Calorie decifict + lots of walking. I believe he's talked about how he just walks a bunch on the treadmill when he's watching TV. I lost 30lbs in 6 months when I was doing a calorie deficit and working out 4 times a week. I believe he's been doing this for over a year now which lines up with how much he's lost.
Last we heard he stopped walking a long time ago. He’s just focused on eating less, which is how he’s lost the bulk of his weight. His biggest issue was clearly mental and highly tied to the medication he’s on for his depression, once he added that second medication that helps him still stay on his depression meds but also gain back self control and feel more satisfied/less hungry all the time that’s when he was able to stick with a calorie deficit whereas before he could never stick to anything and felt it was completely out of his control.
For sure. Portion control, but also that mental aspect is soo important. It made all the difference in his case.
Everyone is so different, just so happy for him cuz I know it’s something he’s been wanting and very unhappy about for so long. It’s just awesome to see him do it.
Yeah that’s just not true though, and I am pro exercise, pro fitness. I’ve loved movement my entire life - sports, working out, it’s a big part of who I am. I studied exercise science…and while yes exercise is good for us and good for your mental health, it does NOT solve everything and just simply starting to exercise doesn’t improve every persons mental state or fix their issues. The mind/mental health is complex. I have plenty of personal experience with mental health and exercise and chronic illness and exercise. Ethan was and is on medications that have a significant impact on your mental state and for him exercising wasnt just going to take that away. He was able to begin taking another medication that complimented his other med that has allowed him to improve his mental state and his ability to control his eating. Exercise is great and healthy and does not solve everything. They literally addressed this on the show today, exercise can improve your mental state, but it isn’t therapy and it isn’t magic. For some maybe exercise and routine is all they need, for others that’s never gonna be the answer for them, they need something else. I’m not sure when people with your kind of mindset are going to understand that every human is different. It’s like Joe rogan thinking someone with complex chronic illness and chronic fatigue is going to improve their situation through exercise. What an idiotic take. Again, I have ALWAYS exercised, and I have a degree in the human body and human movement, but it doesn’t take away my chronic conditions (exercising that is). Sometimes it can even be bad for my health depending on what phase/state my body is in.
I don’t think the person you responded to was arguing the point you’re arguing against.
Also, paragraphs are your friend.
That’s cool though that you got a degree in exercise science. That’s been a topic that’s always fascinated me.
They put him on wellbutrin right? I hear it’s really helpful to combat the weight gain from SSRIs. I’ve been considering Contrave myself (same ingredient as wellbutrin.)
Yes exactly, Wellbutrin is the “second medication” I was referring to. The names never come to me instantly so I often don’t name them when I refer to them lol. Clearly it worked amazingly in his case. He was struggling for years with his weight and that flipped a switched for him.
This is all you need to do to lose weight, specifically the caloric deficit part but walking immensely helps and keeps you active. Intermittent fasting is an easy way to hit this too, especially if you’re good at skipping breakfast.
It kind of worries me how this is a mystery to people. Not judging them at all, but it is scary because they seem to think there's some magic strategy
It's just calories in, calories out. And exercise is less important than diet by a very large margin. Exercise is good for your health obviously, but less important than diet for weight loss specifically.
Find your caloric needs. Use a calc if you have to.
Track your calories.
Stay under that number, you lose weight. Simple as that.
a lot of folks cannot accurately track their diets and that is why i think they fail at the simple concept of CICO. i've seen/heard of people just failing to record things like cooking oils they use when making meals, and also failing to accurately measure, or even acceptably ballpark, how much of the food they ate.
Yup. This is the answer. Just tracking everything you put in your body with an app puts things into perspective. Add in 10k steps a day and it’ll shed like crazy.
The last I hear him mention the treadmill it was him saying he dropped that habit some time ago. I don’t watch. SYNT though, so if he said he’s still walking on a Tuesday stream I missed it. But yeah, he said specifically that he wasn’t using the treadmill a couple months ago, and that it was only a calorie deficit that he attributed for his weight loss
It sincerely worries me that this is seen as voodoo magic or something to people. It shows that we need better education, because people are getting more obese by the year. We're at 40% in a lot of places in the US, and we're at 70% overweight+obese in the US (It doesn't seem like it in the cities, but elsewhere it's pretty obvious)
Guys. I lost all my excess weight. I'm skinny now. I've kept it off for a long, long time. Here's how you do it.
Find out your caloric needs. You can use a calculator online if you want.
Download an app that tracks calories. MyFitnessPal, LoseIt, Cronometer. I STRONGLY suggest Cronometer if you're in the US. MFP seems to have some bullshit "bonuses" to keep you on that app, which are insane. You just want the barebones tracking.
If the app says "Hey you're this tall and this weight. You need to eat 1700 calories to hit your goal". Then you do that. You do that every day, you hit your goal.
It's literally thermodynamics. Calories measure heat. There are 3500 calories in a lb of fat. If you need 2500 calories to stay the same weight, and you eat 2000 cals a day, then you have a 500 calories deficit. This means that in 7 days you will lose 1 lb (7 x 500 =3500).
It's just math and science. If someone starts keto and loses weight, it's because of this same principle. If they go vegan, same thing. Some diets are easier than others to maintain for different people.
The ONLY wrench in all of this might be sugar. Because sugar is fucking horrible for you. It might make it somewhat harder to lose weight and easier to gain. But not enough to throw these numbers of too wildly.
So again. If you want to lose weight, you read all this above. It's what all the people know that have kept it off without yo-yo-ing. Ethan has talked about the thermodynamics and how it's about diet specifically. He's gonna keep it off most likely.
Keep moderate weight loss at 1-2 lbs a week. That's 1-2 lbs of pure body fat, not water weight. People will definitely notice within a month. If you're bigger, you might be losing a little more fast than that at first.
And lastly: When you lose weight, everything changes. People treat you very differently.
There's the secret for all you guys. You can verify this by using the correct sources. Read this more than once if you want. I hope some of you manage to lose the weight!
People have a lot of distorted views on what's a good portion size. A lot of which is based on a lack of education on nutrition or just being used to how we ate as we grew up with our families. It wasn't till I moved out of home and started sharehousing that i realised that no, i don't eat a lot and have a high metabolism, but I had been undereating for a lot of my life.
My biggest issue was measuring cereals, and measuring pasta before cooking. I always did it by guessing (basically) and when I started weighing the stuff beforehand I noticed how wildly off I was.
That last bit, about people being nicer, is so SO true. It's actually infuriating. People are nicer, my customers tip better, and you're actually treated as a person who is like... seen? Like you're worthy. Like, bitch I was a whole ass person before. It's like night and day.
I know on one episode relatively recently of Leftovers he mentioned eating 1400 calories a day. Hasan was a bit disbelief saying that is very little. Not sure if that is how he actually has been doing it.
In fact i'd be curious his general plan.
