MrBeast Winner Breaks Silence On $500,000 Prize, Hitting Rock Bottom, & Losing 100 Pounds

Mr. Beast paid me half a million dollars to lose 100 lb in 6 months. Before the challenge, I was 324 lbs. I was sluggish and didn't know what I was doing with my life. And now after the challenge, I'm a completely different human being. But I had no idea how hard it was going to be. >> This is my friend Match and if he loses 100 lb in the next year, I will give him a quart of a million dollars. >> So, how did you get in this video? >> I was in a video prior. They called me and were like, "Hey, do you want to be in a video?" I said, "Yeah." Because anytime Jimmy calls, bro, you just say yes. >> Now, going into the challenge, did you have a strategy to win? >> It comes back to you. Jimmy offers me, "Hey, like I'm going to give you everything and you know, you're going to lose 100 lb." Like, he's giving me all the tools necessary. I was dialed every single day. >> What was the hardest part about losing weight? >> It ultimately comes down to my circumstances, like what happened with me. >> Did you feel like it was intrusive to like get such a raw moment on camera? No. Mash, thank you so much for coming on the iced coffee hour. I really enjoyed your video with Mr. Beast. You won half a million dollars for losing £100. I thought the video was incredible. It was inspirational. I hit you up right afterwards and now you're here. Thank you so much, man. >> Thank you. Thank you for having me for real. I really do appreciate the opportunity. >> Absolutely. Now, I'm curious how much money you've spent in taxes. Well, I haven't done taxes yet, but probably going to spend around $150,000. That's what I put That's what I put on the side. >> Have you talked to an accountant yet? >> Yeah, I've talked to an accountant. So, um my mom put me on, you know, and basically went through there cuz it's um >> it's not like a traditional I guess it's not traditional income, you know what I mean? Like you're not working a job to make this money. So, texts are a little different on it. So, >> is it just a 1099? He just gives you a check or a >> wire. Exactly. Yeah. Wired straight to your account. So, straight to my account. Um, it hit $417,000. 650. Can't forget the 650. Um, but yeah, putting 150,000 to the side to save. >> And have you thought about what you're going to spend the money on? >> Yeah, I'm probably going to just reinvest in myself and help my family. So, um reinvesting in myself, taking care of um content and um my fitness journey. >> Will you be buying any index funds? >> What are index funds? >> Oh gosh, we'll talk about that a little bit later. >> That that'll be coming. I actually don't even know what that is. I mean, you guys are the guys, though, right? >> Yes. >> So So would you guys want to take my money and and flip it? >> Uh we don't we don't flip it. >> Why don't Why don't you guys just give me some financial advice as friends? >> Some non-financial advice. At least make sure it's in a high yield savings account. >> Okay. I don't even know what that is. >> Where is the money sitting right now? >> It's sitting in an account. >> A checking? >> A a business account. A business. >> Business. A business check. Those don't offer interest. >> Yeah, business check. >> It's earning nothing right now. >> $0. See, you could be getting at least 4% if you have $400,000 in it. That would be 16,000 bucks per year, right? Yeah. 16 grand per year. Over $1,000 per month you could be making by just putting that in a different account. >> Dang. >> What's crazy is that every every day, dude, every day you haven't done that is like $35 being lost. Every single day that you just don't move your money from one account to another. >> See, I need smarter friends because this is crazy. I mean, this is literally a high yields savings account. I've never heard of that before. >> Why doesn't Jimmy hook people up with like a good finance person who who just charges by the hour that says, "Hey, you just got half a million dollars." >> We probably do have those resources. Okay. I just never reached out for it. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, if I hit up Jimmy, I was like, "Hey, what can I do with my money or how can I make my money grow?" He'd tell me, "Hey, talk to this person." >> I didn't do that. I was just like, "Yeah, I got the money. That's it. I'm good." >> Yeah. Yeah. So, >> so how did you get in this video? >> Uh, so, so this video I was in a video prior, but um they called me and were like, "Hey, do you want to be in a video?" I said, "Yeah." And that was basically it. It's lit. It's that's literally >> Did they approach you with the idea >> of uh weight loss? Yeah. >> No, it was just, hey, you want to be in a video? And I was like, "Sure." Like, cuz anytime Jimmy calls Bro, you just say yes. So, I didn't care what it what it was. I just did it. >> He called you personally? >> Uh, someone from the team did. And how did you feel when they were like, "Hey, you know, let's try to shed some of this weight." >> I mean, so like you know how videos come to light? It's like there's a title of a video. So gym or weight loss was the title. And I just knew that it was gym and long. Wasn't like weight loss. So when I walked in there, it was like, "Hey, measured, this is it. So hop on the scale. You weigh 324 lbs. I'm going to give you up until a year to lose 100 pounds and you'll win quarter of a million dollars." So that's that's how it went. How did you first meet Jimmy? Just so that he could call you and just reach out for >> So, I I first met Jimmy in 2021. It was the first video that I ever did uh with my roommates at the time. It was the last person to leave the circle wins half a million dollars. And um during that actual challenge, Carl and Jimmy looked and was like, "Hey, we want you guys to move down to North Carolina." Literally during the actual challenge, move down to North Carolina so you can make videos with us. So, that was it. >> What was that process like? >> Well, hold on. You and your friend So, why did he offer you guys to move? because you guys were just entertaining on camera. >> I I believe so. Honestly, there was no like staple. It was just like, "Hey, we really like you guys. We want you guys to move down here and create content." I guess it's like easier access, you know, rather than always flying people out. If you have people that are content creators, um you can just easily call someone and be like, "Hey, I want you in this video or I want you to do this or that." So, yeah. >> And what was that like competing in that first challenge with Mr. Beast? >> Like, I didn't know anything Mr. Beast prior. So, that was the first of its kind. And I'm a gamer, you know? I'm not like IRL. I don't do that. So, I came from gaming and streaming. So, doing that was insane. I mean, you have a hundred people that are all fighting for, you know, half a million dollars, >> which is crazy. And especially like seeing the set, right? You're you're in a circle. You can leave, but like everyone's literally staying there till the end. People are saying they're not going to leave for a year. People are saying, "Yeah, I'm going to leave next week. I quit my job for this. I'm taking time off for this." Like, it's actually crazy. >> How much did you win in that circle game? >> Uh, two grand. >> And why did you why did you leave the circle? Ironically enough, there's there was a challenge in there. It was stand for 10 hours and your knee or your butt can't touch the ground. And Jimmy gave Nolan power. So Nolan was playing Simon says. And after like a while it was just Simon says, Simon says, Simon says, but the actual challenge is to stand. And he was like, Simon says do a push-up. And I never do push-ups. And then I decided to do a girl push-up. You know, like knee down. >> I've never done a push-up. And I did it and I got out. So, how did you feel afterwards? >> Terrible. Terrible. I was like, I couldn't believe it. You know, it was it was one of those things where you're doing an action, doing an action, doing an action, and then boom. Like, you just do it. So, it's like Simon says touch your head. Simon says rub your belly. Simon says touch your nose. Simon says do a push-up. And then you just go do it, you know, because it's just boom, boom, boom, boom. Did a lot of people get out during that? I was the only one. I I was I was the only one that got out during the Simon says portion. And how far did you make it? Like how many people were left? >> I think it was like I think I was 40 47 or Yeah. Like I was more than halfway there. I think I was there for a week. So one whole week. And so you worked with Mr. Beast company for a while until they approached you and they're just like, "Hey, we want to do this weight loss thing." >> Yeah. So um basically it was there's always like a selection process when it comes to videos like that. It wasn't just like me, you're the guy. Um, I think that I was one of the people and they just landed on me to do this, you know, and I'm very grateful for it. >> Was it immediately like yes, no hesitation or did part of you >> I I never hesitated, honestly. It's just it's an instant yes. Anytime I'm telling you, bro, anytime Jimmy calls, it's just a yes from me. >> That's just a massive opportunity. >> Yeah. I I look at it I look at it as a massive opportunity of course but it's also to just help better myself you know or just like whatever the challenge is it's just to help showcase that hey anyone can do this you know whether you're fat cuz I did lasers too I was in the lasers video and that's tough like you know you're going through like the world's deadliest laser maze I was a big boy then right so imagine trying to like crawl through these lasers imagine I did go through it win like it would be crazy you know >> did you compete in that video >> I did compete and I lost first round >> so you've been in multiple videos. >> I've been I've been in multiple videos. Yeah. Yeah. >> What was your first impression of Jimmy? >> Um, >> when did you when did you first meet him? >> 2021. Yeah. That was the first time I met him and it was literally in the circle. So, that was the first time I ever met him. It wasn't like a private meeting. It wasn't like a a group gathering or something or a dinner. It was in the circle. I have 100 people, you know, in a circle and they're going to fight for this half a million dollars. So, that's when I met him and there was like a lot of downtime cuz he was uh living in the RV. there was an RV there and him and the boys like always interact with everybody that's in there. So, I got to talk to him. I thought it was cool. >> And then doing this weight loss challenge, when you walk through that red tape and you're like, "Okay, I'm in the challenge." What was your first thought? >> Um, so it was walk in. I had I had brought a change of clothes. That was one thing. It's like bring a change of clothes as if you're going to sleep over, >> right? So, I put this backpack on, have my clothes in there, walk in, and then the challenge starts, you know, after I hop on the scale and like get my weight, 324 lbs. And he's like, "You're going to stay here for a year." I was like, "Wo, this is this is crazy." The thing the thing that really like mindboggling was that you have a grocery store, you have a gym, you have a bed, like you literally have everything you need for this challenge, you know? And then my coach as well, uh, that got introduced. So, >> so you didn't know you were going to spend 6 months of your life in that area? >> Yeah. >> And how do you deal with things like paying utilities or like stuff like that? >> They they provided. Yeah. They provided Jimmy's team provided that. Hey, like any bills or anything that you have that like a crew during this video will take care of >> like your own personal bills. >> Yeah. Like Yeah. Like rent, you know, a car, whatever it is that I can't because think about it, you know, I was gone for six months and I'm not paying and I'm not working either. So, thank you, Jimmy. >> Yeah. Thanks. >> That is that is crazy. That is fascinating. >> Yeah. >> And what would you say is like was there ever a moment where the the surreal likeness of the experience kind of hit? >> Um or was it always just like shocking? >> It was not not like so much shocking, but it's just the first the actual first night cuz you know, I come from streaming and gaming, so like being on camera, I didn't mind. I think a lot of people would like freak out if they're on camera 24/7 walking around this place. And um there's obviously a control room where they were watching me 24/7. There's a bunch of cameras there. I didn't see that until literally the end. So I was just always being myself. There was no like, okay, there's a camera on here. I have to act a certain way or I have to do a certain thing this way, you know? So I just like walked around. Everything was pretty normal. It was like this is my playground and I'm about to lose 100 lb. >> How much interaction did you get with the outside world? Did they let you have a phone in there? >> Um I had a phone. I had a phone, but no one in the world knew because obviously I was under NDA. Um, not even my family like knew that I