Chuck Carroll's 265-Pound Weight Loss Story | The Exam Room Podcast
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- On a new segment of The Exam Room podcast, host Chuck Carroll talks about his personal weight loss story with Dr. Neal Barnard. He lost an incredible 265 pounds-going from 420 pounds to just 155 pounds. He talks about his battle with food addiction, and Dr. Barnard explains the science of food addiction. Listen to the full episode: PCRM.org/Podcast.
Please, pls, pls don’t have surgery! I was 300 pounds two years ago. I am sitting on 220 now. I am slowly going WFPB - and expect to lose another 75 pounds within the next year.... pls rather change the way you eat instead of heading for a surgery that changes your insides for ever.
how is everything doing now?
Dr. Barnard is such a gentle, understanding soul. And Chuck, you are so inspirational for the mental part of your weight loss journey. Your determination is something truly amazing!
Thank you Chunk...thank you dr Bernard...thank you alot
I do not have enough words to thank you both 💐💐💐
Could there be a more pleasant person on earth than Dr. Barnard?
Thank you Chuck thank you Dr. Barnard, you are both an inspiration. I have been vegan for 4 years. Love from Greece.
So good to hear that, at least you, are not eating those adorable and innocent Lamb children.
I am not vegan but I am Heather
Dr. Barnard uses such respectful wording. He doesn’t shame any lifestyle, yet stays true to vegan practices.
Count me in as part of the megaphone for the growing plant-based movement that not only changes lives, it SAVES lives. An even greater impact is the reduction of pain and suffering experienced by the animals. Going plant-based is one of the GREATEST decisions that I ever made. Way to go PCRM!!!!!!
Good on you Chuck! I was in a lot of chronic pain, lots of medications, and my small 5 foot frame went up to 95 kilos. I had the gastric sleeve surgery and lost 19 kilos, and that’s where it stopped. Then I began educating myself about nutrition and different diets. I was on a ketogenic diet and lost another 16 kilos. I then went off all the medications and was totally pissed off because the pain was still there. More education and I came across the whole food plant based diet and within 4 weeks the pain was gone. I was overjoyed. That was 8 months ago and I haven’t looked back. Pirkko from Queensland Australia
Thanks to Dr. Bernard's lectures on RUclips I lost 65kg, without having to have such an invasive surgery!
Thank you!
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Amazing!!
What was your strategy to lose that much weight?
I am one of those failed bariatric surgery! I gained back all the weight and then some. Over 300 lbs. Been on the WFPB diet for 18 months have lost 62 pounds thus far but this is the first time that I ever have felt in control of my food. And I feel so much better. Had not heard of this way of eating before! I don’t know where I have been! Still having issues with my body but I now have hope.
It's amazing how many videos there are online but people still don't know about PBWF. We can't know about everything in life though. Glad you know now! Congratulations to you!
The surgery worked just fine. The problem isn't you, the surgery, or your body. Its all operating as it should.
"It's the food."
-Dr. Michael Klaper
Walking + Plant Based Nutrition= Healthy
Great story that mirrors my own minus the bariatric surgery. At 42 I was 5'9'', 300 lbs, 200/100 bp and 'pre-diabetic'.
After W+PBN I am 150 lbs, normal bp with no signs of type 2.
Starting at age 42 it took about 1 year to lose 100 lbs and somewhat less than another year to lose 50 more. I am now 49 and have maintained a steady weight between 150-155 for 5+ years. :)
Alex Kramer That far more impressive! Losing 150 is a surgical like result. However, on RUclips nearly all those 100lbs lost in a year guys gain it back just like all of us who’ve lost 30 and regained over and over. I think vegan and walking are perhaps a combination that could aid sustaining weight loss better because you don’t get hurt and have downtime and don’t make yourself hungry doing overly intense exercise. And then you have the anti inflammatory effect of vegan diet. I’ve just started trying low-fat vegan because I tend to eat a lot of oils and fat containing food.
