The Gen X Guide to Middle Age
American Glutton
American Glutton
4.9 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Is it ever too late to rewrite your habits and reclaim your health? In this episode, Ethan sits down with returning guest Lisa De Pasquale to discuss her latest book, *The Gen X Handbook to Middle Age*. Together, they dive deep into the unique experience of their generation, exploring how "latchkey kids" are now navigating the challenges of aging and health.
Ethan and Lisa bond over their shared history, discussing how the explosion of processed food in the 1980s shaped their early habits and left them to figure out wellness later in life. Lisa opens up about her own transformation, detailing her 170-pound weight loss and the reality of maintaining it while dealing with loose skin and the physical limitations that come with getting older. They discuss the importance of making fitness fun, using movie montage playlists to stay motivated, and why perfection is not the goal.
The conversation touches on the nostalgia of fast food culture, the judgment surrounding diet choices, and why it is crucial to reject the idea that you have missed the boat on getting healthy.
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SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Intro and Welcome
00:39 The Gen X Identity Crisis
02:07 The Wealth Transfer Myth
03:22 The First Generation of Processed Food
05:37 Starting Health Journeys Later in Life
07:19 The Power of the Perfect Workout Playlist
10:31 Training Montages and Movie Nostalgia
13:17 Adapting Workouts to Busy Schedules
15:17 The Realities of Aging and Mobility
17:51 Fast Food Nostalgia and Marketing Collabs
20:25 The Judgment of Food Choices
25:18 How Independence Fueled Bad Habits
29:51 There Is No Finish Line
32:05 Dealing with Loose Skin and Surgery
37:06 Swimwear Anxiety and Body Image
38:29 Generational Food Pyramids
41:18 The Politics of Health and Food
44:23 Dealing with Public Disappointment After Weight Loss
47:43 Navigating Career Identity Post-Weight Loss
49:03 The Gen X Approach to Plastic Surgery
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| 0:00.0 | I want to take one minute and talk to you about three things. The first is Substack. I'm on Substack. |
| 0:06.7 | I'm writing longer form things and I'm having incredible conversations with my subscribers. So check it out. |
| 0:12.4 | Go to EthanSupple.com and join in on the conversation. We want your voice heard there too. |
| 0:20.4 | That's one. |
| 0:21.4 | The second thing is the prep deck. |
| 0:22.8 | Do you have your prep deck? |
| 0:24.5 | The prep deck is an incredible tool |
| 0:26.6 | that takes the guesswork out of meal planning. |
| 0:29.1 | I have diet fatigue. |
| 0:30.4 | My wife has diet fatigue. |
| 0:32.2 | We go to the prep deck and we allow the deck |
| 0:34.5 | to choose what we eat for us. |
| 0:36.6 | It's a wonderful resources. |
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| 0:57.9 | Hi, I'm Ethan Soply. |
| 1:00.1 | Welcome to American Glutton. |
| 1:02.0 | Outside of acting, my two favorite things to do are diet and eat. |
| 1:05.9 | I have a very complicated relationship with food, |
| 1:08.3 | and on this podcast, we're going to talk about all of it. |
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