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The story of the Penn Jillette's weight loss is, as you might expect from a Las Vegas entertainer, quite extreme. In fact, it was the radical nature of his diet that made the prospect of losing weight so attractive. After consulting with his doctor, who wanted to surgically remove a portion of Penn's stomach, a moderate diet was no longer an option.
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PENN JILLETTE:
Penn Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award-winning magic duo Penn & Teller. His solo exposure is enormous: from Howard Stern to Glenn Beck to the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on Dancing with the Stars, MTV Cribs, and Chelsea Lately and hosted the NBC game show Identity. As part of Penn & Teller, he has appeared more than twenty times on David Letterman, as well as on several other TV shows, from The Simpsons and Friends to Top Chef and The View. He co-hosts the controversial series Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, which has been nominated for sixteen Emmy Awards. He is currently co-host of the Discovery Channel's Penn & Teller Tell a Lie and the author of God, No! and Presto!
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TRANSCRIPT:
Penn Jillette: I lost over 100 pounds, a third of my weight. I was probably at my heaviest. You don’t ever weigh yourself at your heaviest but I was probably over 340, certainly around there. And now as I sit here in front of you I’m probably about 232. There’s a fluctuation of a couple of pounds, it goes back and forth. That’s a lot of weight. And I did not lose it for vanity. I was pretty happy with myself fat. I didn’t mind being fat. It wasn’t a big deal to me. I didn’t mind how I looked. But my health was getting bad. I didn’t even mind how I felt very much. I didn’t mind not being energetic and stuff. But I started having blood pressure that was stupid high like, you know, like English voltage, like 220 even on blood pressure medicine. And I have two young children. I’m an old dad. My daughter was born when I was 50. So I’m 61 now.
And my life expectancy, the actuary tables were crashing down and the doctor said that I had to get a stomach sleeve. It was a wonderful moment because it then gave me the option to go crazy. If you’re going to surgically do something to me to stop me from swallowing that means I don’t have to worry about doing a sane diet. I can get nutty. And being given the option to be nutty was all I needed. I realized that not only am I not good at moderation, I also don’t respect moderation. Anyone I know who’s able to do moderation I don’t like them. The people I respect and love are people that go wild. I mean I don’t want to go into Kerouac here but the mad ones. No one brags about climbing a nice little slope. You brag about climbing Everest. So once my friend Ray Cronise who I can Cray Ray, once Cray Ray told me that I could lose the weight but it was going to be really hard, it got really easy. Once you make something a challenge, you make something I can brag about, I can do it.
So I wrote this book about me. It is more first person singular in it than in a Donald Trump speech. I don’t’ write about you. If you take medical advice from a Las Vegas magician you are an idiot who deserves to die. You have to do this for yourself and with your proper medical professionals. That being said the first thing Cray Ray and I wanted to do was change my way of eating. It turns out everything about eating is habit. It’s all habitual. You think you have a natural inclination to like grilled cheese or donuts. Not true. All we eat is habit. So I wanted to take a couple of weeks and change my habit. And one of the really good ways to do that that worked tremendously for me is what’s called the mono diet which is just what you think from the root, eating the exact same thing. And I could have chosen anything. I could have chosen corn or beans or whatever. Not hot fudge but anything. And I chose potatoes because it’s a funny thing and a funny word. For two weeks I ate potatoes, complete potatoes - skin and everything and nothing added, nothing subtracted. When I say nothing subtracted I mean no skin taken off but also no water. You can’t cut it up and make it chips in a microwave. Don’t take water out of it. Leave the potato completely - so that means baked or boiled and not at any mealtime.
You don’t get up in the morning, eat a...
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Whaaaat?
"I eat whatever I want, but what I want has changed profoundly". Simply brilliant. 👏👍
Exactly, this quote is gold. When I decided I wanted to lose weight I stopped drinking sweet beverages. Now I'm uncomfortable when somebody puts sugar in my tea, it just makes me feel sick, haha. I don't like candy and foods with a lot of fat that much either now, what I eat is almost the same as before but I cannot take the amounts I was used to then. Once you decide to let something go it's easy to live without it, making the decision is the hard part.
This is the biggest take away..."The Pleasure Trap" book condensed into one phrase.
Simply magical
I do rape all I want. And the amount I want is zero. And I do murder all I want, and the amount I want is zero.“ - Penn Jillette
And therein the lie is revealed
"I now eat whatever I want but what I want has changed profoundly." That' it right there
until you have a succulent piece of apple pie and remember how amazing it tastes lol
@@fastfootedone Joke's on you my grandma made epic apple pies and we would just eat a whole baking plate of it in notime with grandpa. Sweet pastries were in our everyday life back then and since I cut out most sugary things from my daily life (no gummies, no donuts, little to none soda, etc) I wouldn't even want my grandma's pie. Sure I'd eat a slice or two just because of her, but that's it.
Prismatic that hit different
He literally prefaces the whole thing with "if you take medical advice from a Las Vegas magician, you are an idiot who deserves to die."
And yeah, you're kinda right (though muscle mass BARELY has an effect on resting metabolism compared to the same mass in stored fat--what additional muscle mass does is increases your caloric expenditures as a consequence of activity, plus protein synthesis is itself costly in terms of energy), but at the end of the day it's simple physics, and as long as you maintain a caloric deficit, you will lose weight. Exercise can contribute to a larger deficit, but it doesn't sound like Penn really needed that early on if he was losing 0.9 lbs a day, which is extreme to say the least.
No you It works, though. You should try it! There are others on RUclips who have done it!
"Being with my children was more important than eating chocolate cake." .....That's it right there!!!
