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The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

1KHO 622: Choosing the Hard Things on Purpose | Heath and Chrissy Evans, BUILTREADY

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Choosing the Hard Things on Purpose brings former NFL fullback Heath Evans and weight-loss hero Chrissy Evans into a raw and hope-filled conversation about discipline, surrender, and the kind of transformation that lasts. Together with Ginny, they walk through the rock-bottom moments that reshaped their lives—false accusations, public collapse, a weight-loss surgery that didn’t work, and years of numbing habits that couldn’t quiet the deeper ache. Instead of breaking them, those seasons awakened them. Heath and Chrissy share how choosing the harder path—true discipline, uncomfortable honesty, spiritual grounding, whole-food nourishment, and meaningful daily habits—became the doorway to health, joy, and peace they had never experienced before. Now raising six children—including a sibling group of four adopted out of the foster system—they talk candidly about fear, faith, and why real growth can’t come from shortcuts or comfort. In a culture that profits from keeping people overwhelmed, medicated, and afraid, Heath and Chrissy model a different way: building strong families by facing hard things head-on, grounding kids in truth, prioritizing time outside, and trusting God with every unknown. This conversation is bold, uplifting, and deeply human—a reminder that the good life isn’t the easy life, but the intentional one. Links: Built Ready Coaching: https://builtready.com Visera Nutrition: https://viceranutrition.com Bethesda Ranch: https://chancetohelp.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?

0:05.0

So we started the business two years ago.

0:07.0

We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.

0:12.0

But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.

0:18.0

Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash

0:23.6

HelloVet.

0:26.5

Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast.

0:28.9

My name is Ginny Ehridge.

0:29.8

I'm the founder of 1,000 hours outside.

0:31.5

And I have a power couple with me today.

0:34.6

Like a total power couple.

0:35.9

Like the guy was in the NFL and the girl lost 150 pounds and kept it off.

0:42.4

I mean, this is incredible.

0:43.4

You guys have done a ton of other things as well.

0:45.7

But like, I was like, whoa, these people are amazing.

0:49.0

Heath and Chrissy Evans, welcome.

0:51.8

Well, thank you for having us.

0:52.8

Yes, we're glad to be here.

0:54.0

Quanging the NFL's hard, but losing 150 pounds is much harder.

0:57.4

It's incredible.

0:58.4

I kept it off.

0:59.6

And you guys have done so many things.

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