then you bring someone in that doesn't know anything. It's like, yeah, I wasn't, I wasn't inclined to like getting someone new.

32:39I think that coach built me up for that moment, um, that he passed literally the three months that I had with him. He literally built me up for it. So every single day that he showed up and he taught me and everything that he taught me and all the phases that we had, we had phase one, which was eight weeks, phase two, that was eight weeks and all the challenges that came about. Um, he sent me up for it, you know, and he wouldn't want me to quit or wouldn't want me to just like stop or mourn and something that's it's crazy it's crazy it sounds like that same day like I did what I had to do you know what I mean like I had to do my 10 ,000 steps I had to do my cardio I had to work out even after the fact that like I could have chose to be sad which I was or just sleep in my bed which is fine and it's normal but at that point I went through loss once and I saw what happened to me I gained everything back and the The way that coach taught me is that you're going to show up for yourself and you're going to continue to push forward.

33:34And I wasn't going to go back to, you know, I had every reason to rebound. I had every reason to gain all that weight back during this challenge. I had every reason to leave the circle, but I wasn't going to do that. You know, there was no shot. AI is going to transform your business. Look, we've all heard this, but if you've actually rolled it out in your company, you know how this usually goes. You make the investment, everyone gets onboarded, and a few months later, no one's using it. including you. Well, thankfully, today's sponsor, Superhuman Go, is actually built the stick. Superhuman Go is an AI chat that sits right on the side of your browser, ready to help with any task you're working on.

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35:50Do you think there was more pressure because the cameras were on you at all times? No, not at all. Because at the end of the day, the cameras is just, they're just there recording me. You could have everything in the world. It comes back to you. You know, it's a you decision. Like Jimmy, Jimmy offers me, Hey, like I'm going to give you everything. And you know, you're going to lose a hundred pounds. Like he's giving me all the tools necessary. It ultimately comes back down to me. You know, if I wasn't going to do it, then I could have just sat down. I have a whole year. I could literally just wait around if I wanted to.

36:19I'm like, all right. Yeah, nice. I'm going to eat at this grocery store. I'm going to gain some weight. I was curious if there was any part of you that wanted the challenge to last longer, like you get down to those last five pounds and then just be like, you know what? This is a pretty good life. All my bills are paid. I get like whatever I want to eat. I got a full great place and just continue it. Yeah. Keep going. Yeah. Jimmy, please. No, um, dude, I thought it was going to be longer. There was this talk about plateauing, right? And like, if you go into a plateau, like it could take longer, like you could take six to eight months, you know, or eight to nine months, or it might take August, um, November, December, like you don't know when, but, um, yeah, I never, I never did.

37:00I think the beauty of it is that every 30 days I was weighed. Um, so I didn't know my weight, but every single day I was getting weighed. So losing 20 pounds, like 20 to 18 pounds a month was crazy. So I finished way faster. I thought it was going to be way longer. Honestly, I thought it was going to take the full year personally. So now being someone who's lost a lot of weight, you're fit now, like you can look back on your life beforehand and, and, you know, you didn't like what you saw, I guess. I'm curious, how do you motivate someone that like is bigger? They may not be super want, they may not want to lose a lot of weight, but you know that their life can be improved if they were to have lost weight.

37:36Yeah. How, how would you motivate someone? Yeah. Um, I mean, I was a gamer, right. And I was always in my room. I think one of the things is people think it's, it is hard to lose weight. Like, don't get it wrong. Like it is very hard to lose weight, but there are little baby steps that you can take to help you. You know, it's like, you don't have to dive in head first hard. You can just start slow baby steps, like 8 ,000 steps a day. That's something, or just drinking your water or getting sleep. And then just actually just being mindful of what you're putting in your body. So like, I have the four pillars.

38:07The four pillars for me is physical activity slash steps, cardio or not cardio, excuse me, water intake, sleep, and nutrition. Like these four pillars are what helped me throughout the whole entire challenge. It's not like I never put myself through a crazy diet. You know, I was eating what I wanted and I was losing weight and I was training how I wanted and I was losing weight and building muscle. You know, as long as like, I feel like sleep is the most important factor throughout this whole thing. And nutrition is very important to what you're putting in your body. Because, you know, if I say, hey, go on a 2000 calorie diet, people are going to shy away because they're like diet, that word diet.

38:41It's like, yeah, I know. They're thinking greens, you know. or fruits or veggies, like things that they don't want to eat. But you can eat meats, you can eat a little bit of veggies and like you'll be able to lose weight. Obviously, it'd be hard to isolate these variables since the entire like context of your life has also changed dramatically now since it was beforehand. But if you were to average out your happiness on a scale of like one to 10 throughout your life as a larger person, as opposed to now, fitter person, what would you say those numbers are? probably like being realistic bigger medged bigger medged gaming working streaming he was probably at a six because i love myself you know i never like struggled with that i know a lot of people do struggle with that um now it's probably at like a 10 wow yeah it's because this is a lifestyle change you know like this is my life moving forward and like i'm so glad that i get to continue to better my health, better myself.

39:39That's something that I enjoy because it's like showing up and enjoying the process. I don't have like an end goal. People ask like an end goal, but like when you reach an end goal, there's a new goal that starts. So you're never really ending anything. It's always a process. So this is always an ongoing process for me until I'm dead. And when you were averaging, let's just say a six out of 10 on terms of happiness, did you ever think that that was like a 10 out of 10? Like, did you? Yeah, probably throughout my life. Yeah, 100%. You've unlocked like a new level of happiness that you didn't know existed previously.

40:10A hundred percent. That's what's interesting to me is like, like how, can you be a 10 out of 10? Or can you be a six out of 10 thinking you're a 10 out of 10? Change some things in your life and apparently your happiness can go way higher. Yeah, I mean, I'll be honest with you. Like these, the numbers that you're doing, the six out of 10, 10 out of 10, my body, like, cause obviously I lost a hundred pounds. So like the before and after, there's a before and after picture. So this was me walking into the challenge, right? That was me after. Wow. I thought people perceived me like this. I thought people perceived me as 100 pounds less.

40:40Like, I thought this is how I was walking around. I thought people looked at me and this is what they saw. But in reality, this is who I was. You know, so I never truly understood, like, the perception of myself. I always thought I was walking around like this, 100 pounds lighter. But then, like, when I lost 100 pounds and I actually saw who I was, I was like, bro, there's no way. Usually when something's fast, it's not great. Like when you grab a drive-thru at midnight. You're not expecting a five-star dining experience. It's all about convenience, not quality. Well, I got good news. There is an exception to this unwritten rule.

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43:23They're kind of changing, you know? that's how I look at it because I never changed I mean I lost 100 pounds sure I was in a Mr. Reeves video sure but I'm still me the way that they treat me is just you're on a higher status you know and that's not the case I don't like that you know oh you're famous now like no I'm not famous I'm still a regular degular you know I'm me so when people approach me in that manner it's like you're not caring about me as a person anymore you're caring about the social status that I have now, you know, and I shy away from that. So like my circle, I keep it very, very tight.