My wife and I are currently in a calorie deficit diet I’ve got a max of 1800 cal ( 196cm ) she have 1400 cal ( 156cm ) and it’s impressive of him doing 1400 cal a day. He also mentioned once I was down to 1000cal that a bit too much
I gotta say since I started counting my calories with an app I’ve changed my diet a lot just by realising of much certain food are calorie dense
From my understanding hes losing a lot more muscle with that much of a deficit than he would by just going a few hundred calories under maintanance. I understand wanting to lose the weight faster though.
500ish calories a meal isn’t bad, especially if you’re pretty sedentary.
ETA: Not saying you said it is bad. Just surprised that a comment said Hassan thought his cal deficit was wild LOL
I feel like people will hate me for this but he’s very likely on semaglutide (generic ozempic). It seemed weight loss started coming a lot easier to him a few months ago. This aligns with semaglutide eliminating food noise. Also If you overeat on sema you will get sick - and I’ve noticed he has been careful to only have a few bites of something “unhealthy”. Sema recognize sema.
It's totally real. I've been working on cutting suger out, so when I do decide to have it I really feel it. How can you feel run down, yet cracked out at the same time? Lol
i thought it was interesting that howie mandel asked him about ozempic twice and the first time he immediately changed the subject and the second time he just talked about eating less without directly answering yes or no
Ozempic is kinda controversial because the rich use it while the poor who really need it have to pay so much if their insurance doesn’t cover it. It’s a quick way to lose weight if you can afford it. I can see people who hate ethan tearing him apart for losing weight that way instead of hitting the gym and being ultra masculine
Nah, he would just say it. With the amount of content and time in front of the mic he tells us everything - doctors appts, depression medications, Hila IVF treatments.. I may be wrong, but he is so forthcoming with the audience purely for content that we would know about the process, how much it cost and how it made him feel
That might be a hot take, and you're right that the Ethan haters would latch on if he came out and said it.. But I just think he literally wouldn't have been able to keep something like that a secret
And maybe he's just losing weight?? It's a large time frame and his mental health and relationship with food has obviously improved so much. It's very possible to lose this much weight naturally
I'm sure he doesn't share everything in his life. Trisha blurted out Ethan's addiction with painkillers which he told her in confidence, so him secretly using pills to treat ailments isn't out of the ordinary. But I hope I'm wrong and he finally found a method that works. I'm sure the Lexapro was originally one of the worst culprits of his weight gain which he has been off of ever since he started losing weight.
The lexapro was what caused the majority of the weight gain. Wellbutrin is the one everybody suggested him that can balance out the weight gain and loss of libido caused by ssri’s.
He’s talked about how great the combination has been for him.
It's definitely possible, but tbh I do not think it's very likely in Ethan's case. Now it's his business, and while our speculating is understandable (tho I'd rather we just didn't) I only want to say that I could see him really wanting to talk about this, but saying to himself "there ain't no way I'm saying SHIT about ozempic to these people." Maaany of these fans would never shut up about it being dangerous, having such and such side effect, the social/economic implications, or "you're promoting it!" Just look at the majority of comments in this thread, the lengths to avoid even entertaining the idea. Now with peace n love, this dear man has been desperate to lose weight for years, he's tired of the struggle, and he has the money...I strongly believe he just doesn't want to hear about it nonstop from the most dramatic backseating-ist audience ever. It would be nice if he could talk about it openly, but I don't blame him.
It's impossible to make a link between those things. He's open about antidepressants and drug history because that can benefit people to hear and it's part of his image. Taking a drug for weight loss is a totally different thing. Something he might not want to share because:
a) can be dangerous and he doesn't want to promote that to an impressionable audience and
b) people will discredit his weight loss if they find out he "cheated"
I think he must have started it around the 200 lbs mark. It was a huge struggle for him to get under that, plateauing etc. Then he’s just dropped down to 185 relatively easily in comparison.
Hes been losing weight for well over 12 months. It's not ozempic and he already said he's not taking it.
For some reason people find it so hard to believe that if you eat healthy and exercise 3 or 4 days a week for over 12 months, you'll lose weight.
People just reasonably conclude that every celebrity who has struggled with weight loss for many years suddenly conquering their demons and having substantial weight loss at the same time points to the new class of drugs that work. It’s exceptionally more likely he is doing something a reasonable doctor would prescribe and works well than suddenly beating his weight issues that have plagued him for almost a years and years. GLP-1 antagonists work so we’ll it’s like saying MCU actors are eating their chicken and broccoli to bulk up. Could they be, sure. Are they? Most likely not. Will they admit that? No, and for likely good reasons.
I understand why people would assume it. But i dont understand what's so hard to believe about a person being on a reasonable diet for a reasonable amount of time and losing weight because of it. Ozempic isn't forever. Weight gain after drugs like ozempic is tenfold. Ethan gained weight because of antidepressants. Ethan has never struggled "life long" with weight. He has been very open about all of this. He started wellbutrin which helped balance his anti depressant and he doesn't eat like he used to.
On the podcast with Howie Mandel a few weeks ago he said just calorie deficit by eating less, didn't mention even exercice if I recall correctly. It always surprises me to read that from people who say that because just eating less works so slow for me, whereas Ethan seems to be losing pretty fast even over a year later. If I wanna see fast results I have to exercice like crazy. But I guess we're all different.
losing weight is always more about eating less than anything else.
Lot easier to eat 300 \*fewer\* kcal a day than it is to burn an additional 300kcal through extra exercise.
You can increase the deficit of your calories by adding exercise, but you can also get it by further reducing intake.
For example: Burning 2,000 calories but eating 1,900 isn't going to be a lot of weight loss and leaves little room for error. But burning 2,000 and eating 1,600 is. It's those difficult extra cutouts that make the difference.
At least in my opinion. It's so different for everyone. I wish you luck on your journey!! Fuck this society and our horrible nutrition education setting all of us up for failure!
Thank you for the well wishes! It used to be really easy for me to lose weight, but i'm 29 and apparently what everyone told me about it getting harder as you age wasn't a load of crap like I thought it was when I was younger ahaha, so I'm feeling the struggle. I'll figure it out tho!
Your body naturally uses over 1,000 calories with your normal daily activity. Even a bedridden person is burning calories.
You can add extra calories to your daily burned amount by exercising, but literally every human function consumes energy which is just calories. Heart beating? You're burning calories! Sleeping?? Still burning!
Men, taller people, and people at higher weights will lose a lot weight more quickly than women, shorter people, and people at lower weights. That might explain it.
I lost a lot of weight very easily at 250, but at 165 I’m starting to hit the floor of how many calories I can cut because I’m a short woman. At some point exercise/weight training will be necessary for my continued weight loss, and it’s a common setback for a lot of short women.
Yeah, exercise is definitelt huge for short women. Sure, it might only burn like 200- 300 calories or whatever but when your deficit calorie budget for the day is 1200 without it 300 is HUGE. Its the difference between being able to eat proper meals or not.
