The Fat Guy Forum

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   They say you don't wake up one day and weigh over 500lbs but in many ways that is what this week's guest experienced! Jesee Magallon had lived a relatively active life, or so he thought, and did not pay hi...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Yogi Parker has lived a big life, to say the least and little did he know that investigating keto to deal with a physical trauma issue would lead to an entirely new leg of his journey. From over six hundre...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Today is a very special episode as we share the three-way crossover of the WW Bro Podcast, the ALG Podcast and the Fat Guy Forum! Anthony DiDomenico & John Arpino have been on before, and this time their r...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Like many of us, Brett Yoh lived the life of a big guy accepting his restrictions and challenges until faced with a medical crisis. It was at that time he saw 623 pounds on the scale and realized that chan...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Xavier Perez struggled with his weight, as many of us have, but he had an added wrinkle... a career as a chef working around food, required to taste it every day! How did he develop the mindset needed to g...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Justin Dobbins knows rock bottom, and wanting an escape. By January of 2019 he was almost 700lbs and realized that he had let his life get out of control. He decided then to reclaim it and his health! Sinc...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Alex Poncio grew up as a very fat kid and as many of us do, he developed the "funny fat guy" persona to compensate. Unlike most of us, Alex turned this into a passion and a career eventually appearing in f...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo Today's guests didn't lose 200lbs, but he knows what it is like to be a hard working dude who wakes up one day and sees 300 pounds on the scale, living the life of a coach potato. Michael Mazzoni did not jus...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   This week's guest is proof that when we don't really care about our health and our weight, it can get completely out of control! Ryan Aviles found his weight soaring to 574 pounds due to many years of bad...

The Fat Guy Forum PATREON is here! Click this link to see how YOU can support this show and help Gormy keep bringing you the stories of these amazing men: https://www.patreon.com/Gormygoesketo   Teddie Aguirre has realized that the time is now for him to make changes in his life, and he is here to share with you what brought him to this point in his life and the changes that have taken almost 100...

If you’re looking for a massive weight loss transformation this week, I might suggest you move on, but give me one second to convince you to say! My guest Andrew Berger has been living with a nearly lifelong diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes compounded by a significant weight gain he struggled to manage. What you will find in his story is the inspiration to educate yourself about your health and to adv...

Today’s guest realized that if he was going to break out of the patterns in his life that brought him up well over 400 pounds that he was going to have to commit to doing the work, whatever it took. I am excited to bring you my friend Aaron Georges’ story today and not just because of the eerie similarities in our childhoods! You will be inspired and maybe like Aaron was by me in the end, challeng...

You have to believe that reaching 400 pounds by 18 years old is a challenge, but imagine doing it as the child of a nurse and a cardiologist! That is the life that today’s guest led and it wasn’t until he built a life of accountable consistency for himself that he started making change. Change that brought him to a bodybuilding stage and beyond. I am excited for you to meet David Roden, former fat...

Lafayette Brito was getting sick and tired of weighing over 400lbs but it wasn’t until a busy wedding season rolled around and a chance encounter with a maybe too honest child that he decided it was time to get moving! This self-described “Fit Don” started moving forward and hasn’t looked back. I think many of you will empathize with his struggles and his tenacity! Connect with Lafayette on IG at...

Today's guest Reid Jacobs lived my dream! While playing football, his coaches actually told him he had to gain weight. The problem is, when his days as a 300lb lineman ended, his eating didn't and he found himself 430 pounds. Reid's discovery of the Keto diet gave him the tools he needed to start to make change, but like most of us, his path is far from a straight line. We talk about the ups and d...

Caleb Blake had been overweight for most of his life, topping 450lbs. It took committing to small goals at first for him to build moment that has become a tidal wave of consistency and hard work. As we learn of his journey, he shares the tools that helped him shed almost 200 pounds so far. You will certainly find some motivation and inspiration from his amazing story! Connect with Caleb on Instagr...

This episode is a rarity! My guest did such a compelling job telling his story that there was barely room for me to talk! I think you will agree that Luke Ross’ journey from country kid to 600lb adult, to powerlifting strongman is worth our undivided attention. Stick around to the end as the “Big Boss” gives some solid advice to the people out there who might want to start slinging iron but are af...

We’ve all seen the movie Heavyweights and wondered what it would be like to visit a true fat camp and today’s guest, Matt Miller, lived that dream! But sadly those summers didn’t do much to affect his closet eating and emotional relationship with food. He soon found himself over 450 pounds, after a harrowing experience with the lap band surgery and failed diets, Matt had to work on his relationshi...

Christopher Stanly not only battled an addiction to food that brought him to 550 pounds but also found himself lost in drug addiction as well. He had to get sober from both to find the right direction for his life. We discuss how that happened in this fun and slightly language explicit chat that also covers excusing quarantine binges, battling the remaining fat guy mentality, and what it feels lik...

Richard Spencer described his life as a never ending cycle of overeating and regret. He realized that letting his wheels spin was getting him no where, so he made change. Where those changes took him and where he’s going now, will inspire you to take action!  Connect with Richard on IG at @rdspencer89!  https://www.instagram.com/rdspencer89/   Looking for help on your weight loss and health goals...

Chris Phillips struggled with his weight his whole life, especially after moving to a suburb of Boston, MA from Jamaica as a small child and getting exposed to the onslaught of hyper-palatable foods we all know well in the standard American diet. at 270lbs and only 5'6", he knew he needed to make life long sustainable challenges to be successful and not just chase a quick fix. His journey and how...

When someone says they let themselves go, you think of an athlete who put on some off season pounds, but for Jordon Hurd this goes deeper and led him to weigh 660 pounds. His journey to lose the weight and the adventure that took him on makes for a certainly inspiring tale on this new Fat Guy Forum! Connect with Jordon on IG at @jordonhurd ( https://www.instagram.com/jordonhurd/ ) You can find his...

Today's guest saw his weight and life spiraling out of control, as he reached a peak of 429 pounds. Three years after quitting drinking and changing his relationship with food, Tony Sanders is showing us all that it is never too late to face your fear and make true change, as he says, "What do we have to lose?" While Tony's physical transformation (You have to see it to believe it!) is breathtakin...

Charles Ivy came to the cold hard realization that the thing he loved most in the world, namely food, was killing him. When his weight soared up over 800lbs  and after spending years trapped in his bedroom, he realized that he needed to literally and figuratively stand up to this challenge. His journey will certainly move and inspire you as you hear how he is reclaiming his power and his life.  Co...

To say John Oakes has lived an oversized life is an understatement, at 6’10” and once weighing over 600 pounds. A perfect storm of medical issues, medications, and certainly his relationship with food brought him to the brink of death but he found the strength to fight back. John’s story doesn’t end with his getting gastric sleeve surgery but in many ways just began as he saw success and then fail...