43:58And the people that I mess with are the people that I mess with, you know? So it's not like. But what about strangers? Stranger, it's strangers, a beautiful thing. Strangers to me is a beautiful thing. You know, the way that they come up to me, they're inspired by my story. I think that was surreal. Like that's a surreal experience. The messages that I get is that you're an inspiration to us. You know, you helped me get into the gym. I'm losing weight because of you. Like all these messages are messages that like, I can't believe are in my phone, you know, or even in person, like these people are actually coming up to me and hugging me because one lose the weight, but then also going through a loss, like they felt like they went through that loss with me, you know, and they're telling me, I'm sorry for coach one.

44:35I'm sorry for your dad, you know, like these two losses. And these are complete strangers that I don't know. And I'm just so grateful. And I'm blessed for that, you know, and the fact that they get to share that with me and I get to hug them is, is crazy. And just even have a conversation with them. What about for strangers when you were overweight versus now in terms of just like the general perception when you go up and like order food at the grocery store just like any interaction you feel like you felt any prejudice like when you were bigger no i feel i feel like um people gravitated towards me actually like because they didn't feel threatened by you yeah i think i think so i mean they they honestly just enjoyed my presence like i was just a likable person to be around so um you do look a lot younger like that is bro that is something crazy too like i do look a lot younger i feel a lot younger way how old are you 28 28 years old that's crazy yeah that's yeah because when you were bigger like i looked like i was 40 no no no like i actually like 40 yeah yeah but now i look look your age like i looked ugly i'm kidding i looked handsome yeah you were good looking i just looked bigger bro like i looked like i was walking around like a ball bro the pictures i just showed you i was legitimately a ball.

45:44Well, it's your face too. It's kind of thin now, you know? Yeah. It's like, I don't know. It's crazy. It's crazy what a haircut can do for you too. Graham, I've seen this on the table. What is this? Yeah. So this is actually Magic Mind. That one I gave to you because you said you don't drink caffeine. That one is caffeine free. No way. And I have this one for Jack, which is double the caffeine because he definitely needs it. No, I drink these all the time. Every single day I have one of these. They help me focus before the podcast, especially because it helps you just walk in. It's a little bit of caffeine in these ones.

46:15Not in that caffeine-free one, though. The branding looks sick. It's incredible. It tastes delicious. It's like a cool matcha health shot in a way, but it boosts energy. It helps the focus. I really enjoy them. It helps me lock in for the episodes. Can I try one? Yeah, that one's for you. You can bring it on planes, too, because it's under the legal limit to bring through TSA. I'm going to be honest. I'm going to be honest about this. All right, try it. It smells good. Yeah, it's good. It's delicious. Are you going to take it with me? Yeah. It's kind of like a probiotic sort of thing. I guess we're all taking it.

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46:52Oh, see, I sip on mine. Man, that tastes really good. It's really good. Yeah. Yeah, it's good stuff. Yeah. You know what? I'll be able to give you a few. I can't give you all of them that I have. All of them. Good. I have like three boxes of it, but we actually travel with this everywhere we go. I keep them always in my backpack. pack. Yeah. Sometimes we'll just go on a trip and I take them in the morning and I really genuinely enjoy them. I was I was taking something like this every morning. Yeah. When I was doing my challenge. So this is really cool. It tastes really good. So shout out to Magic Mind, by the way, for sponsoring this podcast.

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48:01Um, yeah, but if like, Like we're getting into like specifics, like your chest. So we would do vertical pull, horizontal pull, vertical pull. So just those movements and then horizontal push, vertical push. I know it sounds foreign, but it's just any type of push movement for chest or, you know, your shoulders are one of them. And then your back is one of them. So like rows are one of them. Anything that's helping you just burn more calories by doing that motion. Yeah. And what was the most difficult challenge? The mile. Running a mile was the toughest, I think. Dead hang was pretty tough and pushups were pretty tough.

48:44But running the mile was tough, man. I'm not going to lie. Why is it so hard? I never did cardio like that ever. Literally ever. So the fact that I went from a 17 minute mile. So walking into it, I did a 17 minute mile. And the challenge was run a mile in eight minutes and 30 seconds. and that was a challenge that was like i have a little doubt in my mind that i'm not going to do it but there's nothing that's going to stop me from actually doing it you know because i have all this time to train so jimmy introduced the challenge run my first mile it's like 12 minutes and 50 seconds something like that um for a baseline and then day after day after day that was running and running and running um it started shaving down you know drastically i'm like whoa bro like this is crazy like my mile time's actually going down um and then obviously on the day of the challenge like i ran an 804 you know 30 days later eight minutes and four seconds for a mile and that was insane like but the the hardest part was just like the breathing and like controlling your breathing doing those laps the first that first first first day that i did it my throat was on fire like literally my whole entire chest was on fire for like two days and like you would i was coughing for like an hour, literally coughing phlegm, just coughing, coughing, coughing.

49:53I used to be a smoker. So like I used to drink, I used to smoke, I used to smoke weed. Um, I've been two years sober now. I don't do any of that stuff. I think that helped me tremendously throughout this whole entire journey, you know, and just like putting God first. I feel like just, um, believing in God really, and just strengthen my relationship with God was one of those things that helped me throughout this whole entire challenge, you know, like to actually change my life um which i'm very grateful for have you improved on your mile time have you ran a faster mile than 804 no i haven't i haven't tried it i haven't tested it my grip strength though like i tested like a dead hang and like i beat my challenge like what i did um because i am getting lighter but i feel like i could definitely do like sub eight mile yeah would you want to would you want to race me i would do it yeah would you want to race me yeah i would do it okay what's Jack's a great runner.

50:42Well, I used to be. In high school, I was very fast. What was your fastest mile? I mean, bro, you're way lighter than me, and you're tall. In high school, I ran a 435. But that was in high school. That was... All right, all right, all right. Take it back. I am not going to race you. That was nearly... I'm not racing you. That is crazy. 435? How many of you have 435? You're telling me a minute a lap? Like, less than a minute a lap you're running? That's more than a minute a lap, but... I can't do math. That's why you're the finance guy, right? That was in high school, Graham. That was in high school.

51:08A 435? Look it up. What's the fastest mile? It's 340 something. Like they beat me by a minute. Bro, that is crazy. Thanks. Yeah, I don't think I'll ever get to those numbers. I mean, if I tried to run a mile now, though, it wouldn't be anywhere close to that. No, but I still think you'd definitely beat me. You'd get like a six minute mile. I could pace you and we could try to go sub eight. I'd have to train for it, though. I'm curious to know how the journey has gone after the challenge. Yeah. What things did you do during the challenge that you still practice today? Like what about diet? What about getting those steps in shooting basketballs?

51:43Yeah. So I haven't, I haven't shot basketballs in a long time. I've played basketball, um, just like pick up games. That's fine. I'm not that good, but it's just cardio. You know, that's one of those things where I shot basketballs, but like playing with people now I can keep up, you know, back then I couldn't keep up back then I would run up and down the court and I swear I'd want to throw up, like literally want to throw up. because Jimmy would like run games. You know, Jimmy loves basketball. Like anytime that we would play, I was just like, bro, I can't do this. You know, like I'm dying. But yeah, waking up in the morning, this is one of those things is waking up in the morning and then going outside to walk.