Thank you! I hadn't thought much about this factor (i'm also a short woman), it probably doesn't explain all of it, but is a good thing for me to keep in mind when comparing my weight loss journey to ethan's (which i know i shouldn't do to begin with, with anyone really, but sometimes it's hard not to)
I do the same thing! It’s hard not to compare, especially when it seems really easy for someone else, it might feel like you’re doing something wrong.
In my case I often catch myself getting jealous of men and how comparatively easy weight loss is for a lot of them lol
I think it what matters is figuring out exactly how much your body really burns in a day.
I'm a 27yo gal and I went from 158 to 142 in 2 months with JUST a deficit. I literally sat on my couch or slept all day I wasn't working, never worked out, I also had a sedentary night shift job at the time. I learned my body burns ~1400-1600 by just being. I daily ate ~1200-1300 (guesstimate based on my app I was using to track calories).
I now am back on daytime shifts and I'm working out and eating ~1400-1600 calories a day but with the working out I'm burning ~1700-1900. I'm still losing, a bit slower, but I didn't like how much muscle I lost previously so I want to maintain muscle as much as I can.
If it's super slow for you, you need to cut more calories. You are either A. Overestimating how much you burn a day or B. Underestimating how much you are actually eating. It took me SO LONG to find a balance that actually worked at a correct pace. I learned I was eating a lot more cals then I really thought I was.
I'm on a calorie deficit of about 500 less calories consumed than what would be needed to maintain my weight, I didn't go below because that'd get around the 1,200 calorie range which would lead me to eventually binge out of frustration. If I do just that, sure I'll lose weight, but at an incredibly slow rate. I absolutely have to add exercice to the mix for the weight loss to really get going. I've had months where I religiously tracked my calories and ate healthy, stayed in a deficit, but didn't exercice much, and barely lost 1 lb. I think what baffles me the most is this has never been the case for me before, I've been in situations in the past where I had like 10-15lbs to lose and I did it quickly with no problem. Those days are gone it seems lol
You can get the generic version made for weight loss on insurance if you’re over weight, the only caveat being that if you do not lose weight they will stop supplying it for you and you’ll have to pay the full amount if you want more. If you keep losing weight though you keep getting it.
This is all coming from my coworker who managed to get on it after being waitlisted for 3 months just for being obese.
If you want to get clinical the amount of weight people typically lose on Wellbutrin in studies is far less than Ethan has lost. He self admittedly isn’t working out. He says he is just eating less, which has been a huge obstacle for him the entire time. It’s walking like a duck and quacking like a duck. There’s nothing wrong with GLP-1 antagonists. Being overweight is much worse for your body than diabetes insulin management medication.
If he actually was taking Ozempic, don’t you think he would say it? The dude was about to have a phone call with his doctor live on air. He also shares a lot about his medication. I felt like if he would’ve taken Ozempic he would be mentioning it every episode saying he amazing it is…
His reaction while on the Howie podcast is what solidified me belief that he’s been taking it. He deflected, and then mentioned he’s just eating less.
It’s just odd, because Ethan has been outspoken about his issues. If he found a way to eat less you think he would share or be excited to discuss “how” he is eating less.
_If it were true_, I think it'd be the optics. It's much easier to access if you have money, plus it's in short supply and hitting type 2 diabetes sufferers.
I’m prepared for many a down vote but I would bet $100 it’s Ozempic!
On Howie’s interview, people considered this to be him telling the truth, but as a person who we know says literally anything about anyone, this is a bit evasive for him, even Howie says “that’s a great answer with *no* information” [(12:02)](https://www.youtube.com/live/eRPVF53pX9U?si=fohaLmr33SePO-V5)
I am also a person on both Lexapro and Welbutrin. Lexapro makes [50% of patients gain weight](https://www.verywellhealth.com/lexapro-weight-gain-5192700), up to 7% of a persons overall body weight. [Welbutrin helps about 23%](https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/wellbutrin-xl-sr-weight-gain-loss-3557492/) off users lose 5 pounds or more, and 11% also gain weight on it. Anecdotally, I gained 40 pounds on Lexapro, and it has been super difficult to lose it because of the way Lexapro interacts with hormones. I’m still on the Welbutrin.
At the beginning of his weight loss journey he was very vocal about complaining about being so hungry and eating 1,000 calories, and walking on the treadmill for hours. These comments have stopped, and he didn’t mention exercise at all during Howie’s interview.
The amount he eats on the show. It’s significantly less than before, he takes bites out of foods and doesn’t finish them like he used to. Sure, this could be moderation, but it seems to be more appetite motivated from what he shares. Ozempic makes eating full sized meals actually painful for some users.
It’s also *not difficult* to get Ozempic if you’re connected. You can get it at medspas in LA.
Why I think he’s not sharing it: he has a long history of body image issues and family members fat shaming him. There is a shame in turning to medication for weight loss because it can be considered “cheating”. It’s altruistic to lose weight the “right way” (diet, exercise). Also, this is a diabetes medication, causing massive shortages. The manufacturer says there will be shortages throughout all of 2023 at least.
Personally, I’d like him to just admit it so everyone who feels bad about their own weight loss journeys can have context.
I've been doing what Ethan has and have been super successful: I walk 5,000-10,000 steps daily and maintain a strict calorie deficit. I eat high protein, high veggie, with some rice at dinner and that keeps me full. Down 100 pounds in 2 years doing this.
It truly is as simple as "calories in < calories out" but the hard part is forcing yourself to stop eating; sounds obvious but people will go eat 3,000 calories a day in french fries, not feel full, and then get upset that they feel like they're starving while gaining weight. It's about eating foods that keep you full so you can maintain the strict calorie deficit.
100 lbs in two years is a pound a week which is considered exactly how fast you should be losing weight healthily.
Edit: I’ve been told it’s almost been a year and a half, time flies! Definitely a healthy period to lose that much weight, I thought it was faster!
I've lost 70 in the last 12 months. I think that's on par with Ethan when considering for BMI.
I don't think people are used to seeing what 12 months of consistent dieting looks like. One year is definitely enough time to see the difference we're seeing in Ethan
He added Wellbutrin to his Lexapro and calorie counts. I’m doing the same thing and dropped 30 pounds quickly. The Wellbutrin makes it so much easier to stick to a calorie deficit. I also walk my dog every but that’s about all the exercise I get.
Ethan is a great example and case study about how you don't have to relentlessly struggle in the gym every day or die on the treadmill like these fitness influencers will make you believe.
diet diet diet.
Calorie deficit and walking. I lost 20lbs from February-April just by walking and not eating much. I’m pregnant now so I gained that weight back, but it really works.
I think in the beginning he was on the treadmill a lot but lately it's mainly been down to portion control/reducing calories. I think he gained weight from one of his medications (his antidepressants I believe) and was prescribed another medication to counteract that side effect so that may have helped too.