He found his “Why”
That “did it” for me too ❤
"Be like a bear"? I think I can do that.
wow, i love your videos, never expected to see you comment of a video
I'm a big fan of P&T, if you are ever in Vegas you have to see their show.
Woah nice to see you here
Yep! and, like them, take the proverbial "shit in the woods". Its wonderfully liberating.
Instructions unclear I live in the woods now and catch fish and hunt now and I have my Baer cave
Living longer for my kids is more important than chocolate cake. That is the money quote.
So true!
Having or planing to have a family and living unhealthy is actually very selfish.
@@AdioAurel My Father lived unhealthy and died at 78. I think that was a pretty long life.
nah, that is the cheese quote.
It's not, though. Chocolate cake is way more important.
I mean you're free to disagree, but you'd be wrong.
Booooring! 🙄
"It turns out everything about eating is habit. It's all habitual." This spoke *volumes* to me.
tell that to a little kid who loves junk food.
It is. Try drinking skim Milk for a few weeks, then try full cream, it will taste disgusting. Humans are incredible at adapting. But its your choice on what food it should adapt to.
@@Holret kids will digest anything, their health is a lot more robust, its when you get older and keep the same habits is the problem.
@@Holret If you're the parent, do it. And also: They're kids. They eat whats on the table. Maybe transition it slowly, but come on. Kids are stupid in many ways (and very smart in others) and need to be guided. Same like pets. If a pet is fat, you don't keep giving them the same food and going "Well, can't do anything! It doesn't want to change!"
Big Think: How Penn Jillette Lost over 100 Lbs and Still Eats Whatever He Wants
Penn Jilette: I just ate potatoes.
Apparently, something was lost in the translation.
"I don't respect moderation." This lowkey spoke to me
I married a moderate man, and honestly, its the one really, truly annoying thing about him. He just doesnt have a live-it-up mode. Don't worry, I do. He's learning. 🤪
As a moderate person who lives with an impulsive person it's the opposite for me. I don't mind their faster pace as long as they're smart about it--but boy do they seem to resent me for my own pace?
But when I buy something I'm SURE I want it and will use it. Meanwhile they've gone through like 7 different impulse cars, two different workout stations that they never used, five different lamps, etc etc etc. Yet I'M somehow a villain for knowing what I want and spending way less?! xD
I think it's guilt. They feel irresponsible when their partner isn't spending widely like they do. It makes them self conscious! But whooooo carrrrres. As long as you're living in your means and get along does it matter? Get over yourselves and stop resenting other people for your actions.
@@carlotta4th i was definitely talking about food... and I dont resent anyone who declines to eat 3 cookies, its just hard to give them a treat.
I read Penn's book, I tried the cray ray diet and failed. I went Keto/IF and succeeded. Without Penn's encouragement to go a little bit crazy I never would have found my way. For that, I will forever be grateful.
You still on keto/IF?
How’s it goin now?
@@diamonddave16 Notice there is no reply? Keto is not sustainable.
youre poor heart and kidneys
@@marcusvaldesgold!
"I do not cheat, it's all part of my plan." - Been in the fitness industry for 15 years and that is the first time I've heard it phrased that way. I like this guy's way of thinking.
Its just semantics, but yea, its a better way to look at it. At least you wont feel guilty when you "cheat"
@@missionpupa I wouldn't call it semantics if the way you phrase something changes your perspective either positively or negatively.
@@Naturalfreakz This is the foundation of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Aaron Beck knew this a long, long time ago.
The Weight Watchers, now WW, is all about this kind of attitude. No cheating, just awareness and a plan.
The worst way to lose weight is to "go on a diet". A diet is a set of rules. Something with a set of rules is a game. To win a game, you can cheat or you can find ways of legally twisting past the rules. That is the most natural way for people to act. But with the diet game, whenever you win, you gain weight. Don't play the game; don't follow or fight rules; just do what is sensible and helps you achieve your goal. You don't need rules to tell you what that is.
"Somehow I believed that my mind could stay healthy and happy even as my body was falling apart." - Penn
This. I needed to hear this.
Me too.
As do many of my patients...
I wish all the Fat Acceptance idiots would take this in too.
People truly believe their minds are fine when they are obese? Really? As if the brain is a totally separate from the body??
I'm painfully aware that my mind is the reason why my body is falling apart.
This has to be my favorite conversation on weight loss I have ever heard. Thank you
I went through similar and lost 60 lbs which took me from obese to normal. It is extremely difficult to keep the weight off. Over the years I gained back 20 lbs and now I'm trying to "reset" my cravings and lose it again. Penn disagrees with the word addiction but it really does feel like it sometimes. It's like someone who has done heroin and gets the full experience, gets addicted, then quits. It is so easy to get back into that addiction mindset. It's a life long thing.
@ Alistair: Totally agree.
Keep pushing.
He lost the weight because he had a triple bypass surgery. It doesn't matter what he did he would have lost weight anyway.
@@vitalityfox He did not have weight loss surgery. He lost it by eating two weeks of plain potatoes and then switching to a WFPB diet. If you read his book Presto!, he talks about how his doctor wanted him to do the WLS but he opted for a dietary change instead.
Also, triple bypass refers to a type of heart surgery. The WLS procedure you're probably thinking of is gastric bypass or gastric sleeve.
I was addicted to cigarettes. I quit smoking 10 years ago. My way of addiction is something you’re addicted to, completely divorce yourself from it whether it’s soda, alcohol, or certain processed foods.
He ate potatoes for two weeks so he could reset his *taste* *spuds*
Comedian of the Century!