was doing this video. >> Your family didn't know you were doing this video. >> Where do they think you're gone for 6 months? What do they >> Well, they came they came during my birthday. Yeah. >> So, yeah. >> But when did they find out? I mean, there's got to be a time where they're like, "Where is he? He's not home. He never came home." >> Uh, well, I I lived alone. Yeah. I live I live alone. So, yeah. They're not They're not asking about me like that. But it's just like one day he left and he just never came back. It was it was like, "Hey, I'm doing something, you know, so I'm just not going to be on my phone, quite literally." And then um they didn't know what I was doing. Nothing at all. Then production called them and were like, "Hey, your son's in this video." Still not even knowing what the video is about until they came and then they got to see it. Um but yeah, my family I mean my family took it very well when they came during my birthday. I haven't seen my family in a year at that point. So, in February, uh, when they came for my birthday, I haven't seen them prior cuz my dad passed away last year. >> Mhm. >> Um, in January. So, from January all the way up until, you know, January, February, I haven't seen my family. >> Yeah. >> Then I got to see them. And that was a surreal experience. That that right there I think was like the cherry on top of everything, you know, throughout that whole entire challenge other than finishing. But yeah. >> When did your struggle with weight start? >> Um, probably my whole life, bro. Honestly, I never like tracked food. That's something that that's something that I took um that coach taught me is just like tracking your actual food and like being able to have what you want. I never did that. I always had what I want and that attracted it. So I would always eat a bunch of BS. Like I would love fast food. I would love snacks. I would love caffeine. I would like soda and pop. And I would just love indulging in that stuff, you know, especially because like they were never really whole foods. So anytime you would eat, you would always feel hungry after. >> Um so I was always hungry. Literally, even if I ate a foot long sub or even if I ate Taco Bell, even if I ate chips, I was always hungry cuz it was never filling. >> Did it ever bother you? Like when you would go and you'd eat a bunch of fast food and then like you finish that, were you like, I should probably shouldn't have done that or were you kind of just apathetic towards it? >> I just did it like you know and even with my friends like I would just eat. Um whenever we would order, we'd order a lot of food and I would eat eat. So I wasn't like I was never mindful of what I was putting in my body. I was just like, "Oh, this is good food. Like I want it, you know, and I can have it." >> When did you realize it was becoming a problem? Dude, I started getting into like 3X clothes, like 3X, 2X or like clothes that I was fitting in that literally from high school that I was fitting in. Cuz you know, like I me personally, like I'm not a shopper. Like I don't spend. Um whatever clothes I have, I have. And then like when they stop fitting you and you have to buy new clothes, that's a problem. And especially like just health overall, like how I feel personally, you know, walking around heavy, breathing heavy, like actually breathing heavy. That's like something that I noticed a lot too. like breathing from my nose like I'm sitting and I'm talking to someone. I can't even hold a conversation. So yeah, like things like that took a mental note, but it wasn't so much outside, you know, like I always had a note of it. It's like I'm breathing heavy. You know, when you chew food, like people can hear you chew or you're subconscious of that. That's how it was like, bro, people can hear me breathe >> like hard. >> That is funny. >> Yeah. >> And so you so you've always been large your entire life. >> Yeah, I' I'd say I'd say I've always been large. My understanding is like if you have been large your entire life, it is just immensely difficult because you've built these grooves in your character, your habits, everything. And it's not like you've lost weight and gained it and lost weight and gained it again. Whereas in that case, like you at least have developed the skill of like tracking calories and like losing weight, even if you do end up gaining it afterwards, but like if you've always been big, taking off that weight is like extremely challenging. >> 100%. >> From what I've heard. >> Yeah. I mean, doing it alone, of course, it's 100% hard, you know, especially when you don't know where to start. I mean, I didn't know where to start. I went to the gym um prior to like this video. I was on like a little weight loss journey myself, you know. I was 320 um and then I went down to like 270, but I wasn't doing what I was doing in the challenge. You know, I was just strength training. I literally would just go to the gym and I would drink a protein shake. I would drink caffeine. I would work out and I would lose weight, but not like the right way. I would probably eat one sandwich a day. I'm talking literally one sandwich a day and then just eat a bunch of Takis after. And like I was still losing weight because technically I was in a caloric deficit, >> but a bad one. Like a very very bad one. Like I'm talking I'm literally only eating BS and I'm losing weight, you know? So not the healthy way. And like I guess I was gaining muscle but not like that. Cuz the way you're supposed to gain muscle now that I know it's healthy fats, healthy proteins, you know, and actually being in a surplus like 3,500 calories of just straight protein. Um, not BS, you know, not a pizza. >> So, when you were doing that, what caused you to stop doing that and fall back on the train and gain weight back? >> So, uh, I'll go back to it. Like my dad passed away. So, I was I was doing that little fitness journey and then when my dad passed away, um, in our culture, um, when someone passes away, your house is open and people will just come in and mourn with you. So, literally everybody that would walk in is just like, I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sorry for your loss. And I'm just I'm just like, bro, I don't want to eat. I have no appetite, you know. I just lost my dad and they all just kept bringing food, you know, and I would never eat. So, it was like now I'm not doing this. I'm mourning. And then month, two months, 3 months later, I start sitting back down on my computer and I'm mindlessly eating, you know? And now it's like all starting to catch back up to me is just eating and eating and eating and eating. So, when my dad passed away, I was like 270 268 my lowest. And then in a matter of months, bro, like I gained it all back. I literally gained 50 60 lbs back. So 324 when I started the video was my heaviest. Um and that I was. >> How does that affect your mental health? >> Um >> how do you have you noticed it? Like how do you feel different being a heavier weight versus lighter? Even if it's 50 60 pounds. >> It's a lot of it a lot of it really came down to food, man. Like I'll be completely honest. Like the better food that I put in my body, like I'm talking fruits, veggies, eggs, protein, yogurts, like all the good food, like things that make you feel full made me feel alive, bro. And it made me feel incredibly insane. Like insane as in like I'm cracked out of my mind. I didn't need caffeine. I used to drink 1,500 milligrams of caffeine. Stop drinking caffeine completely during this challenge, you know? And I literally got all my energy from food like and then I understood what it like truly meant to feel full like and me saying that is crazy because I love eating like literally >> 1500 milligrams of caffeine is ins. How do you even do that? >> Yeah. >> And then what's what's the withdrawal like with going without caffeine? That's a ton of caffeine, >> dude. I'll be I'll be completely honest with you. Um I didn't have any withdraws. I didn't have any withdraws. Like no withdraw symptoms, no nothing. Um something that me and coach talked about was he literally looked at me. He's like, "When you get to like 1,700 or 1,800 calories, like I wouldn't want you walking around like a zombie, and I'll be super impressed if you do this whole challenge without drinking caffeine." 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So, right there alone is 600 milligrams of caffeine and then I would feel tired right after I ate my food. I'd game for a little bit. I'd take a nap. Then I'd wake back up and I'd crack another drink. So, instead of me drinking water, it was just drinking caffeine. So, boom, another 900 milligrams of caffeine just right there, you know, off of two energy drinks cuz they were 300 milligrams and the preworkout. And then this is like eight o'clock, 10 o'clock. I'm sleeping at like three, four, five am like every day, you know. It's pretty it's pretty crazy. I was gaming. I was just I was just gaming and I was streaming, you know. And some days I wouldn't even stream. I would just drink energy drinks just to drink them just because I'm gaming. >> Would the caffeine even energize you at that point? >> No. >> I don't I don't I don't think >> because it was just like the the thing you did. >> The thing I did I feel like it was the carbonation and the actual like flavor. Like I I really like the flavor. >> Got hooked on the flavor. >> Man, that flavor is so good. See, that's the thing that people say about Starbucks is like while coffee at Starbucks may not be the best quality, you get addicted because they put a lot of caffeine. Like a venty sugar. >> Yeah. And sugar. A venty just stand a big thing, man. >> A venty standard coffee from Starbucks has 400 millig of caffeine. And so you think you're like Yeah. You think you're like addicted to that unique Starbucks coffee flavor, but it's that coupled with the copious amount of caffeine that you get in their drinks. >> I love the videos where they show you how much sugar. I've seen that. And it's like one Starbucks drink, but it's like that much sugar. >> Insane. >> And how are you even sleeping if you were getting 1500 millig of caffeine? >> I would I mean, bro, I would sleep in spurts. I would literally nap. So, like, if I slept for 2 hours, I'd feel like I slept for 8 or 10. Literally, I'd wake up and I'd be like, whoa. Then I wake up. Or if I was gaming, like quite literally, if I was gaming and I was getting pissed on in the game, right? I'd have to crack an energy drink so I could feel like I got to [ __ ] on these guys, you know? Like that's how I was feeling. I needed to feel cracked. So that's why I would drink energy drinks, too. It's like I felt like it would give me that extra edge. >> And so walk us through cuz I'm I'm so fascinated by the idea that if you change your diet, basically everything else in your life improves. So you're saying >> 100% 10fold. Like no doubt about it. >> You got all of your energy from clean foods and then you don't really even drink caffeine. Now >> I have had zero milligrams of caffeine in my body since I started the challenge. Like I have literally had zero milligrams of caffeine. >> And you feel much more energetic now than you did previously. Yeah, I feel like caffeine suppressed me. Um, like suppressed like who I was truly just because I drank so much, you know, I feel like it dimmed me down >> um to who I truly was. And after I like changed everything, this is who I am, you know? This is truly who I am without caffeine, without energy. So like I don't need it. I don't need to depend on it. I feel like I depended on that a lot. It's like I'm feeling tired, you know, or I'm about to crash. I need to drink an energy drink. So yeah, from food for sure. What about just having less weight on your body because and also having more muscle on your body? I heard that like those are also interestingly enough like key to just overall mental health, motivation, energy levels as well. >> Yeah. And and mental clarity of course. Um losing losing a bunch of weight uh when when I put on the 97 lb suit. So like you don't know how much like you actually weigh until like you wear your old self. >> And like wearing that I couldn't believe I was walking around cuz I walked around like that my whole entire life. So having 100 pounds off of you and then putting 100 pounds back on to you is insane. Like the way that I was even breathing with the 100 pounds on was crazy, you know? And just being in the sun too, that's like one of those things like those are little habits like the habits and structures that I built that helped improve too. Like actually getting sunlight. I never got sunlight, bro. I was always in my house. I was always in my room just gaming, you know, gaming, sleeping, never outside, no steps. I probably got minimum like 1,000 steps, bro. 1,00500 steps when I was living my old life. Um, but yeah, like losing the weight definitely improved my health, you know, uh, overall. >> What about girls? >> Like, like if you're just spending all of your time like playing video games, drinking caffeine, cavitated beverages, stuff like that, and just like chilling in a dark room. Was that ever like a priority of yours to like go and like try to find