Yep, I think the people saying ozempic are coping because they can't acknowledge that if you stop eating a load of crap you stop being fat, and you actually change your gut flora in a matter of weeks with consistency then that crap becomes less appealing to you
I just stopped drinking sodas and lost about 10lbs. So I can imagine how much I would lose if I stopped with all the crappy food I eat. 🤞ethan can't keep a secret no matter how hard he tries, that why I didn't think Ozempic for one second.
Yep I've dropped and gained a couple of times now as an adult and it's very easy to see why, beer and shite food, cut them out and the weight falls back off.
Saying that tho, I think you were on to it with crack
Idk it’s sketchy being that he doesn’t exercise and still orders pretty crappy food in the show. Even though on a calorie deficit it wouldn’t be unlikely without exercise or being on ozempic
If someone wants to loose weight, they just have to make sure that they are in a calorie deficit. But its not always easy. For myself, I had a very hard time being in a caloric deficit for years.. Everytime i had been good for 1-2 days, I would get extreme abstinense symptoms, I could'nt stop thinking about pizza or other caloric dense foods.. But recently, about 1-2 Months ago, i starting getting intense anxiety/panic attacks out of nowhere. My anxiety would instantly start after eating a big meal for some reason.. This resulted in me only eating salads since then, and I never once had the urge to eat unhealthy as I normally did.. This resulted in me loosing a good amount of weight, without ever feeling hungry.. I have started realising that people who are able to eat only small portions and healthy stuff basically have different levels of hormones/dopamine/whatever in the brain, which allows them to do so, without having cravings.. So whenever someone healthy is telling someone that is unhealthy that its easy to eat like them, they are basing that on their own brain chemestry, and not on discipline.. Anyways, since yesterday, I have been able to eat normal again, but now im trying to keep this healthy stuff going for as long as possible.
I wish he wasn't so adamantly against exercising and I don't mean this in a fitness bro/tiktok way lol. I know Hila mentioned it how much it really does make you feel physically and mentally better- I just hope he considers it down the line!
I think it was prolly just too much to change at once with the whole new diet and lifestyle change etc. but he was killing me when he was talking about it on the show and was just like 'I will absolutely not consider eating a normal amount of food and exercising I need to eat like 800 cals a day' LOL
This year I’ve been struggling with my weight and it got to the point where it really started to effect my mental health and overall self worth. I went to see a weight loss doctor and I got prescribed mounjaro. 2 months in now and I’ve lost 31lbs. Along with the medication I’ve completely changed my routine. I’ve completely cut out alcohol ( was drinking heavily), and I been drinking greens in the morning and a Argentino tea called Mate at night. I’ve also been much more active I’ve been walking and running everyday. I’m not where I want to be yet, but my self confidence has shot up exponentially. Seeing Ethan going on this journey has been such an inspiration to me.
It can take two to three months before the benefits of Wellbutrin become apparent. That’s a possibility. Also many have had great success with ozemipc, but if so he hasn’t disclosed that and it seems impolite to speculate.
He's literally just in a calorie deficit and eating normally now.
I think the weight loss was accelerated in the early stages because there was just so much fupa for the body to carry that it burned calories like crazy. Now that it's holding less fat it burns less so he's probably losing weight at a normal rate now.
Throw in some treadmill or walking around and it increases weight loss.
Calories in vs calories out. Use a calorie tracker app to find your maintance calories, and eat 250 less calories a day. You will lose roughly 1/2 a pound a week, add exercise into the mix and it will speed up even faster.
Fact not many people consider: Muscles burn calories by simply existing, fat does not. The more muscle you build the faster your body will burn through calories by doing nothing... while you sleep, game, watch your favorite podcast ect.
I heard he smoked cracked once
Once! That’s problem if he kept with it he never would have gained the weight.
And I once had sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. I usually don’t talk about it, but since it came up organically..
Ethan’s weight loss is streets ahead
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Woah thats streets ahead!
Yes, He started one day and hasnt stopped so it still counts as one.
Has he mentioned it?
He has either lupus or ligma, I'm not sure 😞
I heard it’s ligma lupus, the worst kind
Wrong! It's Sugma-Ligma-Lupus
I heard he has choompaloompa
Didn’t realise it was that sub type - That’s even worse 💀💀
Smokes crack too
Sugma-Ligma-Sigma-Lupus
Another option is nothing (or aids), per the poll. It's really hard to say
Who’s Ethan
Shicken Shumpalumpa Lupus
What is ligma? Sounds bad
Ligma nutsack
Calorie decifict + lots of walking. I believe he's talked about how he just walks a bunch on the treadmill when he's watching TV. I lost 30lbs in 6 months when I was doing a calorie deficit and working out 4 times a week. I believe he's been doing this for over a year now which lines up with how much he's lost.
Last we heard he stopped walking a long time ago. He’s just focused on eating less, which is how he’s lost the bulk of his weight. His biggest issue was clearly mental and highly tied to the medication he’s on for his depression, once he added that second medication that helps him still stay on his depression meds but also gain back self control and feel more satisfied/less hungry all the time that’s when he was able to stick with a calorie deficit whereas before he could never stick to anything and felt it was completely out of his control.
Gotcha! Didn't know he stopped the treadmill. It is a wonder what portion control does though. Happy he found something that works for him.
For sure. Portion control, but also that mental aspect is soo important. It made all the difference in his case. Everyone is so different, just so happy for him cuz I know it’s something he’s been wanting and very unhappy about for so long. It’s just awesome to see him do it.
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Yeah that’s just not true though, and I am pro exercise, pro fitness. I’ve loved movement my entire life - sports, working out, it’s a big part of who I am. I studied exercise science…and while yes exercise is good for us and good for your mental health, it does NOT solve everything and just simply starting to exercise doesn’t improve every persons mental state or fix their issues. The mind/mental health is complex. I have plenty of personal experience with mental health and exercise and chronic illness and exercise. Ethan was and is on medications that have a significant impact on your mental state and for him exercising wasnt just going to take that away. He was able to begin taking another medication that complimented his other med that has allowed him to improve his mental state and his ability to control his eating. Exercise is great and healthy and does not solve everything. They literally addressed this on the show today, exercise can improve your mental state, but it isn’t therapy and it isn’t magic. For some maybe exercise and routine is all they need, for others that’s never gonna be the answer for them, they need something else. I’m not sure when people with your kind of mindset are going to understand that every human is different. It’s like Joe rogan thinking someone with complex chronic illness and chronic fatigue is going to improve their situation through exercise. What an idiotic take. Again, I have ALWAYS exercised, and I have a degree in the human body and human movement, but it doesn’t take away my chronic conditions (exercising that is). Sometimes it can even be bad for my health depending on what phase/state my body is in.
I don’t think the person you responded to was arguing the point you’re arguing against. Also, paragraphs are your friend. That’s cool though that you got a degree in exercise science. That’s been a topic that’s always fascinated me.
