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230 to 195 While Raises 3 Kids Running a Company, Neil's Story - 58

If you’re a business owner or entrepreneur and your health has quietly slipped while your schedule got heavier, this episode is for you.

Episode 58 is a conversation with Neil, an architect and business owner with three young kids, who started at 230 pounds, now at 195 and dropped 32 pounds in about three months.

He didn’t start in a perfect week either. He started at a conference with finger food, drinks, late nights, and the kind of travel schedule that usually destroys fat loss and kills energy.

Neil talks about the moment it hit him. “I added my calories up for the first time in my life… reality check complete.” From there, we built a repeatable system that works for real life. Not a fad diet. Not a temporary grind.

A simple plan for fitness, nutrition, and stress management that helped him get his energy back, sharpen his focus, and show up better in his business and at home.

We also talk about why this matters beyond the scale. When your health slides, your productivity drops, your work-life balance gets worse, and you start losing confidence in how you lead.

When your training and nutrition get structured again, business performance improves because your brain works better, your mood stabilizes, and you stop running on caffeine and survival meals.

In this episode, we cover:

How Neil handled travel, conferences, client dinners, and busy family life without blowing up his nutrition
Why walking, strength training, and simple workouts brought back energy and consistency fast
How learning calories and portions made fat loss predictable instead of frustrating
How to plan for real life events like Halloween, weekend chaos, and social situations without falling off
Why this becomes a performance advantage for driven men who want more focus, better productivity, and long-term men’s health

If you’ve been telling yourself you’ll get serious when life slows down, listen to this one. Neil’s story proves you can build a system that works inside the life you already have.

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I was really adamant I did not want a fad diet. I needed something I can repeat again and again for the rest of my life because I don't want to have to make a 40 lb swing ever again in my or 60s. Neil also said I added up my calories for the first time in my life and I was like holy lord what did I do to myself? It was a reality check.
I can't believe I thought I was actually doing okay. Welcome back to Driven for Health. This is episode 58. Coach Brian Piranha here. Today we're talking with Neil. He's an architect, business owner. He has three kids and his life is full. He travels a lot. He is on the go. He has actually a team of eight people and a growing successful business.
is managing a lot. He's in the Nashville area. He's in a season where a lot of people totally put their health on the back burner. He's full going work. From the moment he works, wakes up, he's just moving in the direction. And he started his journey with me at 230 pounds and three months later down 32 pounds.
Broke the 200. But what matters more, it wasn't necessarily the number. That was a good thing, a great thing. But it wasn't about perfect weeks was we started at a court conference and he was surrounded by finger foods, drinks, late night dinners, and you'll figure it out. You'll hear his how he explained his first day and first week together.
And what we really got was that finally clicked and connected with him is how to build a foundation around nutrition exercise that fits into his daytoday life. If you're a driven guy, successful, but your body's falling apart, listen up. Listen in. Off we go. Neil, he's an architect, a business owner, and his wife is a a vet, and she's a super busy professional.
They've been married for 17 years. They have three kids, ages four to eight, two boys and a girl. I joke with him. I have four kids, 14 to eight, three boys and a girl. So I'm waiting for him to join the piranha sport pack here. I think he's done. One of the things that brings us to the call, we've been working together for over or literally just three months and he's down 32 pounds.
wanted to share about his journey, what he did, what progress he did, what clicked for him this time, and I hope that you enjoy our conversation. So, Neil, let's turn it over to you. Who are you and and what do you do? >> Yeah, thanks, Brian. Um, like you said, uh, I'm an architect. I'm father of three, probably not going to be four, I'm afraid.
very busy kids and I have a wife who's also as you said a busy professional of her own. So we life gets full and we have been we live in middle Tennessee and uh you know do so many things with our kids and our family lives nearby so as many people our age I think that the days get very very full um and the years go pretty quick. We decided to add I decided to add to that kind of complexity earlier this year as you know by starting my own company and that's been an exciting journey.
I had worked for a a large really wonderful architecture firm in middle Tennessee for the previous eight years and doing projects everything from from small projects locally to to really large complex projects that have taken you know four and six years both here and in Boston and all over the country. So travel and whatnot. But yeah, man.
