5 things I did to loose 85lbs and change my life

hey there folks this is Josh Stoney Ridge farmer welcome back to another gorgeous day here in the evening with the cows on the Stoney Ridge Farm and this video is by popular demand folks have been asking me how on Earth did I lose all this weight so I've dropped somewhere in a neighborhood of 80 to 85 pounds and in today's video part of how I lost the weight is right there behind us today's video we're going to tell you all about it what I did this is not medical advice although I am a registered nurse I'm going to give you what I did so that you can take that and run with it the way you want to come along guys let's have some fun I ain't afraid to play I ain't afraid to get the job done and do it in my own damn ways I ain't afraid alive times like this if you mess with my freedom my team is what you can kiss all right folks congratulations you made it this far into the video it means that you care about your health and that's good so reach over and pat yourself on the back do it do it now before we get started I want to give a quick shout out to today's day sponsor ag1 athletic greens this is something that I use in conjunction with my diet it has 75 vitamins and minerals it's something that I drink nearly every single day here on the Stoney Ridge Farm it gives me energy it gives me mental Clarity and it gives me the willpower that I need to eat right so ag-1 athletic greens there'll be a link down the video description and I'll see if I can get the company to send us a coupon code so you can try it out yourself if you want to I love it it looks weird though doesn't it it's green very very green today I want to talk to you guys a little bit about how I lost all this weight so I lost 80 to 85 pounds I'm going to give you some ground rules that I use to lose all of the weight here on the Stoney Ridge Farm so we're going to have some pictures scrolling through some various pictures from various older videos as I got bigger and bigger I was pushing the 300 pound Mark and now I'm down to about 205 to 215. I fluctuate a lot because I'm a tall guy I'm about six foot five I lost all this weight guys by cutting my carbs back and doing what's called intermittent fasting now I know what you're thinking now that guy's crazy probably takes cold showers too no I don't take cold showers um I'm not crazy I'm trying to help you and this can't be construed as medical advice I am a registered nurse and I do know and have taken many many courses on nutrition and I study this I care about it it's something that I care about and it's the main reason why you see out here these animals I started a farm because I was sick of what was going on in the grocery store and the foods that we were being given or the foods that we were being giving in the grocery store that aren't food they just aren't food so it's exactly what I did here is I cut my carbs back so I cut my carbohydrate intake back to about 20 grams per day before you do that consult your doctor okay I do advise that you do that before you begin an exercise program do that also check with your doctor so what I did was I ate high quality protein I ate protein right off the farm high quality beef organic beef if I couldn't get it out of my own freezer and high quality chicken organic chicken if I couldn't get it out of my own freezer and high quality fish fish on Friday that's what I like to do I do do a nice beef roast every Sunday and then one day a week I would spoil myself and eat whatever the heck I wanted to but I found out that my lifestyle change in my diet change really pushed me over the edge of having enough self-control that I didn't want that sugary stuff anymore so I didn't eat anything with wheat I did not eat bread I did not eat anything with high fructose corn syrup I watched my sugar I watched my carbohydrate intake I did not eat root vegetables such as carrots and potatoes I did not eat Roots vegetables I tried to stay away from carbohydrates the only thing I use for sugar was high quality honey local honey and maple syrup real maple syrup not the garbage that you see in the grocery store that they're pawning off as pancake syrup if you look at the back of it pick it up if it says pure real maple syrup then it's real maple syrup if it doesn't say pure real maple syrup then it's probably high fructose corn syrup stay away from it guys I'm telling you I don't like it it's garbage and I think that the food that's in the grocery store that's being pawned off to us to over processed garbage isn't real food and it was making me into a lazy chubby gelatinous orb in other words I wasn't taking good care of myself and I was eating bad so I was building the farm here and the stress of building this Farm was pretty high I gained a lot of weight and I took the weight off and exactly how I took the weight off 20 grams of carbs per day no wheat no corn no processed foods no fast foods no fried foods all that sounds wonderful right but that probably makes up 80 percent of the American diet