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Chris and James are talking about how to conquer the One Punch Man Challenge, cutting carbs, and the poisonous cycle of reward and punishment. They discover how consistency is key, and they once again talk about some pretty random things. Owls' eyeballs and how to "Simba" someone? What the heck? #punchtheunbrokenman

In a previous weight loss episode, James and Chris discussed the limitation Chris has in portion size. He has no luxury of eating mega amounts of food to satisfy his appetite. So, they posed a question. If we only had six bites of food as a meal, what would we choose to eat? To answer their question, in this episode, they both planned a meal, one bite of an appetizer, one bite of an entree, and one bite of a dessert. They shared their meals, included their wives, and all had a roundtable discussion on each recipe. What bites would you choose?

Shocked when his doctor told him he weighed 445 pounds, Jason Wells knew he needed to change something. At first, his changes were small and vague, but he eventually developed his diet with the help of health and fitness expert John Gorman. Jason has struggled with gout, diet guilt, and embarrassing situations as an obese man, even loose skin stigmas after his almost 200-pound weight loss. Jason is now an Anytime Fitness business owner and a partner with Phat Muscle, helping many people with their health goals.

What do butterfly feet, turtle tears, One Punch Man, and New Year's resolutions have in common? Almost nothing! But, each of those topics and other random pop culture icons are discussed in this episode for your entertaining pleasure! In all seriousness though, Chris and James talk about achieving goals (by using a few essential tools) based on their own personal experiences. Each has had their share of failures they learned from to give you the best tips for success. So tune in for some awesome insight and laughs along the way!

James and I are back at it.  Talking about recognizing when you are weak and about to cheat on a diet.  Also, talk about self-love and what that means to us.  Is it okay to be okay with being unhealthy. James talks about our ability to love ourselves.  We also tease our "One Punch Man" challenge for the new year. 

It has been over a year...  And we needed to give an update on where we are at with our weight loss.  So James and I sat down and give an update.  We also talk about some Star Wars.  I've had weight loss surgery in July and am down 125 since the recording of this episode. Glad to be on the podcast train again.  I hope you enjoy it! 

Active military service. A tour in Afghanistan. Weightlifting. CrossFit. Weight loss. Rugby. Husband. Father. This is just a sample of what Tycus McCoy has experienced in his life, and he still lives day-to-day fearlessly taking on challenges and trying new things. And when he does, he goes all in. He would encourage you to do the same!

Episode 5-0!!! Dustin came on the show to shared his story of weight loss and setting his mind to reach a goal and doing whatever it takes to get to it.  We talk about how he started doing Jiu Jitsu, to becoming a cop, to finding a coach that helped him lose weight to also become a K9 Officer, to finding Crossfit and then being one of the K9 officers on Live PD for Greene County. Awesome interview, amazing guy.  Enjoy

Josh Keatts and Jon Reed come and hangout and we talk fitness, BBQ, and everything else in between.  What started out as a chance for us to work out every Monday together turned into a lot more as our friendship grew.  Enjoy this episode of the podcast.  

This power house of a 14 year old is such an amazing person. It was fun to sit down and talk to her about her perspective of weightlifting and how it doesn't make you bulky.  How she balances her training with being a teenager. Oh and she has two state and one national record in powerlifting.

If you look up the definition of true grit in the dictionary, there is a good chance you will see a picture of Cheyann. Do not tell her she can't do something, because she will prove you wrong.   Her whole life she has been shaming the haters and working her butt off to be one of the best in martial arts. Getting into the US Naval Academy and then becoming a marine. One of my favorite interviews to date!

Nicole is OG Crossfit.  She has been involved with it for over 12 years. She had the opportunity to write updates for the CrossFit games page and live tweet during regionals.  She is a lot of fun and is an open book.  Went from struggling with weight to prepping for stage for a bikini contest. 

Mike Lewis has an awesome story of his struggle to lose over 250 pounds.  I have known him a few months after he started coming to CrossFit Republic and he has been inspiring and motivating others with is story of weight loss. 

So good to have Laura on the podcast.  She is the Executive Director of CASA of Southwest Missouri. We talked about CASA and what it is doing for kinds in Foster Care in Southwest Missouri.  The Fitness community has really rallied behind CASA to do things like do the Go Blue Community WOD or the Lift Up A Child competition.  Please go check out CASA of Southwest Missouri facebook page to help they reach their goal of having 100% of kids in foster care in this area have a CASA to support and rock for these kids.  Go Blue Community WOD Partner WOD 5 Rounds for Time 42 Toes to Bar 42 Box Overs (24/20) 42 Power Snatches (75/55) In between movements complete 8 overhead walking lunges (45/25) before proceeding 750 total reps (representing how many kids in foster care for Green and Christian counties. 

Back and Bigger Than Ever Chris and James are back and getting back on track.  We go over what we plan on doing with getting on track and getting this weight off. 

Another episode of the Weight Loss Edition.  

James and Chris talking about weight loss. This episode was supposed to be released a month ago, but got hung up with my hosting service.  Got it fixed.  Enjoy!

So good to have the Wistrom's on the podcast. Melissa and I have been facebook friends for a long time, we met at a CrossFit competition and got into a good conversation about mindset and we have been friends ever since.  Melissa has been to the CrossFit games on a team and as an individual masters athlete. She is an awesome athlete and such a nice person.  Grant has played in the NFL for 9 seasons, with the Rams and the Seahawks. The are co-owners of CrossFit Springfield in Springfield Missouri.  We talk nutrition and their time at the CrossFit Games and Grant Playing in the NFL.  Such a great conversation.  So glad I got to talk with them and I can't wait to talk to them again. 

Goals for 2019: 1 Get back the lean, athletic body I had before the accident. 2. Stop calling getting fat and out of shape "the accident."  We discuss this and Giraffe's

Talking about the struggle with trying to stay on plan and be motivated to work through the hard times of the weight loss process.  Chris is not doing that great and talks about how he has quit in the past.