Van Lathan on Crying while Struggling with Food Addiction, Weighing Up to 365 Pounds (Part 12)
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In this clip, Van Lathan opened up about his struggles with his weight and relationship with food, which he says he had to unlearn when he was an adult and decided that he needed to lose weight. Van then shared a story, which will be in his upcoming book, about treating himself to a huge meal when he was working at Best Buy. He explained that he had gotten so used to going in the same restaurant that he didn't realize that they were closed for Christmas, which led to Van crying when he found out. Van then spoke about struggling again during the pandemic and when he prescribed anti-depressants, which you can hear more about above.
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“I cried bc I gotta change and I can’t”
Vlad laughing like a goofball but Van was saying some real shit.
Nah I laughed too lol but Van was really talking from the heart. Hope he becomes a regular
Exactly! Then Vlad says something so vapid. It's like saying to the person who struggles with alcohol just say to yourself this is the last drink I'll ever take. Say it all you want...but for so many with any addiction it's truly "one day at a time". When someone doesn't realize that it can come off as obnoxious & arrogant...especially as so many people eventually not only put back on the weight they lost but sometimes 10 to 50 more pounds.
Yeah I felt that too.
It’s funny though
We all have addictions, struggles and strongholds that hold us back and can be lifelong battles. Some of us overcome these and some of us fight through these strongholds for our entire lives. Thankyou Van for sharing your testimony. Your story means a lot, and will be encouragement for someone else struggling. Keep pushing Brotha!
You get it. What Van just shared is as deep as the ocean 🙏🏾
So true
💯💙
I feel you on the crying van. Im down from 282 to 225 since May. Keep going yall.. We can be who we want with a little effort and consistency
So true.
Congrats bro!!!!
We’ll done you
Congratulations
Congrats on the weight lost. They honestly say that losing weight is harder than getting over drug addiction. That says a lot.
I was over 325lbs back in 2019 and now I’m 219!!! I know exactly what van is talking about
Good shit g!
I was 246 lbs now 225 getting there
How did you lose weight?
@@aharsn6854 the key is burn more calories than you take in
@@Jason.cbr1000rr oddly enough it was a girl who inspired me to get in shape lol
Vlad is telling us about calorie counting as though it’s ground breaking news. He also brought the convo back to himself after Van told a vulnerable story. He is becoming psychotic.
Narcissist
They always bring everything back to themselves
Everyone exists as side characters for them
"VladTV" wtf do y'all not understand
He's the worst
Vlad is modern day Ricky Lake
He does seem to always bring conversation back to him. Kind of pathetic. But it is his show.
Sugar is the most addictive drug on the planet 🌍 we just don’t label it a drug
Food addiction is no joke
It makes for some good jokes tho…
That's why when a female say hey you wanna go get something to eat...I say I'm good
SUGAR IS THE BIGGEST DRUG OUT!!! KILLED ALOT OF PPL ALSO
Literally alcohol addiction and drugs get the attention. Food always been my drug
😂😂🤡. How tf you get addicted to food bruh
I'm 6’2 and was 360. I cried going home after seeing the pic that I took 2 years ago. I'm now under 300 for the first time since 7/4/11.
Keep it up!
Don't waste time on youtube..get outside and exercise; get to the gym...you can do it!!😒
Congratulations! Only up for you from here! Blessings
🤘
How are you doing now?
I love hearing Van speak. He just makes me want to hear more and more. Very talented with his word play.
I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND VAN!!!! I am facing facts about myself being overweight and needing to gradually lose weight in a healthy way. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Hey look up Big people exercises on YT. It helped me instead of following body builders and trying to keep up. Start there ans gradually move up. Good luck
I'm with you. It's a struggle. And unlike booze or drugs, we need food to live, but we somehow have to control it. It's really tough. Good luck to us all!
@@jerdog333 good luck to both of you, you can do it 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
My advisor is to buy workout equipment at home. I never thought about buying until this year
@@body46 Hey, Thanks for the advice. I will make sure to check it out.
Van is an amazing story teller. I never knew.
So true.
Check out his podcast, it's called Higher Learning. It's hosted by him and Rachel Lindsay. He's a really smart, funny guy.
Literally, this was my thought as I watched this clip. Great storyteller.
When Van said “nicca” I felt that 😂😂
That’s a fact!!
On god lol Vlad loves it when his guests call him Nigga
@@caliboyjayewavyy8875 😭😂🤦🏽♂️
@@caliboyjayewavyy8875 he does
He cried over that situation cause it was real and pain he went through. I OVERstand man for that scenario 👍💯
@Baby Lane Stanfield he talked about it on No Jumper....he cried because the restaurant was closed...he seen the lights was off but he still went and jiggled the door handle...he would be on the phone acting like he ordering for multiple people.