Over that time, um I uh I had gotten into some bad habits, especially in the wake >> of uh COVID and whatnot. And um and yeah, so it was it been a big big uh changing year for me both starting my own company and an opportunity to change some of those habits. So, >> right. Excellent. Excellent. We know that you're one obviously you're super busy.
So you have you and I share a lot in understanding the business of just family life. Then we share in the business of the entrepreneurial journey of client acquisition, client fulfillment and all the things that go in between that of of juggling meetings and conversations and projects and managing that. So where were we at back in August 1? You know, what got you where were we at when you first called? Man, when I when I first joined with you, I was in a a huge moment getting ready to enter a huge moment of transition. I had um the firm that I had
worked for for so long had graciously asked me to um to stay on and help finish a a humongous 300,000 foot high school that I had been uh the project manager of for the past eight years. And it was the finally coming open with 1,600 students um arriving and pre you know all kinds of attention, public excitement um and immense stress for the design and construction team as we got done and um >> and so I was lucky to do that for the first eight eight or nine months of this year I started my company was a huge gift but it but I knew that a moment was
coming where um where change was coming whether I wanted it or not. And so, um, a lot of things in my life at that point I, and I'll tell you a little bit more about those in detail, like I had kind of started to think like, man, I really want to make some changes. And I knew that transition was coming.
I thought, well, maybe there's an opportunity for here for me to use this transition in my life for the better, for some changes I really want to make for myself because it's unavoidable. So, I might as well take advantage of the restructuring of my time, >> right? >> Pardon me. Um, while I do it. And so what that's meant practically is when that project ended right around when you and I started um >> I I gained a little bit of time back which was helpful to begin this process.
Um >> but the complexity kind of my schedule which you alluded to before didn't really change. It altered a little bit in how it's mix but like I think the very first week the very first three days we worked together. I was at a conference out of town down in Memphis like doing the things you do at conferences with finger food and drinks and everything and like no vegetables to be found anywhere and it was actually it's funny I wouldn't have I wouldn't have guessed it at that moment but it was perfect. It was per it was a perfect
way to begin as not in this like ideal highly cultivated state. It was like, >> right, >> I I remember and you just let me like I I have to assume you knew what was getting ready to happen, but you're like, "Yeah, man. Let's make a plan. Let's see how you do on day one." And like I of course like went to like six events and like totally booofed it.
Like I added my calories up for the first time in my life. Like at the end of it, it's like, "Holy God, what did I do to myself?" >> Reality check. >> Complete reality check. And like remember texting you the next day and being like, "Well," and I tried to think about it was the sad part. It was like I thought I was doing all right.
And um And then I was like, and then I added it up and was like, "Oh man, you know, what did I do?" But it was perfect because we made an on the-fly adjustment right there. That next day, you were like, "Here's some guidelines for like, >> right, >> eat this in your head." >> Oh, you're at the conference. >> That's right.
Like what finger foods are and like like you know you're going to be invited out for drinks tonight. Like how are you gonna what are you going to do? Are you going to adjust your intake during the day or how are you going to manage that? And like I managed to get I think that was the first time maybe I'd gotten 12,000 steps in like consciously trying and like walking all my life has been as we've talked about between kids.
Halloween's going on right now. There's just always thankfully there's something awesome happening all the time. We're going out to eat. We have birthday party. We have >> a sporting event where we're not cooking at home. We're like with my work, you know, it's often I was I was out of town for work last week.
you know, I'm on the road putting some miles under me and trying to plan well around those things and like but but to back up to your question of like why did I start like I had just gotten to this place of like in my life where um I knew I needed to change. My doctor was telling me I needed to change um and I and I we had had some health issues through my family through several people >> over the previous 24 months.
um that it you know at our age at my age at 42 I I was kind of looking around and >> I'm 40. >> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, I mean, you start to ask yourself as um I was doing the things that we all do, you know, going to cookouts and like postcoid, like drinking as many beers as I wanted, having as many cheeseburgers as I wanted, and um and that's I love cheeseburgers and beers still, >> but I mean, but it was I definitely got this place where I couldn't do anymore the things that I used to be able to do.
