120: Darrell’s Almost Step-By-Step Guide to Losing 45 Pounds with Man Flow Yoga

Feb 20, 2025

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A few years ago, Darrell was walking up a hill, and noticed something that has never happened to him before:

His hip writhed in pain from this seemingly simple task!

At the time, Darrell was overweight. But he also stayed relatively active, and despite being heavier, his weight never caused such an urgent and alarming issue before.

He knew at that moment he had to make a change. And so, he scheduled an X-ray, but his X-ray said nothing was wrong with his hip. Next he went to a physical therapist who actually recommended yoga designed for men (even though he was not aware of Man Flow Yoga).

Darrell signed up rapidly and immediately started doing Man Flow Yoga three times a week.

Within a week or two, his hip pain vanished. Within a month or two, he became aware of Fit Father Project, and started doing both in tandem.

And today?

He’s down 45 pounds, he’s peppier, happier, and more confident all around.

If you let Darrell’s story inspire you, it will lead you to a happier, more peaceful, more rewarding life.

In this episode, Darrell shares:

The trick to become consistent even when you’re just starting
How mindfulness exercises puts weight loss on “easy mode”
And he even shares some baking and grocery store tips if you have a few extra pounds you want to lose

And more, including…

2 things you can start doing today if you suddenly start feeling old and sense aches and pains creeping up (1:47)
The “sticky note” consistency secret that could snowball into losing 45 pounds (4:51)
How yoga challenges obesity in a way that no other workout modality can (7:58)
A real life story about how the Better Man Podcast inspired Darrell to lose 45 pounds—here’s what he did (9:52)
Darrell explains the incredible feats you can accomplish when you combine Man Flow Yoga with Fit Father Project at (12:11)
How to use rest in a way that makes you more excited for your next workout instead of dreading it (14:54)
The insidious way processed foods hijack your body’s natural hunger rhythms (and how to stop eating it) (16:14)
3 healthy baking tips from Darrell so you can—literally—have your cake and eat it too (21:40)

Listen now!

Quotes from this episode’s guest:

(2:22) And then I asked my physical therapist what I could do to keep this from happening again. And he told me two things. Number one, lose weight because I was grossly overweight at that point. Number two, find yoga. And he's qualified that by saying find a yoga design for men and find a yoga that will customize things to fit what's what's hurting you and in my case it was my hips.
(4:05) I started doing it three days a week. I put it on the calendar, and did it three days a week. And in the beginning, it was a little difficult. But over time, I started feeling much better in my hip.
(13:20) And I gave myself permission, though, to rest.
(14:50) I realized stress was my unhealthy habit and I was putting more stress onto myself. So, I had to be more mindful about saying, "I'm too stressed right now. I can stop.”
(18:57) I lost about 45 total. The first 20 pounds or 25 pounds came off really easy, came off fast. Really easy. The next 20 or 25 were not so easy. And I still would like to lose 10 more. And I'm kind of stuck there a little bit right now. I'd like to go down, I'd like to hit the 199 number on the scale.