You need, to shut. The fuck. Up.
marineboundouris
No you
Jenkins it's a reference to Penn's line in Penn & Teller bullshit
Clever lol
Jokes on you guys, the 100lbs is actually in his chest pocket next to his handkerchief.
this should have 1000 likes lmaooo
Hahaha
LOL😂😂😂
i don't get this comment, i feel like i need to understand it for my life to be more complete. Please explain.
@@aga5979 it's Magic
I'm 16 days into this diet and have stripped off 20 pounds already. If I ever manage to appear on your show, I'm going to thank you publicly.
Day 25: 26 pounds lighter! 😁
I am on day 2 ... i am doing this for 50 days. Hoping to lose 40 pounds, with intermittent fasting too
@@RoscoesRiffs And how is it now?
@@VanMorgue After I lost 30 pounds, my wife worried about me and started requiring me to eat some protien every day, which slowed the weight loss considerably. Still, I'm losing the fat slowly. Every time five more pounds disappears, I add a five-pound can of Crisco to my stack in the corner. There are eight of them now -- representing weight I no longer must carry around all the time. Oh, and last night my wedding band slipped off in the dishwater. 😎🖖
@@RoscoesRiffs thanks for the update! Slow is good, and your wife was right. Do you have any aversion against food you have enjoyed before? I’m asking, because I have experienced it. It’s interesting to get other’s experiences.
I went plant based and lost 130 pounds and have kept it off for 2 years this March!
A very important thing he says is to sleep longer.
Even minimal sleep deprivation can disturb a weight-loss diet.
I dont have AC so i never sleep in the summer
I’ve been doing this diet for 2 years. It’s called being poor!
Magic la primera lives!
@@HairMetalNation. that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard
@@nop384 yeah, now that I think about it you dont really see a lot of obese poor people.
Okay got some audible laughter from this one
@@nop384 Processed food is very cheap. Calories are not hard to come by in the first world.
Thank you. This perspective helped me on my journey to lose 25% of my body weight using a different approach. I'm halfway towards my goal of 25% of my weight, but I've done that in six months. I will incorporate your emphasis on habit and accepting the inevitably of rare occasions when I eat something less healthy in making it the rest of the way to my goal weight.
Do not eat: rice, potatos, flour products, or sugar. I lost 29 lbs in 9 months.
Good luck with whatever wirks.... always remember your weight is a number; but how do you FEEL? If you feel good then youre doing it right.
I lost 140 lbs in a year eating potatoes along with a whole foods plant based diet 5 years ago and have kept it off. I was low carb for 6 years and lost my gallbladder in an emergency 7 hour surgery that took 6 months to recover. It was impacted into my liver. My surgeon said 90% of his patients eat keto/atkins/low carb. My BP was always sky high and had bleeding gums. Upon my discharge he advised me to go enjoy a bowl of organic oatmeal and fruit. I’ve never looked back. You are right with your statement of - it’s how you feel. I never thrived eating low carb & now I do. BP is 117/76, blood profile is perfect & no more bleeding gums. Research Dr Esselstyn, Dr Klaper, Dr McDougall, Dr Gregor & Dr Goldhamer’s - The Pleasure Trap.
Great job on the transformation I started out at 225 than cut out soda and maintained 203-210 for a while and went on a diet and started just walking 30 minutes to an hour a day now I am sitting at 168 I got 14 pounds until I hit my goal weight and hope to gain a few pounds of muscle. You guys can do it 💙
He's the only person I've ever heard have a huge transformation like this and not be a douche. He's quite good at then for just about everything he does
which is rare for him because he is a well known douch
@@jsmith3946 in what sense
@@boser2562 he acts like he know more the any else and that his opinion is the only one that matters
what? his entire gimmick is being douchey.
@@jsmith3946 met him, couldn't have been a nicer guy.
I'm dumb enough to take medical advice from a Vegas Magician.
My husband went to a hypnotist here in Missouri who performed in Vegas prior to coming to town. My husband was a 3-pack a day smoker, heart attack, oxygen: he was hypnotised by this man. It has been over 15 years ago, and he has never had the desire for a cigarette. I sat with while he was hypnotized, it was amazing, and it worked. This Vegas performer saved his life. So, I dunno.....
@@chaley0206 it seems to vary, a couple of my relatives have gone to hypnotists for smoking and it worked for a little while, then they start again.
@@chaley0206 I tried hypnotism for weight loss 3 times and it didn't work. Don't know why. Disappointing
@@CassieDavis613 I think Penn described what it feels like to lose the weight, and how its done. However if you dont have the mentality for it youll never do it.
@@barodrinksbeer7484 First steps is the hardest. Pushing the car at the beginning also is hard till it starts going.
A really motivating story. Although I am certain that method is NOT for me, I have been living the intermittent fasting way of life for 70 days. It is changing my life in a lot of ways similar to this story. None the less, thank you for the motivation and a demonstration of the passion to change your life.
The beauty of moderation is the beauty of mastery. Once you've found yourself, the easier it is to take-care of yourself.
He had me at "potatoes". Then he nailed it when he said "hibernate".
It's not just the mind body connection that Penn became nicer and easier to be around once he lost the weight, it was also the sacrifice he made to help his family, to be there for them, by taking care of his health. His HEART grew bigger. ;)
I revisit this video from time to time just to hear a nice story told in an enjoyable listening fashion
"When you're losing weight, be a little bit like a bear" That is such a wonderful comparison. And such a soft way to talk about weight loss, a topic so wrapped up in self hate and loathing.
EDIT: IDK why this comment popped off but people keep misinterpreting it. The part of the quote I was impressed by was the gentleness of how it was phrased, not the intricate little details of weight loss science.