I couldn't run around with my kids the way I used to be able to do. I couldn't go on bike rides or swim the way I used to be able to do. And not that long ago, I'm not talking like when I was 17, like five, six years ago, like, >> right? I mean, >> it was amazing how quickly that changed. And um and so I like and I had, you know, I I recognized pretty quickly and and we'll talk more about this, I'm sure, like I needed help this time because I didn't want I was really adamant that I did not want to do a fad diet. I didn't want to do some boom and
bust thing. Like I was like, I need to find something I can repeat >> like again and again, >> sustainability, >> right, throughout the rest of my life so that I hopefully like I don't I don't know how many times I'll get this opportunity to have like the time and the energy to like make a 40 pound swing or like aim for a 40 pound swing in my life.
I don't want to have to do that again. Um >> age 50 or 60, right? And you don't >> Right. I mean, it's possible. I'm certain it's possible, right? if that's where you are, like you can jump on and do that. But like I'm thankful that like this is the moment and I really hope I don't have to repeat that, you know? And >> and so that was my motivation like seeking help because I hadn't been able I've been able to lose weight before, but I've never been able to like find a new balance of like this is my life and this is kind of how I live.
So >> right. So we started around 230 right on the nose there back in August 1. Now we're down in the 190s. So, where are we today on uh Halloween itself? >> 195 this morning, I think. And that's been >> Yeah, thanks, man. It's been um a pretty amazing journey. Yeah. And it's um I'm hoping to be down as you know, but I mean in the um and really that's the number that my my health my doctor shares with me that I should be is my target.
So, I assume that that's a good one. And yeah, I've been >> I've been I'm really excited about that target for lots of reasons which we can talk more about, but >> yeah. >> So, let's talk about where you were real quick. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Describe the body, the energy, you know, even the clothing. You don't wear any of those clothes anymore and and how that's been different from where you're at now.
>> Yeah, man. Like we were in I think the best I think I sent you a photo of like we had gone to Disney World with our kids earlier this year and like I you know I had to buy new clothes that were bigger like short shirts the whole shooting match I just didn't have anything that fit anymore right >> um >> we went there and it was like all I could do to kind of motor around the park carrying stuff and kids all day and like whooped >> you tired more tired than they were.
>> That's right. I was exhausted and um and you know and that was like to me then and that was true got even more true through the year because like I like that pattern continued up through August where like I really wasn't exercising very much or well and consistently and so you know my kids are like you said four to nine and they're just they're wild and they're they're all they're just normal kids.
They're busy. They want to play. They want to go on you know hikes. They want to play soccer. They want anything anything we can do together. they want to do and I just I had noticed my inability to do that or if like I really went hard like my recovery was rough you know like right after you know Disney it was like going on a hike or something with weight you know you I felt wrecked after after doing it so >> full day at the kingdom and you were toast >> you know man like it just worried me frankly it's like dude I want to be able
to do this for a long time like I need to be able to be with these guys for a long time and >> uh and you'll grandkids. I know that my wife loves Disney. We'll be going there with our grandkids and it'll be important that I can still do laps around that place from >> Sure, man. It's like it's a great litmus test if you if you're wondering how your fitness level like go to Disney and you'll know.
But it >> but yeah, man. So, like where I was there and then like energy-wise like just didn't want to do a lot. Like I was kind of like had that, you know, attitude where it was like I don't want to go outside and like work on my house. they don't want to like go do this sort of thing, >> right? Buddies were going on ski trips or hiking trips or something.
It's like I don't know if I can do that. >> And so, you know, I think I think that was part of it, but like the biggest part was just for me personally was like, as I mentioned a minute ago was like that trajectory of life, right? Like was like, is this going to be my normal? You know, it was kind of like that moment in the mirror for me like after talking to my doctor and chat, you know, it's like is this what I'm going to do? And and if it is, then like I kind of want to choose that that's what I'm going to do. I'm gonna be as heavy
and I'm not going to be able to do those things. And like and it's like and I started to ask myself I I started to hope and wonder. It's like can I do I dare dream? I mean we first talked I think I was trying to get to 195 is what I told you. My first goal was 30 pounds because I wasn't sure that was possible, right? It was like >> and um >> and I was like man I I think I think I can.
