Meet The Meat Lover Who Lost 230 Pounds By Eating Plants And Running | Megyn Kelly TODAY
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2018
- As our Take It Off TODAY series concludes, Megyn Kelly welcomes Josh LaJaunie, a burger-loving man who changed his ways after his weight reached more than 400 pounds. He brings along three members of his Missing Chins Run Club: Together the four men have won more than 750 pounds.
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Meet The Meat Lover Who Lost 230 Pounds By Eating Plants And Running | Megyn Kelly TODAY
I did this almost 10 years ago. Best shape and energy in my life. Blood work flawless. Not even a common cold in a decade. It works, yall.
YESSSSS
I’m going vegan starting tomorrow. I’m excited and look forward to the benefits.
SuperCrys good for you. Try to ignore any backlash from family or friends. Nearly two years for me. Never looked back
I became vegan when I was a teenager. Now that I'm in my 50's, I'm so happy I made that decision in my life, especially when I meet with my high school friends!
Never under estimate the power of plants and their ability to heal one's body rapidly. Great job guys!
Life Is Good in thibodaux you get veggies when Moma puts bell peppers in the seven steak and gravy or grits with the boudin and fried eggs with the griade I need to loose weight down da bayou
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@Le Mon Li Me You are correct. The breakfast that they showed was primarily plant based. The standard American diet is at least 75% plant based!
@@maxpower3206 that’s not true
There are theories that actually plant foods have more toxins than most meats. Plants need to protect themselves with poison because they can't run away when threatened.
At a 300lbs+ level obese, it's not so much about what they eat but about their overall lifestyle including how much they eat. People in the 1940s were fit even without the modern understanding of nutrition and fitness. There were probably also a lot fewer vegans/vegetarians, proportionately, back then. Even if you eat a big mac a day, if that's all you are eating in a single day, you are going to lose weight.
Plant based for the win ❤️
Vegan 💪
Forks Over Knives is what opened my eyes too! So glad these guys are getting recognized for their success, their story, and for the plant based movement!
Same here. If you can't stream it, chack your local library for a DVD version.
Vegan 5 months now! #25 lost, HDL, LDL, BP, sugar levels are all at amazing levels! Do yourself a favor go to your freezer and give all of your meat to a shelter! Save yourselves!! Thanks Megyn!!
you do realise that the higher the cholesterol the longer you live?
Please explain. I’m aleays trying to learn more..
Jemmo Please explain
lucaboden He looks great I think. He appears not to be any resistance training or working with weights. He is 1 of many many many people. Search the vegans on UA-cam and see how they look. Why so negative on the plant based diet? Thousands of studies this is the way to live.
Same thing going keto.
Proud vegan ☺️
Plant based diet does wonders for your body. !
Selem Medhane some need animal protein.
@@TiMalice2009 Sources please.
Courtney Kendall google 🤪
@@TiMalice2009 thats not even close to a reliable source dude xD
TiMalice2009 google has a lot of false information
I first came across Josh on his twitter page, he's really inspirational! A whole food plant based diet is the best thing you can do for your health and well being. I've been vegan for 4.5 years and have never felt better. It's so much easier to eat a comfortable amount of food and not be getting excessive calories, saturated fat, cholesterol. Happy to see him featured here, he's an inspiration for many!
I wish I knew how! I am 55 and 5ft 3in and weigh 286 pounds and have a lot of weight related health issues going on. I'm scared to even begin because I feel it's too late for me. I don't even know where to begin!
I recommend the documentary “The game Changers”.
This movie is not tru ,check on all athletes in that movie ,how they doing tiday ,plant diet is good for samevtime .
Most of that movie is a fraud. If you look at the "strongman" in the documentary, he is very overweight!
Dominium. If you eat meat now after this show you will never again.
Happy for these guys and them reclaiming their health. Going vegan for four years ago was the best decision iv EVER made!
Even though I wasn't overweight, I also watched the documentary Forks Over Knives and it gave me more of an understanding of the risk associated with REGULAR meat and dairy consumption. Also, if anyone here isn't aware, PLEASE be mindful that there are a lot of abattoirs around the world that promote the word "humane" like nothing happens or no pain is felt.
In reality, these animals get mutilated to the point where they DO feel pain because of incorrect handling and there's been numerous slaughterhouses that've been exposed for this is exact reason. Don't be fooled by the words "humane" and "Free Range", they're all irrelevant when you actually see the footage (watch Earthlings) of what these animals endure.