right look at it eighty percent of your diet you are what you eat the cells in your body reproduce themselves about every three to nine months you are slowly rebuilding yourself and you are what you eat just like these animals out here are what they eat no chemicals no sprays no fertilizers no nothing but grass and cow that's the way it should be you guys need to think about eating real Whole Foods that's what it's all about real Whole Foods and things from nature like honey and like maple syrup so cut back my carbs to 20 grams per day I intermittently fasted now that's that crazy part again we all intermittently fast you go to bed at night and you don't eat until in the morning that's called breakfast break Fast breakfast that's what it came from guys you're breaking your fast so I would break my fast after breakfast time and I wouldn't start my day off eating sugary garbage so donuts and stuff like that except for one day a week one day a week I would spoil myself and I eat whatever the heck I wanted to eat I started exercising the break fast the fast that I would do I would only eat in an eight hour period okay so if I started eating at two in the afternoon I would eat and I could eat up till 10 o'clock after that I was cut off if I started eating at noon 8 PM was my cut off time I got plenty of sleep I worked out in other words I worked out in the field taking care of the animals taking care of the Farm building things and I went to the gym and I picked myself up a mountain bike and I got on the mountain bike trail so I took some time for me and that's important you need to take some time for for you and for your Fitness and when you start this you're going to feel like you're going to starve to death but you're not I promise you're not going to starve to death guys just eating right for a few weeks you train your body and your brain to reject those foods that are no good to you it's amazing how the transformation happens so over about seven months I lost 80 to 85 pounds my blood sugar levels have dropped my cortisol levels have dropped all my lab work is so much better my whole world is so much better and all I did was cut out those carbohydrates that's what I did I ate high quality protein I had vegetables and most of my carbs came from fresh organic vegetables and or vegetable juice and or that ag1 athletic greens that's what I did I took a multivitamin also again I can't advise you I'm not your doctor I can't advise you what to do but I did take a multivitamin I made sure that I always had plenty of B vitamins and vitamin D you need to get up you need to get out you need to get some sunshine vitamin D you can get Vitamin D naturally just by being outside in the sun guys and you'll see those people that are deficient in vitamin D those folks that don't ever get outside the kids that are playing games all day long and not getting outside and playing I encourage you guys get outside and play cut your carbs back that's what I did you can cut your carbs back start eating right start taking care of yourself and exactly what I did 20 grams of carbs per day no wheat no bread read the labels on the things that you pick up in the grocery store and if it has more than 10 things in it and it isn't more than 10 things in in your ingredients for that food then you're getting something that has preservatives in it and it's garbage and it makes you feel like garbage you are what you eat and what I did was cut back the carbs pretty much and eat only high quality protein it costs a little bit more to buy the good stuff but I think it's worth it in the long run for your long-term Health guys thanks a lot for joining me here on the Stoney Ridge Farm I hope you enjoyed this little video let's give you a little bit of insight into what I did to lose weight 80 to 85 pounds over a seven month period I didn't lose it too fast I feel better I feel like I could jump over a car it just feels so much better and I continue this diet plan even though I'm not trying to lose weight and I've plateaued off right now and I'm not trying to lose weight but I'm still eating that way and I feel better I look better I feel stronger my Skin's better everything is better so I encourage you guys listen up do what you think is right and check with your doctor before changing your diet or changing your exercise plan that's how I lost all the weight on the Stoney Ridge Farm guys thanks a lot for joining me here today I've got a little bit more work to do with the cows we'll catch you guys on the next Tony rich farmer video please hit that like button if you lost a bunch of weight please share it with me tell me how much you've lost and tell us all how you lost it okay don't forget there'll be a coupon code hopefully down in the video description and a link to the ag1 athletic greens take care guys we'll see you next time red [Music] hey there folks this is joshity if you're busy rolly with the camera if I get some flies on my face why is my phone giving me 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