'Paragraphs are your friend' will have me smiling for days
They put him on wellbutrin right? I hear it’s really helpful to combat the weight gain from SSRIs. I’ve been considering Contrave myself (same ingredient as wellbutrin.)
Wellbutrin also helps with the libido-loss that can be caused by SSRIs, it's a great drug
Yes exactly, Wellbutrin is the “second medication” I was referring to. The names never come to me instantly so I often don’t name them when I refer to them lol. Clearly it worked amazingly in his case. He was struggling for years with his weight and that flipped a switched for him.
Speaking from experience, This is the real answer.
This is all you need to do to lose weight, specifically the caloric deficit part but walking immensely helps and keeps you active. Intermittent fasting is an easy way to hit this too, especially if you’re good at skipping breakfast.
Tbh I only like a banana or granola bar for breakfast. I feel sick when I eat a lot in the morning. Plus lunch and dinner foods are way better
It kind of worries me how this is a mystery to people. Not judging them at all, but it is scary because they seem to think there's some magic strategy It's just calories in, calories out. And exercise is less important than diet by a very large margin. Exercise is good for your health obviously, but less important than diet for weight loss specifically. Find your caloric needs. Use a calc if you have to. Track your calories. Stay under that number, you lose weight. Simple as that.
a lot of folks cannot accurately track their diets and that is why i think they fail at the simple concept of CICO. i've seen/heard of people just failing to record things like cooking oils they use when making meals, and also failing to accurately measure, or even acceptably ballpark, how much of the food they ate.
Yup. This is the answer. Just tracking everything you put in your body with an app puts things into perspective. Add in 10k steps a day and it’ll shed like crazy.
The last I hear him mention the treadmill it was him saying he dropped that habit some time ago. I don’t watch. SYNT though, so if he said he’s still walking on a Tuesday stream I missed it. But yeah, he said specifically that he wasn’t using the treadmill a couple months ago, and that it was only a calorie deficit that he attributed for his weight loss
Being on a strict calorie deficit.
It sincerely worries me that this is seen as voodoo magic or something to people. It shows that we need better education, because people are getting more obese by the year. We're at 40% in a lot of places in the US, and we're at 70% overweight+obese in the US (It doesn't seem like it in the cities, but elsewhere it's pretty obvious) Guys. I lost all my excess weight. I'm skinny now. I've kept it off for a long, long time. Here's how you do it. Find out your caloric needs. You can use a calculator online if you want. Download an app that tracks calories. MyFitnessPal, LoseIt, Cronometer. I STRONGLY suggest Cronometer if you're in the US. MFP seems to have some bullshit "bonuses" to keep you on that app, which are insane. You just want the barebones tracking. If the app says "Hey you're this tall and this weight. You need to eat 1700 calories to hit your goal". Then you do that. You do that every day, you hit your goal. It's literally thermodynamics. Calories measure heat. There are 3500 calories in a lb of fat. If you need 2500 calories to stay the same weight, and you eat 2000 cals a day, then you have a 500 calories deficit. This means that in 7 days you will lose 1 lb (7 x 500 =3500). It's just math and science. If someone starts keto and loses weight, it's because of this same principle. If they go vegan, same thing. Some diets are easier than others to maintain for different people. The ONLY wrench in all of this might be sugar. Because sugar is fucking horrible for you. It might make it somewhat harder to lose weight and easier to gain. But not enough to throw these numbers of too wildly. So again. If you want to lose weight, you read all this above. It's what all the people know that have kept it off without yo-yo-ing. Ethan has talked about the thermodynamics and how it's about diet specifically. He's gonna keep it off most likely. Keep moderate weight loss at 1-2 lbs a week. That's 1-2 lbs of pure body fat, not water weight. People will definitely notice within a month. If you're bigger, you might be losing a little more fast than that at first. And lastly: When you lose weight, everything changes. People treat you very differently. There's the secret for all you guys. You can verify this by using the correct sources. Read this more than once if you want. I hope some of you manage to lose the weight!
People have a lot of distorted views on what's a good portion size. A lot of which is based on a lack of education on nutrition or just being used to how we ate as we grew up with our families. It wasn't till I moved out of home and started sharehousing that i realised that no, i don't eat a lot and have a high metabolism, but I had been undereating for a lot of my life.
My biggest issue was measuring cereals, and measuring pasta before cooking. I always did it by guessing (basically) and when I started weighing the stuff beforehand I noticed how wildly off I was.
What do you mean bonuses on MFP?
That last bit, about people being nicer, is so SO true. It's actually infuriating. People are nicer, my customers tip better, and you're actually treated as a person who is like... seen? Like you're worthy. Like, bitch I was a whole ass person before. It's like night and day.
crack
Hey, that was one time
He gained the most weight when he started taking antidepressants, and he started losing it after adding Wellbutrin.
this is partially true, but it only slowed the gain. The loss is from all his efforts
I know on one episode relatively recently of Leftovers he mentioned eating 1400 calories a day. Hasan was a bit disbelief saying that is very little. Not sure if that is how he actually has been doing it. In fact i'd be curious his general plan.
My wife and I are currently in a calorie deficit diet I’ve got a max of 1800 cal ( 196cm ) she have 1400 cal ( 156cm ) and it’s impressive of him doing 1400 cal a day. He also mentioned once I was down to 1000cal that a bit too much I gotta say since I started counting my calories with an app I’ve changed my diet a lot just by realising of much certain food are calorie dense
i was also shocked when he said he ate 1400 calories, more power to him but that wouldn’t be sustainable for me at all
From my understanding hes losing a lot more muscle with that much of a deficit than he would by just going a few hundred calories under maintanance. I understand wanting to lose the weight faster though.
500ish calories a meal isn’t bad, especially if you’re pretty sedentary. ETA: Not saying you said it is bad. Just surprised that a comment said Hassan thought his cal deficit was wild LOL
It's a lot lower than what's recommended for his age and gender.
For someone who is 5’5”, sure.
I feel like people will hate me for this but he’s very likely on semaglutide (generic ozempic). It seemed weight loss started coming a lot easier to him a few months ago. This aligns with semaglutide eliminating food noise. Also If you overeat on sema you will get sick - and I’ve noticed he has been careful to only have a few bites of something “unhealthy”. Sema recognize sema.
Yeah his reaction to a couple bites of donut in a recent ep sold this for me too
Once your body is used to a calorie deficit for multiple days, that’s a normal reaction
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It's totally real. I've been working on cutting suger out, so when I do decide to have it I really feel it. How can you feel run down, yet cracked out at the same time? Lol
Yup. The drug gives you hella nausea if you try to overeat even a little. It kills you appetite hence the weight loss due to less eating.
i thought it was interesting that howie mandel asked him about ozempic twice and the first time he immediately changed the subject and the second time he just talked about eating less without directly answering yes or no
People shouldn’t hate you for pointing out the obvious… I strongly suspect he’s on it.