I'd ask anyone that sees this message not to feel forced but simply make yourselves aware of how the meat and dairy industry operates. Remember, it's all about the supply and demand of these products. I always said I was against animal cruelty, so I thought I'd stand by my word 100%. Keep encouraging people and make them aware but don't be forceful!!! By the way, this is a really good sign for you America! Great work! :)
Good message :)
Vegan forever.
Being plant powered is the way to be! I went vegetarian 7 years ago and lost 50 pounds in a year without trying. Went vegan 2 years ago and I feel so great! I have never felt so good and maintain my weight with out even thinking about it. I eat whole plant based foods, don't count calories, and eat as much as I want. I really can't recommend this lifestyle enough. Give yourself a late xmas gift and just try it for 22 days and see how you feel (just make sure you eat enough). Google Challenge 22 to get set up with a mentor and food program for free.
My friend said certain blood types should eat different things and I believe her. I know the chemicals in meat are very bad. But I personally stopped eating a lot of meat and actually got pretty sick. I had never had low iron and I got chronic fatigue and inflammation. I’m now on a lot of iron and other vitamins and my doctor told me to start eating meat again because it’s the best iron source and I’m feeling so so much better. I’m just afraid of the chemicals. I was eating a lot of beans and greens and fruit but had to put some meat back. :(
Can you recommend recipes that are easy but good? It's hard for me to cook and basically live on easy to eat stuff like salads, sandwiches, pizza and snacks and way too much sugar!. Someone told me to dry chickpeas in the oven for snacks? I barely eat now as is and it's killing me. I used to be a picky eater as a kid, but have come a long way b/c I've lost some sense of taste and smell. I cannot eat some nuts, dark greens and I'm supposed to avoid berries but eat em sometimes. I have un underweight problem! I do like meat but when I eat anything I get pain in the gallbladder area. Not sure what's going on and the Doctors DO NOT CARE.
Fibrous veggies make you feel FULL, and you can eat a ton of it for less than 100 cals in one meal. Drink lots of water to make that fiber useful. Eat eggs which you can boil a bunch of (and shock in cold water, peel easily, and store in a Tupperware in the fridge) and munch on one for 70 cal shot (will keep you going an hour or more, you can use salt n pepper or a small dash of mustard, go easy on other condiments they are full of hidden sugar). Eat potatoes with their skin on. One medium or large potato a day won't make you fat but will fill your belly nice and good. Sweet potatoes (boiled / steamed not baked!!!) are also super low on the Glycemic index, and super filling and tasty. You can do 4-5 large ones in one go and keep in the fridge - slice off a fat chunk whenever you go mad with hunger, goes great plain, or with olive oil and salt/pepper, or lemon-salt, or mash it up with some jaggery for pudding :) You can also eat avocados as chunks or guacamole for your eggs. If you can get good honey (not the fake sugar ones in the supermarket) then you can cut an avocado in half, and put a shot of honey into the halves, and eat by scooping with a spoon - it's what they eat for dessert in Latin America. I find one half fills me up and the other half the next day :) Also, try some veg comfort foods from India like poha, pongal, mung khichdi, all of them fill your belly, feel really comforting, and are healthy and tasty and non-spicy. www.vegrecipesofindia.com/moong-dal-khichdi-recipe/ Finally, eat slowly and chew everything and don't do other stuff while you are eating (like videos or reading or talking).
I went ketogenci diet, eat as much animal fat I want especially healthy stable saturated fat and feel fantastic - blood pressure normal etc etc lost 30kG and mainly visceral fat
Jae Lynn please go check yourself. You might have a stone in your gallbladder. That is why you are having pain every time you eat.
Plant-based, almost 3 years.
Couldn't be happier. Blood work is stellar.
I will never harm another animal, my body, or the Earth again so I can please my taste buds (that are totally maliable).
The key word here is WHOLE foods plant based. So he eats potatoes instead of potato chips, olives instead of olive oil etcccc
'Forks over Knives' made a huge impact on my life as well. I had been vegetarian for a number of years prior to watching it; but I really knew nothing about nutrition. It was a REAL eye opener. Packed with mind blowing info...I got rid of almost all dairy and eggs after that, will NEVER go back!
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Amazing I"m so proud of these guys. Blue collar guys, taking back their power to be healthy- so awesome for them and family & kids. Hard work but they are doing it.