@@jackjohnson833 what no jumper vid is that
Overstand? So creative....😂😂 so dumb
The joy in his face talking bout that meal shows you he had a problem
I was 265 in September, now down to 245.
Going to go down to my normal weight around 170-180. Just gotta get your macros right and be in calorie deficit. Get a coach for a few months and even a trainer. It really helps.
Good luck, bruh
I feel you bro. My heaviest was 260 during the pandemic. I dropped to 230, but now back to 250 sadly. My normal weight is also 170-180. I know we'll slowly but surely get there 💪🏽
Keto and Fasting bro. Amazing benefits, not just weight loss but overall general health is significantly improved! Thank me later!
See how he smiles when he talked about his feast and how he ordered.... That says alot.
Old school Van was like “I eat because I’m unhappy…and I’m unhappy because I eat…”
Damn, it be a endless cycle, no cap.
I'm so glad they covered this, Food Addiction / Binge eating disorder is real
It feels like you’re not full but you’ve eaten 4 times… it’s a real issue.
I don’t it’s it’s anything compared to an actual drug addiction
@Cadillac Kadafi be encouraged my guy! I had the same problem. Just gradually take away an addictive food out your diet once a month and either exercise or another hobby. It worked for me and I lost 60lbs. U can do it!
have u tried heroin tho..(i don’t recommend it but ya)
Especially if you're depressed. The pandemic fucked everybody up.
He cried over Bennigan’s being closed, like pulling up to Chick-fil-A on a Sunday, it’s very heartbreaking. Only the real can understand this. Lol
Fatness is a Mental/Chronic disease
Crying over food is kinda insane
shit is overrated
@mia jones why are you singling out black people as if there isn't fat & obese people in every race. Ever heard of 'My 600 lb Life?' Half the people on that show are every race but black. The majority are white. So don't try to make this a black thing.
For a long time I didn't understand the Chick fil A hype but I tried it again a couple months ago because they just built one in my neighborhood and now I'm addicted. I finally experienced that moment of disappointment when I pulled up on a Sunday 😂
Yeah I get that. I had to tell myself finally that chick file is a treat and I can do something else to help someone no matter how small.
Man, respect to Van for being such a authentic guy👏🏿
I admire how honest he is about this subject!! Glad he's doing better!
Why you telling Glad he's doing better like Glad claimed otherwise
@@burosangi3855 lol I’m just trynna understand what yu saying I feel it’s supposed to be funny so elaborate 😂
@@dariusdillard8724 lol I was trying to understand too😆
@@dariusdillard8724 😂😂 The interviewer's name is Glad. So I'm responding to her in that context. She's obviously using glad as an adjectively but because I'm a troll I adamantly tweaked the context of its use.
I thought I was the only one, I wake up thinking about food and what I’m gonna eat and I go to sleep thinking what I’ll have for breakfast, I used to be an athlete now I’m obese.
Food addiction is lonely and painful. You live to eat, and he is right about the high being so fleeting and leaving you feeling empty even after gorging yourself.
I understand Van crying. You know your addicted when you habitually go for what you want and literally can't THEN you see yourself for real. To feel like your a slave to anything and not be able to have self control is disheartening. Biggups to anyone in the struggle 💪 may we all be healthy and happy!
I feel so sorry for Van. I'm lucky that I hate the feeling of being really full on food. I can't imagine having an addiction like this. Happy to see he's doing better.
He’s ok now
Respect the honesty and testimony from Van Latham...💯
Van is such a real person that is not afraid to be vulnerable. He does not hold back and just tells his real story. That is so refreshing to listen to. Vlad as usual didn't get the depth.
Sugar is low key just as if not more addictive than cigarettes.
And its in everything
At one point I drank NOTHING BUT water, 3, 4 years. I was avoiding juice and soda to keep from breaking out from the sugar. I walked in the store and seen a Big Blue for the first time. I was like "wooooow, that looks delicious"....I filled the trash can with so many empty soda bottles my roommate thought I had some syrup in the stash. Ever since then, I need a soda at least every 2 days. If I go 2, 3, 4 days without one then I'm like "yo, man fuck this water I need some sugar, something with flavor" and grab a cold drink. Just one but it's wild how that switch just turns on and I'm chasing down a Sprite or Big Blue or even worse one of them cheap juices or sodas in the hood with a shitload of sugar in em. Now that I think about it I'm sure my sugar levels were thru the ROOF when I WAS drinking syrup everyday cuz I got up to like 210 pounds and it was ALL bloat. Right in the gut. Cut that shit out and it fell right back down to 180.....185 on a GOOD day.
High key
Really is im struggling with it
If it's America a lot of it isn't even sugar, its high fructose corn syrup which is even worse.
