I had a very harsh dose of reality... not good
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Help Forgotten Angels take the next big step in ending the cycle of abuse in the Foster Care system here rafflecreator....
Follow Taylor Durdan here
/ @taylordurdan
/ taylor.durdan
Come hang out with me and @Cheyleesi on Twitch!! / cheyleesi
Want some Shadetree Army merch? Get it here
www.brapstar.com/
Check out Berts Black Widow here
www.bertsblack...
Check out Bert's Barracuda here
www.bertsbarra...
If you love what we do here and would like to support the channel SUBSCRIBE and check out our patreon here / shadetreesurgeon
(limited availability merch on patreon now)
Follow me on Social Media here
/ shadetree_surgeon
/ shadetreeyt
/ shadetreesurgeon
Subscribe to @Cheyleesi here!
/ @cheyleesi
Subscribe to @CammieBayy here
/ @cammiebayyy
Subscribe to @DaDiplomat here
/ @dadiplomat
Subscribe to @Flip Na
/ @flipna
Follow BlissfulEllie here
/ blissfulellie
Subscribe to Blissfulellie’s TH-cam channel here
/ @blissfulellie
Subscribe to @Weems Motor Co here
/ weemsmotorco
Subscribe to Bert's Barracuda TH-cam channel
/ @bertsmotorcompany
Check out Maria Mew here
/ officialmariamew
Help Forgotten Angels break the cycle of foster care abuse and grab a raffle ticket here, winner for the Buell being drawn May 19th and you're entered to win a house or 250k! 100% of all proceeds go directly to the charity rafflecreator.com/pages/47938/win-$250000-dream-home
I'm confused?? Where is the Buell in this?
Hey brother I don't know if you are gonna see this comment but I love your and chey's content. You have motivated me/inspired me to start trying to lose weight. I started riding bicycles again for the first time in about 12 years. Much love and respect from michigan.
8 years ago I weighed 280. Lost 40 lbs. was within 1 pound of the BMI chart. My Dr said I needed to put weight on. Got back up to 287. Now I’ve lost 10 lbs in a year. First weight loss was because of cancer. Second was and is 5 bulging disc’s and torn disc’s. Im down to one meal a day. Everyone tells me that that’s the wrong way but I believe if you loos it slow it doesn’t come back. By the way. The 40 lbs I lost was when I was in the hospital fitting the cancer. Lost it all in 40 days.
Eat salmon every day. It is good for your heart. I do!
I'm not sure if I have missed something. But do you not work out of the unity pipe shop from last year or the year before with the other guys that y'all spend so much time fixing up?
Keep up the great work Josh, you can't beat yourself up over the situation with the weight loss, everyone has good and bad day's. I know you used to smoke and I know you quit, so at least you have that going for you. The 20 lbs you lost is a achievement, it's not easy. You can tell you lost weight in your face, it seems slimmer. Great job Josh, high five brother, keep your head up, keep up the great work.
A 20 lb loss is a lot. Don't give up were with you brother. A lot of us have a weight war going on. It is tough. The problem is we all have to eat, so it is tough to lose weight. I love the work you folks are doing for these young people. The world needs more people like you folks. You guys are so entertaining.
I'm 33 years old and pretty much built like you. I started losing weight whenever you started putting out videos. It's inspiring dude
Awesome brother… you got this … in 1 year you will be a beast … go to the gym build that muscle loose the fat and see what happens 👍👍 I’m down 70 lbs … I’m glad I dug in for the long hall 10 lbs left and I will be ripped 👍👍😁🏆
Dear Shadetree, ("Josh"), I love you brother. Watching your channel has been a non stop adventure. If any motorcycle can be an adventure bike, then I guess any TH-cam channel can be an adventure channel, but yours is one of the best. Life is a journey, realistically not always a beautiful or enjoyable journey, but worthwhile nonetheless. I have enjoyed watching you make your own way, and I am truly inspired by your spirit and attitude. I have always said, while you can't control your environment, or your emotions, you can control your actions. Keep on keeping on, brother! I hope you continue to see good results from your efforts, but visible results are relative/ meaningless. Being healthier and happier is very real, and I wish upon you the healthiest happiest outcome of all!
Keep on keeping on, brother!! We are behind you. It is PROGRESS! Give yourself some credit.
You are the only person who can make weight loss and CPR entertaining.
You're a beautiful soul, Josh even at 305 lbs... and losing 20 lbs is a damn good start.
Oh and literally every time I see the outtro and you flip the bird it cracks me up dude idk why it's so freaking funny though 😂😂
Hello Josh! Nice talking to you on the chat. Keep going on the weight loss, you are doing good. I was over 300 and am now in the 260s! Still working on it. I had a heart attack in Jan 2014 and got a stent put in. Since then I have had 4 more surgeries for afib and none worked. Last Feb I was in afib and my blood pressure went so low I blacked out and fell in my kitchen hurting my leg and knee plus hit my head in the doorway giving me a black eye for a month. Prior I was going into afib about once a week, since then I had one afib episode in the first of March and none since then. I am getting stronger and able to do more and more. After about 4 years of afib, I was very weak and rundown all the time. I could barely walk 50 feet without being very out of breath. Now I am back to walking more and more and thank God for the miracle of healing me. My prayers were answered. I live here in Los Angeles Ca if you are ever out here again and have time let's have lunch. I have an old Concours that I took apart to fix a fuel leak and haven't got it back together due to health problems. As I watch your channel and others I found I would love to have a big Vtwin and a Goldwing. Hopefully, someday another miracle will happen! I am 67 yrs old now, retired and on Social Security. I hope to make it to 100+ as many of my family have. So I will have a lot of time left to reach my goals. Best of luck to you my friend. Take care and God bless you all.
