{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0ecd8607-2c47-4e12-8fe5-20303352b1d6","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"225: Uncloseting the Biggest Loser & Winner \u2013 Marty Wolff","description":"Eating healthy, exercise, being fit. One way to look at life. Or, you can see it as another damn diet, exercise that you hate, and \u201cI\u2019m never going to be fit, so why bother?\u201d Welcome the closet of personal well-being and the battle of the bulge. It\u2019s one deep scary place that most of face at some point in our lives\u2026uncloseting ourselves to be our healthiest self. But how do you find the way to uncloset yourself from the clutches of the latest health and fitness craze? How you escape the voice saying, \u201cYou\u2019re a loser,\u201d so you can become a winner.\r\nComing out of the closet today is former Biggest Loser contestant, Marty Wolff to share his roller coaster journey out of the closet of weight gain and loss, and sharing what he\u2019s learned about where it all starts\u2026with yourself at square one.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* The outside of Marty was communicating something to the world\u2026\r\n* Be different, buck the trend and just do it\r\n* A treadmill doesn\u2019t change your mindset!\r\n* Hear what really happens to a big person when he or she is bullied\r\n* This guest\u2019s story is really one of a clash of identities\r\n\r\nConnect with Marty Wolff\r\nFrom birth, when his doctor affectionately called him \u201cbig-boned\u201d, Marty\u2019s battle with the bulge officially began. As a \u201cchunky\u201d kid, Marty enjoyed playing sports and being an all-around class clown. Marty heard his fair share of ridicule about his weight growing up. Like a rain cloud that followed him around, his weight problem plagued his confidence and self-worth. He eventually adopted an \u201cIf you can\u2019t beat it\u2026 Celebrate it!\u201d mentality regarding his weight. As a defense mechanism Marty \u201ccelebrated\u201d his obesity and bought into the belief that he was supposed to be fat. By high school his weight impacted his love of sports and he quit playing sports due to his weight, but his \u201cclass clown\u201d persona took him right into theatre arts. Owning his big guy identity to its fullest, Marty drove around with IM FAT license plates and was known by his peers as the \u201cgoofy fat guy.\u201d By the end of High School he was the lead in several plays and heading to college to be a high school teacher.\r\nIn 2006 Marty was selected to participate in the weight loss reality series on NBC, \u201cThe Biggest Loser.\u201d After his eight-month journey on the show, Marty found himself 146 pounds lighter and in love with fellow contestant, Amy. The married couple no live in Omaha with their 2 sons, Blaine and Jimmy. Marty has taken his experiences from \u201cThe Biggest Loser\u201d and created a new health club concept called Square One, for people in Omaha who, like him, live with weight related struggles. It is Marty\u2019s mission to build national awareness of the specialized needs for People of Size.\r\nWebsite\r\nPodcast\r\nFacebook\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2F225-uncloseting-biggest-loser-winner-marty-wolff%2F&title=225%3A%20Uncloseting%20the%20Biggest%20Loser%20%26%20Winner%20%E2%...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}