The Struggles of Starting A Weight Loss Journey with Will

Mar 20, 2025

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Today’s guest, Will, has struggled with his health his entire life. At six months old, he was diagnosed with congenital heart disease, and he’s been followed by medical baggage since.

About a year or so ago, after a major pacemaker removal and surgery, Will’s doctor accidentally put in a hospital code that treated him as ultra obese, which his insurance didn’t cover.

After this, Will realized that nobody was coming to save him. That’s when he put his health in his own hands.

And Will’s had several wins and obstacles along the way. At one point, he worked out consistently for almost 90 days straight. But he also realized that he put too much on his plate at once with other areas of his health and had to step back.

Despite the various setbacks he’s encountered, Will’s not giving up. He’s continuing to put one foot in front of the other and conquering any obstacles he encounters.

If you also struggle with weight loss, consistency, nutrition, or anything else that’s preventing you from being your healthiest self, Will’s story will inspire you.

In this episode, Will shares:

How to stop relying on the crutch of the healthcare system
The overlooked importance of sleep and how to improve your sleep
Why overwhelm is your biggest enemy to better health (and why so many men fall into this trap in several different ways)

And more. Other highlights include:

The downside of an ultra specialized health care system (7:29)
How listening to too many voices and experts can prolong your journey to better health (8:53)
Simple tools that Will used to work out consistently for almost 90 straight days (12:51)
How connecting your daily energy levels to your nutrition helps make eating healthier a habit (24:36)
Why balancing several ways to improve your health at once leads to burn out (and how to better manage your health journey) (27:03)
Can going to a yoga studio as a bigger man hurt your progress? Will explains what happened to him at (31:19)
How to be your own advocate in the healthcare system (and why this is a crucial step for making the healthcare you receive actually work for you) (37:18)

Listen now!

Quotes from this episode’s guest:

(3:58) The moment that the insurance stopped covering me, I realized that I no longer had that crutch of the health care system to take care of me and I needed to jump in and save myself.
(15:29) I know at the end of a workout, I'm going to feel better than when I started it.
(24:48) If I eat a bigger meal than I really should, I’ll feel bloating and other gut symptoms. And it makes me even more sluggish than normal. But when I’m watching what I eat and spreading my meals out correctly, I'm not as tired and my energy levels are more even throughout the day.
(30:27) If you try to take on everything all at once, you're gonna burn out quicker and you're gonna go two steps back. So you might as well just take the baby steps.