Good onya for working on ya weight man. I was 137kgs which is just over 302 pounds. I’m down to 119kgs which is about 262 pounds. Just lost the weight by watching what I would like to eat…and not eat it😂😂
I’ve taken it slow and done it over 9 months. Just getting into doing exercise now.
Keep it up and doing what ya doing. 🤙🏽🤙🏽🇦🇺🇦🇺
Week 5 for me boss, only lost .5 last week, but its all good still down 16lbs (287), Intermittent fasting and staying away from carbs and bad fat. I bought a smoker last week and I think it's going to help me a lot, made a bunch of delicious chicken and lasted me all week for salads, that and my instapot help me a lot. My favorite food is masked potatoes, I miss them. I have veggies, but I am learning. Now I love Mashed Cauliflower make it in the instalpot add some garlic to the instalpot, then add some cream cheese and grass fed butter, salt to taste. No shit, it's GREAT. Take care of yourself man, you have a lot of people right with you!
There is a reward my man its still being here to see your friends in a few years instead of on a mortuary table because you've had a massive heart attack or stroke keep it going life is the reward
9 years ago on May 27th I was that guy lying on the gym reception area floor getting CPR from a paramedic doctor after my heart said f..it and stopped. I survived because talented people were there and knew what to do. Following that I talked to my cardiologist about life and such, and his advice to me, given the level of heart damage I have, was go and live your life, just be careful in what you do. Last year after traveling another 100,000km on my "scooters" I specifically asked him about my motorcycling and whether I should continue (my family worry). His advice was the same. Live your life with the added caveat, given the blood thinners, of don't hit your head. Good video Josh. Keep at it and keep em coming.
I have to say, in a brief moment of clarity, that I’m proud of Us, the collective WE. WE that realize that it’s important to love and care for ourselves, and push through to make our best attempt amidst all the OTHER responsibilities that lay before us daily. Josh, you truly continue to be an inspiration, and i promise, from one stranger to another, not to quit on myself if you don’t, And, I’ve got a good feeling about this. Also, I find it helps to remind myself, the more lean muscle you achieve ( no matter how seemingly SLOW), the more your metabolism will kick in to help you with “ the excess fat”. I find this motivates me, anyway. As for the diet….just try occasionally substituting a healthier food choice for the “ less healthy one” you really want😅🫠. Little steps , all. Keep at it Sir!
Keep going man! I’m still in it! Just got cleared Thursday to be able to ride again finally and go to the gym from my back surgery on 2-1 of this year! So no exercise or doing anything other then watching what i eat, walking what little i can and a prescription called Phentermine. You have to have blood drawn every 6 weeks to check your liver. But I’m down to 281 from 330 in Dec! So hopefully it will go even faster! Respect what ya did for a stranger in a parking lot man, mad respect! Keep uo the good work…… umm i mean bad work 😉
Relating to all those thoughts and emotions. My wake up call happened from the weekend after Thanksgiving 2021 to mid January 2022. I was 51yr old, 250 lbs and the heaviest I had ever weighed. It started with extreme fatigue then light headedness. Progressed to the feeling I was going to pass out and the anxiety, racing heart rate and panic that comes along for the ride. In and out of emergency rooms four times in that stretch. Turns out I had all the baddies, high blood pressure, Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiomyopathy plus I was a smoker. I decide right then to get back to living instead of just killing myself with really bad decisions. Now I'm down to 210, eating better, quit smoking putting in the work exercising. I had many and multiple motorcycles over the years but I had been out of cycling for 5 or 6 and had just bought a brand new Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 the spring before all the symptoms. Riding became my motivation to get into better shape so I could enjoy it more and for more years. Since added a Sporty 1200 Iron and currently have my eye on an Ultra Limited. My point is that no one gets out alive, live accordingly...You Got This Stay Shady
Just keep going and the results will come. I was nearly, if not 300lbs, during Covid and started to make changes in late 2021. Just keep getting back up as you always do. You got this!
Just before my 35th birthday last year I was dealing with worsening breathlessness, before suffering a cardiac event the weekend before it, now a year later I'm waiting for a pacemaker & defibrillator implant & had to give up riding. So the best defence is a good offence, make the changes now for sure, you got this Josh, your words are a total inspiration, & spot on. ❤
One thing that works for me when I am trying to lose weight is to not call it dieting. That creates in stigma in my feeble mind. That changes how you think about it. I prefer to call it retraining my eating habits. It takes 3 weeks to groove in new habits. If you call it dieting it feels like there is a negative connotation to it. But retraining your eating habits is easier. My cardiologist told me one time to not eat more food than the size of my fist. I can eat more often but don't eat more food than the size of my fist. It works. It works best with exercise. Good luck. We are all pulling (praying) for you. Peace!
You're doin great, you didn't quit. Eat what you want, just eat less. Your stomach will shrink over time and you will know when to say when. Takes time, marathon, not sprint. Nice work!!!!
What's happening everyone.. First time making it on here. Hey from Ireland.
Nice to meet you you gonna love the swamp here
Hello from San Diego 🏍🤙🏻✌🏻
Welcome to the Shadetree Army
Been here from the start. Irish guy in Spain. Welcome
I’m glad you are doing what you’re doing. You don’t know how much you are inspiring me. I’m 368 lb and 56 years old and have heart problems. I just want to say thanks bud keep it up we need you
Thanks for posting this. Been on a similar journey. Best way for me was to not be fussed about what I ate but just concentrate on small portions. Ment I did not have to give up any foods I liked so easier psychologically for me and means I am not on a "diet" but just changed to small portions and relax. Keep going and thanks for spreading the inspiration!