partner or like the dating? >> I mean, not really dating. I was very sociable before like I always talk to people and anytime because I would travel to events, so I would always meet people too, you know. Um, and even girls, girls liked me and I like girls, too. It's uh they actually like big boys, you know. So, the girls thing wasn't like I was never self-conscious of myself, you know, or I never felt some type of way or like insecure like insecurities. I always loved myself and I always showed up, you know. So, who who you saw is who you saw, you know, what you got. >> Now, going into the challenge, did you have a strategy to win? >> Yeah, it was it was uh just train, bro. It was just push pull legs. Like, it wasn't like too much cardio. But then I got my coach, you know, and my coach gave me the this is the blueprint. This is like what we're going to do. And it worked. So yeah, he gave me an upper lower rest, but the rest day was a cardio day and then upper lower cardio and then full rest day. >> And how were the living conditions there? >> Like what was the situation like? >> I had a bed. Yeah. And I was in private. The bed was comfy. Uh, I got introduced to a sleep mask that too so I can improve sleep because I was talking to my coach about like how could I get more REM sleep. I had an Aura ring. I don't have it on me now, but in my Apple Watch and that tracked my sleep and um just improving my quality of sleep, like actually sleeping longer rather than those 2-hour sprits that I would have, you know, and feel like 10 hours actually see for six, seven, eight hours a night um all the way through. >> The meals, I was really curious about that. Did they give you a a guide of what to eat or how did the kitchen work? It was like a whole grocery store. >> Yeah, the grocery store. So, coach actually like our first So, I had a bunch of stuff. Like literally a bunch of stuff inside this kitchen. And then in the actual grocery store, I had a bunch of stuff, too. I got to request anything I wanted. Literally anything I wanted. If I wanted a steak, I got a steak. If I wanted chicken, I got chicken, you know? So, I wasn't limited to anything. >> If you requested a steak, would they bring you like a prime cut ribeye? >> Like it's Yeah, it's literally a steak. Yeah. A ribeye, whatever. A New York. >> If you wanted wagu or a filt. >> Yeah, >> you can get lobster. >> Yeah. >> And what would >> Because it would be raw, I would have to cook it. >> Yeah. >> Oh, so so you had to cook everything. >> Yeah. Yeah. I cooked everything. >> But if you wanted lobster and steak every single day, they would do it. >> I could. Yeah. 110% I could. I had ground beef every day. I had ground beef, turkey, um, tuna. I had a little bit of that. >> That's what you ended up using your endless resources on. I mean, I wasn't really like I'll tell you something, okay? Coach and I had a tradition. Um, rest in peace, coach. We had a tradition where every Thursday, every other Thursday, we would do steak, like a steak dinner, and we would grill it. So, it was literally steak, corn, asparagus, potatoes every other Thursday. Like that was our tradition. Like we would break bread like that as like a good week, you know, uh, from training. >> What was the most expensive meal that you've asked? >> Uh, I guess it would be the steak. Yeah, like the steak. The steak was the most expensive uh that we would make. >> And it never crossed your mind to get a Wagu A5 from >> I'm not bougie. >> Yeah, I'm not. >> But you could ask for it and they would give it to you. >> I know, but like I'm just not bougie. >> You should have asked for like a stick like sitting on top of it. >> That's funny. That's funny. See, that's funny. >> A diamond encrusted. >> Yeah. Gold flakes. >> Gold flakes and then you peeled them off. >> Yeah. >> See, I would have asked Gordon Ramsay to like bring something. >> Yeah. I was I was the chef. This guy right here, I was the chef. I didn't know how to cook beforehand. I'll tell you that right now. Coach got me right though. Taught me how to do the ground beef. Taught me how to do the chicken. Air fryer was my best friend. Quite literally. So easy. >> So, what was your best meal to lose weight? >> Um, it was my breakfast honestly. Like that was my best meal. It was we transitioned. So, it was five eggs at first uh which was 350 calories cuz I was tracking everything. Um, five eggs for 30 g of protein and then yogurt. So, I would always weigh my food. 170 g of oo yogurt, 17 g of protein for 100 calories and uh protein powder scoop in there with fruits on the side. That was basically like an omelette. I would make an omelette, protein yogurt bowl with fruits. So 100 grams of blueberries, strawberries. That was my staple every morning. >> What was the hardest part about losing weight? >> I'll be honest. I've had this question a lot, but it ultimately comes down to my circumstances, like what happened with me and it was just like losing coach. That was like that was the actual hardest part of weight loss, you know, is losing someone that's been with you along this ride, you know, this journey every single day. That was definitely the hardest part for me. Um, but it lit a flame under me, man. You know, and it made me go harder and allowed me to finish. >> Yeah, that was a really hard moment to watch. >> Yeah. And everything was was filmed so publicly. >> Yeah. >> Did any of that cross your mind not to include in the video or did you feel like Yeah. Or did did you feel like it was intrusive to like get such a raw moment on camera? No. >> No. I didn't mind. I mean, we're all human at the end of the day, you know. Um, everybody goes through loss. Everybody goes through like a tragedy or something that will change the trajectory of their life. And that was mine. That was filmed, right? Um it was on camera. >> And I'm grateful for it, right? Because it's like a blessing in disguise. It's like, bro, like I'm turning this pain into passion, right? And um I get to continue on this journey, which I'm very grateful for in honor of Coach Hall and honor of me as well and my family. But yeah, I I was okay with it. I think I think the coolest part about it is it is so raw because it is me and watching it in third person is something, but also just seeing how the world kind of reacted to it because we're all human, you know what I mean? So, the fact that people did get to see this and feel what I felt in the moment and me seeing their reactions was crazy, right? because they're like internet trolls, but then like everybody has to understand that just because it's a video doesn't mean that it's a video. Like this is real life. >> Yeah. >> And um yeah, so I'm very grateful that we got to showcase that, right? Or that's included in the video. >> Now that plenty of time has passed and you've had a lot of opportunity to like reflect back on that time period and a lot of those moments that you had with him. What is what is something that you that you learned like the main lesson that you'd say you've learned from coach? >> Um just showing up for yourself. That's that's the key thing is literally showing up. I always told him that he's doing he's doing everything for me. He's like, "I'm not doing anything at all. You're doing everything." And he would always say that even if I gave you the best plan like in the world, literally the best plan, you're the one that's deciding to show up. You're the one that's deciding to go through everything and do all of this. You know, you're the one that's making that choice. So just making the choices and like being intentional and mindful of what you're doing because people look at this and they're like, "Okay, you lost 100 pounds, you know, are you going to keep it off?" Like it wasn't just a diet. It wasn't just losing 100 lbs. Like this is a complete lifestyle change. You know, these are habits that I built, structure that I built because of coach and what he taught me. Just the way that he held himself and the way that he showed up for me every day and the way I showed up for him every day. Um, yeah, he made me a better man for sure. What was going through your mind when they offered you the opportunity to have another coach come in to walk you through that last part of the journey? >> It's it's tough, man. It's It's one of those things where you've built something, you know, and you don't want to like I wouldn't say tarnish it, but it's very hard for someone to come into the mix as something was being built, right? Like if you're building a company and like these people know that this is the blueprint, then you bring someone in that doesn't know anything, it's like yeah, I wasn't I wasn't inclined to like getting someone new. I think that coach built me up for that moment um that he passed. Literally the three months that I had with him, he literally built me up for it. But every single day that he showed up and he taught me and everything that he taught me and all the phases that we had. We had phase one which was 8 weeks, phase two that was 8 weeks and all the challenges that came about um he set me up for it, you know? And he wouldn't want me to quit or wouldn't want me to just like stop or mourn and something it's crazy as crazy as it sounds. Like that same day like I did what I had to do, you know what I mean? Like I had to do my 10,000 steps. I had to do my cardio. had to work out even after the fact that like I could have chose to be sad which I was or just sleep in my bed which is fine and it's normal but at that point I went through loss once and I saw what happened to me I gained everything back and the way that coach you know taught me is that you're going to show up for yourself and you're going to continue to push forward and I wasn't going to go back to you know I had every reason to rebound I had every reason to gain all that weight back during this challenge I had every reason to leave the circle But I wasn't going to do that. You know, there was no no shot in um a shot in hell. >> I wasn't going to do that. So, >> was there any moment in those 6 months that you maybe slipped a bit and you didn't follow through with what you wanted to set out to do? >> No. Yeah. I was dialed every single day. I never missed a day. I showed up every single day. I had a journal. I wrote down in my journal every single day. Um everything I did, I actually have that journal now with me. Do you think there was more pressure because the cameras were on you at all times? >> No, not at all. Because at the end of the day, the cameras is just they're just there recording me. >> You could have everything in the world. It comes back to you. You know, it's a you decision. Like Jimmy offers me, hey, like I'm going to give you everything and you know, you're going to lose 100 pounds. Like he's given me all the tools necessary. It ultimately comes back down to me. You know, if I wasn't going to do it, then I could have just sat down. I have a whole year. I could literally just wait around if I wanted to. I'm like, "All right, yeah, nice. I'm gonna eat at this grocery store. I'm gonna gain some weight." >> I was curious if there was any part of you that wanted the challenge to last longer. Like it get down to those last five pounds and then just be like, "You know what? This is a pretty good life. All my bills are paid. I get like whatever I want to heat. I got a full great place." And just continue it. Just keep going. >> Yeah. Jimmy, please. >> No. Um, dude, I thought it was going to be longer. There was this talk about plateauing, >> right? Right. And like if you go into a plateau like it could take longer like it could take 6 to 8 months you know or 8 to 9 months or it might take August um November December like you don't know when but um yeah I never I never did. I think the beauty of it is that every 30 days I was weighed. >> Um so I didn't know my weight but every single day I was getting weighed. So losing 20 lbs like 20 to 18 pounds a month was crazy. So it finished way faster. I thought it was going to be way longer honestly. I thought it was going to take the full year personally. So now being someone who's lost a lot of weight, you're fit now, like you can look back on your life beforehand and and you know, you didn't like what you saw, I guess. I'm curious, how do you motivate someone that like is bigger, they may not be super want they they may not want to lose a lot of weight, but you know that their life can be improved if they were to have lost weight. Yeah. >> How how would you motivate someone? >> Yeah. Um I mean I I was a gamer, right? And I was always in my room. I think one of the things is people think it's it is hard to lose weight. Like don't get it wrong. Like it is very hard to lose weight. But there are little baby steps that you can take to help you, you know? It's like you don't have to dive in head first hard. You can just start slow baby steps like 8,000 steps a day. That's something. Or just drinking your water or getting sleep and then just actually just being mindful of what you're putting in your body. So like I have the four pillars. The four pillars for me is physical activity/st steps, cardio, or not cardio, excuse me, water intake, sleep, and nutrition. Like these four pillars are what helped