I don't know, you know, but I'm going to try to do better and see how far I can go, right? And um and so and I didn't I don't think I realized I mean there's a ton of stuff about this I didn't realize when we started working together. Um, but like that moment of like just the hope of like, hey, shoot, I really hope I can reverse this was the first step, right? And I think I might be able to, but I don't think I can by myself.
Were like kind of the key ingredients of like how do I begin on this path, right? >> And I and I say that because the way your mentality changes and my mentality has changed um over the course of this is really different, right? like you things like I've adjusted my goal obviously like I started at like sub 200 was like the main goal you know hopefully 195 and like now as as we've we've gotten there you know it's like well right >> I'd really like to be down in the 180 and like >> and and and now it's not even I mean the number is important to me because it
motivates me to to do the things I need to do. You're a driven type A type person and you're an architect. So numbers are just literally rolling around in your head. >> Oh yeah, I need the number. I I like it. It keeps me fixated on my targets. But man, it's also like just what what that unlocks like the further we've gone like if I was saying if I was talking to myself back when I started, you know, you I thought it was just about losing weight and being healthier for my kids, right? Which I was I'm still excited
about. Um, but like as I've went, you know, it's the layering of this process has been really profound for me because like as I feel better and as I've lost weight and as like I've gotten more flexible, I've got more endurance, my recovery gets less. Like how quickly those things layer even after six weeks is very different than where you start to your mind start to open up to new goals, new like new possibilities for workouts.
Like when we started, I think literally all I was doing was like you're like, "Dude, just go walk, right? Go walk. Like don't stress. Like, you know, stretch, walk, stretch, walk." Like, >> right? >> And I was every day like try to do that and like just get moving. >> And how rapidly that for me went like from that to like, well, I'm going to buy like a a bike trainer and I'm going to just right, you know, and and I'm going to ride for 15 minutes.
Like I don't know what it's I've never done that. And like and I can go on now like where that gets after 3 months if just the consistency of it's like you know I went on a 32- mile bike ride the other day outside like on road bike like it felt good like that was a that was fun like I would do that again >> and if you'd have told me that or if id have come with that would have felt like an unrealistic goal and it wasn't even on my radar when I started like an outgrowth of feeling better.
Well, let's talk about your your circle of friends. >> They are highly active people and you were not involved in their athletic endeavors, but you know, you've gone on weekend hikes, you've gone on with your buddies, with your son, with you've gone on these long bike rides now. So, this is a part of just just like say fellowship and and connecting with, you know, guys that are are close to you.
And that's an incredible thing because now they're not dillydallying waiting around for you. You're there with them. Even that you did a long couple day a mountain up in the Appalachian Mountains, a hike, you were able to get through it and >> and do well >> and so that means a lot more fun. >> Oh, dude, it's been Well, yeah.
And it's been a point of rediscovery both of those relationships like what you're pointing out and um and things I remember I used to love like I used to love to backpack and mountaineer and rock climb and and me and and a group of buddies we would go for days. I mean it was it was not uncommon for us to disappear for a week and pack and like that's been a long time you know and maybe that was when I was 19 but um but lately that hadn't been real I mean I hadn't gone I hadn't gone skiing I hadn't done any of these things and and
many of my closest friends and two of my best friends are are immensely fit successful guys had never made that an issue um in our relationship ever but like but I definitely I couldn't keep pace there's no doubt like if we were going on a bike ride like >> you you know, I could keep pace for four or five miles, but like, you know, I I'd have to go back to the house and hang out if that's what we were going to do.
And >> I'll catch you on the last third of your ride. >> That's right. Like, yeah, like I remember earlier this year, it's a perfect example. I went to visit one buddy and he was doing a stage mountain biking race in the mountains, which is, you know, which is an elite thing to do, but it was I couldn't have even gone out to the warm-up with him, dude.
You know, so it was like, >> but now it's like we're having conversations about like, "Hey, man, can we catch a bike trip next year?" Like we just happened to be together last weekend and we both threw bikes in and it was like let's ride, you know, 25 miles in the morning before everybody else is up and like just catch up and nothing intense, just just being together.