Im 46 and started my diet back in Oct of 22. I started at 235 now Im at 185. It is hard to keep the weight off. But well worth it. Keep up the good work...
I started the Braggs apple cyder morning and night. Two tablespoons added to a 8oz water and well it works, it doesn't happen overnight but it helped me loose 30 pounds. I also trimmed down the carbs; I still eat carbs just less. Josh you are a very active person, I believe probiotics and a lower carb diet will make anyone achieve. Keep on keepin on brotherman, much love and support for you!
On a side note, I also have had the experience of facilitating the procedure of CPR when my father had a heart attack, I was 11 years old at the time and that memory of not saving his life still puts a whole in my heart 36 years later.
That combative behavior the guy exhibited is more common than you would think. In my short stint as an EMT, you have to be persistent to a point then, you go through the AMA (Against Medical Advice) release. All the while gauging their ability to make decisions for themselves. You and David did right by the guy. In the absense of one or more ladies seeing you off 😂, a couple of kind people isn't too bad either.
P.s. And your saving LIVES now too! You’re incredibly humble man, and I’m rooting for all your continued successes! Well done!
STS - I have a non functioning thyroid, which is probably the reason I have a hard time loosing weight, even with thyroid meds. Weight lifting and cardio, while it made me feel better and stronger, never had a measurable affect on my weight. Eating low carb, no refined sugar, minimal processed food, and mostly meat (yes, red meat as well) helped lose weight slightly and helped my blood tests immensely. Since going to Intermittent fasting (I am now eating 3 meals in 4 hours) and fasting 20 hours, I am now consistently losing half to 1 pound a week and feel great. I do plan for one day a week to eat a normal morning, noon and evening meal, and 1 time every week or two I have a cheat day of whatever I feel like. This has worked out for me. You may need to experiment some to find out what works for you.
Awesome video. One voice speaking so many truths. You have experienced so much and realized many things that don't work. I believe you help many people be better than they would have without a Shadetree Surgeon. You were the first TH-cam personality I began watching and I'm not tired yet. Keep it up and PLEASE help yourself live longer.
Josh, in my 22 years working the streets as a Deputy I did CPR many times. I came on the job in 1981 retired in 2002. In all that time I did CPR I only bright one person back. It was during a Apple Festival and when the call came out all cars were blocked in. I was in the motor unit and I split that double line of cars on the Harley got to him fast. He had no pulse. I started the process and it sounded like chicken bones in a garbage disposal. Finally EMS got there put the AED on him and shocked him twice and he regained consciousness. He complained about how bad his chest hurt. Sad part, his two sons were just standing there doing nothing, never said thanks, but that’s not why we do the job. By the way, 20 pounds down is great. Don’t get discouraged. Im 5-11 and was 360! I’ve lost over 60 and still need too loose 100 more so I can get my knees and left hip replaced. I want to ride down to Tampa and visit the camp. Can’t find any sissies to ride with me. I can’t do it in one day because my hip won’t take it. Buying my ticket Thursday so wax that Beull up for me. Ride safe. You a good guy and this retCop would hang with you all anytime.
Proud of you man. This journey as been great to watch. Proud of you on your weight loss. I am also proud of you for stepping up and doing your best to save a life. I am an EMT. We have good days and bad days. Sadly we cant save everyone regardless of your efforts. It takes someone special and someone strong willed to do what you did. It will stick with you for a long time if not forever. I remember the first time I watch someone pass. There was nothing I could do. Nothing any of us in the back of the ambulance could do. We do our best, but sometimes its not meant to be. Super proud of you brother.
I am on the same journey. 56 yrs old, started at 234 lbs. recently diagnosed as diabetic, now down to 209. its a struggle but I enjoy having legs so its got to happen. stay strong you are doing great
"A man has two lives....the first he is born with, the 2nd is when he realizes he has only one". Happens to all of us at a certain point in life. Im a bit older so can totally relate.
I'm a 54 yo 300 lbs man now down to 285 and dropping. I did the keto thing and my numbers went high so I started a Mediterranean version and they're back to "normal " for me . give it a google . 20lbs is nothing to sneeze at its awesome!! Keep up the good work
you look great Josh. there will be ups and downs. brother, I was over 300 pounds when I started high school, this was in the 80's when bullying was tolerated and we didn't have "safe spaces" to run to, so I actually started walking, working out, and eating like a bird. I was able to lose weight gradually as I built muscle, then went from walking to running, and then when flexible enough, started skateboarding, and then it really started falling off. by my senior year, I was under 200 and people actually thought I was a new kid at school(because I became very private due to the bullying)...was funny in my 20's when I would see the main bullies out at a bar and they were scared that I would remember them and want payback LOL....stay strong and keep the journey, because brother....the destination is worth it!!!
Good luck with your journey! I used to be 300+ lbs too and lost over 100 (and kept it off for over ten years now) with diet and exercise. It’s tough and tougher at times but stick with it. Consistency is what works, all different diets and exercises work- they ALL work, you just have to stick with something and work hard at it and you’ll see results. Sugar was the big problem for me, cutting sugar and alcohol changed everything! but good luck man, I’ll keep watching for updates!
