Losing 100 Pounds While Running a Barbecue Business - Duce Raymond’s Story

In this episode of American Glutton, Ethan Suplee sits down with Duce Raymond, a chef and entrepreneur known for his passion for barbecue. Duce shares his journey of weight loss, sobriety, and building a thriving food business while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. He opens up about overcoming addiction, the challenges of food-related temptations, and his approach to fitness and nutrition. Ethan and Duce also discuss the psychological struggles of weight maintenance and the realities of skin removal surgery after major weight loss.  SHOW HIGHLIGHTS00:00 - Introduction  01:48 - Duce’s love for food and barbecue  03:49 - Balancing a food business with weight loss  05:16 - Duce’s journey to sobriety  07:54 - Extreme diets and lessons learned  10:56 - The challenge of weight maintenance  17:40 - How sobriety changed Duce’s life  25:06 - Parenting, food, and body image  33:57 - Thoughts on weight loss drugs  41:45 - Considering skin removal surgery  50:31 - The mental challenges of transformation  58:35 - Closing thoughts   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Actor Ethan Suplee was an aspiring plus size model long before it became trendy and now sets out to examine our current obesity crisis. On American Glutton, he’ll talk to everyone from experts to the average Joe, exploring all the diets he has been on over the last two decades, taking us on his journey from obese to svelte and back again, examining what worked and what made him gain everything back plus 50 pounds. Sharing his ever-lasting search for the next quick fix, we’ll delve into the joys of suffering, relativism, dogged determination, and the proper way to braise a pork belly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.