52:17Like I need to go outside. Like I can't lay in bed. I can't like just sit, lay in bed and dwell, right? Or scroll for like an hour. The first thing that I do is wake up, pray and then walk outside just so I can get the sun because I had that big facility. So I would walk outside and I'd sit on my patio area and it's just calm and quiet, bro. It's one of those things, so therapeutic, just to walk around, listen to the birds and just be outside. Tracking food, I really just eyeball it now because I've been traveling. By being mindful of what I'm putting in my body, I'm not eating BS. That's really what I've been doing.

52:51But when I get back home, it's back to meal prepping because it is gonna get busy. When you are traveling and stuff, you have to improvise. I'm not hitting my protein goals how I want to, like 225 grams of protein. I'm getting close, but it's not like to the T. When you meal prep, you can do that, you know, or even having the supplements. Like I need to start carrying supplements around. I only did protein, creatine, and collagen. Like those were the three things that I did. But yeah, finding like substitutes like those protein drinks, you know, premier proteins, 160 calories, 130 calories for 30 grams.

53:21It's really good substitutes. But yeah, trying to hit those goals because it was just calories in and protein for me. It wasn't fats or carbs. Was there anything in the video that was left out that you wish was included? Not really. It just, I wish a little, I wish it was a little longer. Me personally, I wish it was just a little longer, you know? More moments with coach that we had. Cause we had sauna talks, we did cold plunge, you know? I feel like there were some funny conversations that we had that should have made it. Maybe they didn't make it, but yeah, it just, everything is just so raw.

53:58you know like when it comes to me you're just getting what you're getting you know there's no like hey I'm gonna turn it on for the camera like no this is what you're getting you're getting meshed so the fact that coach and I had that relationship like the way that we hugged the way that we we messed around he always told me coach always told me that like we need to make a wind up doll of you like literally one of those wind up dolls because of like any voice notes that I would make you know or like these little cues that I would make and he would always die laughing bro yeah man coaches coaches a beast what was it like watching that video after it was posted i wasn't i wasn't gonna watch it really yeah yeah i wasn't gonna watch it i wasn't gonna watch it um in the beginning at first so like obviously like there's the final version that gets uploaded to youtube jimmy asked me if i wanted to watch a video prior and i was like no i'm not gonna watch it until like the video actually gets posted um and even when i was in the challenge i said that i wouldn't want to watch the video like i don't think i would want to watch the video just because like i already lived it it's one of those things like i already lived it but then i watched it and when i watched it let me tell you it was an emotion i reacted to it like i literally reacted to it so i watched it and it was just um an emotional roller coaster i watched it with Chandler I had like a little gathering um view party you know so it was my first time watching it and watching that cut it was like man like this is crazy just the the actual story because I lived it right and then I only know things that are in this video so like when there's a part I'm living through it and I can still continue on that that part that's like if it was cut I'm still living that on you know um even like when coach passed away you know and they told me the news and I'm sitting on the ground and I'm crying.

55:48Like one of those things, it's like, I still remember that feeling, you know? And like, I could feel it. And every time I opened like TikTok or Instagram or YouTube, like people were making clips and I'm not going to lie, bro. For like the first 250 times I cried, like actual, like actual tears, my body would just, I would cry, you know? Like that was the feeling that I got and just hearing him and seeing him and just the news. Like, yeah, I just wish it was a little longer. That was it. Um, other than that, it was perfect video not because i'm in it but i think story-wise i think i think the message is clear that like you can lose weight you know like even if you're in a facility like you can lose weight like i was a person that was overweight 100 pounds overweight or morbidly obese like i was gonna die you know at the age of 55 if i continued doing what i was doing um thankfully you know yeah so anything that surprised you about the video watching it back no the the thing i'll tell you what surprised me it's like i was invested in myself like i'm watching myself but i'm watching like i've never seen myself third person as like a character right so like watching myself back even when i watch this back you know it's gonna be like man that like that's really you you know like you're you're really doing this so i think that was like a trip for me it's just watching myself in third person and like watching myself as a bigger person because like seeing myself and seeing how i walked because you never see like the back of your head you know like when you're walking and stuff or like things that you do.

57:12So seeing that is just like, wow, like you, this is really who you were, you know, and this is who you are now. Um, even at the end of the dead hang challenge, like when I said, yo, that's 60 ,000, you know, and I'm walking and I'm like, man, like you look healthier. Like you look lighter. Like that's really you meshed, you know, I'm just proud of myself, man. Truly. And after the video got posted, how long did it take for you to get recognized for the first time? I didn't go outside for two days. I didn't go outside for two days. Um, cause in North Carolina, like everybody knows Jimmy, right?

57:47Cause I was in North Carolina at the time, but when a Mr. Beast video gets posted, like a lot of locals know. So if I were to go outside, I'm pretty sure I would get recognized. I just wasn't ready for it, I guess. Um, and then I went outside. So the first day that I went outside, I got recognized. And then in the airport, when I was traveling here. Yeah, people recognized me. It was crazy. So you haven't traveled that much? No, no. But every place that I've traveled, people have recognized me and it's actually surreal. Like I'm telling you, it's a crazy experience. In the line of the airport, like we're waiting TSA.

58:19Yeah. One person, all it takes is one person. All it takes is one person. And then boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Because it registers in their head that you're the guy, you know? You're the guy from Mr. Beast video. You're the guy that lost 100 pounds. I was like, yeah. And I just love hearing their stories. You know, a lot of people just come up and just take a picture. And I'm fine with that, of course. But I always ask for their names. Or this, to me, is the funniest thing. I would see people look at me. And instead of them approaching me, I would just approach them. Because I know, deep down, they know who I am.

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1:00:26That's indeed.com slash podcast. Terms and conditions apply. Need a hiring hero? This is a job for Indeed Sponsored Jobs. You're the guy from MrBeast video. And I'm like, yeah. It's because I've been in a situation like that. I'm pretty sure we all have been, where you see a celebrity or someone famous, and then you go on the day wishing that you approached them or asked them for a picture or something. I was like, man, I'll just break the ice myself, you know? Even if it's not for me, just let me walk up to you and just have this conversation. So, yeah, I think it's been really fun. Now, you said at the end of the video that the real journey starts on the outside.

1:00:59Correct. What did you mean by that, and how has that impacted your life so far? yeah so the real journey so in the video i say that the journey is ending but in reality it's like the journey is not ending it's just starting um which is i'm in this facility obviously a controlled environment i have everything handed to me right you have a gym you have a grocery store you have a place to sleep you have everything that you need to lose 100 pounds now everything that i'm doing outside affects everything that i did inside here affects how i do it outside so all these the habits that i built the structure that i built carrying it over to the real world How am I going to apply it?