me throughout the whole entire challenge. It's not like I never put myself through a crazy diet. You know, I was eating what I wanted. Um, and I was losing weight and I was training how I wanted and I was losing weight and building muscle, you know, as long as like I feel like sleep is the most important factor throughout this whole thing. And nutrition is very important, too. what you're putting in your body. Cuz you know, if I say, "Hey, go on a 2,00 calorie diet," people are going to shy away because they're like, "Diet, that word diet." It's like, "Yeah, I know." They're thinking greens, you know, or fruits or veggies, like things that they don't want to eat. But you can eat meats, you can eat a little bit of veggies, and like you'll be able to lose weight. >> Obviously, it would be hard to isolate these variables since the entire like context of your life has also changed dramatically now since it was beforehand. But if you were to average out your happiness on a scale of like 1 to 10 throughout your life as a a larger person as opposed to now fitter person, what would you say those numbers are? >> Probably like being realistic, bigger meged. Bigger meged gaming, working, streaming, he was probably at a six because I love myself, you know? I never like struggled with that. I know a lot of people do struggle with that. Um, now it's probably at like a 10. Wow. Yeah, I it's because this is a lifestyle change, you know, like this is my life moving forward and like I'm so glad that I get to continue to better my health, better myself, you know, that's something that I enjoy, you know, cuz it's like showing up and enjoying the process. I don't have like an end goal. People ask like an end goal, but like when you reach an end goal, there's a new goal that starts. So, you're never really ending anything, you know? It's always a process. So, this is always a ongoing process for me um until I'm dead. And when you were averaging, let's just say a 6 out of 10 on terms of happiness, did you ever think that that was like a 10 out of 10? Like did you >> Yeah, probably probably throughout my life. Yeah, 100%. >> You've unlocked like a new level of happiness that you didn't know existed previously. >> 100%. >> That's what's interesting to me is like like how can you be a 10 out of 10 or can you can you be a six out of 10 thinking you're a 10 out of 10? Change some things in your life and apparently your happiness can go way higher. >> Yeah. I mean, I'll I'll be honest with you, like these the numbers that you're doing, the six out of 10, 10 out of 10. My body like because obviously I lost 100 pounds. So like the before and after, there's a before and after picture. So this this was me walking into the challenge, right? That was me after. >> Wow. >> I thought people perceived me like this. I thought people perceived me as 100 pounds less. Like I thought this is how I was walking around. 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So, it's not like >> But what about strangers? >> Strangers is a beautiful thing. Strangers to me is a beautiful thing. You know, the way that they come up to me, they're inspired by my story. I think that was surreal. Like, that's a surreal experience. The messages that I get is that you're an inspiration to us. You know, you helped me get into the gym. I'm losing weight because of you. Like, all these messages are messages that like I can't believe are in my phone, you know, or even in person. like these people are actually coming up to me and hugging me because one lose the weight but then also going through a loss like they felt like they went through that loss with me you know and they're telling me I'm sorry for coach wall and I'm sorry for your dad you know like these two losses and these are complete strangers that I don't know and I'm just so grateful and I'm blessed for that you know and the fact that they get to share that with me and I get to hug them is uh is crazy and just even have a conversation with them. What about for strangers when you were overweight versus now in terms of just like the general perception when you go up and like order food at the grocery store just like any interaction? >> Do you feel like you felt any prejudice like when you were bigger? >> No, I feel I feel like um people gravitated towards me actually like any >> they didn't feel threatened by you maybe. >> Yeah, I think I think so. I mean they they honestly just enjoyed my presence like I was just a likable person to be around. So, um, >> you do look a lot younger. >> Like, that is, bro, that is something crazy, too. Like, I do look a lot younger. I feel a lot younger. >> Way How old are you? >> 28. 28 years old. >> That's crazy. Yeah, man. >> That's Yeah, because when you were bigger, like >> I looked like I was 40. No, no, no. Like, I actually like 40. >> Yeah, but now you look your age. Like, >> I looked ugly. I'm kidding. I look handsome. >> Yeah, you were a good looking guy. >> I just look bigger, bro. Like, I looked like a I was walking around like a ball, bro. The pictures I just showed you, I was legitimately a ball. >> Well, it's your face, too. It's kind of thinned out, you know? >> Yeah. It's like I don't know. It's crazy. It's crazy what a haircut can do for you, too. >> Graham, I seen this on a table. What is this? >> Yeah. So, this is actually magic mind. That one I gave to you because you said you don't drink caffeine. That one is caffeine free. No way. >> And I had this one for Jack, which is double the caffeine because he definitely needs it. >> Uh, no. I drink these all the time. Every single day I have one of these. They help me focus. before the podcast especially because it helps you just lock in. It's a little bit of caffeine in these ones. Not in that caffeine-free one though. >> The brownie looks sick. >> It It's incredible. It tastes delicious. It's like a cool matcha health shot in a way, but it boosts energy. It helps with focus. I really enjoy them. 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I keep them always in my backpack >> cuz sometimes we'll just go on a trip and I take them in the morning and I really genuinely enjoy them. >> I was I was taking something like this um every morning. >> Yeah. When I was doing my challenge. So, this is really cool. It tastes really good. >> So, shout out to MagicMind by the way for sponsoring this podcast. We have a link down below in the description where you could get up to 60% off when you use our codemf. All you have to do is go to magicmind.com/icmf. The link is down below in the description. >> Mmf down below. >> So, what were the best workouts to lose weight? >> Honestly, it came down to steps. Like that's that's the thing. It literally came down to steps. But like while you're doing strength training, you're also burning more. So, it's just a plus on what you're doing with steps. Um the split that we had upper lower just like training your whole body. Whole body workouts are the best. Um, yeah, but if like we're getting into like specifics like >> your chest. So, we would do vertical pull, uh, horizontal pull, vertical pull. So, just those movements and then horizontal push, vertical push. I know it sounds foreign, but it's just any type of push movement for chest or, you know, um, your shoulders are one of them and then your back is one of them. So, like rows are one of them. Um, anything that's helping you just burn more calories by doing that that motion. Um, yeah. >> And what was the most difficult challenge? >> Um, the mile. Running a mile was the toughest, I think. Dead hang was pretty tough and push-ups were pretty tough, but running the mile was tough, man. I'm not going to lie. >> Why is it so hard? >> I never did cardio like that ever. Literally ever. So, the fact that I went from a 17-minute mile, so walking into it, I did a 17-minute mile and the challenge was run a mile in 8 minutes and 30 seconds. And that was a challenge that was like I have a little doubt in my mind that I'm not going to do it, but there's nothing that's going to stop me from actually doing it, you know, because I have all this time to train. So Jimmy introduced to the challenge, run my first mile was like 12 minutes and 50 seconds, something like that. Um, for a baseline and then day after day after day that I was running and running and running, um, it started shaving down, you know, drastically. I'm like, whoa, bro. Like this is crazy. Like my mile time's actually going down. Um, and then obviously on the day of the challenge, like I ran an 804, you know, 30 days later, 8 minutes and four seconds for a mile and that was insane. Like, but the the hardest part was just like the breathing and like controlling your breathing doing those laps. The fir that first first day that I did it, my throat was on fire. Like literally my whole entire chest was on fire for like two days. And like you would I was coughing for like an hour. Literally coughing fleg. Just coughing, coughing, coughing. I used to be a smoker. So, like I used to drink. I used to smoke. I used to smoke weed. Um I've been two years sober now. I don't do any of that stuff. I think that helped me tremendously throughout this whole entire journey, you know, and just like putting God first. Feel like just um believing in God really and just strengthen my relationship with God was one of those things that helped me throughout this whole entire challenge, you know, like to actually change my life. >> Um which I'm very grateful for. >> Have you improved on your mile time? Have you ran a faster mile than 804? >> No, I haven't. I haven't tried it. I haven't tested it. My grip strength though, like I tested like a dead hang and like I beat my challenge like what I did. Um because I am getting lighter, but I feel like I could definitely do like sub eight mile. >> Yeah. Would you want to Would you want to race me? >> I would do it. >> Yeah. Would you want to race me? >> Yeah, I would do it. >> Okay. What's >> a great runner? Well, I used to be in high school. I was very fast. >> What was your fastest mile? I mean, bro, you're way lighter than me. And you're tall. >> In high school, I ran a 435, but that was in that was All right. All right. I take it back. I am not going to race you. I'm not I'm not racing you. That is crazy. 435. >> A 435. >> You're telling me a minute a lap? Like less than a minute a lap. You're running. >> That's more than a middle lap. But But >> I can't do math. That's why you're the finance guy. >> That was That was in high school, Graham. That was in high school. A 435. >> Look it up. >> What's the craz 340 something? Like they beat me by a minute. >> Bro, that is crazy. >> Thanks. >> Yeah, I don't think I'll ever get to those numbers. I mean, if I if I tried to run a mile now, though, it wouldn't be anywhere close to that. >> No, but I still think I still think you'd definitely beat me. You'd get like a >> 6 pace you and we could try to go sub eight. >> I have to train for it, though. >> I'm curious to know how the journey has gone after the challenge. >> Yeah. >> What things did you do during the challenge that you still practice today? Like what about diet? What about getting those steps in, shooting basketballs? >> Yeah. So, I haven't I haven't shot basketballs in a in a long time. I've played basketball um just like pickup games. That's fine. I'm not that good. Um, but it's just cardio, you know? That's one of those things where I shot basketballs, but like playing with people now, I can keep up. You know, back then I couldn't keep up. Back then, I would run up and down the court and I swear I'd want to throw up. Like literally want to throw up. Um, cuz Jimmy would like run games. You know, Jimmy loves basketball. Like anytime that we would play, I was just like, "Bro, I can't do this." You know, like I'm dying. But yeah, waking up in the morning, this is this is one of those things is waking up in the morning and going outside to walk. Like I need to go outside. Like I can't lay in bed. I can't like just sit lay in bed and dwell, right? Or scroll for like an hour. The first thing that I do is wake up, pray, and then walk outside just so I can get the sun cuz I had that big facility. So, I would walk outside and I'd sit on my patio area and um it's just calm and quiet, bro. You know, it's one of those things so therapeutic just to walk around, listen to the birds, and just be outside, you know? Um tracking food. I really just eyeball it now. Um cuz I've been traveling by being mindful of what I'm putting in my body. I'm not eating BS. That's really that's really what I've been doing. But when I get back home, it's back to meal prepping, you know, because it is going to get busy. Like when you are traveling and stuff, you have to improvise. I'm not hitting my protein goals how I want to. Like 225 grams of protein getting close, but it's not like to the tea. When you meal prep, you can do that, you know, or even having the supplements. Like I need to start carrying supplements around. Um I only did protein, creatine, and collagen. Like those were the three things that I did. But yeah, finding like substitutes like those protein drinks, you know, premier proteins, no 160 calories, 130 calories for 30 grams. It's really good um substitutes. But yeah, trying to hit those goals cuz it was just calories in and protein for me. It wasn't fats or carbs. >> I'm curious, was there anything in the video that was left out that you wish was included? >> Not really. It just I wish a little I wish it was a little longer. Me personally, I wish it was just a little longer, you know? um more moments with coach that we had >> cuz we had sauna talks, we did coal plunge, you know. Um I feel like there were some funny conversations that we had that should have made it, maybe didn't make it, but yeah, it just it everything is just so raw, you know? Like when it comes to me, you're just getting what you're getting, you know? There's no like, hey, I'm going to turn it on for the camera. Like, no, this is what you're getting. You're getting me. Um, so the fact that coach and I had that relationship, like the way that we hugged, the way that we we messed around, he always told me, coach always told me that like we need to make a windup doll of you, like literally one of those windup dolls because of like any voice notes that I would make, you know, or like these little these little cues that I would make. And um, he would always die laughing, bro. >> H Yeah, man. Coaches Coach is a beast. >> What was it like watching that video after it was posted? I wasn't I wasn't going to watch it >> really. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I wasn't going to watch it. I wasn't going to watch it um in the beginning >> at first. So, like obviously like there's the final version that gets uploaded to YouTube. Jimmy asked me if I wanted to watch the video prior and I was like no, I'm not going to watch it until like the video actually gets posted. >> Um and even when I was in the challenge, I said that I wouldn't want to watch the video. Like I don't think I would want to watch the video >> just because like I already lived it. It's one of those things like I already lived it but then I watched it and when I watched it let me tell you it was an em I reacted to it like I literally reacted to it. So I watched it and it was just um an emotional roller coaster. Uh I watched it with Chandler. I had like a little gathering um view party, you know, so it was my first time watching it. And watching that cut, it was like, man, like this is crazy. Just the the actual story cuz I lived it, right? And then I only know things that are in this video. So like >> when there's a part I'm living through it and I can still continue on that that part that's like if it was cut, I'm still living that on, you know? Um even like when coach passed away, you know, and they told me the news and I'm sitting on the ground and I'm crying. like one of those things. It's like I still remember that feeling, you know, and like I could feel it. And every time I open like Tik Tok or Instagram or YouTube, like people were making clips and I'm not going to lie, bro, for like the first 250 times I cried like act like actual tears, my body would just I would cry, you know? Like that was the feeling that I got and just hearing him and seeing him and just the news like Yeah. I just wish it was a little longer. That was it. Um other than that, it was a perfect video. Not because I'm in it, but I think story-wise, I think I think the message is clear that like you can lose weight, you know, like even if you're in a facility, like you can lose weight. Like I was a person that was overweight, 100 pounds overweight or morbidly obese, like I was going to die, you know, at the age of 55 if I continued doing what I was doing. Um, but thankfully, you know. >> Yeah. Is there anything that surprised you about the video watching it back? >> No. The the thing I I'll tell you what surprised me. It's like I was invested in myself. Like I'm watching myself, but I'm watching like I've never seen myself third person as like a character, right? So like watching myself back even when I watch this back, you know? It's gonna be like, man, that like that's really you, you know, like you're you're really doing this. So I think that was like a trip for me is just watching myself in third person and like watching myself as a bigger person cuz like seeing myself and seeing how I walked cuz you never see like the back of your head, you know, like when you're walking and stuff or like things that you do. So seeing that is just like wow like you this is really who you were you know and this is who you are now. Um even at the end of the dead hang challenge like when I said yo that's 60,000 you know and I'm walking >> and I'm like man like >> you look healthier like you look lighter like that's really you me you know I'm just proud of myself man >> truly. >> And after the video got posted how long did it take for you to get recognized for the first time? >> I didn't go outside for two days. I I I didn't go outside for two days. >> Um cuz in North Carolina like everybody knows Jimmy, right? Because I was in North Carolina at the time. But when a Mr. Beast video gets posted, like a lot of locals know. So if I were to go outside, I'm pretty sure I would get recognized. I just wasn't ready for it, I guess. >> Um and then I went outside. So the first day that I went outside, I got recognized. And then in the airport, um when I was traveling here, yeah, people recognized me. It was It was crazy. So, you haven't traveled that much? >> No. No. But every place that I've traveled, people have recognized me. And it's actually surreal. Like, I'm telling you, it's a crazy experience. In the line of the airport, like we're waiting TSA. >> Yeah. >> One person, all it takes is one person. All it takes is one person. And then boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Because it registers in their head that you're the guy, you know, you're the guy from the Mr. Beast video. You're the guy that lost 100 pounds. It's just like, man, I was like, yeah. And I just love hearing their stories. You know, a lot of people just come up and just take a picture, and I'm fine with that, of course, but I always ask for like their names or like this. This to me is the funniest thing is I would see people look at me and like instead of them approaching me, I would just approach them because I know deep down they know who I am. So, I'll be like, "Hey, how are you? I'm meshed." Yeah. They're like, "You're the guy from Mr. Beast video." And I'm like, "Yeah." It's it's cuz like I've been in a situation like that. I'm pretty sure we all have been like where you see like a celebrity or someone famous and then you go on the day like wishing that you approached them or ask them for a picture or something. I was just like, man, I'll just break the ice myself, you know, even if it's not for me. Just let me walk up to you and just have this conversation. So, yeah, I think that's it's been it's been really fun. >> Now, you said at the end of the video that the real journey starts on the outside, >> correct? >> What did you mean by that and how has that impacted your life so far? >> Yeah. So the real journey, so in the video I say that the journey's ending, but in reality it's like the journey is not ending. It's just starting. Which is I'm in this facility, obviously a controlled environment. I have everything handed to me, right? You have a gym, you have a grocery store, you have a place to sleep, you have everything that you need to lose 100 pounds. Now everything that I'm doing outside affects everything that I did inside here affects how I do it outside. So all these the habits that I built, the structure that I built, carrying it over to the real world, how am I going to apply it? So, I've been applying it. You know, I've been continuing to lose weight. It's not, "Hey, you just did this video and you lost 100 pounds." It's a lifestyle change, you know? It's not just you're in a Mr. Beast video. No, like this is literally my actual life. This is real life. Like, I still train. I still count my calories. Not as much right now, but yeah, still doing all that to lose weight cuz I do have a goal in mind, you know, like my goal is to get to 180 lbs. So, the fact that I'm still continuing, you know, a month after is very, very good because they say 93, I think it's 93%. That might be the statistic, but 93% of people on the Biggest Loser, >> they gain all their way back or more, you know? And I'm not trying to be like that, especially with like >> people having eyeballs on me, >> right? They're like, they're waiting for my downfall. They're waiting for me to bounce back. They're waiting me for me to rebound, and that'll never happen. Do you feel like you also have to be a representation for Jimmy >> in the sense that like you staying thin is reinforcing that his challenge worked >> and that if you if you rebound then it's like well in a way Jimmy might have also failed that he put these boundaries in place that didn't work long term. >> I don't I don't think so. No. >> Yeah. I don't think so because at the end of the day it's me, right? It's it's me verse me when it comes to this. It's not me verse Jimmy or it's not I'm representing Jimmy. That was it's very nice of Jimmy to obviously give me the opportunity and I'm very blessed for it. I mean Jimmy helped change my life for the better. Like he literally added years to my life and I'm super grateful for that. You know I can't repay him. Like how could I repay him? I know how. Just continue being in shape, right? So yeah, it's like I feel like it would be a disservice to him. Like imagine your friend like Jimmy's telling me hey like I'm going to give you this this this and you get this this this and then it's like why would I do that? Why would I do that coach wall? Why would I do that to the people that actually worked on the video? Like they all sacrificed time, you know? >> And to me it just I have that chip on my shoulder personally. Like I'm going to continue to do this for myself and for everyone else that sacrifice time, you know. >> Yeah. So since leaving that challenge, have you had any like major cheat meals like a pizza, like ice cream? Yeah, I I've had cheat meals, but the thing is it's like if it fits, it works. So, it's not like I'm indulging I'm overindulging in things, you know, cuz I could have gained all that weight back, but I didn't. I'm at like 220 right now, you know? >> If you gain it back, maybe you could do another challenge. >> Do it again. Get another 500 grand. >> No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm going to I'm going to do my own challenge, right? Um Jeff Nippard, he actually gave me a 12-week program. He wants to see me at 180 lbs, you know, and to squat 405 lbs. >> Wow. So, like double my body weight. >> 400. >> Yeah. So, like I'd be 180 or 190 and then double that, which would be 380, you know, or whatever. 360. Um, he wants me to squat 405. He cuz he looked at me and he was like, "You literally have the build for like a powerlifter, you know, like or a power squatter." So, he believes that I can get that strong and he built out a program for me to go through it. And obviously, because I've done programs before, I can follow the structure um and actually get stronger. So, it's like progressive overloading. What other interesting opportunities have presented themselves to you since completing this Mr. Beast video? I mean, you probably have gotten viewed over two billion times. The video itself has like 150 million and then all of the clips. I mean, there's so many that probably have 10, 20, 30 million to reaction videos. Like, I mean, billions of times you've been What kind of opportunities? >> That's crazy to even hear. Like, let me close my ears cuz >> Oh, it's ins it's crazy. >> It is. Yeah, it is. It is crazy. I mean, I don't I don't look at it like that cuz I just still think like this is normal. like, you know what I mean? I don't know. I look at social media as if it's like fake. >> Like all these numbers are just like fake cuz I'm still regular, like I'm still normal. But yeah, opportunities did present themselves and I'm very grateful for them. Uh podcast is one of them like this and I'm very thankful that you guys, you know, brought me on. So, thank you for that. Um other podcasts like I just did one with Bradley Martin. Um content creators wanted to collab with me just to like a workout video um or just even creating reals or shorts, you know, just short form content >> and um yeah, maybe some video with Mr. Beast uh pretty soon. So, >> how have you started turning those opportunities into a business or making money from it? >> Um, good question. I haven't. I mean, I I really haven't. Like, there are opportunities that come, sure, but I just look at it for fun, but like, yeah, of course, I need to make it a business, right? Or like >> get paid. >> You went live and you reacted to the video, right? Like, I watched that and that got a lot of views. Like, I'm assuming your channel is now monetized now. >> Um, now it is. Yeah. Like when I uploaded the video, it wasn't monetized. So yeah. >> So you could be making >> I could I could be. Yeah, of course. I'm going to be uploading content myself like cuz I still want to continue to inspire people. Um I don't think I'll be a personal coach, you know, or a trainer or anything like that. I just want to showcase my journey