# Ethan Suplee: 300 lbs Lost & 5 Years of Maintenance - What No Diet Book Tells You

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Podcast: [RP Strength Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rp-strength-podcast-257875)
Published: 2026-02-23T16:53:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4025

## Resource

Ethan's Links: Podcast + More Weekly Lives: https://2way.tv/ethansuplee/ Want to get even more jacked? Grab the RP Hypertrophy App for your training, and maximize your gym efforts with the RP Diet Coach App to nail your nutrition. 00:00 - Intro & Welcome Back (5.5 years since last episode) 06:16 - Ethan's Backstory: First Diet at Age 5 09:00 - Hitting 536 lbs: The Freight Scale Story 15:50 - "Just Don't Eat Bread" 22:55 - Discovering Dr. Mike's TEDx Talk: Ethan hates it 😂 40:10 - The Maintenance Revelation: Harder Than Dieting? 51:15 - GLP-1 Discussion: Why Ethan Hasn't Tried Them 52:30 - Treating Weight Like a Chronic Condition (Sobriety Parallel) 59:15 - The Future of Dieting: Hunger as a "Solved Problem" 01:05:45 - Closing: "Life is Not Really a Struggle Anymore"

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