Definitely gonna watch fork over knives. Hella inspirational
Dr Michael Gregor:
Nutrition Facts
How Not to Die
How Not to Diet
How Not to Die Cookbook
Dr. Ken D Berry ....Dr ..Berg ....dr. Paul Saladino . Kally S Norton ...
So nice to see a group of friends working together for a common goal. Truly inspiring!
Love this. Just wish other people could see the reality in cutting meat out of the diet. At 55 years old I have never felt so good and also look 15 years younger with no surgery yet and feel like I'm in my twenties. Also my blood work is perfect.
🔥🔥 congrats
I mainly eat meat and fats to replace sugars to burn fat, little plant food and have lowered my blood pressure, and run every day. Not all plants are created equal; we all have to do our own research to do what’s best for us
I love this! It truly IS the only proven diet that clearly is for us! This keto thing is a bag of bs, and is loaded with carcinogens and problems. I wish this came around when I was younger (I'm 50), but this is my newifestyle now and I am a "whole" new person! God bless u guys!!!!! LA
After my 1st child, I went on a vegan diet n lost all the weight I gained throughout my pregnancy and some without even trying!!!!
That was a hard diet in the beginning but you will lose weight with this diet! It was awesome :) 3 months into the diet I was down 3 dress sizes n 6 months into it I was back in a size 0.
awesome
THat's great! Just curious, did you drink coffee/tea? What kind of plant based creamer did you use?
Just started plant based after trying every diet . I don’t need to lose that much weight , only 10klg , lost 5 so far after 4 weeks . I eat massive portions of rice ,potato , green veggies ,black beans , starches , and my favourite peanut butter sandwiches . This works for because I like eating and didn’t want to restrict calories .
Forks Over Knives! One of the documentaries that made me go vegan too!
High five! I've been vegan for 2 years and feel amazing. How is it working for you?
I've been vegan for a little less than 2 years and I love it so much! My mom went vegan 4 months ago too!
CassieSidney awesome! Some of my family members are trying incorporate more whole plant foods, but no full on vegans yet. I just got to keep planting those seeds. :)
I've been planting so many seeds with my family, but none have really stuck :(
CassieSidney every person you inspire to go vegan makes small ripples that turn into waves. It’s great that your mom is doing it. :)
That was so inspirational! It is nice to hear some happy news!
Be vegan, be happier and be healthier! Thanks for spreading the truth!
And kinder.
Rose Kocak why do you think vegan is healthy?
What if you name the cow beans
Be vegan be happier, be healthier, and be malnourished
@@moto6ixmoto83 Yeah because those guys going to the gym and running everyday are malnourished !!!
Josh, you are to be congratulated. I'm sure there are very hard days. don't give up you have come too far
This makes my heart so happy!
To whoever is reading this, I would HIGHLY recommend watching Forks over Knives, Cowspiracy, and Dominion. Vegan is the way to go -- for health, the animals, and the planet!
@Linda Wagner Please watch the Gamechangers on Netflix! It totally dispels myths that vegans are weak or somehow deficient. If anything, vegans are actually *far more likely* to be healthly. Especially if they focus on whole foods. My uncle has been vegan for over 50 years and is the healthiest man in my entire family -- at 70, he is not overweight, takes no medications, has no aches and pains, and looks fantastic. Can't say the same for the meat-eating members of my family, who are all suffering with various ailments -- from heart disease, to high blood pressure, to diabetes -- and all have various aches and pains.
Linda Wagner www.google.com/search?q=vegan+muscle&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZh8bOwObnAhW2JzQIHUDwC5oQ_AUoAXoECA8QAQ&biw=414&bih=612
@Linda Wagner Do you have proof of anyone being like that? I have more energy than I did before changing to a healthy vegan diet over six years ago (and I ate very few animal products during the three years prior to that). I'm not weak. I can exercise without getting weary.
@@amandadangerfieldpiano But why do you look so unhealthy you look like your are 60 years old.
So no honey?
Also what happens when you're eating your salad and ate some bugs?
Mr. Josh is so good-looking.
Excellent! I’ve been whole food plant-based for 2-1/2 years and lovin’ it!