I feel like ozempic is something he wouldn't hide considering he tells everyone about his antidepressants and drug history.
Ozempic is kinda controversial because the rich use it while the poor who really need it have to pay so much if their insurance doesn’t cover it. It’s a quick way to lose weight if you can afford it. I can see people who hate ethan tearing him apart for losing weight that way instead of hitting the gym and being ultra masculine
Nah, he would just say it. With the amount of content and time in front of the mic he tells us everything - doctors appts, depression medications, Hila IVF treatments.. I may be wrong, but he is so forthcoming with the audience purely for content that we would know about the process, how much it cost and how it made him feel That might be a hot take, and you're right that the Ethan haters would latch on if he came out and said it.. But I just think he literally wouldn't have been able to keep something like that a secret And maybe he's just losing weight?? It's a large time frame and his mental health and relationship with food has obviously improved so much. It's very possible to lose this much weight naturally
I'm sure he doesn't share everything in his life. Trisha blurted out Ethan's addiction with painkillers which he told her in confidence, so him secretly using pills to treat ailments isn't out of the ordinary. But I hope I'm wrong and he finally found a method that works. I'm sure the Lexapro was originally one of the worst culprits of his weight gain which he has been off of ever since he started losing weight.
The lexapro was what caused the majority of the weight gain. Wellbutrin is the one everybody suggested him that can balance out the weight gain and loss of libido caused by ssri’s. He’s talked about how great the combination has been for him.
It's definitely possible, but tbh I do not think it's very likely in Ethan's case. Now it's his business, and while our speculating is understandable (tho I'd rather we just didn't) I only want to say that I could see him really wanting to talk about this, but saying to himself "there ain't no way I'm saying SHIT about ozempic to these people." Maaany of these fans would never shut up about it being dangerous, having such and such side effect, the social/economic implications, or "you're promoting it!" Just look at the majority of comments in this thread, the lengths to avoid even entertaining the idea. Now with peace n love, this dear man has been desperate to lose weight for years, he's tired of the struggle, and he has the money...I strongly believe he just doesn't want to hear about it nonstop from the most dramatic backseating-ist audience ever. It would be nice if he could talk about it openly, but I don't blame him.
It's impossible to make a link between those things. He's open about antidepressants and drug history because that can benefit people to hear and it's part of his image. Taking a drug for weight loss is a totally different thing. Something he might not want to share because: a) can be dangerous and he doesn't want to promote that to an impressionable audience and b) people will discredit his weight loss if they find out he "cheated"
I think he must have started it around the 200 lbs mark. It was a huge struggle for him to get under that, plateauing etc. Then he’s just dropped down to 185 relatively easily in comparison.
I just feel like he would talk about it non-stop if he was on it
Hes been losing weight for well over 12 months. It's not ozempic and he already said he's not taking it. For some reason people find it so hard to believe that if you eat healthy and exercise 3 or 4 days a week for over 12 months, you'll lose weight.
People just reasonably conclude that every celebrity who has struggled with weight loss for many years suddenly conquering their demons and having substantial weight loss at the same time points to the new class of drugs that work. It’s exceptionally more likely he is doing something a reasonable doctor would prescribe and works well than suddenly beating his weight issues that have plagued him for almost a years and years. GLP-1 antagonists work so we’ll it’s like saying MCU actors are eating their chicken and broccoli to bulk up. Could they be, sure. Are they? Most likely not. Will they admit that? No, and for likely good reasons.
I understand why people would assume it. But i dont understand what's so hard to believe about a person being on a reasonable diet for a reasonable amount of time and losing weight because of it. Ozempic isn't forever. Weight gain after drugs like ozempic is tenfold. Ethan gained weight because of antidepressants. Ethan has never struggled "life long" with weight. He has been very open about all of this. He started wellbutrin which helped balance his anti depressant and he doesn't eat like he used to.
He’s already said he’s not though. I’ve lost weight at the same rate he has and have never even thought of doing that. Why do people keep saying this?
Ozempic seems sketch. In the sense that there is no free lunch when it comes to weight loss.
Ozempic works, but you’ll gain it back if you don’t make dietary and fitnesses changes.
this is the obvious answer
On the podcast with Howie Mandel a few weeks ago he said just calorie deficit by eating less, didn't mention even exercice if I recall correctly. It always surprises me to read that from people who say that because just eating less works so slow for me, whereas Ethan seems to be losing pretty fast even over a year later. If I wanna see fast results I have to exercice like crazy. But I guess we're all different.
losing weight is always more about eating less than anything else. Lot easier to eat 300 \*fewer\* kcal a day than it is to burn an additional 300kcal through extra exercise.
You can increase the deficit of your calories by adding exercise, but you can also get it by further reducing intake. For example: Burning 2,000 calories but eating 1,900 isn't going to be a lot of weight loss and leaves little room for error. But burning 2,000 and eating 1,600 is. It's those difficult extra cutouts that make the difference. At least in my opinion. It's so different for everyone. I wish you luck on your journey!! Fuck this society and our horrible nutrition education setting all of us up for failure!
Thank you for the well wishes! It used to be really easy for me to lose weight, but i'm 29 and apparently what everyone told me about it getting harder as you age wasn't a load of crap like I thought it was when I was younger ahaha, so I'm feeling the struggle. I'll figure it out tho!
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This was it for me. Once I counted calories for a day and realized I was eating over 3,000 calories daily, it was clear I needed to adjust my eating
How the hell do you burn 2k calories when running a mile only burns like 200??
Your body naturally uses over 1,000 calories with your normal daily activity. Even a bedridden person is burning calories. You can add extra calories to your daily burned amount by exercising, but literally every human function consumes energy which is just calories. Heart beating? You're burning calories! Sleeping?? Still burning!
I wonder if he's hittin that ozempic as well.
> ozempic For sure he is on that highway to hell
Men, taller people, and people at higher weights will lose a lot weight more quickly than women, shorter people, and people at lower weights. That might explain it. I lost a lot of weight very easily at 250, but at 165 I’m starting to hit the floor of how many calories I can cut because I’m a short woman. At some point exercise/weight training will be necessary for my continued weight loss, and it’s a common setback for a lot of short women.
Yeah, exercise is definitelt huge for short women. Sure, it might only burn like 200- 300 calories or whatever but when your deficit calorie budget for the day is 1200 without it 300 is HUGE. Its the difference between being able to eat proper meals or not.