Bit silly though isn't it because physical activity has innumerate positive effects on physical and mental health, even just going for a walk
I think its because when you're making such drastic diet changes, its also hard to change exercise habits at the same time and can get overwhelming and then people give up. He's really saying focus on one aspect at a time and you're more likely to succeed.
@@mrbouncelol He didn't say it doesn't. He said it makes no sense to do it while you're also fighting your diet. I am from Germany, let me tell you: Fighting a war on two fronts is idiotic.
@@mrbouncelol No it is not silly because taking 2 challenges on at once when the first challenge is already exceptionally difficult is just asking for a total failure, regardless of whatever you can say about how much the second challenge will help you, and the consequences for failure in Penn's case were exceptionally high. He was in a near death state, it's not like he's in his 30s having a mid-life crisis after realizing his discipline was mediocre. Physical activity will also exaggerate your hunger desires, making it harder to diet, which is completely unnecessary since diet will do 90% of the work for losing weight. On top of that, exercise for extremely overweight people is not just difficult but at times painful and dangerous (even "just going for a walk"), whereas exercise post-weight loss is significantly easier and only takes a few months of wait time before you begin.
Shut up weeb
"I don't cheat, because it's part of my plan." Genius.
Translation: I plan to cheat.
@@frankmanning3815 Translation: I renamed "cheating" to "planning."
@@frankmanning3815 nope it translates to resetting
Can't cheat if it's in the rules.
This is the only "weight loss transformation" video I've enjoyed watching. I watched the preview when it came up on my home tab and it actually drew me in - "so and so lost such and such amount" doesn't do that, but this guy certainly did and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him tell his stories.
Same here - the loss of all cravings vanished from dryfasting alone, and when re-feeding eating only one meal a day without any diet dogma - just eating what I liked. Plus the kidneys and adrenal glands performance improved, and I finally got off all glandulars from having a thyroid removed in 1971.
Even his glasses became thinner
Wonderful observation that made me honestly LOL, I assume you're a student of magic?
ARUCARDFTEPES he still looks like a dry walnut wearing glasses and wears nail varnish,cos he's not just a magician but he's a satanist
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There were on a infomercial those glasses. I forgot the name.
GravityTricks lol your comment had me laughing for longer than I should have
This guy is a really good storyteller. I enjoyed this a lot.
Yes, I wish he would just do a lecture tour or something
@@solangejolie7037 He could make a good living and then some, going on the speech circuit.
Check out his podcast. Penns sunday school.
Indeed 👌
Completely agree. Storytelling is largely a lost art.
🤣 I literally just posted the same thing! I went from 470 to 229, literally by just trying to be happy! No surgery, no pills, nothing!
Bravo 👏
Penn, you really are an inspiration and a model for life.
not just for weight loss and for your craft
but for your attitude and wisdom
bless you !
He explained his experience with his weight loss beautifully.
Penn is such a convincing speaker - it's so strange, cuz I don't really agree on so much of what he says but his self belief is really intriguing.
@@Casmige haha - you got it! When he's talking magic - it's magic, but a lot of other stuff yeah - infuriating.
Also, didn't he kinda say "I don't eat meat except for when I do"?
@@NeonXXP more power to ya - I mean Penn in general, I love him as a person and performer but some of his stuff during the Bullshit! era wasn't my cuppa!
@@yuinui I'm not sure I follow.
@Mic3x never heard this - what makes you say that?
what i like about Penn is that he is willing to change it's mind and learn, compared this video to some of his bullshit episodes, he also change it's mind about global warming,
I had a *similar* experience to Penn. when I started working in college, I had literally no time to eat most days. It was class, go to work, drive back to class. All day most days, from dawn to dusk. Naturally, I lost weight. Went from 250lbs to 180-190 and it would hover in that range for a while. Once I saw I wasn’t dropping weight anymore, I started exercising. Vigorously. Calisthenics, weight training, intense cardio. I was part of a boot camp program that literally simulated military boot camp and went to the gym on my own to hit the weights. I guess I was at the weight my body wanted to be at because I never dropped below 175, but my body composition changed dramatically. Much more muscle mass and much less fat. Just like Penn, I started to find certain foods repulsive. Mostly sweets and junk, not meats and such, but still. I left college and started working and with that the workouts ended and I put some of the weight back on, but even after putting on more fat I know I didn’t lose the muscle and me at 230 pre weight loss and post weight loss are two completely different bodies. I’m definitely down from my peak calisthenics and running performance, but my strength is still here (I’d say I’m actually stronger than I was when I was at my lowest weight). My stamina is still more than what it originally was, I can still crank out a decent amount of pull ups or push ups, and I’m nowhere near as winded as I was when running or jogging.
Great video! Love Penn, glad to see he's feeling better and healthier and I really appreciate him sharing his strategy.
My daughter asked me to train her to run
I use to do distance running
But smoked when I got older
The next day I gave up smoking
Going on 6 years now
My point is children are the best motivators
That's incredible, God bless you
What if you don't have any ? :(
Day Man is that what happened to your parents marriage when you were born?
@Day Man dark bro
Great job. I just had my 1 year anniversary of stopping
I gave up soda and picked up water and that habit change literally changed my life
@@mrtraa2639 wait, what's wrong with milk?
Imagine never habitually drinking any of those to begin with, and not even have to give them up.
@@kirihara147 nothing really. There's big arguments against it but this have been proven wrong
I drink water too. My mom keeps trying to get me to drink carbonated water vecause she says its easier than drinking plain water :\
You are sexy
The same thing happened to me when I changed my lifestyle, I slowly lost interest for animal products, I first lost interest for cheese, then I went from beef to chicken, to fish and now I eat plant based, because that's what I want. 🌱 Well done, Penny! That's a whole lot of weight!