1:01:33So I've been applying it. You know, I've been continuing to lose weight. It's not, hey, you just did this video and you lost 100 pounds. It's a lifestyle change. You know, it's not just you're in a Mr. Beast video. No, like this is literally my actual life. This is real life. Like I still train. I still count my calories. Not as much right now, but yeah, still doing all that to lose weight because I do have a goal in mind, you know, like my goal is to get to 180 pounds. So the fact that I'm still continuing, you know, a month after is very, very good because they say 93 i think it's 93 that might be the statistic but 93 of people on the biggest loser they gain all their way back or more you know and i'm not trying to be like that especially with like people having eyeballs on me right they're like they're waiting for my downfall they're waiting for me to bounce back they're waiting for me to rebound and that'll never happen do you feel like you also have to be a representation for jimmy in the sense that like you staying thin is reinforcing that his challenge worked.

1:02:29And then if you, if you rebound, then it's like, well, in a way, Jimmy might've also failed that he put these boundaries in place that didn't work long-term. I don't, I don't think so. Yeah. I don't think so because at the end of the day, it's me, right? It's, it's me versus me when it comes to this. It's not me versus Jimmy or it's not, I'm representing Jimmy. That was, it's very nice of Jimmy to obviously give me the opportunity and I'm very blessed for it. I mean, And Jimmy helped change my life for the better. Like he literally added years to my life. And I'm super grateful for that. You know, I can't repay him.

1:03:01Like, how can I repay him? I know how. Just continue being in shape, right? So yeah, it's like, I feel like it would be a disservice to him. Like imagine your friend, like Jimmy's telling me, hey, like I'm going to give you this, this, this. And you get this, this, this. And then it's like, why would I do that? And why would I do that to Coach Wall? Why would I do that to the people that actually worked on the video? Like they all sacrificed time, you know? And to me, it's just, I have that chip on my shoulder personally. Like I'm going to continue to do this for myself and for everyone else that sacrificed time, you know?

1:03:29Yeah. So since leaving that challenge, have you had any like major cheat meals, like a pizza, like ice cream? Yeah. I've had cheat meals, but the thing is, it's like, if it fits, it works. So it's not like I'm indulging. I'm overindulging in things, you know, cause I could have gained all that way back, but I didn't. I'm at like 220 right now. But if you gained it back, maybe you could do another challenge. do it again get another 500 grand no no no no no no i'm gonna i'm gonna do my own challenge right um jeff nippard he actually gave me a 12-week program he wants to see me at 180 pounds you know and to squat 405 pounds wow so like double my body weight four that's 100 yeah so i'd be 180 or 190 and then double that which would be 380 you know or whatever 360 um he wants me to squat 405 he because he looked at me and he was like you literally have the build for like a power lifter, you know, like our power squatter.

1:04:20So he believes that I can get that strong and he built out a program for me to go through it. And obviously because I've done programs before, I can follow the structure, um, and actually get stronger. So it's like progressive overloading. What other interesting opportunities have presented themselves to you since completing this Mr. Beast video? I mean, you probably have gotten viewed over 2 billion times. The video itself has like 150 million and then all of the clips. I mean, there's so many that probably have 10, 20, 30 million reaction videos. Like, I mean, billions of times you've been, what kind of opportunities?

1:04:51That's crazy to even hear like, let me close my ears. Oh, it's, it's crazy. It is. Yeah, it is. It is crazy. I mean, I don't, I don't look at it like that. Cause I just still think like, this is normal. Like, you know what I mean? I don't know. I look at social media as if it's like fake, like all these numbers are just like fake. Cause I'm still regular. Like I'm still normal, but yeah, opportunities did present themselves and I'm very grateful for them. A podcast is one of them like this. And I'm very thankful that you guys, you know brought me on so thank you for that um other podcasts like i just did one with bradley martin um content creators wanted to collab with me just to like a workout video um or just even creating reels or shorts you know just short form content and um yeah maybe some video with mr beast uh pretty soon so how have you started turning those opportunities into a business or making money from it um good question i haven't i mean i i really haven't like there are opportunities that come sure but i just look at it for fun but like yeah of course i need to make it a business right or like get paid you went live and you reacted to the video yeah like i watched that and that got a lot of views like i'm assuming your channel is now monetized now um now it is yeah like when i uploaded the video i wasn't monetized so yeah so you could be making i could i could be yeah of course i'm going to be uploading content myself like because i still want to continue to inspire people um i don't think i'll be a personal coach you know or a trainer or anything like that.

1:06:10I just want to showcase my journey and like continue on like this weight loss training that I'm doing, you know, and hopefully that it'll inspire people. Like people can take something from what I'm doing, you know, or learn something from what I'm doing. Cause there are people out there that are coaches, they're certified for it. Like they went to school for it, or they know what they're doing. I don't know what I'm doing. I lost a hundred pounds and I'm doing what I was taught, you know, and hopefully just from what I'm doing, people will understand, you know, I think most of the interest would be people just want to know where you end up, like how you look, you know, two months from now, five months from now, a year from now.

1:06:41If you just did updates, like that would be enough for a lot of people. I would love to see you improving like your mile time, hitting that squat PR, stuff like that. You would also do great, uh, raising money for a charity for every pound you lose within a certain like timeframe. Oh, that's actually, that's actually pretty good. Something like that. Like if you lose 20 pounds in the next two months, 20 pounds a month, hey, X amount could be donated to charity. That's good. That is good. See, I don't think that far. Few ideas. Now they say that money doesn't buy happiness, but are you happy with the$500 ,000?

1:07:17Yeah, I look at it as like I have$0 in my bank account. I mean, I was making$100 stretch, bro. You know, like this doesn't change me. Money is just a tool. I think more so just to help my family is the key. And obviously reinvesting in myself. Yeah. Cause like I can buy a camera that I couldn't buy beforehand. Right. Or I can travel somewhere where I couldn't travel beforehand, but like having that amount doesn't change like who I am, you know, like sure. I'm happy. I've been happy, but it's just a tool that I can use to do things. You know, I don't have to put it on a credit card and then like pay interest and then drown in interest.

1:07:50Yeah. You know, where I could just pay it outright. Has anyone asked you for money? Cause Graham could be the first. If I could have like 20 bucks. Yeah, of course. no i got you i got you so people have asked you for money yeah i mean it's okay like it happens it's natural you know it's not really just like money it's like hey can you fly me out somewhere hey can you do this for me or do that i'm like yeah that's fine not family it's different when it's family like my mom's asked me for something like of course or like i'm a mama's boy like i'm gonna give my mom anything she wants or if she wanted the whole 400 000 i'll give her the whole $400 ,000, you know?

1:08:24I don't care. But yeah, people did ask me. And what's your response to that? I don't have any money. It's all tied up. All tied up in business checking account. You got to have outed yourself here. Yeah. You got to put it at least in an index funds. You're like, look, it's inequities. Like I can't, you know. Yeah. Yeah. I do got to do something. What makes a leader stand out? It's not just about taking charge, but about setting new standards and embracing bold moves. If you lead by example and live with passion, the Range Rover Sport is for you. Every model of the Range Rover Sport offers a unique blend of dynamic sophistication and sporting luxury.

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1:09:31Again, that's rangerover.com slash US slash sport with the link also down below in the description. Thank you again to Range Rover for sponsoring this episode. And now let's get back to the podcast. Yeah, I do gotta do something. I don't wanna get realized again. Has anyone given you bad advice for the money? Like said, hey, maybe you should buy this life insurance policy. I haven't purchased anything. There's no big purchases that I've made. So I haven't made any big purchases or anything. You haven't bought one luxury? No, I'm not materialistic, bro. I don't care about that stuff. Is there anything you've wanted?