Thank you Megyn for talking so much about plant based living recently. Definitely watch Forks Over Knives if your interested in changing your life. Read The China Study to learn about how meat and dairy consumption contributes to cancer and heart disease. Can't recommend this lifestyle enough. I will never go back to another way of eating. I feel full and satisfied at every meal with no calorie counting.
lucaboden They also had a life span of 30 years if they were lucky.
lucaboden YOU DONT UNDERSTAND! We don't eat meat the way our ancestors ate it. FACTORY FARMS ARE HORRENDOUS FOR ANIMALS AND PEOPLE TOO! You might get temporarily thin and healthy giving up refined carbs and sugars but eating FACTORY FARMED meat will catch up with you!! It is full of antibiotics (the cows get sick so they have to feed them antibiotics-- they get horrible puss-filled infections because of the corn they are fed to fatten them up and the stress they are under. They are also full of pesticides and HORMONES. The hormones are there to fatten up the cows too - it is call BGH - BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE - and it leads to cancer in humans. It's all true ! If you don't care about animals then care about your own body!
Brad B. And I guess the suffering of the animals means nothing? That's too bad.
You know... I don't blame the meat, I blame the people. Because God knows what they put in the meat. The chemicals, preservatives, etc. Part of population control I guess
lucaboden is correct! China "study" was handpicked, not scientific. Plant based truly works for *some* people. It would sure be great if the "debate" acknowledged that some people just need animal protein to survive. I have a friend who was literally dying on his vegan diet, so he figured out a way to add animal pro the most responsible way he could. Not an easy choice for him. PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT and would be awesome if we supported each other to do what we need. I suspect even this thought won't go over well with haters...
Nice! I had the pleasure of meeting Josh@SEED restaurant today in New Orleans! Awesome, AWESOME guy! 😃
#RawVeganAthlete💪✊❤
I have 3 wks. In plant base I have done a lot of search I feel amazing I have a lot more energy my allergy went away. I look better I have 8 pounds. Down I used to hace va a lot pain in my body I was 183 if someone in here want to change his health. Go plant base you will feel that you life is changing
I used to have pain omg since the morning just put my feet down in the morning it was a horrible pain know I have a lot of idea of eating no meat I am eating fish 2. a Wk later on I will go total vegan
There are thin, healthy people that would like to lose weight for aesthetics. To feel better and look better in their clothes. Then there are people like this man who were in a health crisis and i’m sure is pain and thats not even talking about the mental pain, and they have to change their whole lifestyle, mindset, etc. and that is what I find so inspiring!
Vegan, vegan, vegan I'm so sick of this crap. I'm from India and my ancestors, my grtgrandparents, my grandparents, my parents, my children have been eating vegetables no meat for 200 years n we never weighed more than 125 to 133lbs. We never got ill or had colds n coughs...we were all very healthy family. Every day for breakfast we ate yogurt smoothies with mango or berries our diet for lynch n dinner included ginger n garlic.
Honey buns n biscuits. I missed where Grass fed meat. Organic eggs n chicken had anything to do with his condition? I eat 90 percent plant based but some animal foods didnt cause his coondition.
Processed sugar is a major problem because it's so addictive
Sugar is vegan, but a Whole Food Plant Based vegan diet is the healthiest diet there is! No processed Sugar, Oil, or added Salt. I don't eat 100% WFPB, but pretty close. Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels!
Wow! So proud of you, Josh, and so inspired by your story!💪🏽💪🏽
really great to see Men having support groups for each other....love these guys, thanks Megan!
you are to be congratulated I can't imagine how hard that was never look back
Great stories! They look great.
Congratulations to Josh LaJaunie and the other members of the Missing Chins Run Club. It is wonderful that they work on getting and maintain being healthy.
I'm really glad Megyn is doing her thing now - its soooo much better for her and our well being .
Proud of all of u guys. Continued good health to u!!
The two brothers are soooooo cute!
I lost 45 pounds on a plant based diet! Everyone one should watch Forks over Knives!
Cassie Newton millions of people lose weight with meat in their diet, so screw for fork over knife 😂
@Cassie Newton Good for you! I LOVED it, also 'What the Health'
Josh, awesome 👏🏽 ❣️💯
I’m impressed with the approach and the questions she asked in the interview
VEGANISM FOR LIFE! GOING ON 6 YEARS STRONG.
Happy to see southern's embracing the lifestyle.
Dead flesh no longer appeals to me.
Joelle Aittama common girl. No licking?
I love Ribeyes! So good!!
A G R E E D
Congrats.
...Eating live flesh these days?
#VegetarianForLife 💚🌏 We save the planet while looking good
edιтн andrade Vegan too .. the hashtag would have been too long tho lol
Dairy is horrific. Vegan for life
You guys always look fatigue and sick. Y’all need some meat 😂
@@pangelo4023 You think those guys look worse than they did before when they couldn't even walk?