You gona kill yourself do carnivore life style man!
Congrats!! Really good info.
My dad was 50 when I was born and he died when I was 33. I was so lucky to have him that long. Anything you can do to stay around for your kids will be appreciated. Good on you for making necessary changes.
MY DAD WAS 50 WHEN I WAS BORN!!!
My grandmother adopted me when she was 51. She also passed when I was 33.
My mom passed away when she was 33 and I was 8
Amazing mine too.
I started dieting last year and now I'm down 105lbs(still going).
My target weight is 175-180lbs, so I still have about 26lbs or so to lose.
This video kept popping up in my head through out the whole diet.
Wow, congratulations! That's amazing. Did you eat plant based?
Nice dude, hope you succeed!
@MachoDingus Contrats, you've done well and will meet your goal. Keep up the good work your extended life is worith it.
Nice dude. I’m down 127 pounds but I eat 4,000 calories in one meal a day. That’s it.
Update
Really good to see Penn again and a healthier version...he came to see me live doing stand up and he has a huge presence due to his height and weight. I agree with him about losing taste for meat and sugary crap. I had a gastric bypass and have lost over 100kg. My taste buds are more sensitive now and above all quality over quantity. Really pleased to see Penn explain his changes....its all about habits!
Thanks
Great segment
It worked for me.
245 to 170 in 6 months in a 5ft 3 inch frame
Thank you, Penn
About 60 more to go, right?
Wow
Yea also recommend fasting, went from 340 to 220, mostly taught me self discipline and how fucked up I was eating, I used to be able to eat two whopper meals at lunch and still get dinner, now I eat just one sandwich (no fries or soda) and that fills me up for days.
But damn you realize how many calories you eat daily and it gets ridiculous.
Logic Reason, which food did you pick? Did you add any seasoning or eat it plain?
He actually looked better big. 😏
Now you see 340 Ib?
*Claps hands*
Now you don't.
A few years later... "Tada! Here it is again!"
That would mean he disappeared completely!
230 is not lightweight. When I was 225, I had apnea. Lost it at 200 and now at 167.
El Tigre how tall are you?
Only reason I liked it was to be number 200
This was the best, most practical, honest common sense guide to losing weight and keeping it off. I did not expect it at all when I clicked on it and am pleasantly surprised and impressed.
Good for you man. You look fantastic and I'm glad your pressure is in line now.
He didn't use the V-word when he said he doesn't eat any meat or animal products. Class act!
The best trick he's ever done. Not literally. Metaphorically.
That's one of the best comments on this page. Literally not metaphorically
Metaphorically I'm not literate.
I think you mean figuratively
Metaphysically speaking, I'm euphoric!
Probably you meant:
"Euphorically speaking I'm metaphoric."
Great story well told. Inspiring Penn. Thanks for sharing.
Love the entertainer habits he has; talking with his hands, clear explanations, interesting to listen to …love it! Anyways, you look great!
"Addiction is a loaded word an no one really knows what it means". - Penn
Couldn't agree more.
Spoken like a real magician. Addictive substances bind to the dopamine receptor in the brain. Alcohol, nicotine, narcotics, glucose (sugar). It's real, and it's physiology and biochemistry, not habit and not a loaded word, and not some political victim class thing. And eating potatoes every day doesn't get rid of it. You fight it every day of your life. People outside of science who aren't addicted will never understand that.
The Merriam Webster dictionary knows.
I know exactly what it's like to be addicted to even sugar. When stopping sugar I suffered severe withdrawal symptoms and was sick for almost a week. Headaches, lethargy, body aches, etc. On some things, Penn is a pseudo-intellectual, lacking common wisdom. It's one thing to be fact smart, but it's a whole other ball game to be wise. He is a smart magician, though.
Addiction - once I start I cant stop.. simple
Thank you for this comment.
Very well done. Rooting for you👍. Loves and blessings. 💎
Really enjoyed listening to you. Congratulations on your success! I’m down 80lbs and half way. Taste buds totally change.
Ahhh I can relate my Dad died when I was 11, my Mom when I was 20 so when he said every day of my life I mourned them I felt for him.
I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️
Good for you, man. I've lost 60 lbs since July 5th.
how?!
Get a calorie counter app, first of all. That's been just as much help as anything I've done on my own. As far as food goes, I've kept my caloric intake around 1000-1250 per day. My basic diet revolves around coffee w/skim milk for breakfast, chicken breast tenderloins, boiled pierogies and a vegetable for lunch, and a salad with vinegar (no oil) for dinner. If I want cheese on something I use fat free cheese, and if I want a snack I eat fruit. Also PAY ATTENTION TO SERVING SIZES. You gotta measure your food sometimes, which seems awkward at first, but totally worth it. But honestly, what the key is is wanting to do it. Like 80% willpower, 20% dieting.
ive been calorie counting. I've noticed I really like 1 meal a day. Dear all, please don't take my advice, I've only started my diet for about 1-2 weeks now. Not sure if im loosing yet. But I go for 1,500 calories a day of whatever the hell I want. Somedays I eat dominos bread bowl pasta. Somedays I eat 1,500 calories worth of macoroni and cheese. But thats all I eat. Hopefully I will be able to report back in a few months that Ive lost a ton of wieght. Hope so.
I'm coming up on 100 pounds soon, 44 waist to 38, 4X to XL, by doing the Bone Broth diet. I feel better than I have in 30 years. I'm about Penn's size. I'm gonna try for 200 pounds, for a total of 145 lost. It's doable.