Josh: I prayed for help and this idea popped into my mind: Breakfast at Noon. Wake up in morn, drink water and fiber (wheat bran) eat nothing but a little coffee or juice until Noon. Then prepare a normal meal and eat about 2/3 of it, saving the rest for a light supper at 4 or 5 in the PM. Another cuppa joe mid afternoon, if you like. After 5:00 PM, I do my end-of-day dental hygiene routine then drink only water until Noon the next day. It works for me, to the tune of about one lb per week. Down 30 lb so far, 20 more to go for my fighting weight. BTW, too much meat while overweight will produce gout, very painful. Good luck, Z
You didn't really ask for advice, but what really helps me when I go on a diet is doubling the greens on those wraps! Your body needs a certain amount of calories, but the volume is what really makes you feel satiated. Low calorie - high volume.
Anyway, really inspiring series and you are making some damn good progress! Keep it up man
I'm 43 and was up to about 320. I started trying to lose weight on January 29th. I'm down 20 lbs so far and it's been a lot more than 43 days. I wish it was more and sometimes I get bummed out about it, but I keep trying and I remind myself I just have to keep the downward trend, no matter the pace. Joe Rogan says, "you have to get better the same way you got sick, slowly over time." And to quote St. Benedict, "always we begin again". Keep it up.
I'm doing low carb to get my weight down. Done it before and it works well. Results vary greatly depending on your age and discipline. I wouldn't be counting the days so much as keeping the discipline. Good luck Josh.
Walking with you Josh.. It ain't easy but no choice. Rock on!
Having been a street cop for 32 years, I have done or assisted in CPR on over 100 people (and I was an EMT for about 25 years) and I think we actually saved about 5 of them.
It is hard but true. All we can do is try our best to help our fellow man.
I commend you. As far as the weight loss goes; when I saw you at Bert's for the OCC bike rally, you definitely looked thinner AND more toned.
I am doing mt weight loss thing with you and appreciate your uplifting narratives.
Thank you, brother. Eric in Kissimmee.
I ran across your channel a few months ago. My initial impression from that vid was just another moto vlogger. Over time and a few more videos I realized you’re probably one of the best moto vloggers out there. I have no doubt you are going to accomplish your goal of weight loss to a level that makes you happy and healthy. The thing about weight loss and getting healthy is just to try and not worry about it ( not make it a thing) to just attempt the small goals. I think your journey of weight loss will be similar to your videos. Great content in the beginning but not quite refined. Then it just starts to work and your videos became high quality that is a reflection of you and your personality. Keep up the good work.
Good on you brother. I just shed a hundred pounds and type 2 diabetes in the last 2 years. CARNIVORE I ate nothing but beef salmon butter liver bone broth and kosher salt drank nothing but black coffee, tea and water. For the first 3 months and dropped 65 lbs without doing anything else. Then when I got to a weight where simple exercises couldn't hurt me I went ketovore (added hot sauce, spices, herbs, and fruits.)
was skinny all my life, started gaining tonnage when started driving trucks in late 90’s, now up to 350 @ 6’4”, looking to go down to 200, keep it up, let’s see how far down you go👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Keep up th fight brother. Seven years ago I was injured on the job. While fighting with workers comp. about every little bit of treatment for my injury, I didn't realize that I gained 40lbs in the first five years. Then workers comp. finally said we will approve your surgery, but you have to complete a psych evaluation and go through a 2 hour ability test and lose the 40lbs that I had gained. So for the next 18 month I had to restrict my diet to lose the weight. Thanks to the injury I wasn't able to work out. If I stood or walked for more than 20 minutes I would lose feeling in my legs and if I pushed it too far my legs would give out on me and I would have to lay on the ground for at least 20 minutes to be able to stand up again. And I wasn't allowed to lift more than 20lbs. I know long way of saying I couldn't work out. I lost what I needed to and got my back surgery a month ago. You've got a killer work ethic from what I've seen on your channel, so physically I know you can do it. Retraining the brain that food is fuel not a reward is much more difficult, but I'm betting that you can do it.
It's a real good video Josh with an important message that applies to a lot of us. I'm 71 and sold probably my last bike in Vancouver BC before moving to the Philippines for a cheaper retirement a little more than 6 months ago. I'm a little over 6 feet and have been as much as 220 which might not sound like a lot but it's amazing how hard it is to be disciplined enough to lose even 10 pounds. I still eat steak and pork chops and chicken thighs all the time, potato, wedge fries and french fries too. Almost all the things I love should be lopping years off my life, and I have to do more to get it under control. You're not alone.
I definitely have a similar relationship with food and it's tough rewiring things. Don't stop logging, and definitely keep making the videos. I've seen a lot of people slide on this (myself included) and it definitely slows or reverses progress.
I like roasting whole chickens in the oven, grocery stores sell them rotisserie style. Tilapia or salmon rocks too.
Just bought some Honda stickers from your site yesterday, I didn't realize you had so much cool stuff loaded, the Triumph design with the devil was sold out but I wanted that one too haha.
Honestly the legacy the guy dying in a car park leaves could be to save a fuck load of other lives through your highlighting of it. Honestly the Shadetree weight loss crew is what's going to save mine. 25 years of diets didn't, a personal trainer didn't, a suspected heart attack didn't, diabetes didn't, knowing I'm not alone & having a group may well.
Keep up the good work bro! I'm 32yrs old, 6'4" and 350lbs and ride an 05 FXDCI. I constantly battle my weight and my thoughts every day. I just want to loose weight and be comfortable when I ride. Keep up the good work! Proud of you.