1:10:03Like a car or like a trip? I'm fine with a beater, bro. Like I'm fine anywhere that can get me from point A to point B, like I'm fine with. And a shirt maybe that you wanted? No. I think the most I've spent was probably a flight. You know? And I was to LA. Yeah. Nothing like too crazy. Here are my thoughts. Hypothetically, if I were to win$500 ,000, it's in a business checking account right now. Correct. It's earning zero interest. It's just sitting there in cash. Right now, there are certain money market funds that are paying 4%. There are funds called S-Gov that I think are paying about 4.3%.

1:10:46Just imagine it like you tie up your money for a day. It just takes a day to settle. So if you want to cash out of it, it just it takes a day. You'd be making 4.3 % doing nothing with your money, just leaving it there. See, like I wish I had financial advice. So that's 16 grand a year. Yeah. That you could be making just just tomorrow. Yeah, just having the money. Just one move. Just 20 minutes. you'll make$16 ,000 a year. The other thing is that I would maybe if it were me, take half of it after tax and put it in a good diversified mix of index funds to basically just track the overall stock market.

1:11:21So you're not picking individual stocks, trying to get winners and like trying to triple your money. This would be something where over the long term, you might average six to 8 % a year. But hey, if you invest$250 ,000, that makes an average over 30 years, 6 % to 8 % a year, that's another$20 ,000 every single year that you'd be making from this, which is pretty good. And you just let it grow. 100%. Or you speak with a good CPA and they set you up with maybe a good retirement account, a Roth IRA, or maybe there's some delayed income strategies. Basically, what you could do is now you pay yourself over a few years to lower your tax liability.

1:12:04So instead of paying all the taxes now. If you think, well, maybe next year I'm not going to make so much money, you could pay yourself half now, half later. There's all these options that if you hire a good CPA, they're going to walk you through these and help you save a lot of money. God, do you have any suggestions or should I hit up Jimmy? Hit up Jimmy. Yeah. Or just like people on his team. I'm sure that they know. I want to make sure that like I'm not doing anything wrong. You know, that's why I haven't of like spent crazy oh well i guess i guess my most you're like i i did lamborghini i forgot no no no but i did i did spend yeah i did make like one big purchase but i mean it's like it's not it's not really a purchase it was just a donation that was a donation to coach well's family oh yeah yeah so that was that was my that was speaking of which we are going to be donating from the iced coffee hour a thousand dollars to the gofundme that's down below in the description.

1:12:56Thank you. And if you guys want to check it out so much, check it out. There's a link down below in the description. You can see all about it. Yeah. Coach Tyler Wall, Amanda Mitt the Legend. Thank you. Do you miss competing? Uh, yeah, a little bit. I feel, I feel like that's, that's one of those things where I can give myself a goal, you know, like, all right, run a mile in eight minutes now, you know, and just train for it every single day. But I think, um, the fact that someone else gave me the challenge, it's like, bet, like, I'm going to do this. You know, it wasn't even the monetary thing.

1:13:26So it's like, just the dead hang was one of those things. Um, hanging for, it wasn't even a minute, but just hanging as long as you can, you know, and just wanting to beat a minute or wanting to do a pull-up. Like those were like the toughest things too. Cause I always wanted to do a pull-up since I was little, bro. Like even doing the monkey bars, like seeing kids, cause I could never do the monkey bars, you know, cause I was always so big and I never had like strength. I I always see these kids literally just go monkey bars like crazy. Now I can do that, you know, because I built it up. But yeah, doing a pull up, I always wanted to do a pull up.

1:13:59And then I finally got to do it during that challenge, the dead hang. And why do you think so many people are overweight now compared to 20, 30 years ago? Honestly, I feel like everything's just so accessible. I feel like a lot of people are just in their phones now, you know, so literally if you're on Snapchat or if you're on Instagram, you'll see food or you'll see someone's story. and when you're skipping, you'll get a food ad. You'll talk about food. It'll pop up in your phone and it's just so easily accessible for people to just order things, you know, in abundance, like not just one sandwich.

1:14:29You order one sandwich, you're like, bro, I'm not going to pay$8 for a sandwich. Let me pay$30 for a full meal, you know, and then they'll get it. I think they've made foods so tasty that in the process of doing that, to sell more food, they've made it so unhealthy. Yeah. Because everything tastes so delicious. and like even mcdonald's is like chemically engineered to get you to like crave mcdonald's yeah after you get it and nuggets and the fries everything about the smell and like the way it's satiating is the problem is yeah it doesn't actually fill you up and on top of that i watched a really interesting video of like why is a burger not healthy because you look at the things and it's like oh you have a ground beef which is generally healthy you have lettuce you have tomatoes you have bread which is fine you have a little bit of dairy cheese which is okay but the problem is it's all of the like auxiliary things like when you toast the buns you put butter on it you use a lot of seed oils which is something that you usually cook the meat in and all of these things add like phantom calories to make it extremely calorie dense yeah basically 100 and that's i feel like a lot of foods nowadays and it's not it doesn't actually say shit you eat it and you're like oh i feel okay that's that's what it is i mean if you look at like all the nutrition facts like i think one of the whoppers was like 800 calories you know like and i was eating 1800 calories so like i could only eat two whoppers you know if i wanted to throughout the whole entire day i'm not getting my protein i'm not getting the actual nutrients that i need to fill me up and of course like i'm not satiated or i'm not full so i would be hungry and i need snack even more so then you'd need more food or you'd eat a bunch of bs i never did though 100 and what about sugar how how hard has that been to cut down on um i mean i haven't really had like sugar like crazy uh like sparkling water i like drinking sparkling water but like Like as far as like candy and stuff, like I have a Feastables.

1:16:15No plug, I'm just being honest. Bro, the Feastables are so good. Like I love the Feastables cups. Yeah. Cause they're like Reese's cups. Yeah, it's like 210 calories. I think it's phenomenal. And yeah, I'll slam one of those because it fits. Like I'm at like, you know, 1800 to 2000 calories. Cause like my maintenance, like if I'm at 220 right now or even 218, I can eat 3 ,500 calories and I'll still be at 218, 220. Like I won't go over that. But I still want to be in a cut obviously so I can lose some weight. still trained. But yeah, like sugar is not like crazy. Like I won't go to the gas station and be like, man, like I need this or I need this or I need this.

1:16:49I'll just grab the water and walk. And was that ever a difficult decision or a thing to cut? Because I hear sugar is the most addictive. No, no, not, not for me. Obviously like being in the challenge. No, because of like, it's the willpower, you know, like I said, like I quit smoking, quit drinking, quit all of that. But being around like people that do do that, like I don't need to do that, you know, and I don't feel like, um, what is the word? Like, it doesn't, it doesn't entertain me or I don't feel like the need that I need to do it, you know, or I feel like I need to smoke or something like that.