@Blue Steel
Scrolled down the comments and saw yours by chance. I just want to chime in very quickly, although I could go on and on for hours or days about it. Just simply stop eating dominos, stop eating pasta and what is called "simple carbs", google it for detail. Just avoid rice, bread, dough, flour etc... no saturated fats, healthy fats only like nuts, avocado's, etc... Introduce a lot of lean white fish, or salmon(nothing breaded or deep fried). Use Extra Virgin Olive Oil when you cook. Turkey meat can replace beef in a lot of meals (turkey burgers, turkey shepherd's pie with cauliflower mash... get inventive). Also delete potatoes from your diet, in any form.
Ok now I'm just rambling, but my point is if you change your way of eating and what you eat. No sugar, simple carbs, and introduce healthy choices, you will lose weight without "counting calories". It's true you need a certain amount of calories a day, but counting them is for strict athletes who need to cut weight or for a general rule of thumb so you can optimise your diet. Don't use it like, "oh a pizza is 1000 calories and 3 bags of chips is 500 calories, so I'll starve for the rest of the day and lose weight". Doesn't work like that, so I encourage you to stop that, and truly change your diet and your bad habits.
I know all this through experience, I've myself lost 40lbs and maintained it. I calorie counted years ago, lost the weight and gained it all back. I hope you try what I'm telling you and change your life, otherwise I wish you the best in the future.
Thank you so very much sharing
Your talk was great
Your honesty!!!! Come back on and share again !
I’m really Proud of you. Great job.
There's an endearing tenderness to the way he expresses what's at stake - ex time with his kids vs chocolate cake.
Arch Mage did someone say steak??
+Hass C
I'm a vegan but still thought that was funny, kind of thoughtless but funny. ;-) I just hope you'll take things a bit more seriously, there is really a lot to gain by "crossing over" to the vegan side. I did almost 2 yrs. ago after DECADES of entrenched habits and do not regret it. So if I can do it anybody can.
evangelism hurts your cause.
Iluv Merengue Nope. It's too expensive. And science actually shows Vegan diet is not as healthy as a a balanced diet with meat.
Too expensive??? Do you actually buy meat at the supermarket? I virtually stopped eating beef about 3 yrs. ago because I couldn't afford it. Chicken and pork are more affordable but I rarely ate pork. And fish, unless it's farm-raised and thus very unhealthy, is very expensive too. A plant-based diet is only expensive if 1) One is on a tight budget and want to eat everything organic (I don't), and 2) consume a lot of processed vegan foods.
Science cannot actually show that a "vegan" diet is unhealthy because a "vegan" diet only describes what people don't eat, not what they actually eat. It's really IMPOSSIBLE to determine which nutrients any given person is consuming or lacking, much less an entire group, just based on what they're not eating because it's not that hard to get the nutrients contained in animal foods from plant foods or supplements. To the contrary, the only largest study in existence which was done with the Adventists who are largely vegetarians (not necessarily vegans) showed they enjoyed much better health than "omnivores". And funny thing, what I've found is the exact opposite of what you said, lots of people, including myself, switched from a "balanced diet with meat" because it ruined their/our health and began feeling much better after going plant-based. I myself got cured from long-standing depression and anxiety and lost about 23 lbs. However, 1 year and 9 mo. later I'm still struggling to recover from all the damage decades of eating animal products did to me, and I was always very nutrition conscious, just couldn't afford to eat organic foods or grass-fed, free range meats, etc.
I think it’s really fascinating how this isn’t clickbait. He isn’t able to “eat whatever he wants” because of his diet. He’s able to make healthy food the “whatever he wants”
Unfortunately, most vegetables taste like crap.
@@d.e.b.b5788 That's what you think ~right now~, but with time + effort those vegetables may turn into something you want to eat.
Moderation isn’t a small slope. Moderation is balancing between attempting Everest, and taking care of yourself and recovering afterwards.
Congratulations on your weight loss sir.
Very thought provoking!!!
THANK-YOU for the absolutely BEST TRUTH about eating! No one has ever explained it better, put it into clearly understandable language and made the reality of food choices more REAL.
We've all heard that old expression, "We're creatures of habit!" You confirmed it. Change your habit, change your life!
For those commenting on his loose skin, keep in mind that he didn't just lose over 100 pounds quickly. He's also 63. Our skin loses elasticity as we age but the skin is a living organ. His skin still has a lot of shrinking to do, but he will probably look better a year or 2 from now.
It depends on how long you had that extra weight. Skin does shrink a bit but I've got friends that used to weigh over 300lbs and now one fellow is about 180 and his nipples are still about 9 or 10 inches below where they are normally and his stomach looks like a giant tongue (very similar to that movie with Adam Sandler) and it's been about 6 years since he lost all the weight and has no belief that it will get better without skin reduction surgery.
The Gamers Crib Dayam!!!
Skin doesn't shrink.
most people who lose much weight need to get it cut off
@@hansjuh5588 Dry fasting.
love this! thank you.
It took me five years to find this video, but I love this man and his advice
There’s a humility about him that I found refreshing and I liked the concept of resetting one’s taste buds.
More like a reckoning, he knows his days are numbered and he will burn in hell for mocking God. Penn, no amount of potatoes or salad eating will keep you from burning for all eternity and you will because there is a God, and his wrath will be forever.
Betty Boop cool
There has yet to be a Penn Jillette interview that I'm not 100% interested in. Such a great person.
This dude just radiates positive energy and hopefulness. What a solid dude. His hard work has paid off. good for him!
