Click here to listen to this episode Measuring weight is easy. Measuring body fat not so much.... So David hopped into an egg-shaped device called the Bod Pod to get a more precise measure of his body fat. Ready for this egg to hatch! I sat down with the CEO of Fitnescity, Laila Zemrani to talk about how to measure body fat without being immersed in water. After our meeting I realized I was wearing another shirt that needed to be donated to charity. It seems that even though

Click here to listen to this episode It's been a busy two weeks of learning about my body and learning about the craft of podcasting as well. I started off strong with a great weigh-in that I thought would lead to smaller and better things. Later that week I attended the Talkers Magazine Annual Convention and learned a great deal about the art of pod and broadcasting with masters of the art. One of the biggest thrills was meeting The Amazing Kreskin at lunch. Even though we l

Click here to listen This episode covers two weeks so there's lots of weigh-ins and numbers in this week's show. So here are a few screen shots for those of you into that sort of thing :) Here are graphs of my weigh-ins for both the weeks this episode covers. As you can see, I had plenty to be delighted with as my weight started dropping on May 17th. I was shocked, and you can hear it in the episode, on the 19th when I was hoping for 215 (best case) and instead wound up at 21

Click here to hear it! Is there a downside to losing over 80 pounds? David works to answer the question by calling in two of his closest friends. First he and Tanya review the final pieces of fat clothes he won’t part with. They talk about emotions and clothes, aspirational clothing, Brooke Shields and how fashion starts at a 38 inch waist. Then David takes a walk with his former partner in food crime and finds out what it is like when your friend, who was always up for anyth

Click here to hear it! The first week of May was the first chance since all this had started that I could deal with my "normal" seventy hour a week schedule, sans guests or moving all my belongings from Uptown to Downtown. I happily settled back into Midtown Manhattan living (I had lived there once before) and walked all over enjoying the sun and the towers that dominate that neighborhood. It was cool for May (climate change is real dear readers) but I wore as little as I cou

Click here to hear it! In this episode (which covers April 17 to April 30th), your eternally optimistic host quickly realizes something he keeps forgetting--I am not a robot. I cannot do everything I want to do, regardless of how hard I try. Part of my daily commute, Grand Central either early in the morning or late in the evening... The practice I am the CEO of, Darien Wellness, was booming and my work with my private coaching clients had maxed out as well. Add to that the g