1:17:20So even with sugar, like not having it, I had access to sugar in the challenge. You know, I had chocolate covered almonds. I had trail mix that had like M &Ms in them. I never touched them once. Like literally the first day that coach, cause I made like this trail mix bowl, right? pistachios, nuts, like they're all high calorically dense. So you can eat a handful. It's like a thousand calories without you even realizing. So he was like, they're good fats. Sure. Like in moderation, but this top row is off limits and this bottom row is off limits. Like you can have everything in between. So I never like had chocolate.

1:17:51I rewarded myself with a peanut butter cup and a cheat meal that didn't make it in the video, but I had pizza after the dead hang. Jeff and I had a pizza party. See, a lot of this seems pretty common sense, why do you feel like people don't follow it? It really just comes back to like being easily influenced, man. Like you're easily influenced by like your surroundings, you know, like your family thinks it's okay. That's one of the things, you know, like my mom loves food. She'll make me food. She'll put me a giant plate. You know what I mean? It's like, eat, this is good for you. This is good for you.

1:18:18But in reality, it's not, you know? And I think the hardest thing is when you start changing and you're showing the people around you that you're changing, they can't accept it. You know, it's hard for them to accept that you're changing. Like me for food, I tell my mom, like, Hey, like I need to weigh my stuff now, you know? And she understands it because she came to the circle and she saw it. But like, even with people outside, um, drinking, for example, like, I'll just go back to this. It's like, I don't drink anymore, but they're still offering you drinks because they know your past self and like, yeah, you're going to drink.

1:18:49You're going to budge. It's like, no, like, I'm not going to do that. You know? So when it comes to like food, it's hard because people that are trying to change like in their households their family won't accept it because they're not doing it you know and that's going to be hard on them because it's going to be hard to keep following that um because they'll get easily influenced i think by their family do people try to get you to slip up like the drink example yeah uh i mean yeah bro like there there are some times i mean people know that like i'm still losing weight yeah so it's just one of those things they'll offer just out of their kindness you know it's just a habit of offering and I'll kindly decline, you know?

1:19:21Um, and there's no foul play with it. Like there's no harm. They understand. So if they, if they don't understand, they don't really want the better for me. So what would you say your main goals are moving forward? Um, still to inspire people. I think, I think that's the greatest blessing out of all of this is like one being able to honor coach wall in that way, you know, because what he taught me is literally a representation of who I am, you know, and just continue to lose weight and just bettering my health. I think that the more that I do this, the more I see it and the more the ripple effect happens.

1:19:53So like people will talk about it and their friends will talk about it to someone and another person will talk about it to someone and they'll continue to go on, you know, like I'm going to be that guy, I guess the guy that's from the mysteries video that lost a hundred pounds. All right. And when people see me and they see that I'm still doing this, it's going to be a very good thing. You know, I think so. I think that I'll still be able to inspire the masses, you know, to help lose weight. Because similarly, like I was a gamer that was not going outside to like the gym. Like I want to be able to have a platform to where it's accepted, you know, like you can be accepted by anyone to help lose weight.

1:20:27Like I want people to feel comfortable going to help better themselves. You know, um, that's what I really want to aim for, uh, for the future for myself, you know? Yeah. Like I want to, I want those kids to just be like, I want to go to the gym because when you go to the gym, you don't know anything. And like, you think that people are going to judge you, but in reality, everyone wants to help you, you know, cause everyone's out there trying to better themselves. So the fact that you're taking that first step, that initial step to better your health is already a dub, you know, showing up to the gym or showing up for anything is 50 % of the battle.

1:20:57It's just the other 50 % is actually doing it and continuing on with that. What's your biggest insecurity now? Oh, I don't really have insecurities. I don't know. What's your biggest insecurity? Like, what's something that you're insecure about? I wish I could grow a beard. like I that's that's that's insecure I don't know see like people would think like man you should go to Turkey and get hair you know like family says that friends say that it's like bro I'm fine with who I am you know like I love myself like this is how God wants me so I'll be like this you know yeah I don't really have any insecurities I guess insecurity that's I didn't know you wanted to grow a beard I would love to grow a beard really why because have you ever have you ever tried like just putting on a fake beard like to see what you would look like no what if I put on I'm like, what if I put on a wig, you know, like just to see how it have hair?

1:21:44Like, what if I look like Jack for a little bit? You had this hair? Like, if I had your hair with this beard, bro, I think I'd be unstoppable. I don't think that this hair would look good on you. Like, if I had your beard. I mean, my freaking head is shining, bro. It's literally gleaming. Isn't that, like, desirable? I feel like people love this. Yes. But it has to be this clean. Like, I'll never grow my hair back out like it was. dude the beard did you see the beard yeah man the beard was crazy yeah i looked like moses bro i'm not even kidding no i actually i like the shaved head on you i think it's a cool look thank you yeah thank you it is rather less approachable that's what i feel like it's intimidating but is it really yeah but man i don't know dude if you pull up next to me in an m5 bmw that is hilarious i'm just saying i wouldn't want to get into like a road rage with you man No.

1:22:38Like, I see you and be like, oh, shit. You'll see me in a minivan, bro, you know? Hey, are you, like, Armenian? I'm Jordanian. I'm Jordanian-Palestinian. Jordanian-Palestinian. Interesting. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, the M5. That is hilarious. I mean, yeah, like, you know, like, Middle Eastern people love BMWs. They love BMWs. There's a blacked out one. The windows roll down. Straight murdered out. Yeah, you can just hear some, like, cigar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Still get a cigar. Some exhaust in there. Some, you know, smoke comes out of the... That's so funny. Someone's got to make an edit, bro. Someone's going to find this, make an edit.

1:23:07They're going to put me in there and just smoke coming out. That's so funny. That's so funny. Isn't that the guy from the Mr. Beast video? Yeah, that's him. Wait, he has an M5 now? Yeah, that's true. Dang, so that's what you spent your money on, huh? Yeah, I knew it. That's good. Yeah, do you still keep in touch with Jimmy often? Yeah. Yeah, I do. Because he's doing a fitness thing. He's doing a fitness thing too. Yeah, Jimmy's been grinding, bro. Jimmy's getting strong. he's getting jacked i've noticed that he's posted pictures of himself dude like jimmy's getting strong man who benches more you or jimmy honestly like flat chest like flat chest bunch like dumbbell press like jimmy jimmy's putting up numbers man really jimmy's putting up numbers i'm not going to disclose them but jimmy's putting up numbers man don't come for him dude jimmy's strong i'm not even kidding jimmy's strong like the thing is i also like hold him accountable like i hold a lot of people around me accountable like we have to go to the gym and we have to we're trying to get some six packs you know we're trying to get shredded my goal my goal is 180 like i want to get to 180 obviously the 405 squat but i want to get to like 16 or 18 body fat and what are you at now uh 26 so like 10 more body fat okay so like 40 pounds wow but after it's gonna be nice all of that weight don't you have a bunch of loose skin like how yeah how what about how do you want a six pack to appear like are you planning on doing something about the loose like right now i don't have loose skin like it's flabby but it's not like loose or stretchy i think uh when i lose all the weight and get to a point where it's like, okay, now you're seeing the cuts and you're seeing the gains to where you really need the surgery right now.