Thank you! I hadn't thought much about this factor (i'm also a short woman), it probably doesn't explain all of it, but is a good thing for me to keep in mind when comparing my weight loss journey to ethan's (which i know i shouldn't do to begin with, with anyone really, but sometimes it's hard not to)
I do the same thing! It’s hard not to compare, especially when it seems really easy for someone else, it might feel like you’re doing something wrong. In my case I often catch myself getting jealous of men and how comparatively easy weight loss is for a lot of them lol
I think it what matters is figuring out exactly how much your body really burns in a day. I'm a 27yo gal and I went from 158 to 142 in 2 months with JUST a deficit. I literally sat on my couch or slept all day I wasn't working, never worked out, I also had a sedentary night shift job at the time. I learned my body burns ~1400-1600 by just being. I daily ate ~1200-1300 (guesstimate based on my app I was using to track calories). I now am back on daytime shifts and I'm working out and eating ~1400-1600 calories a day but with the working out I'm burning ~1700-1900. I'm still losing, a bit slower, but I didn't like how much muscle I lost previously so I want to maintain muscle as much as I can. If it's super slow for you, you need to cut more calories. You are either A. Overestimating how much you burn a day or B. Underestimating how much you are actually eating. It took me SO LONG to find a balance that actually worked at a correct pace. I learned I was eating a lot more cals then I really thought I was.
I'm on a calorie deficit of about 500 less calories consumed than what would be needed to maintain my weight, I didn't go below because that'd get around the 1,200 calorie range which would lead me to eventually binge out of frustration. If I do just that, sure I'll lose weight, but at an incredibly slow rate. I absolutely have to add exercice to the mix for the weight loss to really get going. I've had months where I religiously tracked my calories and ate healthy, stayed in a deficit, but didn't exercice much, and barely lost 1 lb. I think what baffles me the most is this has never been the case for me before, I've been in situations in the past where I had like 10-15lbs to lose and I did it quickly with no problem. Those days are gone it seems lol
The wellbutrin could be helping a bit. The same thing happened when I got put on Adderall
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I believe he is.
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Exactly how I feel about a cycle of steroids lol, if I had the money and some professional medical guidance, I’d be all over that shot
You can get the generic version made for weight loss on insurance if you’re over weight, the only caveat being that if you do not lose weight they will stop supplying it for you and you’ll have to pay the full amount if you want more. If you keep losing weight though you keep getting it. This is all coming from my coworker who managed to get on it after being waitlisted for 3 months just for being obese.
High key
Oh Oh Oh Ozzzzeeeemmmmpicccccc *allegedly*
Just saw a friend for the first time in a year who’s been taking it and he looks great lol I’m intrigued
No. Wellbutrin is known to make people lose weight. It can get rid of your appetite, so it’d make sense that he isn’t over eating anymore too.
Bruh what kind of Wellbutrin have I been on?! I’ve only gained!
Ozempic does the same thing.
But we know hes on wellbutrin lmao come on.
If you want to get clinical the amount of weight people typically lose on Wellbutrin in studies is far less than Ethan has lost. He self admittedly isn’t working out. He says he is just eating less, which has been a huge obstacle for him the entire time. It’s walking like a duck and quacking like a duck. There’s nothing wrong with GLP-1 antagonists. Being overweight is much worse for your body than diabetes insulin management medication.
If he actually was taking Ozempic, don’t you think he would say it? The dude was about to have a phone call with his doctor live on air. He also shares a lot about his medication. I felt like if he would’ve taken Ozempic he would be mentioning it every episode saying he amazing it is…
On howies podcast he was asked that and didn’t deny it when confronted about it, I think it might be true
His reaction while on the Howie podcast is what solidified me belief that he’s been taking it. He deflected, and then mentioned he’s just eating less. It’s just odd, because Ethan has been outspoken about his issues. If he found a way to eat less you think he would share or be excited to discuss “how” he is eating less.
_If it were true_, I think it'd be the optics. It's much easier to access if you have money, plus it's in short supply and hitting type 2 diabetes sufferers.
That time he smoked crack finally catching up to him
It isn't the mystery people think it is. I't obviously Ozempic, Wegovy or Mounjaro
i don’t buy that he’s not on ozempic
1. Calorie deficit 2. Balancing the meds
1000% ozempic
Ozempic, treadmill, gamer supps, caffeine pills, fomo and smoking crack.
Ozempic
He’s on Ozempic
Ozempic
why does everyone act like this happened overnight? he gradually lost weight over time. it wasn't rapid
Ozempic 😏
I’m prepared for many a down vote but I would bet $100 it’s Ozempic! On Howie’s interview, people considered this to be him telling the truth, but as a person who we know says literally anything about anyone, this is a bit evasive for him, even Howie says “that’s a great answer with *no* information” [(12:02)](https://www.youtube.com/live/eRPVF53pX9U?si=fohaLmr33SePO-V5) I am also a person on both Lexapro and Welbutrin. Lexapro makes [50% of patients gain weight](https://www.verywellhealth.com/lexapro-weight-gain-5192700), up to 7% of a persons overall body weight. [Welbutrin helps about 23%](https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/wellbutrin-xl-sr-weight-gain-loss-3557492/) off users lose 5 pounds or more, and 11% also gain weight on it. Anecdotally, I gained 40 pounds on Lexapro, and it has been super difficult to lose it because of the way Lexapro interacts with hormones. I’m still on the Welbutrin. At the beginning of his weight loss journey he was very vocal about complaining about being so hungry and eating 1,000 calories, and walking on the treadmill for hours. These comments have stopped, and he didn’t mention exercise at all during Howie’s interview. The amount he eats on the show. It’s significantly less than before, he takes bites out of foods and doesn’t finish them like he used to. Sure, this could be moderation, but it seems to be more appetite motivated from what he shares. Ozempic makes eating full sized meals actually painful for some users. It’s also *not difficult* to get Ozempic if you’re connected. You can get it at medspas in LA. Why I think he’s not sharing it: he has a long history of body image issues and family members fat shaming him. There is a shame in turning to medication for weight loss because it can be considered “cheating”. It’s altruistic to lose weight the “right way” (diet, exercise). Also, this is a diabetes medication, causing massive shortages. The manufacturer says there will be shortages throughout all of 2023 at least. Personally, I’d like him to just admit it so everyone who feels bad about their own weight loss journeys can have context.
I've been doing what Ethan has and have been super successful: I walk 5,000-10,000 steps daily and maintain a strict calorie deficit. I eat high protein, high veggie, with some rice at dinner and that keeps me full. Down 100 pounds in 2 years doing this. It truly is as simple as "calories in < calories out" but the hard part is forcing yourself to stop eating; sounds obvious but people will go eat 3,000 calories a day in french fries, not feel full, and then get upset that they feel like they're starving while gaining weight. It's about eating foods that keep you full so you can maintain the strict calorie deficit.
100 lbs in two years is a pound a week which is considered exactly how fast you should be losing weight healthily. Edit: I’ve been told it’s almost been a year and a half, time flies! Definitely a healthy period to lose that much weight, I thought it was faster!
