Ep. 256: Richard Hubbard - From Morbidly Obese, to Plant-Based Athlete and Advocate
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2024
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
After college, Richard Hubbard felt hopeless. It was a stressful time looking for a steady job, he wasn’t moving as much as he did in college, and he loved candy and junk food - not a great combination for a web and graphic designer who would spend hours sitting at his desk during the day.
Rich also avoided doctors because he didn’t need a doctor to tell him what he already knew. He was nearing 350 pounds and destined to a life of medications if he didn’t make changes.
Ironically, it was a doctor and a mandatory physical that changed everything. Well, it wasn’t the doctor as much as it was Rich’s desire to research the best way to reverse his hypertension. That solution? You guessed it…a plant-forward diet.
In one year, Richard lost over 120 pounds. Since then he has gone on to lose at least 30 more and he’s become a lean, mean, muscle machine with a whole foods, plant-based approach.
Today, he shares his formula for lasting weight loss with nutrient-dense meals, batch cooking, and reducing sodium intake for optimal health and blood pressure. He is passionate about giving back to the community and has even become a nutrition coach and an author. His book A Plant Based Journey To Health: From Morbidly Obese To Plant-Based Athlete is available now.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm R. Besselston and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I recently interviewed Robert Cheek about his new book, The Impactful Vegan. |
| 0:12.0 | This week we talked with a gentleman who was profiled. pack We'll share his rags to riches health story of dropping a hundred and fifty pounds |
| 0:26.3 | and becoming Plant Strong. His secrets to successor right after these words from Plant Strong. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello, my Plant Strong cousins. |
| 0:38.0 | I got to give a shout out for Plant Stock 2024 |
| 0:42.0 | after a four-year hiatus. |
| 0:44.7 | We are bringing back our in-person event |
| 0:47.5 | with all the Brock Stars that you know and you love. |
| 0:50.3 | Carly Boerug, Mrs. Plant You, the social media sensation. We have Dr. |
| 0:56.2 | Will Balschowitz, Mr. Fiberfueled. We have Dr. Jemma Newman, who's over |
| 1:00.4 | from the UK. We have Dr. Don Musalum with the Mayo Clinic. |
| 1:05.3 | We have John Mackie, who recently retired |
| 1:08.1 | from Whole Food Market stores where he was at the helm for 44 years. |
| 1:12.9 | We have Doug Evans, who is Mr. Sprout. |
| 1:16.8 | And of course, what would a plant stock be |
| 1:18.7 | without Jane Esselston and her co-pilot in crime |
| 1:22.4 | Ann CrilestonEselton, you are going to have endless buffets of |
| 1:26.8 | planned strong food. We're going to have more activities than you know what to do with, |
| 1:31.3 | whether it's pickleball, yoga, hiking, walking, cornhole, |
| 1:36.5 | frisbee golf, live music, dancing, stargazing, ah, and of course our in-person slots are filling up very, very fast. |
| 1:47.5 | This event will also be virtual, so we will have an endless number of virtual slots available for people. |
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