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Guys, welcome to another podcast interview. We've got Ron Johnson on the line and this is really exciting because I interviewed him, as you may know, back in January of this year, 2020, and here we are Friday, November 13th, 2020, and got him back on the phone and excited to do a, basically a follow-up interview. So, um, if you're not aware, Ron is one of our clients he's been, been going on, a simplified version of the program now for gosh, two and a half years just about and lost 40 pounds early on. And has now kept that off. Ron, would you say for, h as it been a year and a half now? Two years?
Ron:Yeah, I think it's closer to two years now.
Tyson:So that's what makes the story so neat. At The Six Pack Dad Tribe, what we try to promote is, a nutrition, a fit healthy way of life that can be sustainable lo ngterm. And you're in your early seventies and a b usiness owner, dad, grandpa. So just, it's just awesome to have you back on the phone. And as we were chatting before this, this podcast interview, you had shared just some, some really neat things, u m, s ome insight that you had. And so I just wanted to turn it over to you to, to share insight and anything that might help, o ther dads who will listen to this, a l ong their journey and tra nsformation.
Ron:Well, thank you, Tyson. I'm happy to do so. I it's really interesting when you reached out to me, Tyson about, another interview and sharing some thoughts. yesterday, ironically, I had a l u nch with very dear friend of mine. Who's ju st approaching 70. So we're close to the same age nt. H e needs to lose probably 30 or 40 pounds and has re ally struggled with, with being able to do so. He's an active guy, likes to exercise, but he just, you know, he said, I've tried so many different ways to lose weight and keep it off and just was unsuccessful. So it just, the last two years was just so easy for me to review with him something. I mean, I could tell him, I could say I f o und something, Tim, for me, that has worked and it's simple. And I can tell you about it in a few minutes. And we did that by the end of the meal. He was, he was on board. He, he, like I said, he exercises regularly. I told him about, I started with intermittent fasting and I shared with him that to me, I think one of the motivating factors was when I was 30, 40 pounds overweight. I mean, we all go through stressful times in life, whether it's work or family or whatever, and we're overweight and just adds a dimension to the stress. It adds a dimension to the, you know, the lack peace we have in our life. What I've found over these past two years is that when we feel good about how we look, when we know we're at our ideal weight, and we know it's a fairly simple process to maintain that over time, even though we still have those stressors in life, the it's, it's easier from the perspective of you feel good about yourself. You have more energy to attack the problems to address the problems that we all have anyway. And I shared that with Tim and he agreed. I, I told him, yesterday that, with intermittent fasting, I explained that it's, it's a fairly simple process of, you know, eating hopefully as healthy as you can, but even if you're not a real healthy eater, you eat during a specified timeframe. And then you shut down at some point in the intermittent fasting period, and you don't eat again until the next day. Now for me personally, an d t his doesn't work for everybody, but it works for me right now. I call it the eight 16. I eat for eight hours. And then for 16 hours, I don't, what's simple for me. I usually get up fairly early in the morning, six, six 30. And I, I finish a g eneral ro ute, you know, exercise routine at some point typically before eight. But even if it's after hours, I'll usually have Krista around eight in the morning and I may have a little snack before lunch. And then by two, two 30, uh that's when I eat lunch, I eat, whatever I want is, do you know the amounts? I don't really worry too much about that. And then I'm done until the next morning when I eat again at, at eight in the morning. And he was, he was kind of, Tim was interested to hear me talk about that, but he said, how do you do that? And I know him to be a very disciplined guy. And I said, well, it takes discipline, particularly at the beginning when you're trying this because you are hungry in the evening, but it becomes a lifestyle. I just, you know, my wife and I now we'll drive around maybe in the evening. And I'll see a long night of cars that are restaurant drive-through restaurant at six 30 or seven. And I'll all kind of jokingly say, do people really eat this time of night? And that is just because it's a, it's not something that I've chosen to do. And, um, over time, these things become, become kind of a way of life. Like for exercise. To me, it's a daily habit. I enjoyed clears my head. Um, I can think through the issues the day or a major project work, I still run my business and I'm not, I'm just semi-retired I still run my business. And so exercise and going on a walk fierce, my head helps me think through things that I need to think through. And I just enjoy that and I don't skip breakfast. I don't skip my walks. It's just kind of a way of life. And, again, I think I mentioned that it's a simple process for me. If I, the simpler it becomes, I eat at eight, eight t ill about two o r two 30, and then I don't eat. I exercise in the morning, you know, I love to read in the morning. So I just, I try to implement something that's simple that works for Ron. And, you know, it's really been gratifying as I look back at my P my high weight, and I'm hovering around one 75 now. So I've lost about 4 0 pounds. And there'll be some days when I, you know, I may be up a t around one 77 or even one 78, but it's a pretty easy process to tweak my eating times or what I'm eating to get back down to one 75. And I don't see that changing T yson. I it's so gratifying to me the results and the way I feel. And I used to worry when I was up around two 20, what about, you know, I was pre-diabetic and I was worried about high cholesterol, even though mine didn't spike yet. I knew that it would, I was worried about a heart problem. My father died of a heart ailment. And, and so now it's kind of coming full circle. Now, back to that idea that I said of stress free living doesn't mean we don't have issues in our lives, but when we're healthy and at our target weight, life is more manageable, more joyful and more peaceful. So I feel deeply b adda, you know, I, I think I'm forever grateful Tyson for your plan for what you taught me. And I know it works i n the simpler the better. U m, anyway, I, I think those are my main thoughts, unless you have some other questions for me.