Would LOVE to have you type out your story if you have the time. Sustaining huge weight loss over 5yrs puts you in the .0001% of overweight folks. Start with what prompted you to start, how you got stared both walking and eating, any bumps along the way, how you overcame the bumps, what daily habits did you employ to stay on track, did you use visualization at all, and of course did you have to count calories track foods etc? Did you basically have to avoid restaurants since they always have fat or other things? You get the picture. And of course, i assume you’ve written it down before because this is a really remarkable result as you know- so feel free to copy and past something you’ve written before to save time. I’d really appreciate it as would many many others!
@@cellohood You are an inspiration to all who are struggling right now. Thanks and congrats.
Well done. Great effort. 🙂
I agree with you. I just wish Chuck didn’t have the surgery. I was 300 pounds two years ago and I am 220 now. Am going more plant based now so I am expecting to lose another 75 pounds in the next year. All without a surgery that changes your body for the rest of your life.
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Chuck Carroll: "i was going to die"
Neal Barnard: "Amazing"
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Hilarious!😅
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Your story is fascinating Chuck.. I sent your video to my son... he eats meat 🥩 and steak and he’s convinced that is the best diet.. plus he is overweight..lots of excess weight around his stomach..I hope he watches this video.. I was 60 pounds overweight for about 12 years and I lost my weight by eating fruit 🍉 during the day.. then after work I would eat one serving... then shortly after that I went vegetarian...it’s been since 1985 and I have never regained any weight.. I love exercise.. 5-6 miles of speed walk around the lake.. I’m 72 so I’m at a good weight...
More or less the same story. My highest weight was when I was diagnosed with diabetes at 382 lbs, also 5'6. I had to lose 10% of my weight in 6 months to be accepted for weight loss surgery, I lost 75 lbs. I had my surgery 8 months ago and have lost a further 85 lbs. still losing 6-8 lbs a month. When I had my surgery I decided that I was going to do things differently, I was not going back to eating processed junk food, I was determined to change my diet what I didn't know was that as a result of the surgery I would not be able to tolerate meat, so I became a vegetarian. A few months later, with education I decided to become fully plant based. Have been vegan for 2 months now and I love how much energy I have. Like Chuck I decided that I wasn't going the gym route. I walk with my dog on the beach 3-4 times a week for 4 miles and for a minimum of 30 minutes on other days. I remember when I started this, I used to walk for 5 minutes then would have a rest and walk back for another 5 minutes. That was 3 years ago. Today at 59 I feel better, more energetic and healthier than I was in my thirties.
Well done, make sure you keep youre minerals up, as not taking in the raw food , can leave mag and critical minerals low, keep going man, I'm on a similar journey
That's amazing!! Well done!!! 👏🏼
Thank you Chuck and Dr. Barnard. I started the "plant based diet" and I feel "wonderful"!! I'm also doing "water-fasting" too, this is the best thing (besides becoming a Christian) that has EVER happened to me. THANKS, THANKS, THANKS so much for this web site, BEST INFORMATION OUT HERE!!!!
All the work the Physicians Committee does is what’s going to bring about change. I’m so grateful and appreciative for the hard work and efforts. Thank you
I have lost 54 pounds walking 6.3 miles (10k) 5 days a week in 4 months ! I hope to lose another 90 pounds.
Whole foods plant based is the way to go. I can eat all the food I love in the large quantities I want and stay at a healthy bodyfat persentage!
Johannes Anttila Genetics. You burn fat naturally, but what is your diet doing to you internally?
@@YT4Me57 Not scientific.
@@YT4Me57 nope! Anyone can be healthy on whole food plant based.
So many athletes performing better on plant based.
Your story is inspirational whether you're overweight and trying to loose weight or not. It is the mental strength that one needs to get to their ends that can inspire ANYONE!!!!
I am changing!!!
Me. The one who flipping love meat.
I am doing nutritarian.
To be honest, am eating carbs, rice, potatoes, root vegetables.
I feel more naughty eating rice and beans, salt-sugar-oil free than eating meat.