and like continue on like this weight loss training that I'm doing, you know, and hopefully that it'll inspire people like people can take something from what I'm doing, you know, or learn something from what I'm doing cuz there are people out there that are coaches, they're certified for it, like they went to school for it or they know what they're doing. I don't know what I'm doing. I lost 100 pounds and I'm doing what I was taught, you know, and hopefully just from what I'm doing, people will understand, you know. >> I think most of the interest would be people just want to know where you end up, like how how you look, you know, 2 months from now, 5 months from now, a year from now. If you just did updates, like that would be enough for a lot of people. Like, I would love to see you improving like your mile time, hitting that squat PR, stuff like that. You would also do great uh raising money for a charity >> for every pound you lose within a certain like time frame. >> Oh, that's actually that's actually pretty good. >> Something like that. Like you lose 20 lb in the next 2 months a month. Hey, X amount could be donated to charity. >> That's good. That is good. See, I don't think that far. >> Few ideas. Now, they say that money doesn't buy happiness, but are you happy with the $500,000? >> Yeah. I look at it as like I have $0 in my bank account. I mean, I was making a $100 stretch, bro. You know, like this doesn't change me. Money is just a tool. I think more so just to help my family is the key. Um, and obviously reinvesting in myself. Yeah. >> Cuz like I can buy a camera that I couldn't buy beforehand, right? Or I can travel somewhere where I couldn't travel beforehand, but like >> having that amount >> doesn't change like who I am, you know? Like sure, I'm happy. I've been happy. But it's just a tool that I can use to do things, you know? I don't have to put on a credit card. >> Yeah. and then like pay interest and then drown in interest. >> Yeah. >> You know, where I could just pay it outright. >> Has anyone asked you for money? Cuz Grim could be the first. >> If I could have like 20 bucks. >> Yeah, of course. I got you. I got you. >> So, people have asked you for money. >> Yeah. I mean, it's okay. Like, it happens. It's natural, you know? It's not really just like money. It's like, "Hey, can you fly me out somewhere?" Or, "Hey, can you do this for me or do that?" I'm like, "Yeah, that's fine." Not family. It's different when it's family. Like if my mom's asking me for something like of course, right? Like I'm a mama's boy. Like I'm going to give my mom anything she wants. Or if she wanted the whole 400,000, I'll give her the whole 400,000. You know, I don't care. But yeah, people did ask me. >> And what's your response to that? >> I don't have any money. It's all tied up. All tied up in a business checking account. >> Kind of outed yourself here. >> Yeah. >> You got burning zero% like in index funds like look, it's inequities. Like I can't, you know. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I I do got to do something. >> What makes a leader stand out? It's not just about taking charge, but about setting new standards and embracing bold moves. If you lead by example and live with passion, the Range Rover Sport is for you. Every model of the Range Rover Sport offers a unique blend of dynamic sophistication and sporting luxury. It's where refined elegance meets visceral power. With focused on-road performance and worldrenowned off-road capability, this vehicle rises to every occasion. Experience the adaptive off-road cruise control that adjusts to your terrain and dynamic air suspension for superior agility and control. Plus, adaptive dynamics ensures smooth, composed handling by minimizing unwanted body movements. 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Anywhere that can get me from point A to point B like I'm fine with. a shirt maybe that you wanted. >> No, I think the the most the most I've spent um was probably a flight, >> you know, and I was to LA. >> Um >> yeah, nothing nothing like too crazy. >> Here here are my thoughts. Hypothetically, if if I were to win $500,000, >> it's in a business checking account right now. Correct. It's earning zero interest. It's just sitting there in cash right now. >> Uh there there are certain money market funds that are paying 4%. There are funds called SGV that I think are paying about 4.3%. Just imagine it like you tie up your money for a day. It just takes a day to settle. So if you want to cash out of it, it just it takes a day. >> Okay. >> You'd be making 4.3% doing nothing with your money. Just leaving it there. >> See, like I wish I had financial advice. >> So that's 16 grand a year. >> Yeah. >> That you could be making just just tomorrow basically. Just having money there. Just one move. just in 20 minutes you'll make $16,000 a year. The other thing is that I would maybe if it were me take half of it after tax and put it in a good diversified mix of index funds that basically just track the overall stock market so you're not picking individual stocks trying to be winners and like trying to triple your money. >> This would be something where over the long term you might average 6 to 8% a year. Okay. >> But hey, if you invest $250,000, that makes an average over 30 years, 6 to 8% a year, that's another, you know, 20 something,000 every single year that you'd be making from this, which is pretty good. And you just let it grow%. where you speak with a good CPA and they set you up with maybe a good retirement account, a Roth IRA, or maybe there's some um delayed income strategies that basically what you could do is now you you pay yourself over a few years to lower your tax liability. So instead of paying all the taxes now, >> if you think, well, maybe next year I'm not going to make so much money, you could pay yourself half now, half later. There's all these options that if if you hire a good CPA, they're going to walk you through these and help you save a lot of money. >> Got it. Do you have any suggestions or should I hit up Jimmy? >> Hit up Jimmy. >> Yeah. Or just like people on his team. I'm sure that they know. >> I want to make sure that like I'm not doing anything wrong, you know? That's why I haven't like spent crazy. >> Oh, well, I guess I guess my most You're like I I Lamborghini. I forgot about >> No, no, no. Well, I did I did spend. Yeah, I did make like one big purchase, but I mean it's like it's not it's not really a purchase. It was just a donation. >> That That was a donation to Coach Wall's family. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. So, that was that was my that was my >> Speaking of which, we are going to be donating from the ice coffee hour $1,000 to the GoFundMe that's down below in the description. >> Thank you. >> And if you guys want to check it out, >> thank you so much. >> Check it out. There's a link down below in the description. You can see all about it. >> Yeah. >> Coach Tyler Wall, man that the legend. >> Thank you. Do you miss competing? >> Uh, yeah, a little bit. >> I feel I feel like that's that's one of those things where I can give myself a goal, you know, like, all right, run a mile in eight minutes now, you know, and just train for it every single day. But I think um the fact that someone else gave me the challenge, it's like, bet. Like, I'm going to do this, you know? It wasn't even the monetary thing. So, it's like just the dead hang was one of those things. um hanging for it wasn't even a minute, but just hanging as long as you can, you know, and just wanting to beat the minute or wanting to do a pull-up. Like those were like the toughest things, too, cuz I always want to do a pull-up since I was little, bro. Like even doing the monkey bars, like seeing kids cuz I could never do the monkey bars, you know, cuz I was always so big and I never had like curve strength. I always see these kids literally just go monkey bars like crazy. Now I can do them, you know, um because I I built it up. But yeah, doing a pull-up, I always wanted to do a pull-up and then I finally got to do it during that challenge. Um, the dead hang. >> And why do you think so many people are overweight now compared to 20, 30 years ago? >> Honestly, I feel like everything's just so accessible. I feel like a lot of people are just in their phones now, you know? So, literally, if you're on Snapchat or if you're on Instagram, you'll see food or you'll see someone's story and when you're skipping, you'll get a food ad. You'll talk about food. It'll pop up in your phone and it's just so easily accessible for people to just order things, you know, in in abundance. Like, not just one sandwich. You order one sandwich, you're like, "Bro, I'm not going to pay $8 for a sandwich. Let me pay $30 for a full meal, you know, and then they'll get it." >> I think they've made foods so tasty that in the process of doing that to sell more food, they've made it so unhealthy. >> Yeah. >> Cuz everything Yeah. Everything tastes so delicious. And like even McDonald's is like chemically engineered to get you to like crave McDonald's. >> Yeah. After you get it and the fries, everything about the smell and like the way >> it's not satiating is the problem is it doesn't actually fill you up. And on top of that, I watched a really interesting video of like why is a burger not healthy? Cuz you look at the the things and it's like oh you have ground beef which is generally healthy. You have lettuce, you have tomatoes, you have bread, which is fine. You have a little bit of dairy, cheese, which is okay. But the problem is it's all of the like auxiliary things like when you toast the buns, you put butter on it, you use a lot of seed oils, which is something that you usually cook the meat in. And all of these things add like phantom calories to make it extremely calorie dense. >> Yeah. >> Basically, 100%. >> And that's I feel like a lot of foods nowadays. And it's not it doesn't actually satiate you. You eat it and you're like, I feel okay. >> That's that's what it is. I mean, if you look at like all the nutrition facts, like I think one of the Whoppers was like 800 calories, you know, like >> and I was eating 1,800 calories. So, like I could only eat two Whoppers, you know, if I wanted to throughout the whole entire day. >> I'm not getting my protein. I'm not getting the actual nutrients that I need to fill me up. And of course, like I'm not satiated, right? I'm not full. So, I'd be hungry and then you'd snack even more. So, then you'd need more food or you'd eat a bunch of BS. I never did though, 100%. >> And what about sugar? How how hard has that been to cut down on? Um, I mean I haven't really had like sugar like crazy. Uh, like sparkling water. I like drinking sparkling water, but like as far as like candy and stuff, like I have a Feastables. No plug. I'm just I'm being honest, bro. The Feastables are so good. Like I love the Fastables cups cuz they're cups. >> Yeah, it's like 210 calories. I think it's phenomenal. And uh yeah, I'll slam one of those >> because it fits. like I'm at like, you know, 1,800 to 2,000 calories because like my maintenance, like if I'm at 220 right now or even 218, I can eat 3500 calories and I'll still be at 218, 220. Like I won't go over that. Um, but I still want to be in a cut obviously so I can lose some weight, still train. But yeah, like sugar is not like crazy. Like I won't go to the gas station and be like, man, like I need this or I need this or I need this. I'll just grab the water and walk. >> And was that ever a difficult decision or thing to cut? >> Um >> cuz I hear sugar's the most addictive. No, no, not not for me. Obviously, like being in the challenge. No, because of like it's the willpower, you know, like I said, like I quit smoking, quit drinking, quit all of that. But being around like people that do do that, like I don't need to do that, you know, and I don't feel like um what is the word like it doesn't it doesn't entertain me. I don't feel like the need that I need to do it, you know, or I feel like I need to smoke or something like that. So, even with sugar, like not having it, I had access to sugar in the challenge, you know. I had chocolate covered almonds. I had trail mix that had like M&M's in them. I never touched them once. Like literally the first day that coach cuz I made like this trail mix bowl, right? Um pistachios, nuts, like they're all high calorically dense. So you can eat a handful and it's like 1,000 calories without you even realizing. So he was like, "They're good fats, sure, like in moderation, but this top row is off limits and this bottom row is off limits. Like you can have everything in between." Um so I never like had chocolate. I reward myself with a peanut butter cup and a cheat meal. Uh, that didn't make it in the video, but I had pizza after the dead hang. Jeff and I had a pizza party. >> See, a lot of this seems pretty common sense. Why do you feel like people don't follow it? It >> it really just comes back to like being easily influenced, man. Like you're easily influenced by like your surroundings, you know, like your family thinks it's okay. That's one of the things, you know, like my mom loves food. She'll make me food. She'll put me a giant