1431: Fit2Fat2Fit - Drew Manning's Mormon Story Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2021
⏱️ 135 minutes
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Summary
Today I am honored to share the story of Drew Manning - author, TV star, and founder of the viral brand, "Fit2Fat2Fit." In part 1 of Drew's story, we will discuss, among other things:
- His upbringing in Mormonism
- LDS mission in Brazil
- Marriage & pornography use in a Mormon marriage, followed by the LDS church addiction recovery program
- Their eventual divorce
- Learning about problematic church history & the 2015 LGBT+ exclusion policy
- The Fit2Fat2Fit story & Drew’s mission to bring empathy to fitness
Show notes:
- Fit2Fat2Fit: The Unexpected Lessons from Gaining and Losing 75lbs on Purpose by Drew Manning
- Complete Keto: A Guide to Transforming Your Body and Your Mind for Life by Drew Manning
- Loving What Is by Byron Katie
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
- Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
- The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host John |
| 0:04.4 | Delin. It is May 15th, 2021 and we are broadcasting to you live today from Mormon Stories studios |
| 0:13.1 | in holiday Utah. And I'm super excited for today's interview. Today we're interviewing someone |
| 0:19.7 | who has a larger social media following that I do, which isn't saying a lot, but it's |
| 0:25.0 | someone who has done really cool things. His name is Drew Manning. Hey Drew, welcome to |
| 0:29.4 | Mormon Stories podcast. John, thank you so much for having me on this place to be here. For those |
| 0:33.1 | of you who don't know, Drew Manning is known throughout the country, maybe even world as the founder |
| 0:38.6 | of Fit to Fat to Fit. And we're going to talk about what that is in just a minute. But before we do, |
| 0:43.8 | I'm just going to welcome Cara Burrell. Hey Cara. Hey. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:48.4 | So for those who don't know Cara Burrell, Cara is a TikTok sensation. She goes by, |
| 0:56.0 | what's that? Cancel this podcast. You've already said. Take that guru. Right? Cara goes by |
| 1:02.2 | nuance hoe on TikTok. She does an amazing job. Check her out. But she is joining us today as a producer. |
| 1:08.1 | She's she's just helping with the techie stuff behind the scenes. And maybe she'll even jump in |
| 1:13.6 | to correct us or to comment here and there with wit and wisdom. But Cara, it's good to have you. |
| 1:18.2 | Yeah, thank you. Anything you want to say? Oh, did I want to say I'm going to say all of my good |
| 1:22.7 | things to say for later. But yeah, I'm just happy to be here and be awesome. |
| 1:27.2 | What's good to have you. Thanks. Thanks for joining. Okay. So we're excited for today's interview. |
| 1:32.2 | It's going to be about two, two and a half hours. It's not going to be an epic multi-hour thing |
| 1:36.2 | just because Drew's a busy man. And we're just grateful for the time that he's been willing to give us. |
| 1:40.2 | But aside from being the founder of Fit to Fat to Fit, Drew Manning was also raised Mormon. |
| 1:45.0 | And he's got his own Mormon story. And I just want to give a disclaimer that Drew's audience |
| 1:50.2 | is going to be tuning in. Many of them probably most of them have no idea what Mormons are. |
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