1:24:38It'd be pointless for me to get the surgery, you know, cause I'm still like bigger. So when I get to like that shredded, like those low percentiles, then you start seeing like, okay, you really have loose skin. Then I'll probably have a conversation. But I also think that loose skin is bro. That's, that's an accolade, bro. Like that's a trophy, you know, like you literally went through it. Like you actually lost weight. You're actually improving your health. You got a six pack, you know, or a four pack or a two pack or whatever so i think that's like something that's so dope to have you know absolutely but some people but some people would feel like insecure about it well it's also i feel like it's a little less practical like if you have loose skin because it's like moving yeah you know i don't i don't think like mine isn't like moving like that i notice when i do my dead hangs they're like i'll see like my little pouch but it's not like crazy you know it's not like crazy what are your thoughts about people who take ozempic or just ozempic in general i didn't even know what osmpic was like still is it is it like food um i think it's suppressant it's just a shot right but is it like food suppressant like what is it yeah you don't basically yeah i don't i don't know i don't i would never in my life take that i think some people i don't know like some people probably do that they don't have time you know i guess to like work out or actually like eat healthy probably like trying to cheat i guess it's like cheese that would be cheating yeah it's it's like the shortcut to losing weight.

1:26:00I also kind of think though that like - But is it for diabetes? It was originally for diabetics, but then it got turned into a weight loss drug. That is crazy. So diabetics are supposed to take this, but normal people are taking it? Yes. Yes, because the side effect is, yeah, is losing weight from being a diet suppressant. See, like imagine someone that did that, then like got super jacked and then became like a trainer and said, yeah, I lost all this weight. Yeah. That's like crazy, bro. like people actually do that it's like scamming if they're yeah if they're lying then yeah that's that's a bad thing but i also tend to think like if you have someone that's obese and they're not going to lose the weight unless if they have a shortcut it's like better to take the shortcut that might be a little unhealthier because you're injecting some foreign substance into your body like ozempic than it is to like live life as an obese person you know yeah i mean it's me personally me personally no comment i i because because i'm not going to talk on on that you know because i only did the way that I did.

1:26:57Right. I guess like other people have reasons as to why they're taking like a Zen pick. Was losing the weight the hardest thing you've ever done? No, I think going through loss is the hardest thing I've ever done. I think, I think that's the hardest thing anyone ever goes through in life. Um, any form of loss, because the way I look at it is like, this is a crazy, like comparison, but the person that the person that I was, this is like a crazy thing, but like Like the person I was, like you change every single day, but the person I was before, like my dad died, it's like, I'll never be able to be that person again.

1:27:30Cause like this, this experience happened. So like it molds you into a different person, you know? And I guess you'll never get back to like that person. How did you change? Um, honestly, just showed up every single day and just prayed, but I put God first. Um, that's really the biggest thing, man, is really just putting God first and praying, um throughout my whole entire journey and challenge i just got closer to god and even like with my dad so my dad passed away i'm in a dark time i gain all my weight back and then you get this opportunity it's on a light like this is literally a light you know you're about to change your life and then you're going through this and everything is hitting like it's green like you're literally living the perfect life you're in a gym you're losing weight you have a coach that knows everything and he's practically your best friend in this thing because that's all you have is him Chandler, Jimmy, the boys coach.

1:28:17And then life still happens no matter where you are, you know? And then I get hit with that. Literally just get hit blindsided, crazy, lose my coach. And then that loss, loss is different for everyone, but that loss changed me into a better man, you know, because he built me up for it. Like losing my dad was one thing that person. I thought I was never going to be like, again, the person before, and I was going through this and I'm changing every single day. And then losing coach change me into a better person, you know, and continue to just better myself, you know? How do you get through that?

1:28:50How does faith help you push through? The faith push through is I was, so like when I read my Bible, I wasn't like too into it, right? So I was just like reading a chapter a day and just being in faith. And every time I wake up, I never had like structure or plan. Like I told you this before, I never had structure or plan. So I would just always show up every single day. And I feel like God, this was my calling from God to even stop smoking, to stop drinking. If I didn't stop smoking, if I didn't stop drinking, if I didn't do this, I would, I would be dead by the end of the year. That was like my actual like testimony.

1:29:25Like that's when I stopped and I started betting on my life. You know, I started losing the weight and then that happened. So it's like, I feel like God in the world will just throw things at you, um, to try to throw you off. You know, like the enemy will try to throw you off. and that moment literally that defining moment of like literally felt divine coach building me up for this moment and then continuing on throughout this whole entire challenge and just changing and finishing it for him and for myself it was like bro you can't write this story up and i truly think that that was god you know like he put this obstacle in you because like everybody everybody goes through things and whether you believe in god or you don't um this is just how it was written for me, you know, and this was my story.

1:30:07And like the fact that I can use that to continue to, you know, shed light to it. It's a beautiful thing. I'm very, very thankful for it. You know, obviously I wish Coach Wall was here, bro. Like there's nothing, like if there's anything I could trade for, it's like, I wish he was here to experience this with me, like to actually see, cause we talked about like, we don't know how many people we're going to affect, you know, it's not a thousand, it's not 10 ,000, it's not a hundred thousand, it's not a million, it's not 10 million, it's not a hundred million, you know, like we just don't know the actual like effect of this, like this whole entire thing, because one person is going to tell another person, you know?

1:30:37So, and the fact that the world received coach well, so well, you know, and my story so well is I'm very grateful. And, um, I'm thankful for Jimmy, obviously for giving me the opportunity. I'm thankful for God, but thankful for coach too, man. You know, like he instilled things in me that like people have told me before, but just coming from him was different, you know, like those things stuck. And it's not because he passed away. It's literally because the first day it was just like, bro, I'm not going to overstimulate your mind. Like, this is all you got to do. Just track your calories and just train and it'll be okay.

1:31:09You know? And whatever works, works. Like, I'm not going to push you super hard. And then he's like, all right, we're going to turn it up a little bit. We're going to turn it up a little bit, turn it up a little bit. And just continuously. He always knew my weight. So then when I lost the first 20 pounds, he's like, man, you're a trailblazer. Like, you're flying through this. Then the next month, it's like, you lost 18 pounds. He's like, bro, you're going fast. Because Jimmy's telling me you're going to lose one to two pounds, you know, because hypothetically, like you are only supposed to lose one to two pounds.

1:31:35But when you're a little overweight, you lose weight a lot faster. So just coach literally telling me and just teaching me everything like I'm so grateful for and everything he taught me stuck. So, yeah, like things, things like that. AI is going to transform your business. Look, we've all heard this, but if you've actually rolled it out in your company, you know how this usually goes. You make the investment, everyone gets on boarded. And a few months later, no one's using it, including you. Well, thankfully, today's sponsor, Superhuman Go, is actually built the stick. Superhuman Go is an AI chat that sits right on the side of your browser, ready to help with any task you're working on.