If you ask me, rather have the carbs than the meats, eggs, or whatever.
I'm still eating animal protein a few times a week.
But, I'm transitioning.
Every week, I am reducing my animal consumption.
My biggest huddle was or thought wasn't going to feel full.
Believe me, feel plenty full eating plants.
Hopefully, soon enough will be fully vegan or at least 95% vegan.
Wish me luck.
Had high blood pressure and diabetes. My labs were going bad. Fast resting heart rate. Plant based fixed it all.
Good for you!!
@@lindabrown3853 i was strict on it. Very strict. I was clear within 2 to 3 months. But that includes exercise, lots of kale cooked, and no oil.
@Johnny Boy, how long were you on the plant based diet before your BP normalized and your diabetes went away?
@Johnny Boy thank you for your response!! That is very encouraging!! 😄
Thank you for sharing your story Chuck! It’s because of the media influencers like you, I switched to a plant based diet and am down almost 100 lbs. health is the best thing I’ve ever felt!
Can't wait to watch - but this thumbnail makes me soo friggen happy for you man
what an inspiration. I will keep eating plants. Helps to listen to people that have gone through this.
Thanks you so much for this story. Thank you Dr Bernard for giving the world this important information. I am from Germany. I am 46 years old. I am suffering from seriously high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I am not overweight, but I ate a lot of meat, processed meat and dairy products..My blood pressure was so out of control I had to go to the hospital. No physical reason found. I now take 3 pills for high blood pressure and one for cholesterol. Since 2 weeks I went vegan. The medication also helps me. I am hoping that I can become more healthy again. Hopefully use less medication one day. Thank you for the inspiration.
I didn't know how Chuck lost his weight, only heard "weight loss champion" as he says. Wow, a great story. The most amazing thing is that his skin looks tight, no-one would ever know he was ever that overweight if they just saw him for the first time, not knowing his story. Yeah, our body has truly amazing plasticity. This inspires me to push and keep going. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing Chuck, you are amazing, and I am so encouraged by your story. For me, at 79, 240 lbs, I want to lose 100 lbs. Am not working on all thrusters as I have lost parts of me, but with the help Dr. Barnard is giving I feel sure I can. Please keep giving us more, the 96-97 yr old lady interview was fantastic. God bless.
My God 420. Poor Chuck. Thank God he saved his life! :)
I cant imagine 420 lbs...I'm 5'6" but heavy at upper 18os..
I'd like to get to 160
I totally get what you said Chuck! At my heaviest,450 Now 409 and dropping. I went back to the national powder shake drink mix diet and it's ok. Then I researched Joe Cross's "Sick, Fat and Nearly dead" again and broke out my juicer from the mothballs. I still want to eat something, but keep it healthy.
While googling healthy food, one of these videos came up and something Dr Barnard said had me looking into going Vegan.
At least my doctor is onboard with this method.
So Proud Of You Chuck!! Thank You Dr Barnard For Your Knowledge & Caring Manner!! ❤️
Chuck, you are an true inspiration. I am so grateful for your positive energy and commentary. Your enthusiasm is so transparent. Thank you for sharing your story and hosting a wonderful show!
Chuck looks 49 in the 1st picture
He lost age and weight😊👍
Brilliant interview. You have a very inspiring story Chuck. Amazingly inspirational. I feel inspired to maintain my 60lb weight loss which I did through following a plant based diet, walking and intermittent fasting. I was over 210 bs beginning of January 2020 and now I’m 147lbs. Keep up the excellent work 🙏🙏👍👍
First time hearing your story after watching many episodes. Thanks for sharing! Great job!
It’s difficult to imagine the host carrying all that weight. And what he says about weight loss surgery is spot on. I’m a registered nurse and have had patients who have had the procedure. While many have lost weight not one has reached his or her goal. Some have gained most or all of it back and most feel unwell. They believe the surgery should be sufficient, blame genetics, and can’t imagine changing their diet. I’m not blaming them at all. That’s the information they received from the doctors who should know better. Sadly most health care professionals are subject to the same “common knowledge” as the rest of us.
