{"id":40402,"date":"2011-01-13T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T16:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=40402"},"modified":"2011-01-13T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T16:53:09","slug":"richard-simmons-helps-ellen-producer-lose-more-than-150-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/richard-simmons-helps-ellen-producer-lose-more-than-150-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Simmons Helps Ellen Producer Lose More than 150 Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_40414\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Richard Simmons Helps Ellen Producer Lose More Than 150 Pounds\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/richard-simmons-helps-ellen-producer-lose-more-than-150-pounds\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40414\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40414 \" title=\"richard simmons\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/richard-simmons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/richard-simmons.jpg 422w, https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/richard-simmons-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Ellen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Say what you want about <strong><a title=\"richard simmons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Richard_Simmons\/\" target=\"_self\">Richard Simmons<\/a><\/strong>, but when it comes to providing people with the motivation, inspiration and the love to lose weight and take control of their health, there is no one like the tanned, <strong><a title=\"richard simmons\" href=\"richard-simmons-still-a-force-in-fitness\" target=\"_self\">Sweatin&#8217; to the Oldies<\/a><\/strong> guru in short-shorts.<\/p>\n<p>Last year after Richard was a guest on Ellen, he reached out to one of the show&#8217;s producers who was severely overweight and desperate for some help.<\/p>\n<p>Through a series of emails, phone calls and meetings, Richard helped to transform this young man from an obese and lethargic individual to an energetic and trim young chap. In fact, David lost 159 pounds with the\u00a0help\u00a0of Richard.<\/p>\n<p>The two recently talked with Ellen about David&#8217;s transformation and weight loss journey.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As soon as Richard began working with David, he\u00a0showed him how to eat right and choose the proper portions. He also introduced him to the importance of exercise in order to stay fit and motivated. David\u00a0went to Richard&#8217;s gym, Slimmons, where he worked out and got his heart rate pumping and started to strength train.<\/p>\n<p>Now, David is a complete health and fitness convert. To add some additional sweet to his already amazing journey,\u00a0David was presented with $2,500 to purchase a new and smaller wardrobe, as well as $5,000 gift certificate from <strong><a title=\"Whole Foods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/whole-foods-introduces-new-line-of-soy-milk-and-almond-milk\/\" target=\"_self\">Whole Foods<\/a><\/strong> to continue on with his healthy eating\u00a0 habits.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to David\u00a0and to Richard for another amazing weight loss success story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say what you want about Richard Simmons, but when it comes to providing people with the motivation, inspiration and the love to lose weight and take control of their health, there is no one like the tanned, Sweatin&#8217; to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/richard-simmons-helps-ellen-producer-lose-more-than-150-pounds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695,93],"tags":[2793,4425,4426,74],"class_list":["post-40402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-mens-health","tag-ellen-degeneres","tag-richard-simmons","tag-sweatin-to-the-oldies","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40402"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40422,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40402\/revisions\/40422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}