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1:33:15No, I don't, I don't know why, but no, you know, like I had my dad talk to me. I had my mom talk to me. Like, God rest my dad's soul. But like things I'm telling you, bro, like, because coach was introduced into my life, He's the one that changed me like he was a messenger bro Like he was the one that literally changed me What he said stuck and I don't know why I don't know why i've had friends try to tell me Um come to the gym with me come let's lose weight, you know, watch what you're eating This is that never stuck with me had cousins had family tell me never stuck with me had jimmy had chandler Never stuck with me, you know, but the fact that coach came in and he was a g bro The fact that he came in and literally told me this is what we're going to do super easy like like butter you know it was literally like butter and yeah we meshed really well one of the things that we talked about we always had sauna time so like our sauna talks there was no mics no nothing and one of the things that we talked about is like man you know i didn't know you before and i didn't know him either he's like this could have never worked out you know we could have butt heads you know but i really like you and i really like you like i'm telling him i really like him and that we're both huggers like that's one of the things too that we're just one-to-one i'm telling him bro like there are people that could probably want to just use this opportunity to help grow themselves you know what i mean they're thinking of mr beast they're not thinking about mejd you know he actually thought about me and he was really really like invested in me as a person you know and actually wanted to better my health and i'm very grateful for that you know i could never repay him like how could i repay him i can repay him by continuing on this journey you know and honoring his legacy so yeah just in the short short time i felt like i knew him for so long um three months i mean three months with someone every single day we'll do it you know and then just getting hit like that like it's tough man i'm curious did they allow you to keep that fat suit at the end no i don't i don't have it i think it's somewhere though it's somewhere at the b studio for sure i thought that should be something that they allow you to keep i kept that you could like try it on every now and then i kept my bro it's heavy yeah they needed to like no like they actually needed people to put me in it it's not like something i could just put my myself and yeah like people what was that like for you to try that on dude looking at myself in the mirror i couldn't believe it because you know what a dexa scan is you lay down in a dexa scan and it takes your body composition your muscle mass and your fat and all that so it's literally that one-to-one replica of my body so so like that was literally me and like if you take that and then you take the actual picture of myself like from day one bro it's one-to-one you know that's really what I was walking around with.

1:35:48So like seeing that, like my belly, my butt, you know, like down by my legs, like my leg area. I wear shorts, like short shorts over the knee shorts, you know, like I never could wear those before. So the fact that I'm wearing these now, it's insane. Like it is, it is like a Testament of like just showing up every single day, bro. And really just putting God first, but just the suit itself, it was hard to breathe. I did. I like rolled out of bed. like so i wrote that didn't make it in the cut but like i rolled out of bed you know tied my shoes tying my shoes i don't wear shoes at all i hate wearing shoes so tying my shoes with the suit on bro it was so tough because like i would have to i would have to literally like i would have to like go to the side like an angle wow yeah i'd have to go to an angle to put my shoe on and then i would have to stand up so i can put my foot on you know like my fingers in to like get my tongue in so it was crazy.

1:36:42Yeah. That's why I never wore shoes. I would always wear slides or Uggs, you know, and I just wear Uggs now. Comfortability. Wow. I never wore jeans, hated jeans, always wore sweats. Now I wear jeans. The wardrobe thing is crazy. You know, going into my house, like when I was done with the challenge, had to buy new clothes, none of my clothes fit. There's like two XL shirts that sure, they look nice, but they're a little baggy because they're stretched out. You know, I've worn them for years. I hadn't, because my family had came at the end. I told them, yo, like, we need to change my whole house right now.

1:37:11Like, I don't want to see this. So like got new sheets, got new covers, um, rearranged my whole apartment. Wow. Because like, that's my old, my old self, you know? So going into my apartment was my old self. And then my mom and my family, like they helped clean up, threw away a bunch of stuff, got a bunch of new stuff. And that's the new mesh, you know? So like my apartment was just a different vibe. It was a fresher breath air. Um, yeah, it was crazy. That was like a crazy is how we never even think about like changing your scenery yeah yeah like my whole setting yeah my whole entire setting because yeah uh yeah of course what's it like going back and just seeing like it's like a time capsule of like a different person crazy you just like you i'm sorry bro but like i felt disgusted a little bit you know it's like man like i can't believe like this is how i was living like this is really how i was living and i was okay with it like there's no way that i was okay with this and people around were definitely telling me like bro this isn't the way you're supposed to live life, right?

1:38:09But I'm just saying, yeah, I'm chilling. Like, it's okay. Like, I'm fine. I'm just all good. But then you live in this facility and you make all these changes with like your habits and just the structure. And every single day you're doing something. I could not, there was not a bone in my body that was going to let me sleep in that house that night without everything being changed. What's your recommendation for people who see what you've gone through and want to lose weight, but don't know where to start? Yeah, baby steps, honestly. This is the easiest tip of advice I could give you. You'll start seeing some change.

1:38:39I promise you, you'll start seeing some change. It's not gonna happen overnight. It'll take like a week, two weeks, three weeks, but just stick to it. Just try to get 6 ,000 to 10 ,000 steps a day and drink a gallon of water. I promise you. And then obviously like nutrition a little bit. You don't gotta go into a crazy diet, but the four pillars that I have in sleep. I know in the real world, It's tough to get you know six to ten hours of sleep But try to aim you know, even naps naps are good, you know, two two hour naps or an hour nap But getting like eight hours ultimately overall is very good for you Um, but yeah six to ten thousand steps try to drink a gallon a day Um, you're gonna pee a lot But you're gonna get acclimated.

1:39:18So like make sure that that's your key Like once you get acclimated the first week second week You won't be peeing as much because your body's used to it now That was one of my things too And what's your advice for someone who's competing in a mr. Beast video? Ooh, if you're competing in a Mr. Beast video, prepare for anything, quite literally prepare for anything, you know, don't shy away from anything in the world because this guy can do it all. But yeah, if you're a person of faith, just put God first, you know, and all will follow. If not, God bless you. But seriously, watch other Mr. Beast videos, you know, that's one thing that I can tell you guys.

1:39:56Like if you guys are going to compete, if you know that like Jimmy's going to send you out an invite to compete in something, watch some of the videos and maybe, you know, get a hint of or a taste of what's to come. Did you do that? Did you study his videos before going in? Never. No. I only lived them. So, yeah, like the circle one I lived. One of them was last to leave last hand or hand to take off Lamborghini wins one. You know, I got out on that one. Lasers was one of them. How many challenges did you compete in? I competed in Circle, Lambo, Lasers, weight loss, four, and then I was on Squid Games.

1:40:35So I was in like five videos. Wow. Yeah, five videos. And the most recent one that we just uploaded, I was in there as a cameo. Unbelievable. Yeah. How far did you get in the Squid Game video? I was a guard. Oh, I see. Yeah, yeah, I was a guard. I was a guard. Yeah, that was... all right well medge thank you so much for coming on the ice thank you so much i really appreciate you guys for real thank you so much and thank you guys for watching this once again we have a link down below in the description where you guys can donate to coach wall thank you for watching and we're going to put your information down below in the description too your channel no you guys are going to want to see that yeah thank you thank you so much no seriously thank you guys i really do appreciate the opportunity.

1:41:21Absolutely. And shout out Coach Wall. W Coach Wall in the comments. That's what I want to see. W Coach Wall in the comments. That's what I say all the time in my streams and stuff. Just W Coach Wall. W Coach Wall. Until next time. See ya. Thank you.