>> Yeah. And like I I was able to start hiking again like you said and like me and a buddy crushed a long weekend and then that got me excited. And I took my oldest son for his his first backpacking trip, you know, earlier while we've been working together in the last few weeks. And like it's just amazing to be able to open his mind up to that, right? And it's like, but I have to carry I mean, I hate to always make it about what you're able to do, but you I'm carrying all the stuff for both of us. All the water, all
the food, all the all the >> And it's like and I felt super confident to take both of us back in the back country in the Smokies and be like, "Hey, let's let's go have a great time, man." Because it's like you put whatever you want in there. like I'm going to carry it up and over this hill for us so we have a good time.
>> It's been great. >> We're developing a sense of fitness and capacity to do really fun things and that's where you're living in excitement. Just even the silly thing about doing laps around Disney the next time you go that that creates excitement that creates anticipation and thrill of just living life.
How is that say this this new level of fitness and consistency around just eating healthier and we'll talk about that but in your fitness level how is that translating into other areas of your life because that's I speak with tons I work with tons of entrepreneurs business owners leaders that they are so bogged down in this one area of life that they've lost sight of the health and that's where I usually find them when they realize that their waist you know they've their belt has run out of notches or they have to continually go get their soup tailored
or something to larger than they realize. But there's an impact that goes into of course your business and then even more importantly your family. So how is this just new lifestyle translating into those areas for you? >> Yeah, I mean I think well a couple different ways. Like there's I think the challenge if you're doing what we do, you own your own business or you're you know you just any business professional right in midlife with children like your your time is at premium all the time and everyone it's a wonderful stage of life
but everyone needs stuff from you typically and so the patterns and the habits and the systems are the things that like and I know you preach this a lot but it's become something I preach of like of plan for laziness make it easy you know try to remove as many barriers as possible to doing it, right? And so the edges of the day are successful times for me, right? Like I I love um
a 5 a.m. workout because and I maybe people think that's crazy. Uh that's okay. Like but I can work out for a long I can get a long workout in, right? >> Early is done. And like I can and I'm like by >> I'm amped, right? Like I can do it. >> And conversely, sometimes it's late at night. Like I've had a busy kid day, you know, it's a Saturday where we like been out. We've been doing stuff.
We got soccer games. We've got you name it, right? Everybody's gone to bed. Like my wife wants to watch some Netflix or something. I'm like, I'm going to hit the trainer for 45 minutes before I go to sleep. And like those those simple things have helped, right? And then >> and just the habits of walking, making it accessible.
Walking is always accessible, right? Like on a call, you walk out your front door, you can go get 30 minutes, you can get your steps in, right? without being anywhere, any weather, which is great. And so, just remembering that you don't need to go buy a huge system all the time. You don't need to go to a gym all the time. If you want to, like that's become part of my life again, which I like.
But on days I can't make it, like I try to do some of the in place workouts we talk about, okay, I have in my head of like a different an alternate routine already where it's like I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to rip off this push-ups and squats and like and try to get some work in.
And um and so those things where and I would say that's the biggest thing in my head too. Like you and I have refined over the last three months. You've helped me even refine like how I lift and how I and making it simpler where it's like I'm not trying to invent this long list of 30 exercises, right? And I'm like it's frustrating because I can't get on the machines in a circuit because it's unreasonable >> to get on 30 machines, right? So, it's like do two and that's really easy to do and then do two more if you got time and like right
>> simple things like that like where you start to shave off your your psychological >> excuses and or barriers you know where you're like I couldn't do that. So we can almost always catch one machine, right? Like right >> and crunches like it's it's easy to do that and like >> and so that like being flexible within that parameters has been great.
It's changed how I operate. I think it's helped me prioritize a lot on the business side. >> Priority is definitely what I was going to be interesting because I know that business is accelerating for you. You're like I need to start finding people to help me go do work. So what's going on there in the biz >> side of things? I've been super fortunate, man.
Like we've we've maintained a good pace this first year and um >> been able to find some great help and like >> this gives me energy to do that, right? But I think which is which is a huge part of it. It gives me confidence. Like it's something I feel like is um is going well in my life. Like just >> it's a massive stress relief for me.