I noticed that Van, much like essentially all of us gained weight over the panarama, but looking at him here I can tell he is losing that weight. Van looks damn good! Keep fighting V!
I appreciate how open he is, definitely gonna be tuning into him more
Van is hilarious. Thanks for the revealing true story.
5:11 the joy in his face describing his meal haha been there bro. not judging tho
he is right. depression meds make you gain weight
"Food has no agency" Powerful
I’m 48 5’4 188lbs with breast cancer and I’m struggling with my diet.. this video was inspiring and enlightening thanks 🙏🏾 I appreciate you
@@woundedwombmindoflilith278 thank you for responding. I have a referral from my doctor for a nutritionist
Stay strong and get through this; it is doable.
You Are A Gorgeous Woman! Keep Pushing Baby Girl ❤️👏🏽💯
@@insuchaway thank you 🙏🏾
@@insuchaway thank you 🙏🏾
Vlad is capping. He used to be fat back in the day. If he is 6’2 he definitely was more then 226
People carry it differently, but you’re probably right. He looked a good 240.
Right he said he only lost 25 pounds..
Denial is a sign of Addiction SMFH
He said he was over 350 and lost weight to 225
@@nishashawn2021 …we’re talking about Glad, not Van
Food addiction is real! People always down play it, but it is intertwined with emotions, feeling of self worth and your mental health. I fight with it every day. I am not obese, I would say pleasantly plump 🤣🤣 but it phucking sucks battling this addiction. Good luck to all who battle this shit!
best explanation.
This dude a whole comedian.. he's funny af to me lol
Sheeeshh this is profound. I need to hear this Van. Def will be reading his book
At 5'11 I was 260lbs earlier this year n now 250lbs. My normal weight is 170-180 n I wanna hit that by the summer next year. I'm gonna save this video so I can come back monthly n share my progress. With me luck fellas
Noone cares
Do that. U on yo way anyway or a good 200 or 210 aint bad at all for 5 ft 11. 170 would be awesome tho!!
Every now and then someone shares a story and I’m listening. And I may pick up my phone to check a notification. And I’m still actively listening. But I’m trying to multi-task. And I have to stop what I’m doing to listen fully. Because that’s real. Good addiction is a real think. Considering I’m not addicted to absolutely nothing else. Food is a comfort. And I’m struggling everyday to force myself to not drink that Dr. Pepper. Drink that water bottle first. Take them vitamins. Drink that smoothie. Okay. I did good today? Tomorrow. French fries instead of tots from Bojangles. With a White Chocolate Mocha. It’s like I have a fear of starving because I remember when I couldn’t eat what I wanted. So, some how I have moments I over indulge. Instead of eating 1 peach turnover. I have to have 2 at every sitting. And I’m not ashamed. It’s a struggle. And it’s not easy. At all.
It's awesome that he can be so honest !
Them Luther Burgers was hittin Van hard 🍔
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
HA!!! 😆
I have so much love and respect for Van!
For someone like myself who deals with over eating it’s tough. I’ve been programmed to eat how I eat since a kid.
Worst thing parents have taught us is to clean the plate. They should of taught us to recognize when our body says it's full.
To mr van Lathan I applaud you for focusing on getting your body healthier. God bless young sir .
This is so earnest .. I appreciate Lathans mind .. and heart. The impact of seeing a man understand the battle of food. Yes there are many battles in life .. I think we as woman forget men endure battle s as well with health and food. Thank you for this, major respect 💜
"Eatin good, had to shoot my way up out of Bennigans!"
-Raekwon
"Gaining weight is the easiest thing ever"... Try saying that to a skinny dude.. Its the opposite for me.. Ill gain 10 pounds forget to eat dinner and not eat much the next day those 10 pounds gone.
Facts 😂😂😂😂
This was an excellent conversation.. Powerful
As someone who has struggled with food addiction and drug addiction, the hopelessness feels very similar
I don’t care what anybody says, the number one sleeper killer for most in the US is food addition. I just made a conscious decision to fight off 60lbs for 2022. But I’ve started early. Nothing beats a Headstart💯🧨
This is really great to hear Van be so brutally honest because usually only women admit to food addiction but the truth is men suffer from it just as much but we dont talk about it bc weight is most of the time associated with mental health. We dont talk about that either bc, unfortunately, we consider these things weaknesses.
Son Van Lathan is a CRAAAZY story teller 🤣🤣🤣
I’m definitely buying his book when it drops
*Van was going crazy at the Chinese spot in the mall, his plate could never close🤦🏿♂️🤣*
The first real thing I have heard him say so far yes WE have to learn what to unlearn and also continue to learn
I used to work at a Bennigans in the 90's. Those tenders were 🔥. Home made tempura batter made to order. They even had this fried sandwich called the Monte Cristo that is probably responsible for a few thousand heart attacks. I never even tried it, it just looked like death...the thing literally came with jam on the side.
