Chef AJ’s Weight Loss Program. https://ultimatereboot.org/enroll/
5 DELICIOUS DINNER RECIPES to support your weight loss: https://www.chefaj.com/5-delicious-low-fat-dinner-recipes
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MY LATEST BESTSELLING BOOK:
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This is the documentary Billy referred to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIEBb3hyzdI
Hello, My name is Billy. I am a professional musician, husband, father of two and a survivor. I spend a lot of time on “MARS”, but I’m not an astronaut… more on that later!
I have been a morbidly obese food addict pretty much my entire life. I have faced so many personal challenges and tragedies that I have lost count. But like the song says, “I Get Knocked Down, But I Get Up Again”. I was born in 1961, a big chubby 10 lb baby to a 90 lb woman. (Poor mom.) I started off big and kept getting bigger and sicker.
After high school I was over 300 lbs. I have been on almost every diet ever invented. You name it, I did it. From Weight Watchers to the Rotation Diet (remember that one?), Keto, Cabbage soup… I’ve lost and gained hundreds of pounds. Since the age of 16 I’ve been a full time professional musician/entertainer.
I have had unspeakable, horrible things said (and done) to me while onstage (or just walking around town). I’ve been beaten, verbally abused and had all sorts of stuff thrown at me just for being fat. People are amazed that I still have a positive and upbeat attitude.
Sadly, just looking big wasn’t the worst of it. I was sick, and year after year I got sicker. Every 10 years, like clockwork I would have a doctor tell me I wouldn’t make it to the next decade.
Then the chronic disease and medications started… High BP and cholesterol, sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, skin disorders, breathing problems and finally cancer. I was taking over 20 medications including insulin before the last straw in 2015… quintuple bypass surgery.
The doctors told me I could continue to eat what I wanted. No restrictions. Just what a food addict needs to hear. I gained even more weight. My daughter, who was 17 at the time, was trying so hard to get me to be healthy and lose weight, leading by example… She worked really hard to get to a beautiful healthy weight, despite my own horrible habits. Then the worst thing happened. She died suddenly of an unknown heart defect. I turned to food and ended up at my highest weight ever, over 410 lbs.
I was at the end of my rope, I was heading for another heart surgery, more insulin…death. I didn’t want to leave my wife so soon after losing our daughter. Then one night at my wife’s birthday, I met a friend who lost over 100 lbs and reversed his heart disease after reading a book called HOW TO PREVENT AND REVERSE HEART DISEASE by none other than Dr. Esselstyn.
In just a few months I lost amazing amounts of weight and was able to get off many medications, including insulin, which blew my mind because all I really wanted to do was reverse my heart disease and never have my chest cracked open again. Weight loss and the reversal of other conditions was a pleasant surprise.
I did very well following a WFPB SOS diet. I was off most prescription drugs and lost almost 100 lbs. My wife was on board and helped with food prep and amazing amounts of love and support, then…CANCER. Stage 4… an aggressive rare form of lymphoma.
I put some weight back on, the type 2 diabetes came back. I was beginning to not feel well again until I found out about Dr. McDougall, Andrew Taylor, Chef AJ and the power of potatoes
Since then, I am down to three medications. The list of diseases, illnesses and ailments is mostly gone. I am down below 300 lbs for the first time since high school.
My wife has become a magician with food prep and unbelievable recipes… the things she can do with potatoes when I’m on my MARS missions are legendary on WFPB Facebook groups I’m involved with.
LINKS:
www.billygrisack.com
www.departmentofvegucation.com
Mr. Billy music on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fxFKfbEJw27Xe0hvrm3oO?si=lQlRuaolTZyCbqLD2hzfoA
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Chef AJ thanks and introduces Thomas from California Balsamic
0:05:00 Guest introduction and bio
0:09:00 Slide show presentation – The Life and Times of Billy Grisack
0:29:37 Chef AJ and viewer Q & A plus calorie density discussion
0:46:00 Continued viewer Q & A including grains in your diet and Billy’s oatmeal recipe
1:05:23 Continued viewer Q & A including what Billy eats in a day
1:11:10 Billy sings a song for Chef AJ
1:16:40 Final thoughts and show wrap
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