Maisy Hickman they were obese because their eating is out of control, not because they ate meat.
I’m 5’6” and last January, I was 360 lbs. I lost over 100 pounds since then. I lost it at a slow rate, exercised, and ate lean: well balanced carbs, fats, and proteins. I built my muscles and strength during the process and feel well energized.
Moral of the story, you do not have to become vegan to live a healthy life.
I lost it at the Facebook page name! Awesome 😂 😂
Humans were designed to eat plant and not for chasing down wild animals. We cant even out run a mouse lol
Early man needed to eat whatever he could get to survive. He didn't live very long. Now we can eat for maximum lifespan and health into our later years. Whole Food Plant Based vegan diet is ideal.
What an inspiration!
Awesome and nice that he shared and encourages others.
Meat isn't the villain. This guy starts off by saying that his diet was pleasure-centric, shows him drinking a beer (vegan by the way) and he talks about eating anything and everything including seven-layer cakes (wtf is that even? Another vegan monstrosity?). He would've been perfectly fine just cutting back on his horrible diet and exercising. In fact, most of what is on that table in studio is vegan. Only maybe 5% of what's on that table is meat. Meat wasn't his problem. His problem was gluttony.
Good for you Josh! You look great!
Congratulations.
You guys are awesome
Awesome, you guys Rock. Louisiana has some of the best food in the world, it's so good you want to lick the plate. This is quite an accomplishment👏🙋🏼
Wonderful story. Congratulations
The only thing that worries me about veganism is that alot of vegans seem to have aged very quickly after their new diet. Surely we need a little bit of meat, a balanced diet.
You are correct. Many plant based eaters age rapidly.
How inspiring . Great story
I've actually gone carnivore, so zero carb and lost a tonne of weight, reversed diabetes. Animal based eating heals and is very nutrient dense.
Short term only. Go whole food plant based for a longer, healthier life.
Forks over Knives!!!
This was awesome congrats josh and the club!! Should open up in different places
Dammmmmmmmmmmmnnnnmn boy .
Im happy for him
different things work for different people.
i've tried vegan and had no success and felt terrible.
at the beginning of the year i started keto, and have lost 40lbs in about 3 months
That is amazing! It takes me an entire month to lose just 5 lbs.
This guy gives hope
So proud of them!
Love this story!
Good job Josh
Awesome!
I am inspired by his story!
This is a really great story, but I just wish that Megyn wouldn't have opened with "he used to be a burger lovin' manly man." We need to stop perpetuating this myth in our society that eating meat makes you a man.
His new physique looks a lot more manly to me. No more man boobs.
im doing similar was ill from 14 im 43 even in a month can feel my health issues energy levels lifting vegan and gluten free my weights starting to lower
Congratulations to these guys. The funny thing is these accents remind me of that of Bobby Boucher from ‘The Waterboy’
Vegan 6 years and lov8n' it.💚
Vegan for 3 years now! Never felt Better!
Great Show .
Go vegan. 🌱
Would have been nice if Megan would have done a better job at researching the topic.
True...but still not too bad considering.
Wrong. That wasn't her role here.
Great advice.
Amazing
I bet they added many happy quality decades to their lives too.
He’s handsome
Nice job guys!
Vegan for life !
Josh is gorgeous!
So amazing ‼️‼️‼️
Awesome guys
You need fat and meat, it’s not the fat that’s making everyone fat and sick it’s sugar, carbs, junk food and processed food! Grass fed meat is good for you!! I dropped 70lbs on Keto and never felt better.
Congratulations👍
Plant power !
Vegan 7 years ,never felt better,never ever going back
Good job!!!!
Good job guy. Make a cookbook with youR Cajon favorites VEGETARIAN!
In the old days..we used to call Plants -Vegetables.
Inspirational
“I’m a meat eater” that’s why they have plant based meats. We all mostly grew up eating meat and now we can enjoy once again while having no moral conflict between our love of animals and the planet with our tastebuds. We can live in peace.
Beyond meat and Impossible burgers for the win!
I tried to be vegetarian and it didn't work for me, i just LOVE sea food... I couldn't imagine living without eating fish !!!
Better, but not ideal. When I transitioned toward a vegan diet, the last animal product I ate was oysters. When I stopped eating them my joint pain from chronic inflammation went away. Learn to enjoy new vegan foods, like mushrooms and new ethnic cuisines.