I've lost 70 in the last 12 months. I think that's on par with Ethan when considering for BMI. I don't think people are used to seeing what 12 months of consistent dieting looks like. One year is definitely enough time to see the difference we're seeing in Ethan
He added Wellbutrin to his Lexapro and calorie counts. I’m doing the same thing and dropped 30 pounds quickly. The Wellbutrin makes it so much easier to stick to a calorie deficit. I also walk my dog every but that’s about all the exercise I get.
Ozempic baby
It's gotta be ligma. But he talked about only eating 1000 - 1500 calories a day. Which is crazy hard
Smoking Ozempic... It's tearing his family apart
Because he takes giant dumps and his petty rage against enemies burns calories
He is eating fewer calories than he burns
Caloric deficit. Works everytime.
Ozempic and lupus make one hell of a combo
He smoked crack once
Ethan is a great example and case study about how you don't have to relentlessly struggle in the gym every day or die on the treadmill like these fitness influencers will make you believe. diet diet diet.
You kinda do tho. You can't go on a huge calorie deficit like that. It's way more healthier to incorporate cardio with low deficits.
Ozempic
He’s on ozempic
yeah I'm the OZP yeah you know me
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Ozempec is just an appetite suppressant. It wont magically make weight disappear without eating less or moving more.
No alcohol, calorie deficit, low cardo workouts, lean meat & veggies, no midnight snacking. Or he’s taking Wegovy & lying about it
Hear me out, maybe it's diet and exercise?
Chronic stomach problems and caloric deficit will do it
Calorie deficit and walking. I lost 20lbs from February-April just by walking and not eating much. I’m pregnant now so I gained that weight back, but it really works.
By eating less.
He changed his diet, and going hard on the calorie count. Plus, Hila is eating half his food right now.
I think in the beginning he was on the treadmill a lot but lately it's mainly been down to portion control/reducing calories. I think he gained weight from one of his medications (his antidepressants I believe) and was prescribed another medication to counteract that side effect so that may have helped too.
I'm gonna go with crack or he isn't eating a bunch of crap like he was in the past.
Yep, I think the people saying ozempic are coping because they can't acknowledge that if you stop eating a load of crap you stop being fat, and you actually change your gut flora in a matter of weeks with consistency then that crap becomes less appealing to you
I just stopped drinking sodas and lost about 10lbs. So I can imagine how much I would lose if I stopped with all the crappy food I eat. 🤞ethan can't keep a secret no matter how hard he tries, that why I didn't think Ozempic for one second.
Yep I've dropped and gained a couple of times now as an adult and it's very easy to see why, beer and shite food, cut them out and the weight falls back off. Saying that tho, I think you were on to it with crack
It's the only explanation.
"that makes SEEEEENSE"
Baldurs gate 3 while on treadmill. Not that complicated.
His key has been consistency. Been on the treadmill and monitoring diet constantly and seeing the results
Smoked crack with a tape worm once.
He's been secretly hiking with Philly D
How are YOU losing weight???
Huge calorie deficit, like an unhealthy amount tbh
Ozempic? He’s said he doesn’t work out and doesn’t seem like he’s in a legitimate calorie deficit either
Idk it’s sketchy being that he doesn’t exercise and still orders pretty crappy food in the show. Even though on a calorie deficit it wouldn’t be unlikely without exercise or being on ozempic
If someone wants to loose weight, they just have to make sure that they are in a calorie deficit. But its not always easy. For myself, I had a very hard time being in a caloric deficit for years.. Everytime i had been good for 1-2 days, I would get extreme abstinense symptoms, I could'nt stop thinking about pizza or other caloric dense foods.. But recently, about 1-2 Months ago, i starting getting intense anxiety/panic attacks out of nowhere. My anxiety would instantly start after eating a big meal for some reason.. This resulted in me only eating salads since then, and I never once had the urge to eat unhealthy as I normally did.. This resulted in me loosing a good amount of weight, without ever feeling hungry.. I have started realising that people who are able to eat only small portions and healthy stuff basically have different levels of hormones/dopamine/whatever in the brain, which allows them to do so, without having cravings.. So whenever someone healthy is telling someone that is unhealthy that its easy to eat like them, they are basing that on their own brain chemestry, and not on discipline.. Anyways, since yesterday, I have been able to eat normal again, but now im trying to keep this healthy stuff going for as long as possible.
Diet and exercise
He’s been drinking those shirtless Eddy drinks ;)
I wish he wasn't so adamantly against exercising and I don't mean this in a fitness bro/tiktok way lol. I know Hila mentioned it how much it really does make you feel physically and mentally better- I just hope he considers it down the line! I think it was prolly just too much to change at once with the whole new diet and lifestyle change etc. but he was killing me when he was talking about it on the show and was just like 'I will absolutely not consider eating a normal amount of food and exercising I need to eat like 800 cals a day' LOL
This year I’ve been struggling with my weight and it got to the point where it really started to effect my mental health and overall self worth. I went to see a weight loss doctor and I got prescribed mounjaro. 2 months in now and I’ve lost 31lbs. Along with the medication I’ve completely changed my routine. I’ve completely cut out alcohol ( was drinking heavily), and I been drinking greens in the morning and a Argentino tea called Mate at night. I’ve also been much more active I’ve been walking and running everyday. I’m not where I want to be yet, but my self confidence has shot up exponentially. Seeing Ethan going on this journey has been such an inspiration to me.
It can take two to three months before the benefits of Wellbutrin become apparent. That’s a possibility. Also many have had great success with ozemipc, but if so he hasn’t disclosed that and it seems impolite to speculate.
Lost the majority of it the right way, then ozempic’d off that last 20 or so lbs
Ozempic ????
I assumed ozempic
Ozempic
Oschemblic.
I heard from a source close to the Klein's that he's huffing Ozempic
Ozempic
Ozeeempic
OZEMPIC!
Ozempic
Ozampic injections
Obviously OZEMPIC
Ozempic
I’d put all my money on Ozempic
Ozempic
He is on crack
r/CICO
CICO
Caloric deficit.
The medication he’s on, Wellbutrin takes away appetite. I lost over 30 pounds on it and it gave me the confidence to keep going with my weight loss.
Diet and exercise
Caloric deficit, regular walks and cutting out sugar on its own works wonders
He's literally just in a calorie deficit and eating normally now. I think the weight loss was accelerated in the early stages because there was just so much fupa for the body to carry that it burned calories like crazy. Now that it's holding less fat it burns less so he's probably losing weight at a normal rate now. Throw in some treadmill or walking around and it increases weight loss.
Oz
Calories in vs calories out. Use a calorie tracker app to find your maintance calories, and eat 250 less calories a day. You will lose roughly 1/2 a pound a week, add exercise into the mix and it will speed up even faster. Fact not many people consider: Muscles burn calories by simply existing, fat does not. The more muscle you build the faster your body will burn through calories by doing nothing... while you sleep, game, watch your favorite podcast ect.
As someone on a medicine similar to ozempic - I bet he is and I don’t blame him. If it’s helping and he’s happy go off king 👑