Spotlight: Joey Duff

Hi Ethan and Paige! Thank you so much for the inspiring presence you command in a community that desperately needs it, and thank you for bringing on different people with a wealth of knowledge so we can all make educated decisions concerning our fitness and wellness goals.

In 2015 I dropped 132.5lbs between the months of April and October using a weight loss clinic’s restrictive menu and supplements. I did this while working as a general manager with Pizza Hut, so I don’t want to toot my own horn, but you can imagine the discipline that it took.

My girlfriend at the time (now wife) was diagnosed with a fairly aggressive case of melanoma and I completely derailed. That’s not to blame her, but to show how dangerous my relationship to food was, and still can be to a point. I ended up ballooning back to above my starting weight thanks to stress eating.

Sometime in 2020 I decided I’d had enough. I stepped on the scale weighing in at 543lbs! I was about to get married, we were trying to buy a house and it was then that I realized I had a lot to live for. I found a ton of inspiration in you and in my longtime no-fucks-given idol Henry Rollins. I found intermittent fasting and early morning unsweetened green tea to be my method for success and as of this morning I’m down 77.5lbs, 2.5lbs more than the goal I set for the year!! The train doesn’t stop here, and my sights are set on 100lbs now. It was just so much fun I just HAD to do it again haha.

Thank you so much for all you’ve done for me personally and continue to do for all of us.