James Lugo: How To Overcome Binge Eating & Drop Over 100 Pounds
Abel James Show
Abel James Bascom
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2019
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Once upon a time, a music producer—who was also a coach on American Idol—found himself bed ridden, weighing almost 300 pounds at just 51 years old...
But on August 1, 2015, James decided to make a change. This was a critical moment in his journey to lose 100 pounds and take his life back.
Every so often I get a note from one of you that affects me deeply. And recently I've been getting a lot of those, especially because I've opened up a little bit and had that emotional show where I described my near-death experience from carbon monoxide poisoning, just a few weeks ago. One of the people who helped me through that turned out to be James Lugo, the guest this week.
He sent me an email last year that went straight to my heart, and I’m looking forward to him sharing more of his story with you today.
James Lugo is a musician, Producer, and Vocal Coach out of Nashville. He’s one of the most sought-after vocal coaches in the music industry, including his work on American Idol as an analyst and coach.
He’s a very talented dude. I took vocal lessons with him for several months this summer, and he even helped edit the audiobook for Designer Babies Still Get Scabies.
Hang around to the end of the interview and I’ll even share a couple poems from the audiobook with you.
On this show with James, we’re chatting about:
- How to overcome food addiction and urges to binge
- Staying fit and healthy in the entertainment business
- What James learned about weight loss in the 80s that hurt him
- How to prep 19 meals in 60 minutes
- Exercises for singers that everyone should do
- The benefits of being in shape for music and performing
- And tons more…
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, this is Abel James and welcome to the fat burning man show where we talk about real food and real results |
| 0:08.3 | Every once in a while I get a note from one of your listeners that really |
| 0:12.4 | affects me and |
| 0:13.9 | Recently I've been getting a lot of those especially because I've opened up a little bit and had that emotional show where I |
| 0:20.0 | Described my near-death experience from carbon monoxide poisoning just a few weeks ago and one of the people who helped me through that |
| 0:27.7 | Turned out to be James Lugo the guest this week and I'm gonna start with his story because it goes back a little while |
| 0:34.5 | So about three years ago at 51 years old James a |
| 0:39.0 | Music producer and also someone who was a coach on American Idol and a very talented guy in his own right |
| 0:45.6 | He weighed almost 300 pounds and he was bedridden at just 51 years old and so |
| 0:52.4 | On August 1st of 2015 James began his journey |
| 0:57.1 | You'll hear why some of the reasons are in lightning he began his journey to lose |
| 1:02.3 | 100 pounds and gain his health and his life back and |
| 1:06.6 | When he sent me his picture of of what had happened over the past few years when he really dialed in his health after being |
| 1:14.4 | At the trough of his life hitting rock bottom and not knowing if he was going to make it out |
| 1:18.6 | It's been |
| 1:20.0 | Exceptional to not only get to know James in the past few months |
| 1:23.3 | But also he's a vocal coach and was on American Idol for many years and so as a singer myself |
| 1:29.6 | I decided to study with James and so we've gotten to know each other a little bit better and in fact for my new book |
| 1:34.7 | My new audiobook designer babies still get scabies James even went along to help me out and do some extra compression on the audiobook |
| 1:42.8 | Because he's like I said he's a very talented dude. So anyway |
| 1:46.0 | When you folks get in touch with me you never know what's gonna happen next up |
| 1:49.8 | But my best collaborations over the years with Denny Hemingson making the |
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