The Weighting: Recent Episodes
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After years of training together, my coach Ryan is leaving for greener pastures (dammit). Topics include how to pick a trainer/coach to work with and the unique relationship that this sort of work creates.
With Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
Integrative nutritionist Anna Glennon is back to share a story about how a series of misdiagnoses changed the course of her life, career and health.
Then David has a great talk with Ryan about if he really needs to actually lose any more weight.
Guests:Anna Glendon (@TeachEatRepeat) and Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
It’s a new year and the resolutions are a flyin’ and a fallin’. Nonetheless, David believes in them and so does Anna Glennon, of "Teach, Eat, Repeat". They talk about small changes and the shift to big ones. David and Ryan talk about the vegan lifestyle and if it can support weight lifting.
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Anna Glennon (@TeachEatRepeat on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
Two great conversations for you here:
Healer and Ayurvedic chef Stephanie Wright on how food can be used to fix problems instead of treating, or worsening, symptoms.
Then a talk with Ryan about the reason I fired my new therapist and how black and white thinking limits people’s horizons.
Guests: Stephanie Wright (@TheWrightMethods) and Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
David has been living with someone and for now, that has changed due to careers and goals. As a result he had a binge eating episode--his first in five years--brought on by facing an empty apartment that used to be quite full. Later David talks to a young couple in Germany who have used the podcast to inspire themselves to make some dramatic changes in their fitness lives. Chef Stephanie Wright gives tips on safe holiday eating and David has some disappointing news that inspires him to take action--setting a goal of 15% body fat for 2019.
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram), Listener Carolyn, Listener Tanner, Stephanie Wright (@theWrightMethods on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
Here are three more thinking errors David sees his clients struggle with; in this episode he gives examples of how they affect their lives. Then the verdict, as David faces Ryan post-carrot cake, German waffles and delicious homemade lemon meringue pie--how much weight did he gain?
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
Before any lasting change can take place, your mental game has got to be as on point as your workouts. Part of that process involves understanding your cognitive distortions, aka thinking errors. David has picked the most common ones he sees his clients dealing with and gives examples of how they effect their lives. Back in the gym, David is facing a new workout and Ryan is (finally) eating real food.
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram
A question David asked bodybuilder and former fat kid Stephen Campolo leads to more questions. How do we know if and/or when we are ever “fit?” And what does fit even mean? We look at the BMI and all sorts of other measures including the BAI and the BVI. And regardless of what the numbers say, it looks like something is happening with David’s numbers and body.
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Stephen Campolo (@StephenCampolo on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
A conversation with bodybuilder and former fat kid Stephen Campolo about long term fat loss, what “skinny fat” is, the concept of ideal body weight and common errors beginners make when starting a fitness regime. Also Ryan is back from his first bodybuilding competition and David gets assessed (again!).
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer (@LaCureFit on Instagram) and Stephen Campolo (@StephenCampolo on Instagram)
Hosted By: David Ezell (@DavidLEzell on Instagram)
After a few months off David is back training and dieting. In addition to gym time, he is trying a new approach to his nutrition, using the app MyMacros+ and Macro Coach to help him maximize fat loss and keep weight off forever.
Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer and Jason Loewy
Hosted By: David Ezell
So what’s the verdict? After months of minimal calories and maximal effort, it’s time to find out if David met his goal. He reviews the numbers and plans next steps with his coach. And then he talks about what he has learned and next steps for him and the podcast. Guests: Ryan L’Ecuyer Hosted By: David Ezell
Numbers don’t lie. But looking at the wrong number does not deliver results. For David, the number is not weight--it’s fat--a that is a lot harder number to truly see. So he goes to an expert in assessment, Laila Zemroni at FitnesCity. And the Bod Pod delivers different results that calipers ever did. Ryan and David review the results and talk about next steps, the two kinds of body fat and the importance of sticking to a plan. Then Ryan helps listener Brandon take his first steps towards becoming physically fit. Guests: Laila Zemroni, Ryan L’Ecuyer, Listener Brandon Hosted By: David Ezell
The show starts out with lessons learned from the Wizard of Oz and a rather unforgiving bathroom scale. After that comes a discussion about families, upbringing, emotional eating and how to begin to create permanent change in your life. The episode ends with a question from Listener Kelly about the challenge of scheduling working out with a house full of little kids. Guest: Jason Gill, Listener Kelly Hosted By: David Ezell
First a question from a listener about weight loss and then good news of one sort or another start this week's episode. Then we get into weigh-ins and some real ups and downs with regard to David’s progress. In the last part of the show David and his coach Ryan work to figure out what is causing a sudden problem in his progress. Guest: Ryan L’Ecuyer Hosted By: David Ezell
Is there a downside to losing over 80 pounds? David works to answer the question by calling in two of his closest friends. First he and Tanya review the final pieces of fat clothes he won’t part with. They talk about emotions and clothes, aspirational clothing, Brooke Shields and how fashion starts at a 38 inch waist. Then David takes a walk with his former partner in food-crime and finds out what it is like when your friend, who was always up for anything, decides he is no longer up for much. There are photos of David's clothing and him giving it away at https://www.weightingpodcast.com/single-post/2018/06/09/Episode-6-Love-Weight-Loss-What-I-Wore Guests: Tanya Schiavone, Jason Gill Hosted By: David Ezell
Settling back into eating and exercise is hard. But stack multiple jobs and moving into the mix and things get much more challenging for David as he works to lose 101 pounds by July 4th. After a week of struggle, he creates a new plan to recommit and also cut 200 MORE calories from his daily intake. Guest: Ryan L’Ecuyer (Instagram: @lacurefit) Hosted By: David Ezell (www.weightingpodcast.com)
Recording the behavior you want to change is a crucial step in making any change in your life. David says the app MyMacros+ is “one of the essentials” in his losing over 80 pounds and keeping it off. MyMacros+ CEO Jason Loewy talks with David about what he calls “an essential life skill,” recording everything you eat and drink. They discuss nutrition, exercise, and the keys to creating and setting goals. Download MyMacros+ and add David to your circle of friends. His username is DaveinNYC. Guest: Jason Loewy (www.getmymacros.com) Hosted By: David Ezell (www.weightingpodcast.com)
David officially kicks off his tried and true plan, but friends (and more friends) keep tempting him to do anything but stay on the plan. Later David has an interview with journalist Steve Calechman about the effect thoughts and beliefs have on reaching our goals. The Weighting is sponsored by Darien Wellness, Southeastern Connecticut’s top mental health and wellness provider. If you want to change your life, go to DarienWellness.com or call 203.883.0464.
The plan is to eat more food to lose weight. Yes it's true, sometimes eating more food is part of the method to make your weigh-ins more successful. David and his coach, Ryan L'Ecuyer (lacurefit on Instagram) talk about the not-so-magical process of making numbers go up to make them fall down.
In the first episode of The Weighting, David Ezell explains his weight loss journey - where he started, and where he's headed.