Chuck is a great host and an amazing inspiration for people! Dr. Barnard is the best plant-based doctor. Both together = 🤯
just listened......2/25/24.....THANKYOU FOR INSPIRING!!!!!! Great info in podcast. Blessings!!!!
Love your hair like that Mr Carol!!!!
You look incredible!!
So interesting! Thank you! Never struggled with food addictions or sugar cravings but absolutely couldn’t loose anything until I went plant based.
Such an amazing transition! I wish you showed more photos of before and after and in between
Just converted that, wow! 265lb is 19 stone. The heaviest I've ever been is 16st 7lb (231 lb) and I'm 6'1". You lost more than my entireity in weight! Respect!
You can be so so so proud! Keep on helping others!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
congratulations i am so happy for you. you saved your life and got your life back. i've been vegan 10 yrs and was vegetarian 25 yrs before that. live vegan and prosper!
I wish you could know how inspiring this just was for me to Listen to... Thank you soooo much Chuck 💕🙏🙏🙏💯
Thank you Chuck for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing.
What an amazing story! Great job Chuck. Love your interview style - keep it up! Thank you!
Amazing story. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your story Chuck.
Chuck, Thank you for sharing your story. I've never had a problem with weight, but my terrible eating habits have caused other issues. I have been vegetarian for 2 months and feeling better each and every day and am heading toward vegan. Thanks again and I love your story and your show!
I so LOVED THIS video, every word of it. It is amazing and very inspiring story. Blessings. 💚🌱
Thanx for this channel!
I was so thrilled to hear this episode on the fact, you are what you eat and you changed the trajectory of your life! It changed my life as well. Thank you for sharing 🌺
I just get so emotional hearing your story
Thank you for this free education.
Thank you for honesty , and not blaming your mother. You are the man. Soo happy you found the solution, and sharing, because soo many need to hear it.
thank you for sharing your story Chuck - so clearly, directly too! It's super helpful - just seeing it through your eyes - the thoughts, the actions, etc. It leads to an immersive understanding where I can feel and understand what happened and why - so that I (and others) don't get trapped!
So happy for this guy!
His sucess could not happen to a nicer guy!
Chuck well done, I understand about food addiction. I love your enthuasiam. Best wishes from Ireland.
What an amazing video! Great, powerful life story, encouraging, empowering, hypnotic, thank you for sharing
I'm so happy for what you accomplished, Chuck! I really enjoy listening to your voice on the podcast. Take care! 🌻
Incredible story
Great video!
You're amazingly inspirational!❤
Pretty remarkable story Chuck
thanks for all the great content. i find myself wanting to get pizza often and i know the more i watch videos like this the more motivated I'll stay. helps to have all these videos
Thank you so much . I really need this as an inspiration. South Africa.
So proud of you both of you. What an inspiration. I'm gona try my best to implement this into diet. Much light and love to all.
Chef AJ and/or The whole food plant based cooking show will give you a lot of inspiration on how you can eat proper vegan meals and feel satiated. After 5-7 days the cravings for junk food subside. Good luck on your new life-style.
Its truly an amazing story - so good that you succeded in changing your life so radically - and you look so healthy a great role model that radical change is possible -
So glad I found this. I’ve never heard your story
I had just come apon your channel and saw you were interviewing Dr. Bernard! Congrats on your weight loss!!! I understand how hard it is! I changed to a vegan diet after watching Dr. Bernard's conferences about vegan diets and its benefits. That video changed my life!! I'm seriously on my journey for a healthy life style and I've never had more energy and felt so incredible in my life going plant based!! I was a meat and dairy kind of GAL. LOL Thanks for your videos Chuck!!
Fantastic story!❤️🙏
Wow, Chuck, thank you for sharing your story. Thank God for you and Dr Barnard. I am trying to go vegan and this is what I really needed to hear.