Life style change is the right words and you are an inspiration. I need to do the same for my life, thanks for the push Josh 👍
Anyone who has lost a loved one gets hit in the feels when someone passes away because you know the feeling. Still on the loss gang here! It's going slower for me now.
The Buell looks like a kit bike... I LIKE IT! Really hope it goes to a good home.
I was thinking as I watched your video - as Adam Sandavol says "Life is short, buy the damn motorcycle."
when i'm on keto (right now) the meat i eat is burgers, fish, chicken breast, and bacon. I agree, it's a lifestyle change that's needed. And that's really the hard part. I love bread and pasta and it's going to be tough to change my eating habits surrounding those foods once I start adding them back into my diet. Going to have to cut down on how often I eat those and really pay attention to portion sizes.
Josh, I've been watching for a few years now and enjoy your content. While I haven't followed your weight loss journey until this video, it was great to hear you say that it's not a diet but a lifestyle change that will make the difference. I agree with that completely. Diet is a very important part though. The problem I've had with a lot of dietary information is that nearly all of it is theory and great results are not typical.
In my quest four years ago to help my 75 yo mother reverse the effects of dementia, I happened to learn about a source of information that I now believe is not only not theory but the truth and nothing but the truth about how our bodies work and how food, exercise, and spirituality can be used to prevent and reverse disease while countering the effects of the environment we've created which seems to be getting more and more toxic. And I'm not talking about climate change. The reason I believe it is the truth is because everything I learned would happen, has happened to not only my mom, but for my wife and me as well.
My mother is now 79 and my wife and I just turned 60. Three weeks after my mom moved in with us four years ago, she had severe abdominal pain. Long story short, she had emergency surgery due to a large tumor in her colon. It was stage 3 colon cancer. While recovering from the surgery she contracted severe pneumonia and nearly died from it. If it wasn't for what I had learned only months earlier, I believe she would have succumbed to it. Her oncologist wanted to put her on chemo therapy as a matter of course. I knew that would destroy her immune system so I explained what we were doing and he agreed, though reluctantly, to do a scan to see if there were any new tumors. There weren't and now four years later, with no chemo or medications of any kind, she's not only cancer free, but lost all of her excess weight, regained feeling in her feet, her skin conditions cleared up, and the dementia hasn't worsened. In fact she started dreaming again which she said she hadn't experienced for years before she moved in with us. She had been on a thyroid medication her entire adult life and she doesn't need that anymore. She's on no medication whatsoever.
I thought I was healthy when we started, albeit a little overweight, but I now have a list of about 18 different symptoms and conditions, that I thought were simply the normal aging process, that have either completely gone away or have dramatically improved. I feel at least 20 years younger! Don't need my prescription eyeglasses for nearsightedness anymore, my pelvic sprain and herniated discs in my spine seem to have healed because things that used to put me down for a day or so don't anymore, my life long cold feet and cold hands have normalized, my skin condition has dramatically improved, and twitches in my right hand have subsided, just to name a few. My wife also lost her excess weight. She suffered with IBS for 12 years and that has gone away. Just recently she started not needing her glasses as much (stigmatism). Her aches and pains have dramatically improved and she too feels much younger.
The great thing about the information I'm referring to is that it's relatively inexpensive and easy to learn. You do have to do some reading and be willing learn some things that are contrary to what we've been conditioned to believe. You can implement what you learn a little at a time and I believe you'll be amazed at how fast you'll see results. Most of what I described happened to us in the first six months. The timing does vary because everyone has a different mix of things going on in their bodies. My eyesight came be back in about six months, but my wife didn't notice a change until recently. But other things like her weight, that she couldn't lose no matter what she tried, melted off in a very short time.
There are currently 8 books available in this medical series. I always recommend 3 of them to start. With your permission, I'd be happy to gift them to you as token of my appreciation for the work you do. Two other books, the latest in the series, I believe would be very helpful for Cheyleesi's neurological symptoms. I would also be happy to gift those as well.
Let me know if you're interested. Keep it weird! ;-)
Dude super proud to see your progress!! Your video where you made the hamburger salad inspired my current meal prep. You showed me that you can enjoy food even when it's healthier food
Big breakfast, smaller lunch and even smaller dinner. I'm 56, 5'10" and have never weighed over 160 lbs. Never dieted, eat whatever I want, only avoid fast food and deep fried foods. I convinced a friend to try it and he lost 40 lbs in a year. Luv ya brother.
Down 20lbs in a month and a half, seems like a healthy start man. Not losing too much too quickly, shock to the body kind of thing. Happy for you man, 20 lbs might not seem like much, but your face looks a little slimmer, and the important thing is it's a start. You have done the hardest part, starting. Build the habit and it becomes second nature. This might not mean much coming from a 170 lb dude almost a decade younger. But I don't eat healthy, I should weigh over 300 lbs with all the junk I eat. But aside from maybe metabolism, I think my habit of eating in moderation, more small snacks throughout the day and lunch/dinner being my two main meals, helps keep me around the weight I'm at. I was 160 in 2015 when I joined the military, had gotten up to 185 by the time I got out 4 years later. And it wasn't muscle. But man, just keep at it, the pace you're going at might not keep up, it may not be another 20 lbs in a month and a half again, but it's still going to be progress. You'll feel better, more energized (and you're pretty energetic already in your videos). Just keep it up man. Need more Shadetree videos in my life for years to come.
Keep it up! 20 lbs becomes 30 becomes 40 if you keep at it. We’re (my wife has lost almost 100 pounds) eating the flesh of chicken, turkey, pork, salmon and shrimp. We’re eating smaller meals more often, and cutting most of the carbs out.