I remember that monte Cristo. I tried to make it at home 😂
@@gingerspice108 the key is you have to make the sandwich, I think it was a light wheat. Ham, cheese, turkey, some sourkraught. Then you wrap it up super tight in seran wrap and refrigerate it overnight. Make a simple beer batter, unwrapping that tight sandwich( oh yeah, gotta cross slice the sandwich before wrapping) and drop it in the hot grease. The key is in the prep though. If the wrap isn't tight enough for long enough the grease gets through the batter and kinda messes up the insides. Good luck!
That Monte Cristo was bomb though
Oh Monte Crisco delish but def heart attack on a plate
Had to Google it to see what it looked like. Interesting.
Van lost weight and became Minivan
For me it was dabs dabs dabs. Everything and anything was dabs before during and after anything and everything. Yesterday was my 5 months anniversary of sobriety and I feel wonderful! 🪂
Food addiction. I think I’m relapsing right now. 🌮🍔🍕🍟🥓😱🤯
TMZ lost something big with Van. This man is a national treasure and is so entertaining to listen to. I would listen to him over all the other goofball hosts on that show.
We all over indulge in something that's just facts. It's because we have a God sized whole in our heart and we try our best to fill it with everything but God.
Wow! I need to order this book. I had experiences with food and weight that are very similar.
I like how happy he gets once he starts talking about food 5:12 😋☺
Major love and support to anyone who reads this and is battling an addiction or bulimia type issues also, keep fighting and doing what's best for your health. Don't allow people or things to get you off course. Love yourself because many others love you too.
Love this man. Beautiful person. I’m a fan.
@5:45 that was a classic key and peele episode when the guy ordered pizza 🍕……it turned into a disaster
2020 I got down to 248 & now I’m back to 330.. food addiction is tough smh.
VAN IS HILARIOUS N INTELLIGENT
I could hear him talk all day. Cool dude.
no joke. this whole interview is absolute fire
I wish him and kanye could switch places. What i mean is, van seems relatable and his mind is really geared with being able to better other people without gimmicks. Thats more genius to me than clothing lines. We need more of this mindset
@Jay James stop ridding ye...u sound sus in all these comments
Shut up
This dude seems genuine.
he was feeding spirits those are the beings in us who live threw us who most of us dont know and cant control
I'm 6ft 236 LBS. I have struggled with weight my whole life. During the pandemic I added 30 pounds.
Get a jump rope, slam ball, and agility ladder; great cardio g.
Van is kind of poetic about his first love...food.
The way he licked his lips talkin bout that brownie 😂😋 5:38
Van saying he cried has got me in stitches
That faking that he ordering for other people reminds me of that Wendell skit on Key and Peele where he was ordering the cheesy crust pizza 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Burger King is my food addiction I spend too much being cheap.
Thanks brother. Men struggle with eating disorders and body image too
He's soo likable 😊luv his honesty👍
Once you turn 30, "A burger won't kill you," becomes the biggest myth to overcome. That shit will kill you. You gotta give all that junk food shit up.
U are Rt! Really age 10 look at our kids 🤦♀️
People spend big money trying to lose but here Vlad it's so easy
Vlad:365 that’s essentially obese
Van: nicca that’s obese! 🤣
I'm from Atlanta , most of my family is from the deep south of Albany Ga , all they do eat down there , living high off the hog indeed lol , pig feet , sausage , Brunswick stew , chitllins , fried chicken , more grease than a oiled up bbw 😂
I fux with Van man! Real dude
The look on his face when he talks about his Bennigan's Feast. That's love.
This was a great interview huge fan of Vans
As someone who has struggled with weight my whole life I understand. Finally getting healthier and it is so hard to unlearn behaviors and patterns.
These dudes be committing all 7 deadly sins up in Hollyweird.. foh😂
Every time I hear him talk about his food abuse, I crack up. I get his struggle and can totally relate and it is always too funny! The story of him crawling up the steps instead or walking-priceless. Go check it out in his breakfast club interview🤣🤣🤣🤣
What Van described as fake ordering food like it was for friends was LITERALLY a Key & Peele skit lol
ADDICTIVE PERSONALITY
I absolutely can identify… I’m an obese person on the inside… there is a fat boy on the inside fighting to get out… I don’t have issues with alcohol, drugs, or gambling … but I do have a daily battle with ice cream and chocolate chip cookies… the struggle is real
Damn I’m glad he can tell this story now with a smile
Yo he the real asf for talking about all those different things that made him feel like he had a problem. Admission is the key to problem discovery. Don’t hide from your problems, confront them.
This is so true I was 315 in January I’m 245lb now
Bro Van is hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂
This was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 thank u both of u