WOW! You've done a very good job Chuck Carroll; thanks for sharing your story; keep it up👍🌹💚
That is so incredible...
Congratulations!!!
I love listening to you chuck.
Awesome achievement! Such an inspiration. I enjoy all of your presentations. Thank you for helping to educate all of us in the vegan journey.
Epic! Chuck Carroll, you're an inspiration!
Amazing story thumbs up!
Wow Chuck. You are an inspiration.
Inspirational Chuck🙏
I love your hair Chuck! You look younger and very handsome
👍👏 good for you Chuck to turn your health around!
Well done Chuck! You did it man! And of course you are sitting with the hero Dr Bernard!
Inspirational story! Wow! ❤
Great job
Wow! You look great! Best of all you seem like a great person. Keep it up guys!
Amazing 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Inspiring realife sharing...lov such subject coz I also had such experience during my peak career
Bless you Chuck. Thanks.
I think with all the social pressures we all face from friends and family who think they understand a "healthy diet" and to them "healthy" means: cheese, yogurt, dairy, everything and anything in the meat aisle: fish, chicken, turkey, pork, beet --- but oh, God in heaven, save me from SOY MILK! I can feel those man-boobs plumping up just thinking about those bad soy beans and all the bad carbs out there! -- we ourselves can cave -- we can have days when our resolve is not up to the challenge.
We were just as brainwashed and for all the years of all the bad info, it takes us time to reprogram ourselves and our taste buds in order to eat what is good for us. Have to watch an hour or so of Plant-Based discussions to keep myself motivated.
Chuck! You da man!!!
Wow 420 pounds (190kg) the Australian heart foundation bmi calculator stops at 150kg or330 lbs. great job on your change🌱👍
BMI calculator? Why not use a normal simple calculator? weight divided by the high 2 times: m/h/h
190kg and 1.8m would result in a BMI of 58.6 kg/m2, which is extremely heavy.
Before 1980, scales only went to 300
A lot of folks think that addiction is addiction is addiction. This just isn’t so, an alcoholic is different than a junkie. Food addiction is very debatable but I agree with this great message.
I don't believe it's debatable with reputable researchers and physicians! I love the name PCRM! It's only being a resonsible person to promote a vegan diet.
Amazing !
(Speaking like a mentor of mine and not realizing it.)
I would like to know if anyone who has lost weight experiences what's called "phantom fat". It's where you still see yourself as fat. Like your mind has not caught up to your body reality. The fat self image is deep in the mind.
I didn't realize I had lost so much weight (not anywhere near how much you did, but still a lot for me) until I went shopping for new clothes. I hadn't been shopping in years. I kept getting the bigger sizes and then it clicked that they didn't fit anymore. So I had to find new clothes! It also clicked when I saw a comparison photo of myself. Like two different people !
Mine was when I bought a pair of jeans with a 25 inch waist,I realised I was slim again !.Congratulations on your weight loss.
My friend has this and it’s been almost a full year since she has lost 100lbs. We recently went shopping and I picked the clothes for her to try on. She was picking 18-20 when in actuality she needed 9-10. She does not see her new shape at all. I don’t know how long it will take but I pray for her. She still gets depressed sometimes thinking she is still big.
@@jennis4647 it’s the fat between your ears that’s soooo treacherous!!!!
So handsome Dr. Barnard. Plant power!!
Thanks for sharing chuck! Congrats! Curious how much did you loose from the surgery? And how much from plant based?
You’re amazing, Chuck! Beautiful, how you succeeded from such a difficult goal.. I was 280 pounds ( and 6’1”) at age 23 and lost 90 pounds during graduate school. I have gone up and down a few times since then, but never got that big again. Finally, in my 60s, I am now a healthy vegan for 7 years now, and have maintained a healthy weight for the last six years, determined to never gain the weight back.. The. vegan diet is so much easier. Congratulations to you. You look great!
Thanks 💐💐
It's very important that everyone helps any way they can. At work, your boss did something very good!
I love Dr Barnard!
Your great Chuck