♡♡♡I believe I came across this "now" because it was meant. My weight isn't terrible, not great either, but your ability to tell a story - your story is just fanatic. Thank you♡ for your honesty ♤♡◇♧
Penn has always had a great way of articulating his point! Always enjoy his talks.
You’re awesome man, this is an inspiration!
Good for you Penn! Nice story and thoughts. It should inspire.
He's so right about exercise in the initial weight loss process. Just about all the people I know (myself included) who have dropped a significant amount of weight know that it's way more about diet than exercise. Now once you lose the weight, it's good to exercise so you don't look like a flabby ass, but anyone who thinks you can lose a ton of weight merely through working out is kidding themselves, and I think it's why a lot of people fail.
Yeah, I think you and Penn are right about that. Also, with too much excess weight, you have a much greater chance of injuries. Unfortunately I'm speaking from experience.
It's the same with gaining muscle mass. All the people who do it the smart way know, that it's 80% eating and 20% training.
that and if you don't exercise important muscles like the back and lose a ton of weight you end up with back pain. I went from 297 to 204 in 8 months
He's very wrong. Exercise will not only help you burn calories, but it will make your body produce important hormones for the body. Not only that, if you have a lot of caloric deficit, you will not only burn fat, but also muscle.
It's not important for an old guy like Penn, but for young people is very important.
It's really not important if you're overweight. The reason so many people fail to lose weight and exercise is because they try to do both at the same time, which sets you up to fail out the gate. The most important thing for weight loss is diet, that's really not up for debate. You simply cannot work out enough to burn away all your calories unless you're the guy running a marathon every day. Diet's are actually more difficult than working out, and people really need to fix that aspect of their life before they try to add working out to the mix.
I wouldn't have recognised him.
He looks a lot older now.
When you get fat your skin stretches. When you loose weight your skin can't un-stretch so you end up with loose skin. All that loose skin makes him look older now.
It can unstretch if you do it gradually, and not 'binge' on weight loss.
Yes, if you are young. Penn is over 60 so come on, there was no chanche for him to look like 25 again.
In fairness, he *is* a lot older now. Seven years passed between those photos, and most people show significant aging between age 53 and 60.
YeeHawfinch even if you do it gradually unless you're really young it won't unstretch
This video has touched me in so many ways the fact that I no longer feel alone in my failing to keep the weight off and also the mindset approach to dieting is right up my alley. When he mentioned him being a father later in life made me feel better about being 36 with no kids. Even about thinking I can keep my mind sharp even if my body fell apart, i mean i could go on... I've never had a video so profoundly move me to make a change in my life. I literally and I mean literally cant put the words together to Express how much Penn has changed my thinking cause I know this comment is all over the place sorry but WOW
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Hope you lost some weight!
I read his book and it inspired me to go on a potato diet. I went on it for a month and lost 10 kg. I am so thankful.
Penn's new diet is basically the diet followed by the National Health Association (at HealthScience.org) and all of the doctors associated with the organization. Whole food/plant-based and little-to-no added "SOS" (salt, oil, and sugar). I suggest that we non-celebrity folks take a longer time than Penn did to change eating habits because we need to change the way we shop at the store and prepare/cook our food while we have a job, house, family, and other responsibilities to manage. If we change our food and food habits slowly, we're more likely to stick with it.
I did this 20 years ago as I looked at my family's history of high blood pressure and stroke. I'm now older than my father was when he passed away. And I don't have the ailments he and other relatives have had at the same age.
Good for Penn - this is a well-told story.
This is the way I eat, a whole foods plant based diet, with no animal products. I feel great and my weight is going down.
I agree. Most of us need to do it incrementally and many of us are time poor. I lost a lot of weight. I am still overweight but considerably less so and physically feel much better. I did it by just incorporating better things in. Ironically I still eat butter and have gone to full fat yoghurt. It is much easier to eat smaller portions if you are just eat real food
petmom ful “what” you eat doesn’t cause your weight to increase or decrease. the “how much” you eat does. you can get fat on vegan food and lose weight on gas station food.
@@mattdelvecchio1537 Yes, but I eat nutrient and fiber dense food, low calorie food, and I eat all I want. I fill up on healthy food. So I do not have to be hungry or malnourished, and I am losing weight. I don't eat vegan junk food from the gas station. It is not enough to just be vegan, IMHO. I eat whole, nutritious food, avoid junk, avoid cigarettes, avoid booze, drink distilled water, and exercise. I am 63, and due to health issues I have had, I try really hard now to stay healthy. When I get to a good weight, I will eat more nuts, and more grains, and more seeds to maintain it.
@Wo Jak The US does not eat a plant based diet. Most people in the US eat meat as the focus of their dinner. We are taught that we should drink plenty of milk for calcium to have strong bones. We have eggs for breakfast, and toast with butter. I don't know ANYONE here in America that eats a plant based diet, besides me. My doctor said his wife is a vegan, but other than that, I know of no one.
I really, really, really like this man.
James Esteron I'm offended that you assumed the gender identity of this father of two!!
I like him too
Gay
Mike Nolesy Nolan i'll assume you know this first hand.
he’s all yours.
Amen, Thank you Mr Penn congratulations on your life change, i hope to follow your example.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing penn
Me and my buddy started this doet before finding out about it simply because we knew only eating when you need it makes it all worth eating and in 3 months lost 40 pounds working at the renesance in arizona! Still going strong
Can you tell me about your routine? I'm a bit lost..