My biggest change is cutting out sugars.
Hey Josh , I am trying to do better than I have in the past with food. I am not calling it dieting, to me it is a lifestyle change. Most every day I wake up and take some medicine and I have to wait 30 minutes to eat, then I usually either eat cereal and fruit, or I will make me a sausage and egg sandwich with some hash browns. Then for lunch I have been either eating a tomato sandwich or fruit ( I really enjoy fruit) but sometimes I will make a ham sandwich. For supper I usually eat a salad and steak or chicken, the other week I had homemade burritos, if I don’t have a salad I have some kind of vegetables . I try to eat earlier in the evening around 5-6 . For most of my life with the work I did, I was bad to eat one meal a day and it was usually later in the evening when I was finished working. I have learned that eating once a day causes you to retain most of what you eat, and by eating three meals a day and sometimes a fruit snack in between, it causes my body to release what it doesn’t need because the body doesn’t fear starvation anymore. And I will also eat something sweet that is small, I do that to prevent having cravings ( cravings cause us to overeat) . I am not saying what I do is perfect but it works for me. You are doing great keep up the good work and keep up the good attitude. I don’t like to call what I do dieting because when I am dieting I feel like I am depriving myself of something.
Oh man, this video left me wanting to say so much Josh but id be typing for hours, ive had to do CPR before too which happened to be for my daughter 18 years ago this august who also unfortunatly passed away 💔 that kinda stays with you, but your videos have helped me through so much including my mental health taking a huge and very rappid nose dive from having to take my bike off the road for financial reasons, ive been riding since i was 6 years old so its been difficult, but like i said watching your videos and all you guys ride has helped me out massivly, you guys are all awsome i could feel so at home over there with you lot but unfortunatly im stuck on the other side of the pond 🤦🏽♂️ so i will be representing the shadetree army from england and be keeping it wierd from over here 🤘🏾😆 i wish i could do as much for you as your video’s have for me but i guess all i can do is support you on here, stay awsome dude 👊🏾
Hey man...Love the Richard stuff!! We are at our best helping others in need.
You definitely look like you've lost weight so keep up what you're doing it's working for you.
Good times my friend!!!
😊🐾🍻
Damn man I wish I could get as much love as you do. Lol
I’m right there with you, I’m 56 and weight right around 300lbs and have big my whole life, before your time but I even wore husky jerranimals when I was in elementary school, so anyhow hang in there man and try and stay positive and just remember if you fall a little bit it’s not the end of the world
Have you done a sleep study? I did one and found out I stopped breathing/episode 66 times an hour. I now have a CPAP machine and have found the energy to do the exercising and riding more. Dude just keep pushing You inspired me years ago when you started FTR racing. I went out and bought a 2015 KX450F back in 2018 and wen from 310 lbs and just before covid got down to 238 lbs. But then it climbed right back to 290. After my sleep study I am back to having energy and starting to lose weight again. Keep focused and stay with it. I found not to do the extreems of the weight loss game. Stay active and keep eating reasonable portions and eat quality food and a good mix of the basic food groups.
You have achieved the first hurdle to attaining a healthy weight, the recognition of the problem and the desire to change.
You spoke of "dieting". Ninety nine percent of people who go on a "diet" to lose weight, go back to their unhealthy eating after hitting their target and end up heavier a couple of years later. This is "yo yo" dieting.
As a retired primary care physician, I encourage you to totally change (increase) your knowledge about nutrition and your personal needs. You have to learn to eat in a healthy manner for the rest of your life. You have an inappropriate relationship with food. You have to get out of "Food is a reward, and emotional crutch".
At age 71 I tell people the best exercise I ever learned was the "push away". By push away I mean that I do not always eat everything on my plate, particularly when I go out to eat.
Because we have to eat, and usually every day; it is a challenge to avoid over eating. One of the hardest things a person can do is to change their learned behavior.
Some people find that by reducing their time with food and drink, that reduces the chances of over eating. I have been eating one meal a day for the last twenty years.
Read about how fructose suppresses the negative feedback loop that your body naturally has to tell you that you are no longer hungry.
My man I totally feel you. I am 30 and weighed close to 400lbs a few months ago. I had weight loss surgery in February and am down to around 240. Let me tell you that is not the easy way out vi have done all the diets would drop some weight and the reward lizard brain would kick in. Best decision I made to have the surgery.
You give dying in the saddle a whole new meaning. I agree with your way to check out
losing over 5% of your body weight is still impressive. Keep going mate. I am on a similar journey. lost about the same weight as you (I am 6'4 and currently 112kg).
On a seperate note. Take care, dealing with a traumatic event (like administering CPR) can cause stress.
I went mostly paleo a few years ago. Went from a peak of 330 down to 250. But I didn't keep myself ridgid. I just tried to cut down to only eating what I needed to be fed and focused on eating the most nutritionally dense food I could.
Best advice I can give, the trick I used to help, I stopped weighing myself. The weigh-in would just weigh-on my mind far too strongly. When I saw my mirror gains and then followed up with the weigh in I could see and feel the changes. Good luck brother 👍
As a paramedic just wanna say great job for acting on the guy.. Sucks that he didn't make it.. Not everyone does I've definitely not saved everyone
I've been on the big boy rollercoaster ride for years. Stick with it man! That's the hardest part for me.... And yeah get to the dreaded Dr. From time to time.....