The healthiest stress relief I can have. you're not >> drinking away your stress and like doing or whatever else I might have eaten away >> seeking other coping mechanisms. We talked about stress. There's stress in some of the family health things that come from your your parents and and your wife and stuff like it's just that stressful to just not be living in good health period. It is.
So >> yeah. Yeah. And those things aren't of their own doing necessarily, but yeah, like that stress like I think we and I know others like came out of COVID and we were dealing with that stress in really specific ways, right? Like we maybe had too much alcohol after dinner, you know, chips and queso or something, right? Like just that >> trying to connect, >> right? Your hand and brain disconnect themselves from each other like, >> right? >> And like just you try and relieve that stress somehow and it just won't come.
and being in business and everything else is a huge part of that. Work is stressful for everyone. I know. >> Of course. >> And um >> you're dealing with large multi-million dollar projects, >> right? I mean, when it's all said and done, there's a timeline, a deadline. There's lots of money and this building needs to be open for the public to use and that's stressful in itself to make deadlines.
And so having more focus and clarity because we took a lot of thought out of the everyday stuff of exercise or nutrition. Let's let's briefly talk about nutrition. What were some of the things that we did that were different from what you've done in the past or fads or whatnot? >> Yeah, man. I think um one thing is the emphasis on simplicity, right? Like so we had done my wife and I had done, you know, Whole 30.
We had done I forget like the Greek diet. We done all kinds of different things over 20 years, right? And it most of them in our experience the barrier is not like the food or the number of calories or something. It's just the prep. you have to either have a lot of specialized stuff or you spend six hours on a Sunday making food for the week and like that time is the barrier has been for us.
You can't we can't replicate that over and over when life gets busy. >> And so I would say that's one and then like feeling and not really having a firm grasp on on just the numbers for me like I kind of knew I knew when I was eating poorly. I knew when I was eating well, whatever that meant, but like I >> I didn't know like just inputs and outputs like I can tell you after 3 months like if I'm looking at a plate, I know about how many calories are on it, >> right? >> And I know that >> super calorie aware now, >> right?
>> Which is helpful. So that goes in any situation, whether you're at home eating with your kids, you're going out for a scoop of ice cream with them after a soccer game or you're traveling to a conference and they're just drowning you at the snack cart and the after, you know, conference booze and whatever.
Like though you have now have choices, you have decisions, you have responsibility around how to uh stay healthier and more on point with everything that is is going on in your world. So we we really created better systems around your food preparation, about awareness of what you're eating, its impact on your health, your body, your focus, your priorities of what needs done, and you wouldn't end in some carb comas all the time slumping around at 3 p.m.
because of, you know, you've overcaffeinated and and over fast food or something like those weren't the situations. You can go into your fridge or go even if you're driving around, you can just stop, get a meal that's going to work in well for you and then not spend a lot of time, energy, effort. So, we're really able to systematize that, too. And that's been a lot of fun.
>> So, we've got we've got the fitness is ramped up. You've got really cool plans around that. We simplify nutrition whether you're eating by yourself with your family of four others. when you travel or with clients at meetings. Uh we focus on a lot of stress coping mechanisms and strategies on how to manage that and it not equal food or equal calories or just equal say laziness.
Nobody we can have downtime of course but we don't need just sheer I need to take a whole day off or something because I'm comeomaosse and I can't deal with the responsibilities of life. Like that doesn't exist anymore for you now. And you're a driven person. you want to keep going doing bigger better things. Now we don't have to spend so much time about what am I going to eat in the day like that's just non-existent.
>> So >> that's totally right man. I mean making the system is is the thing making the choice you said being aware of the calories right that you're you're taking in and aware of simple tweaks that you can the planning I guess is the last thing I would put on that list that's very different like where I know like tonight, tonight's Halloween.
And so it's like I know that we're having special dinner with my in-laws. I know there's candy everywhere. I know there's going to be and it's like so I plan for it and and I know that I'm not going to partake in all of that, but I'll partake in some because it's fun, right? That's what life's about.