No matter what he looks like, he is healthier and a better person (his own words) and he has done something amazing. I think the way he talks about it is exceptional, he's been humbled by it all. I found it inspiring that he isn't gloating about doing it, he's just really realistic about it! I hope he lives for a long time and stays healthier. I think he's got amazing balance and his skin will keep shrinking, so he'll look better as time goes on. I want to say well done to you! What an achievement!!!
It is great that you got rid of animal products. Save your health save the planet and certainly save animals!
He looks sick
I read Penn's book and after trying keto and other diets, I got on the starch solution train. It's nice being able to eat without worrying about portions, counting calories. I made a list of what I like to eat and I clearly prefer carbs over fats. I get blood work tomorrow and expect lower cholesterol.
Fascinating person you are Mr Penn. Thank you for this video :)
He is 95% vegan, and that is perfectly ok. He doesnt have to be 100% to make a difference for himself or the environment. Im proud that he is able share this without being hated on. Keep it up man!
Iron Wolf Man even still vegetarianism isnt bad either
@@MrTrombonebandgeek well, if primarily eating dairy and eggs it still supports animal agriculture and the animals' prolonged suffering. Unless if its your own animals or you know the farm very well, its hard to protect the animals' life style. If you are talking about health, it really depends on how much or little the person eats eggs and dairy.
FUCK YOU!
@@travelingman5146 that escalated quickly... over a month.
Cant be 95% vegan. 95% plant based eating :) vegans cant cheat and eat meat,m
4:00 the corn was a-maize-ing, you say???
Stop it. Go to your room.
Go home
Good work.
Awesome video!
My Son Aaron told me About this...He loved Penn what he does as well atheist, unfortunately. My Son didn't ever do this he DID pass away from being overweight NO HE caught himself but was in the hands of a medical team who made extreme mistakes regarding kidney issue. I can't believe I stumbled on this I remember my Son telling me about this potato thing and the success of eating well. Aaron was amazing, interesting, loving, intelligent as a electrical engineering. I lived this itvbrought me back to a time when my Son was having one of our conversations. Aaron I miss you desperately.💔
Sorry for your loss. Its been said the only real tragedy in life is out living your children. I certainly don't want that. I grieve for you. best memories for your Son.
Much love to you.
Heard and took the video message about 4 months ago. It serve to trigger my endeavor to lose weight. Having a track record of yo-yo weight gain/loss. I felt like some of the key opinions and suggestions highlighted by Penn served to finally give me the right set of mind to change my personal eating habits. To date, I have lost considerable weight, feel better and stronger to continue on my positive eating habits pathway. I am on week 1 of the "potato only diet". Its been tough but I can now assimilate his description of not wanting "refined, meats, greasy, high sodium foods." Thanks for the upload.
This guy is a genius and very observant. He manages to word things very eloquently… things I felt but could never word them
Very inspiring!
As soon as I lost the weight and started lifting I went from a straight C student to a straight A student. It was probably mostly due to increased discipline but what he said about the mind being directly affected by the health of the body is completely true.
SWOLESILVERBACK shit man, that's awesome
There's fascinating research out there showing people who ate 7+ fruits or 8+ veges a day (or something like that) in an experiment felt a sense of eudaemonia or human flourishing/thriving categorised by feelings of engagement, creativity, meaning, and purpose in life! nutritionfacts.org/video/foods-increase-happiness/
Sounds like its a socially acceptable way to keep the sugar high in play. Not super saturated like drinking sodas with twinkies, but eating fruit every 2 to 3 hours a day is living on sweets. Most everyone gets a mood lift with the free energy boost. This study is simply flawed by the concept that sciend things is smart: compartmentalize and close a system to see how it works. This is frankly nuts when it comes to a human in real life social and personal activities that all contribute to mood.
Myself, and not equivalent to a study by any means, at day 10 of my water only diet, or as most know it: fast. My mood is excellent, but my energy is way off. I wish I could say its because I haven't yet adapted to feeding on internal fat vs. pizza and cuba libre's. But the fact is my cardio, recovery, and endurance are in the tank. Also breathing deeply gets me high. Hi have to adjust my oxygen intake to more, but going over the edge is easy. My conclusion is to stick with the medical analysis, your metabolism changes when you live on internal fat and unnecessary cells, and that's all.
So switching to berries every two hours is just boosting your metabolism to a sugar/carb energy supply. People feel good when doing life is easier, your energy is up does this. Losing weight and building muscle does this too. But in the end, beyond that and often more importantly, your social network can make anything feel better and improve your mood regardless of your limitations. Peace.
BMan18 first of all, your paragraph makes no fucking sense and I lost brain cells attempting to decipher what you were getting across. I would suggest not commenting on things you don't know anything about. There's nothing wrong with eating 6+ servings of fruit a day. To compare something as nourishing as fruit to table sugar is plain ignorance. There's scientific evidence people with plant based diets who have healthy gut flora are less likely to be depressed. Eating clean is directly linked to your emotional state. Stop spewing nonsense.
I once fasted for 20 days. after, i tried a can of plain seltzer water. It tasted like coca cola. Also lost 25 pounds.
I fasted off and on all month long. I would fast for 3 days at a time then break it. I lost around 37 pounds, my taste buds have also reset, sense of smell is very strong, and overall more energy.
Dad how long did it take to lose the 37 pounds?
@@vitalityfox how did you even manage that while going to work and so on? I lack the energy to do most things tbh and fasting gives even less energy.. How does that stuff work?
Dad how does it feel for the world to call you dad?
I wish I could fast. I get light-headed and nauseated. I already intermittent fast during the day but I have to eat daily for blood sugar levels. Huge bummer because, psychologically, I could totally fast for a month or two. Oh well! Congrats!