Tyson:Yeah. Maybe just, just one other question. So it's now been, say a year and a half since you hit your target weight. And, um, you know, it's just so interesting because the vast majority of people are not able to share a story like yours. Their story would go something like maybe two and a half years ago, I tried this diet and then keto and then orange theory and just all these different programs. And, um, if they were honest with themselves and had, had religiously tracked it, like you have in your journal, they would see peaks and valleys. And I guess a question I have is what has allowed you to, you mentioned simplicity, you mentioned you found something that works. Is there anything else you would say that's allowed you now for the two and a half years ago, you made this change, you've got the weight off and now you've sustained it. And you've basically just flat line maintenance, um, in a beautiful way, like aside from simplicity, is there anything else that's helped you to do that? How do other people, I guess, crack that code and replicate what you did?
Ron:i t's a valid question. I, going back to my lunch with Tim, I think what caught his attention was when I explained to him that I was up around two 20. And I learned from you about, you know, the role of exercise, intermittent fasting, a nd, and other interventions. Those were the two main ones that I tried to implement. And I explained to him that I was losing a pound a week when I proved to myself that I could do those two things, intermittent, fasting, and exercising on a daily basis. And he questioned me on that. He said, no, really a pound a week. I thought y ou're going to say a pound a month is what he said. And I said, no, it was a pound a week. He said, I c ould do that. He said, that's motivational. And so I think to answer your question, what, you know, once you get into almost anything in life, you know, a good habit takes two to three weeks to form. My solidity in this process was the proof of the pudding. After a month, I'd lost four pounds, you know, two months I'd lost eight. And I knew that if I kept doing the things that I was disciplined to do exercising and intermittent fasting, that I could continue to get down to where I could get to what I would consider, you know, below one 80 would be my, my, you know, what I consider my perfect weight. I'm 61. And so it, once that happened, once I saw success, it was such a sweet experience. It removed so much stress and anxiety from my life. As I mentioned to you, you know, I'm a busy guy, busy in my church. I'm busy with my family. I'm busy with my business and I found it difficult to have this burden. It's like a big backpack on every day when I wake up in the morning, I put the backpack on, of not feeling good about my health and I, and I tackle those three main areas in my life that are stressful. Well, I figured out a way, you know, through your program to remove the backpack. And so why would I keep doing that? Because it just feels so, you know, you know, it's the right thing. I don't worry about. Am I going to leave my wife without a husband? If I continue overeating? And if I continue to do those things that would cause high cholesterol, you know, problems with health, it's just such a peaceful feeling. And it's simple. Um, that's why I can keep doing it. I don't know if that answered your question or not. That's great.
Tyson:You're listening to Ron Johnson, The Six Pack Dad Tribe, whether you're a member of our group or are looking for this type of guidance. U m, Ron i s just, a pleasure listening to your story and hear you share it again. And the fact that you're maintaining this and sa id s o eloquently talked about that in your life. If, if there's others who are interested, please go to our website, www.thesixpackdadtribe.com. You can get a peek behind the curtain, look at pricing, book a call with me, and we'd love to help you create your own story. Just like Ron, where you transform. And then we get you back on an interview a year later an d t wo and three years later, and you get to share just how it's blessed your life. So, Ron, thanks again for joining us today and in y our kindness, sharing your story.
Ron:My pleasure. Thank you, Tyson.