plate, you know what I mean? It's like eat this is good for you. Eat this is good for you. But in reality, it's not, you know, and I think the the hardest thing is when you start changing and you're showing the people around you that you're changing, they can't accept it. You know, it's hard for them to accept that you're changing. Like me for food, I tell my mom like, "Hey, like I need to weigh my stuff now, you know, and she understands it because she came to the circle and she saw it." But like even with people outside um drinking, for example, like I'll just go back to this. It's like I don't drink anymore, but they're still offering you drinks because they know your past self and like yeah, you're going to drink. You're going to budge. It's like no, like I'm not going to do that, you know? So, when it comes to like food, it's hard because people that are trying to change like in their households, their family won't accept it because they're not doing it, you know? And that's going to be hard on them because it's going to be hard to keep following that um because they'll get easily influenced, I think, by their family. >> Do people try to get you to slip up? Like the drink example? >> Yeah. Uh I mean, yeah, bro. Like there there are some times I mean people know that like I'm still losing weight so it's just one of those things they'll offer just out of their kindness you know it's just a habit of offering and I'll kindly decline you know um and there's no foul play with it like there's no harm they understand so if they if they don't understand they don't really want the better for me. >> So what would you say your main goals are moving forward? >> Um still to inspire people. I think I think that's the greatest blessing out of all of this is like one being able to honor Coach Wall in that way, you know, because what he taught me is literally a representation of who I am, you know, and just continue to lose weight and just bettering my health. I think that the more that I do this, the more I see it and the more the ripple effect happens. So, like people will talk about it and their friends will talk about it to someone and another person will talk about it to someone and it'll continue to go on, you know, like I'm going to be that guy. I guess the guy that's from the mysteries video that lost 100 pounds, right? And when people see me and they see that I'm still doing this, it's going to be a very good thing, you know? I think so. I think that I'll still be able to inspire the masses, you know, to help lose weight because similarly, like I was a gamer that was not going outside to like the gym. Like I want to be able to have a platform to where it's accepted, you know, like you can be accepted by anyone to help lose weight. Like I want people to feel comfortable going to help better themselves, you know? Um that's what I really want to aim for uh for the future for myself, you know? Yeah. Like I want I want those kids to just be like I want to go to the gym because when you go to the gym, you don't know anything and like you think that people are going to judge you, but in reality everybody wants to help you, you know, cuz everyone's out there trying to better themselves. So, the fact that you're taking that first step, that initial step to better your health is already a dub. You know, showing up to the gym or showing up for anything is 50% of the battle. It's just the other 50% is actually doing it and continuing on with that. >> What's your biggest insecurity now? >> Uh I don't really have insecurities. I don't know. What's your biggest insecurity? Like, what's something that you're insecure about? >> I wish I could grow a beard. Like, I love >> that's insecure. I don't know. See, like people would think like, man, me, you should go to Turkey and get hair. You know, like family says that, friends say that. It's like, bro, I'm fine with who I am, you know? Like, I love myself. Like, >> this is how God wants me. So, I'll I'll be like this, you know? Yeah. I don't really have any insecurities, I guess. >> Insecurity. >> That's a I didn't know you wanted to grow a beard. >> I would love to grow a beard. >> Really? Why? >> Have you ever Have you ever tried like just putting on a fake beard like to see what you would look like? >> No. >> What if I put on like what if I put on a wig, you know, like and just to see how it would have hair? >> Like what if what if I look like Jack for a little bit? you had this hair. >> Like if I had your hair with this beard, bro, I think I'd be unstoppable. >> I don't think that this hair would be cleaning up, man. >> I don't think this hair would look good on you. Like I I like if I had your beard >> I mean my my freaking head is shining, bro. It's literally gleaming. >> Isn't that like desirable? >> I feel like I feel like people love this. >> Yes. >> But it has to be this clean. Like I'll never grow my hair back out like it was. Dude, the beard. Did you see the beard? >> Yeah, >> man. The beard was crazy. I looked like Moses, bro. I'm not even kidding. No, I actually I like this shaved head on you. I think it's a cool look. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, it is rather less approachable. >> That's right. I feel like it's a bit intimidating. >> But is it really, >> man? I don't know. If you pull up next to me in an M5 BMW, that is hilarious. >> I'm just saying I wouldn't want to get into like a road rage with you, man. Like I I see you, oh, >> you'll see me in a minivan, bro. You know, >> are you like Armenian? >> I'm Jordanian. Jordanian Palestinian. >> Jordanian Palestinian. Interesting. Oh man, the M5. That is hilarious. >> I mean, yeah, like you know, like Middle Eastern people love BMWs. Mercedes. Just a blacked out one. The windows roll down. You can just hear some like see a cigar. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Exhaust in there. >> Some, you know, smoke comes out of the >> That's so funny. Someone's got to make an edit, bro. Someone's going to find this, make an edit. They're going to put me in there. Just smoke coming out. That's so funny. That's so That's so funny. >> Is that the guy from the Mr. beast video. >> Yeah, that's it. Wait, is an M5 now? >> Yeah, that's >> Dang. So, that's what you That's what you spent your money on, huh? >> Yeah, I knew it. >> That's good. >> Yeah. Do you do you still keep in touch with Jimmy often? >> Yeah, >> cuz he's doing a fitness thing. He's a fitness thing, too, right? >> Yeah. Jimmy, Dude, Jimmy's been grinding, bro. Jimmy's getting strong. He's getting jacked. >> I've noticed that. He's posted pictures of himself lately. Like, look at Jimmy's getting strong, man. >> Who benches more? You or Jimmy? Honestly, like flat chest, like flat chest brunch, like dumbbell press, like Jimmy Jimmy's putting up numbers, man. >> Really? Jimmy's putting up numbers. I'm not gonna disclose them, but Jimmy's putting up numbers, man. Don't come for him, dude. Jimmy's strong. I'm not even kidding. Jimmy's strong. Like, the thing is I also like hold him accountable. Like, I hold a lot of people around me accountable. Like, we have to go to the gym and we have to trying to get some six-packs, >> you know? We're trying to get shredded. >> My goal, my goal is 180. Like, I want to get to 180. Obviously the 405 squat, but I want to get to like 16% or 18% body fat. >> And what are you at now? >> Uh 26%. So like 10% more body fat today. So like 40 lbs. >> Wow. >> But after losing all of that weight, don't you have a bunch of loose skin? Like how what about how do you want a six-pack to appear? Like are you planning on doing something about loose? >> Like right now I don't have loose skin. >> Like it's flabby but it's not like loose or stretchy. I think uh when I lose all the weight and get to a point where it's like, okay, now you're seeing the cuts and you're seeing the gains to where you really need the surgery. Right now, it would be pointless for me to get the surgery, you know, cuz I'm still like bigger. So, when I get to like that shredded, like those low percentiles, then you start seeing like, okay, you really have loose skin, then I'll probably have a conversation. But I also think that loose skin is, bro, that's that's an accolade, bro. Like, that's a trophy, you know? Like, you literally went through it. >> Like, you actually lost weight. You're actually improving your health. you got a six-pack, you know, or a fourack or a two pack or whatever. So, I think that's like something that's so dope to have, you know? >> Absolutely. >> But some people But some people would feel like insecure about it. >> Well, it's also I feel like it's a little less practical like if you have loose skin cuz it's like moving. >> Yeah. You know what I mean? >> I don't I don't think like mine isn't like moving like that. I notice when I do my dead hangs that like I'll see like my little pouch >> but it's not like crazy, >> you know? >> It's not like crazy. What are your thoughts about people who take ompic or just ozic in general? >> I didn't even know what ompic was like still. Is it is it like food? Um >> I think it's I think it's just a shot. >> But is it like food suppressant? Like what is it? Like you don't basically hunger. >> Yeah. I don't I don't know. I don't I would never in my life take that. I think some people I don't know. Like some people probably do that. They don't have time, you know, I guess to like work out or actually like eat healthy. probably like trying to cheat. I guess it's like cheat. That would be cheating, right? >> Yeah. It's It's like the shortcut to losing weight. I also kind of think though that like >> But is it for diabetes? >> It was originally for diabetics, but then it got turned into a weight loss drug. >> That is crazy. So, diabetics are supposed to take this, but normal people are taking it. >> Yes. >> Because the side effect is Yeah. is losing weight from being a diet suppressant. See, like imagine someone that did that then like got super jacked and then became like a trainer and said, "Yeah, I lost all this weight." Well, >> that's like that's like crazy, bro. Like people actually do that. It's like scamming. >> Yeah, if they're lying then. Yeah, that's that's a bad thing. But I also tend to think like if you have someone that's obese and they're not going to lose the weight unless if they have a shortcut. It's like better to take the shortcut that might be a little unhealthier because you're injecting some foreign substance into your body like ompic than it is to like live life as an obese person, you know? >> Yeah. I mean, >> me personally, me personally, no comment. >> I I because because I'm not gonna talk on on that, you know, because I only did the way that I did, right? And I guess like other people have reasons as to why they're taking like Ozenic. >> Was losing the weight the hardest thing you've ever done. >> No, I think going through loss was the hardest thing I've ever done. I think I think that's the hardest thing anyone ever goes through in life. um any form of loss because the way I look at it is like this is a crazy like comparison but the person that the person that I was this is like a crazy thing but like the person I was like you change every single day but the person I was before like my dad died it's like I'll never be able to be that person again cuz like this this experience happened so like it molds you into a different person you know and I guess you'll never get back to like that person. How did you change? >> Um, just honestly just showed up every single day and just prayed, bro. I put God first. Um, that's really the biggest thing, man, is really just putting God first and praying. Um, throughout my whole entire journey and challenge, I just got closer to God. And even like with my dad, so my dad passed away. I'm in a dark time. I gain all my weight back. And then you get this opportunity. It's a light. Like this is literally a light. You know, you're about to change your life. And then you're going through this and everything is hitting like it's green. Like you're literally living the perfect life. You're in a gym. you're losing weight. You have a coach that knows everything and he's practically your best friend in this thing cuz that's all you have is him, Chandler, Jimmy the boys coach, and then life still happens no matter where you are, you know? And then I get hit with that. Literally just get hit blindsided crazy, lose my coach, and then that loss, loss is different for everyone, but that loss changed me into a better man, you know, because he built me up for it. Like losing my dad was one thing. that person I thought I was never going to be like again the person before and I was going through this and I'm changing every single day and then losing coach changed me into a better person, you know, um and continue to just better myself, you know? >> How do you how do you get through that? How does how does faith help you push through? >> Uh the the faith push through is I was so like when I read my Bible, I wasn't like too into it, right? So, it was just like reading a chapter a day and just being in faith. And every time I would wake up, I never had like structure or plan. Like I told you this before, I never had structure or plan. So, I would