Totally get this. I have found that if I moderate my portions I tend to see and feel much better. One large meal a day and two small meals a day. Good luck it's so worth the effort
I'm on 2 blood pressure meds and a CPAP. at 28 years old. I'm 280 lbs 6 ft. Tall. My doc said they're prescribing these things earlier on to help save the heart. You're doing great josh but a trip to the doc never hurts. Ride safe 🤙🏍️
Spinach, craisins, raw walnuts, and balsamic is a great lunch with or without a little grilled chicken breast or steak tips. Meal prepping helps avoid grabbing fast food. Also, drink lots of water. Sometimes, when you have that hunger pain, you just need more water. Finally, I used an app that tracked everything that I consumed. It helped a ton to get me back on track. Good luck! You got this!!!
375LBS-after broke leg/hip. Now 223
Keep moving.. water, stop eating all the crap; find snacks that don’t feed fat. Couldn’t walk it if off or lift weights- 223lbs- SNACK often .. popcorn, cottage cheese (protein) Salads with fav dressing.. WALK and 20lbs dumbbells if you can. No reason why you can’t drop it.
I'm on keto, and I do jalapeno poppers quite often. The method I personally do is I don't just put cream cheese in the pepper and wrap it in bacon. I actually buy shredded bacon pieces and mix it with my cream cheese, stuff the pepper then heat them through.. much easier to eat them when you're doing something, hell I don't even need a fork.
Chicken wings are also a nice easy go to, I use a Tabasco style sauce with some melted butter in it...If that's not your jam there are plenty of other sauces (e.g. lemon pepper + butter) that are 0 to low carb.. If chicken wings are out of budget, or just ungodly expensive for 1/3rd of the meat, legs are always an option, and with those, I just roast as normal and use something like Baby Rays (NOT SWEET BABY RAYS) or G Hughes Brand BBQ sauces to toss them in..or shit just do the wing treatment with the butter and Tabasco style sauce.
Chaffles are an amazing bread replacement and I highly recommend (literally just egg + cheese in a waffle iron). Simple sammich with lunch meat of choice with some kewpie or dukes mayonnaise.
You can also make sweet chaffles using protein powder, I like the quest caramel flavor. You can make a nice dessert with it, using some sugar free whipped cream (land o lakes, etc) with sugar free dark chocolate espresso sauce from jordans. zero sugar, zero carbs zero calories... but fuckin tasty.
Since you like steak and lettuce so much, jimmy johns has a sandwich called something like the gargantuan, and you can make it an unwich, which is basically the sandwich wrapped in lettuce... its fucking baller.. and I was full for the rest of the day, and most of the next after eating that bastard.
As far as wraps go, might be a little hard because they are street taco sized, but a brand called La Banderita makes carb counter tortillas 5g of carbs per tortilla, 25 calories each.. There are others, of course, but I found those recently which are both low cal and low carb.. Low carb tortillas usually use almond flour which makes them a bit tougher than normal tortillas, but you really cant tell much of a difference unless you do a side by side comparison...
I use the term "diet" like the discovery channel does... this is the diet of that creature.. its the way they live, the way they operate... diets are lifestyle changes like you said, and not temporary.
Well done for doing the CPR and looking out you guys. I wouldn't know for sure how to do it. I do consider doing a course in basic first aid just to get some knowledge in.
Keep it up Josh, you've got this!
You say "only 20lbs" but I swear I can see the difference Josh. Every step in the right direction adds up brother, I myself am trying to do the same thing in my own life at 33. I haven't exercised in years and am trying to ease myself back into it. I've always had physically demanding jobs and just counted that as exercise. On average I walk 6-7 miles a day at work in 8 hours. I snack on beef jerky and 2 mini salami sticks along with propel/Gatorade though the work day. After work I eat whatever had been made for dinner by my better half, in moderation of course, but my problem is beer. I drink 6 silos a night from 10pm-3ish in the morning. Any info or tips? Keep on keeping on and always keep it weird my guy
So sad you had to go through the episode with the gentleman at Walmart, but glad that at least he had someone as caring as you and David to help him in his last moments. I'm in the same boat, been way too bad to myself for way too long, and struggling to turn a giant ship against the tide of time. Best wishes that you continue to make good progress... 20 pounds is absolutely nothing to sneeze at. Slow and steady wins the race, it's all about making good habits as opposed to fast changes.
comment relative to @4:55 'Similar lunch for me but based on whatever's in the fridge. I have different choices for the greens with the packs from the store. I use whatever protein is left over in the fridge.'
Keep at it
Proud of you!! Absolutely get healthy!
You're already viewed as the big strong dude that picks up motorcycles by himself. My man if you get lean and keep them muscles your gonna be such a phenomenal role model for young people.
Go all in, man. Look, my smart watch tracks my calories. It only takes a few minutes a day to also enter my food into the Samsung Health app. It compares how many calories you ate to how many calories you burned. It also works with the WITHINGS scale. It links to your device and you get a full report DAILY. You'll know every day if what you ate and your physical activity level helped or hurt your goal.
In a few years when I retire I'm gonna cruise Florida on my Indian.
I expect to stumble across you in a parking lot at a motorcycle event and I fully expect to shake hands with a chiseled vascular badass looking Josh.
When you are not impressed with a 20# loss, throw 20# of lard in the middle of your kitchen table. Kinda puts things in perspective.
Damn…
My cousin lost a lot of weight and he said he just ate less. He told me he would be out and would crave something and he would get it, eat one bite and throw the rest in the trash. He said it filled the craving and made him realize he didn't really want it after all. Working on losing some myself.
