Crushing Your Goals, Maintaining Your Integrity and Overcoming Your Breakdown with Bruce Pitcher
The Michael Caz Podcast
Michael Cazayoux
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Bruce was a participant in ABC's Extreme Weight Loss about five years ago and he lost over 200 pounds in one year. Bruce shared his weight loss story with me in episode 6. Today he's highlighting the differences that separate him from the participants that haven't been able to keep the weight off. We talk goal setting, hitting rock bottom, and why your excuses are completely worthless. Enjoy the show!
Topics of discussion:
[:45] Why 90% of extreme weight loss participants gain the weight back.
[6:03] The importance of keeping promises to yourself.
[8:29] The key difference between motivation and drive.
[10:47] Overcoming challenging moments after Extreme Weight Loss.
[17:17] The effect of trauma on obesity and how it changed Bruce.
[23:25] Goal setting, integrity and all about The Champ Within.
[33:25] Building integrity with yourself and handling breakdowns.
[38:46] What Bruce has learned as a coach — after hitting rock bottom.
[43:13] Larger Than Life — The Bruce Pitcher Story.
[44:31] Bruce's tips for taking the first step forward.
[46:47] Connecting with Bruce Pitcher.
Links:
@brucepitcher on Instagram
BrucePitcherEWL on Facebook
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Michael Kaz, and on this podcast, I explore ways of living a more wholehearted and fulfilling life. |
| 0:08.0 | I believe in the saying that what is most personal is most universal. On this podcast, you will hear |
| 0:12.6 | personal stories of struggle and challenge and what I and my guests have learned from those |
| 0:16.8 | experiences. You will hear ideas and concepts that expand your mind on topics like personal |
| 0:21.1 | development, health, adventure, and sex and relationships. Above all, my intention is to bring a |
| 0:26.3 | depth of conversation and stories to connect more with my guest and with you. |
| 0:32.8 | Hey, this is Mike Cashew. This week, I'm back for round two with my friend Bruce Pitcher. Bruce was a participant of ABC's extreme weight loss almost five years ago now. And in that time, he lost over 200 pounds in a year. Bruce is one of the most inspiring people I've ever met in my life. And on this show, he shares what has separated him from everyone else when there are over 90% of |
| 1:01.8 | participants on shows like that that don't keep the weight off over a two or five year period. |
| 1:08.1 | So we talk about what separated him, what he's done differently, and what you |
| 1:12.7 | can learn from his experience. Enjoy the show. Bruce, we're back, baby. Thanks for making some time for me, |
| 1:19.9 | man. Thank you for having me, man. This is freaking awesome. I love it. Yeah, I'm excited to continue our |
| 1:25.7 | conversation from last time. So you and I just met, |
| 1:29.6 | I saw you in Arizona and you were, you were catching me up on your life and you basically, |
| 1:35.5 | you told me something that I didn't know. Basically, people that go through a program like you |
| 1:42.5 | went through, you were on ABC's extreme weight loss and people that go |
| 1:46.7 | through a similar thing, whether it be the biggest loser or that show or a number of different, |
| 1:52.3 | a number of different TV shows where people are losing hundreds of pounds in a year, |
| 1:57.8 | the vast majority don't make it to the two-year mark. Do you happen to know exactly |
| 2:04.1 | how many people, like what the stats are on that? It's something in the 90 percentile, |
| 2:10.3 | is what it is they were saying. Somewhere in the 90 percentile of that don't keep the weight |
| 2:14.4 | up in especially two to five years, especially. So they basically, they put on all of that weight't keep the weight up in especially two to five years especially so they they |
| 2:18.2 | basically they put on all of that weight back on and some gotcha so why do i'm sure you guys |
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