But like I can plan through the day today. I know that I can eat a slightly lighter lunch and without very much consequence to me calorically and like >> and have capacity tonight to have a great time without, you know, having to sit and fret about it. that simple thing that again and again and the awareness of what I said before of like hey man like these things are I know what is in each of these and then like but the last thing that you were pointing out the system of it like I know what I'm going to eat like I eat the same stuff
regularly I know how many calories >> and you enjoy it too >> yeah I do I mean it's very easy for me to prepare it's inexpensive for me to buy and I enjoy eating it and I like crave it now if I don't have it for a couple days like I eating chicken, broccoli, and rice. Like you have pizza, you have Halloween candy, you have socializing, you go to your buddies and have a beer as well.
So you have that con that that ability to adapt in the situation that you So let's talk one more question here for you. If you were to talk to 230 pound Neil or someone that's watching this that is in a health situation that isn't great, their energy is low, they're not productive as they could, they know they could be, they have big aspirations for what they do in their business and even more importantly in their life, you know, what would you say in for them? I I mean I would say don't be afraid to just begin. Like you you like set set a
I mean for me the beginning was the hardest thing, right? It's like getting over that barrier of like I know I'm going to have to change and I know I'm not going to I don't have the means to do it solo were were like the biggest biggest hurdles for me once I begun once I began the process and we started working together like the inertia of move the other direction, right? like where it's >> just you know when Brian showed up it just it looked like a bad day on the stock market.
[laughter] >> It did. It's been on a full-blown slide since then which is sweet and like but you but you have no I had no idea where I was going to go and like I had no idea I would be in a position to readjust my goals after three months and I'm thankful I am >> and I appreciate the help getting there and like >> and some some of the stuff we've talked about was not they were not goals when I started.
They weren't even on my radar, >> you know. And so, um, so I I find that immensely exciting. I'm pretty excited to figure out, you know, what my capacity will be. And >> we got big things to go. We're just getting out of the fat loss phase and getting into the performance phase of what does this mean? And we talked about it throughout our time.
Just you obviously you love being outdoors and and using your body for physical things like the biking and being able to keep up with your basically professional cyclist friend will be really exciting to be able to go on a 40 50 mile hike and not think twice about it. Like these are really exciting things.
Or be able to drag your kids around and around and they're the ones that are tired at the end of the Disney. That's really important to you. So, I really appreciate you taking the time to share. I really appreciate you working so hard in the last 3 months together. You messaged me all the time. We have really great conversations that deep dive into the the finer things.
This isn't a meal plan. This isn't, you know, go exercise this whatever. Like, this is an interactive experience where we've created a lifestyle that you can live and work and have success with. So Neil, you're a rock star. I really appreciate you. And if anyone's watching this and they feel that, you know, some of Neil's story resonates with them.
Reach out, say hello. Like you said, it just we just got to get started. And a simple questions like, "Hi, hey, Coach Brian. I watch this. I need so I appreciate you." And off we go. So you can go get a bike ride in before the day's over and you have evening afternoon chores. later, Gator. I appreciate you. >> Thanks, man.
Appreciate all the help, Brian. >> All right. I hope that Neil's story intrigued you, caught your attention, and you were listening to every little bit of it. You heard the pieces of his day-to-day life, his story, and I hope that inspired you to take some action. We didn't do any magical things. There wasn't this crazy fat diet thing.
And yeah, we didn't all of a sudden turn his life upside down either. We dealt with the stress. We dealt with the challenges. And we forced a solution that made sense in his day-to-day life. And not even necessarily forced, but we made it work. And that's the important thing is we want to make sure that what we create together and what you do is sustainable. I love this saying.
What we do in two weeks, we do in two months, we do in two years. And we don't want health getting worse because if you're 32 lbs overweight, like Neil was, you chronic health issues is just around the corner, especially if you are in your 40s. A man is 40 or 50, that much weight over and not taking care of himself, may die younger than they want and have more complications and not actually live the lifestyle that they want.
And that's what I do. The call to rise is my 100 day fat loss challenge to help give you sciencebacked nutrition and fitness and set you up with sustainability, which is incredibly important. And that's what you get as a transformation experience with not only myself, but a bunch of likeminded men who are in the trenches with you, just like Neil, and are seeking a successful solution.
I mean, you hire consultants in your business. Why not with your health? All right, so check out the call torise.com and join me and my guys. See you in episode 59. All right, cool. Next.