just always show up every single day. And I feel like God, this was my calling from God to even stop smoking, to stop drinking. If I didn't stop smoking, if I didn't stop drinking, if I didn't do this, I would I would be dead by the end of the year. That was like my actual like testimony. Like that's when I stopped. I started betting my life, you know? I started losing the weight and then that happened. So, it's like I feel like God and the world will just throw things at you um to try to throw you off, you know, like the enemy will try to throw you off. And that moment literally that defining moment of like literally felt divine coach building me up for this moment and then continuing on throughout this whole entire challenge and just changing and finishing it for him and for myself. It was like, bro, you can't write this story up. And I truly think that that was God, you know, like he put this obstacle in you cuz like everybody everybody goes through things and whether you believe in God or you don't, um, this is just how it was written for me, you know, and this was my story. And like the fact that I can use that to continue to, you know, shed light to it, it's a beautiful thing. I'm very, very thankful for it. You know, obviously I wish Coach Wall was here, bro. Like there's nothing like if there's anything I could trade for, it's like I wish he was here to experience this with me. like to actually see cuz we talked about like we don't know how many people we're going to affect, you know? It's not a thousand, it's not 10,000, it's not 100,000, it's not a million, it's not 10 million, it's not 100 million, you know, like we just don't know the actual like effect of this like this whole entire thing because one person's going to tell another person, you know. So, and the fact that the world receives Coach Wall so well, you know, and my story so well is I'm very grateful. And um I'm thankful for Jimmy obviously for giving me the opportunity. I'm thankful for God, but thankful for a coach too, man. You know, like he instilled things in me that like people have told me before, but just coming from him was different, you know? Like those things stuck. And it's not because he passed away. It's literally because the the first day it was just like, "Bro, I'm not going to overstimulate your mind. Like this is all you got to do. Just track your calories and just train and it'll be okay, you know? And whatever works works. I'm not going to push you super hard." And then he's like, "All right, we're going to turn it up a little bit. We're going to turn it up a little bit. turn it up a little bit and just continuously he always knew my weight. So then um when I lost the first 20 lbs he's like man you're a trailblazer like you're flying through this then the next month it's like you lost 18 lbs. He's like bro you're going fast because Jimmy is telling me you're going to lose 1 to2 lbs you know because hypothetically like you are only supposed to lose one to two pounds but when you're a little overweight you lose weight a lot faster. So just coach literally telling me and just teaching me everything like I'm so grateful for and everything he taught me stuck. So yeah, like things things like that it's in it's just insane. You can't write the story. I mean the story that I went through like you really can't write it. And I'm glad it was on camera, you know, and I'm glad that I got to spend time with coach that I did. I'm just thankful for it, man. >> Is there anything that someone could have told you before the challenge to get you to change? >> No. I don't I don't know why, but no. You know, like I had my dad talk to me. I had my mom talk to me. Like, God rest my dad's soul. But like things I'm telling you, bro, like because coach was introduced into my life, he's the one that changed me. Like he was a messenger, bro. Like he was the one that literally changed me. What he said stuck. And I don't know why. I don't know why. I've had friends try to tell me, um, come to the gym with me. Come let's lose weight, you know, watch what you're eating. This, this, that. Never stuck with me. Had cousins, had family tell me. Never stuck with me. Had Jimmy, had Chandler. Never stuck with me, you know. But the fact that coach came in, man, he was a G, bro. The fact that he came in and literally told me this is what we're going to do, super easy, like like butter, you know, it was literally like butter. And yeah, we meshed really well. One of the things that we talked about, we always had sauna time. So like our sauna talks, there was no mics, no nothing. And uh one of the things that we talked about is like, man, you know, I didn't know you before. And I didn't know him either. He's like, this could have never worked out. You know, we could have butt heads, you know, but I really like you and I really like you. Like I'm telling him I really like him and that we're both huggers. Like that's one of the things too that we're just onetoone. I'm telling him, bro, like there are people that could probably want to just use this opportunity to help grow themselves. You know what I mean? They're thinking of Mr. Beast. They're not thinking about meshed, you know? He actually thought about me and he was really really like invested in me as a person, you know, and actually wanted to better my health and I'm very grateful for that, you know, and I could never repay him. Like how could I repay him? I can repay him by continuing on this journey, you know, and honoring his legacy. So yeah, just in the short short time I felt like I knew him for so long. Um three months I mean three months with someone every single day will do it, >> you know, and then just getting hit like that like it's tough, man. >> I'm curious. Did they allow you to keep that fat suit at the end? >> No, I don't I don't have it. I think it's somewhere though. It's somewhere at the be studio for sure. >> I thought that should be something that they allow you to keep >> that you could like try it on every now and then. I kept my bro it's heavy. They needed to like know like they actually needed people to put me in it. >> It's not like something I could just put myself in. Yeah. Like people had >> What was that like for you to try that on? >> Dude, looking at myself in the mirror, I couldn't believe it cuz you know what a DEXA scan is? You lay down in a DEXA scan and it takes your body composition, your muscle mass, and your fat and all that. So it's literally that onetoone replica of my body. So >> So like that was literally me. And like if you take that and then you take the actual picture of myself like from day one, >> bro, it's one to one, you know, that's really what I was walking around with. So like seeing that like my belly, my butt, you know, like down by my legs, like my leg I bro, I wear shorts, like short shorts, over the knee shorts, you know, like I never could wear those before. So the fact that I'm wearing these now, it's insane. Like it is it is like a testament of like just showing up every single day, bro, and really just putting God first. But just the suit itself, it was hard to breathe. I did I like rolled out of bed like so I rol that didn't make it in the cut but like I rolled out of bed you know tied my shoes. Tying my shoes I don't wear shoes at all. I hate wearing shoes. So tying my shoes with the suit on was so tough cuz like I would have to I would have to literally >> like I would have to like go to the side like an angle. >> Oh wow. >> Yeah. I would have to go to an angle to put my shoe on and then I would have to stand up so I can put my foot in, you know, like my fingers in to like get my uh tongue in. So, it was crazy. Yeah. That's why I never wore shoes. I would always wear slides or Uggs, you know, and I just wear Uggs now. Comfortability. >> Wow. >> I never wore jeans, hated jeans, always wore sweats. Now I wear jeans. The wardrobe thing is crazy. You know, going into my house, like when I was done with the challenge, had to buy new clothes. None of my clothes fit. Um there's like two XL shirts that sure they look nice but they're a little baggy cuz they're stretched out. You know, I've wore them for years. >> Um I hadn't cuz my family had came at the end. I told them, "Yo, like we need to change my whole house right now. Like I don't want to see this." So like got new sheets, got new covers, um rearranged my whole apartment. >> Wow. >> Because like that's my old my old self, you know? So going into my apartment was my old self. And then my mom and my family like they helped uh clean up, threw away a bunch of stuff, got a bunch of new stuff, and that's the new mesh, you know? So, like my apartment was just a different vibe. It was a fresher breath air. Um Yeah, it was crazy. That was like a >> Those are things I would never even think about like changing your scenery. >> Yeah. Yeah. Like our whole set. My my whole entire setting because >> uh Yeah, of course. >> What's it like going back and just seeing like it's like a time capsule of like a different person? >> Crazy. You just like you I'm sorry, bro, but like I felt disgusted a little bit, you know? It's like, man, like I can't believe like this is how I was living. Like this is really how I was living and I was okay with it. Like there's no way that I was okay with this. And people around were definitely telling me like, bro, this isn't the way you're supposed to live life, right? But I'm just saying, "Yeah, I'm chilling. Like it's okay. Like I'm fine. It's all good." But then you you live in this facility and you make all these changes with like your habits and just the structure and every single day you're doing something. I could not. There was not a bone in my body that was going to let me sleep in that house that night without everything being changed. >> What's your recommendation for people who see what you've gone through and want to lose weight but don't know where to start? >> Yeah, baby steps. Honestly, um the easiest This is the easiest tip of advice I could give you. You'll start seeing some change. I promise you, you'll start seeing some change. It's not going to happen overnight. It'll take like a week, two weeks, 3 weeks, but just stay stick to it. It's just try to get 6,000 to 10,000 steps a day and drink a gallon of water. I promise you. And then obviously like nutrition a little bit. You don't got to go into a crazy diet, but the four pillars that I have in sleep. I know in the real world it's tough to get, you know, 6 to 10 hours of sleep, but try to aim, you know, even naps. Naps are good. You know, two 2our naps or an hour nap, but getting like eight hours ultimately overall is very good for you. Um, but yeah, 6 to 10,000 steps. Try to drink a gallon a day. um you're going to pee a lot, but you're going to get acclimated. So, like make sure that that's your key. Like once you get acclimated the first week, second week, you won't be peeing as much because your body's used to it. Now, that was one of my things, too. >> And what's your advice for someone who's competing in a Mr. Beast video? >> Ooh. If you're competing in a Mr. Beast video, prepare for anything. Quite literally, prepare for anything. You know, don't shy away from anything in the world cuz this guy can do it all. Um, but yeah, if if you're uh if you're a person of faith, just put God first, you know, and all will follow. If not, God bless you. But seriously, uh, watch watch other Mr. East videos, you know, that's one thing that I can tell you guys. Like, if you guys are going to compete, if you know that like Jimmy's going to send you out an invite to compete in something, watch some of the videos and maybe, you know, get a hint of or a taste of what's to come. >> Did you do that? Did you study his videos before going in? >> Never. No, >> I I only lived them. So, yeah, like the circle one I lived. >> Um, one of them was last to leave, last hand or hand to take off Lamborghini wins one. You know, I got out on that one. Lasers was one of them. >> How many How many challenges did you compete in? >> I competed in Circle, Lambo, Lasers, weight loss four, and then I was on Squid Games. So, I was in like five videos. >> Wow. >> Yeah. Five videos. And the most recent one that we just uploaded, I was in there as a cameo. So, >> Unbelievable. >> Yeah. >> How far did you get in the Squid Game video? >> I was a guard. >> Oh, I see. >> Yeah. Yeah, I was a guard. I was a guard. >> Yeah, that was >> all right. >> Well, Med, thank you so much for coming on the ice coffee. >> Thank you so much. I appreciate you guys. For real. Thank you so much. Thank you guys for watching this. Once again, we have a link down below in the description where you guys can donate to Coach Wall. >> Thank you for watching and we're going to put your information down below in the description, too. Your channel go. >> You guys are going to want to see that. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. No, seriously, thank you guys. I really do appreciate the opportunity. >> Absolutely. >> And shout out Coach Wall. W Coach Wall in the comments. That's what I want to see. W Coach Wall in the comments. That's what I say all the time in my streams and stuff. Just W Coach Wall. Cool. W Coach Wall. Until next time. See you. >> Thank you.