I used to weigh 260 now I'm down to 185 lb and I feel much better just keep up the good work that's all I got to say you're doing just fine you don't want to lose it too fast because it'll be easier to put it back on when you start eating
Here's something to think about too. I'm 48 years old and been overweight all my life because a congenital heart defect keeps me from getting enough exercise, and combined with a unhealthy "healthy" appetite, its been way too easy to gain weight and very difficult to lose it. I've lost 50 pounds over the last few years, and I've got another 50 to go, but it was too little too late. In January I had a mild stroke that messed up my sense of balance. I may never be able to ride safely because of that. Think about that. Your health directly affects your ability ride and poor physical health can instantly take it all away without any warning. What's worse than being dead? Living to regret your choices. Take care of yourself man, don't end up like I did.
My dude, don’t be so hard on yourself! Just keep starting over. I was 275 at my heaviest, and I’m down to 209 as of today! You got this man!
I LOVE steak, but it’s a once every two weeks or so treat. We eat a lot of chicken, and eggs for protein. Avocado is the bomb for fats. I tend to gravitate to things that are less calorie dense that will keep me full longer.
Put turmeric pepper (very small amount ) apple cider vinegar…. Very small amount and protein powder… crack an egg in there and load the blender with watermelon… pineapple and fruit juice…blend and drink every morning… don’t forget the turmeric with pepper… watch what happens…!!!
Went from 325 down to 260 doing the fasting thing… works for me so far. Good luck with it
The only reason I don't eat greens very often is they go right through me... and with IBS I already deal with enough of that problem.. hence I wasn't able to go to the doctor yesterday because of it.. I literally woke up and spent two hours on the toilet.. not fun. Cucumbers give me bad heartburn anymore. I love tomatoes too but again they can bother my stomach. I need to find my weights and start lifting.. once my ribs heal. I made the mistake of letting a chyro "adjust" my spine and now the top three ribs under my collar bone on the right side are loose from my breast bone and keep making my arm go numb and they keep hurting like hell every time I reach down for something. I really ought to start walking the dog again but.. I just don't care to. BTW I was like number 420..
Hey, don't feel bad Josh, you did what you could.
The first 50 lbs is always the hardest. After that you find the groove that works for you, dropping lbs comes naturally. Keep it up bro
Absolutely Brother ❤ your on the right track, much love and respect 🙏
Brother, keep killing it. I did 20 carbs a day for two years and lost 160lbs. I don't miss anything but ice cream. My cholesterol and blood pressure came down even though I was eating tons of fatty meat, eggs, and cheese. I ate pork rinds to replace this snack foods I loved.
Good stuff Josh, I have cerebral palsy and I'm making this work regardless losing weight is hard, but it's a battle between our own selves, I believe in you some progress is better than no progress at all I've lost 43 pounds since October I was 323 now I'm at 280, so keep it going brother you will make it! it's all about discipline I mainly eat chicken, fish, whole wheat bread, salads and do 30 mins of cardio 5 times a week, fasting is also good and always a lot of water much respect.
Good job dude! Loosing any weight is great. I went from 220lbs to 175lbs over a relatively short time using intermittent fasting and beer reduction (not elimination) for the longest time I was that skinny fat guy and I was tired of the belly weight and donut midriff. I’m 56 and everyone knows how this stuff doesn’t get easier but can be done. My theory is stay healthier so I can torment well into the future. Aloha 🍍 to all you cool swamp folks.
Keep it up buddy. I’m in the same boat as you. I’ll leave you with these simple quote for motivation
“Prey not easier lives. Prey to be stronger men”- JFK
“Life is not about how hard you get hit. It’s about how hard you can get it and keep going.”- Rocky aka Sylvester Stallone
As a truckdriver I haul gas 12 hours a day 5 days a weak. I spend my time loading and unloading by getting my 8000 steps a day buy at least walking fast enough to raise my heartbeat. I also do push-ups at a 45 degree angle(head up), I shoot for 42 at a time.
Shadetree Surgeon,
I think you just changed my life. I truly believe this was the wake up call that I needed. Thank you for sharing this story.
Lets face it, trying to loose some weight is huge livechange and it brings a lot of challenges to overcome. It is not easy to change once own habbits but you also need to change peaple around you a bit.
In fact, you need only two things:
1. Strength of will to keep going on
2. Supportive friends and relatives.
The second one is even more important. You can try every trick but when your pack laugh at you for suddenly trying, or when they try to persuade you to join them in their feast, parties, your will is even more chalenged.
I managed to loos a lot once, I was younger, around 23-25y, living alone, flexible hours.. Lost some 30kg (65lbs). Managed to keep slim for few years, then I found myself in serious relations and my time was no longer mine. Long story short, now I am even more fat then before and trying again to lose some. It is hard as hell!
I used to watch farmers eat onion sandwiches With yellow mustard. Thick slice of yellow/sweet onion and bread with whatever kind of mustard you got. It's not bad. as a vegetarian I'd recommend marinating tofu, dredging it in cornstarch and smoked paprika and then frying in oil until crispy. Its amazing! Good luck brother.
I am also struggling with my weight. I have been inspired by STS to get busy working on the problem. I remember back in the day when I was in great shape. Army basic training was very effective. 27 billion push ups and vigorous exercise all day every day. At 52 that is not realistic at all but exercising periodically throughout the day is. I think that is the key. Eat right and exercise throughout the day. Go to the gym if you want. There is nothing wrong with that but I think it is not as effective as people expect it to be. Good diet, how you eat, when you eat and what you eat, plus all day exercise is key. Now you have my $0.02.