Ben Lost a Lot of Weight 

Wow it's crazy how Ben still thinks of himself as a fat person, whereas when I look at him all I see is a tall skinny man. Damn body dysmorphic tendencies really are a thing :/

I love how delicate cris is asking him those questions. The respect in the relationship is amazing.

I find it really cute that when Ben met Cristine, he felt like he had something to live for

You can see the anxiety ben has talking about this, and i love how serious cristine is just listening and asking just the right quesitions not an ounce of humor or awkwardness She’s known for, because She’s not awkward talking with the man she loves about something that scared him, this is an awesome place in a relationship i just love you Guys not because you are a RU-vid Couple is because you teach us how a healthy relationship looks like.

"It's impossible to have a conversation about physical health without talking about mental health too". AMEN! Also, this vid is a good example of not just a healthy relationship, but what a "real man" is: honest, open, confident enough in his "masculinity" that he has no problem sharing his feelings, or his lilac polka dot socks.

Awww, I feel this was hard for him to talk about. He seemed a bit shy about it. We're here for you Ben.

I love how Christine is asking the exact questions we wanna know ☺

I clicked on this already annoyed thinking “oh this RU-vidr is going to tell me their harrowing journey of losing twenty pounds to get from my ideal weight to theirs.” And honestly it felt really good to hear from someone who was in the near exact shape as me (minus some weight related health conditions I’m fighting) and came out the other side healthy and happy. I appreciate that he mentions walking and I’ve been watching some other weight loss content and I’ve learned that I need to stop listening to the weight loss gurus that tell me to do intensive work outs for three hours a day bc it makes me feel weak, essentially compared to how strong I once was, and makes me quit before I’ve truly started. Long story long I appreciate this video

Ben is such a national treasure, I swear. The fact that he started to care more about his health once he met Cristine is so sweet! Way to go Ben, I had no idea he’d lived through these types of issues, not in the slightest... it’s so hard to recover from it, and it seems that Ben has, I’m so happy for him

What really stuck with me about this highlight, is Ben saying that even though he’s lost all this weight, he thinks he need to lose more; and that he still see himself a a fat person. Because I know exactly where he’s coming from. When I was my fittest in high school, I was at my smaller of like 155 but I had 150 as my goal weight; I hated looking in the mirror back then, because I thought I was so fat still. Unfortunately, to no ones fault but my own, I gained A LOT of weight after high school and I still remember thinking that way in highs cool. goes without saying that I hate my body even more now, then I did back then.

I was overweight in high school and the prospect of the "Freshman 15" terrified me so much that I actually ended up doing, what I coined, the "Freshman -15". My fear manifested into an eating disorder and I lost 15 lbs in my first year of university. That eating disorder continued for almost 6 years.

Wow didnt know this channel exists! YES FOR HIGHLIGHTS!

at this point ben needs his own channel. i think his content would be really interesting (unless he makes videos about taxes lol)

Wow, I always thought been was taller, like over 6ft. Crazy what the camera does. He looks great regardless

I was bullied for being overweight in middle school, which led to eating disorders such as bulimia and then to binge eating. The kids used to call me nicknames, referring to me as a ball. Looking back at the pictures of myself then, I cannot understand how I believed that I was fat. I was healthy, active and happy, and then I became unhealthy. I was starving myself all day. I limited myself to one meal a day in order to maintain a certain weight and to feel better about what I looked like. Eventually I started over eating to try and fill the emptiness I felt inside, which led to obesity. Now my struggle and aim is to work on healing myself emotionally, mentally and physically. This has helped me, hearing about someone else's journey in such a transparent manner. Thank you

As a person that has been heavy my whole life, I have always struggled with how I see myself. Even when I lost 100 pounds I looked in the mirror and saw a much heavier me. I would love to see more content about how you guys got healthier, you are so inspirational. Watching Cristine lifting weights makes me want to find a gym and do the same, maybe a video about how to safely lift so you don't break a nail would be interesting too. I love you guys.

So I was chatting with an Australian Olympic Swimmer sometime last year and she talked about "getting put out to pasture" as an athlete. She had a major injury and was put into the hospital with a very limited diet, so she got out of it ok. But her colleagues that stopped being professionals had a really hard time balancing their huge hunger (from doing all the exercise and sports) with their lessened amount of workouts. So a lot of them kind of ballooned after stopping competition.

WHY CANT I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP LIKE THIS CRISTINE IS SO DELICATE WHEN ASKING THESE QUESTIONS 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

THIS. Male body image is something so overlooked today and it’s important to address.

Damn them talking about people around their 20's having identity crises hit a little close to home hahah I'm relieved though that it is common and that I'm not the only one going through that.

I honestly didn’t know that about Ben, and I truly appreciate him for sharing his story on such a relatable topic for people like me in our early 20s who are having a rough time with college, work, family, and our social lives. As someone who has gained weight these last few years in college I know it’s hard to get into a healthy routine, but it is not impossible. Thank you for sharing!!!! 💜

I’ve never really had a healthy relationship with food. I either heavily restricted and developed an eating disorder, or when the polar opposite and was close to a binge eating disorder as I ate my feelings and mental illness away. Right now I’m still in the latter. Please know you sharing your story has really helped Ben. After watching this I realized I never thought of the long term health problems or struggles. I’ve developed kidney problems from my restrictive diet, and am at high risk due to the binging- and having body dysmorphia from both. This episode is a game changer for me.

This is my favorite segment of SimplyPodLogical so far. I really like seeing Christine as an interviewer. I feel like she has a good sensibility as an interviewer and I like seeing her "own" the mic. Maybe when quarantine is over she can bring in guests and interview them, I'd love to see that!

oooof when you realize you’re in young ben’s exact situation lol

Cris sounds like a legit therapist

I really appreciate Ben’s willingness to share his experience. Good on ya Ben!

Cristine’s a good interviewer.

I’m watching this while eating a yummy strawberry salad 🥗 I lost 8 pounds recently, I’m 5ft and weighed a month ago 172 pounds... I’m proud of myself, I’ve been more active with my son too ^-^

Thank you, Ben, for opening up about your previous overweight. I kinda experienced something similar while going from high school to university and I could never really gasped what happened in this period of my life before I saw this video. I'm now a guy in the middle of my 20's and still heavily overweight with some minor health issues and in the last couple of days, I was wondering, what the next years of my life should look like. And when I think about those years, I want to be healthy or at least healthier. So I'll try to get back on track to lose weight. But enough of my rambling, great podcast as always from both of you!

It is also important to note that some people (like me) can be as unhealthy as they want at an early age without gaining weight, but as soon as you reach adulthood (for me around the age of 24) the way your body handles your diet and activity level changes. I gained 5 or 6 kilos in around a year, which is a very rapid change for me, so I suddenly had to change the way I was living dramatically to stop becoming overweight.

Appreciate Ben being so open and honest about this

I feel Ben when he talked about how happy high school was and how college is not as happy. I thought it was just me but it’s nice to hear how college may be not so good as everyone else say.

Ben has convinced himself that losing 20 more lbs will make him healthier, and that’s sad. If a doctor hasn’t told him he needs to, he shouldn’t assume. I’m proud of Christine for questioning him on that point; cuz take it from a person who lost 100 lbs during cancer treatment. No doctor alive wanted my formerly obese butt to lose that weight! They stuck a feeding tube in my stomach to force me to get more calories after I dropped 20 in one week... then replaced that thing six months later when I was still dropping weight. The only people who congratulated me on the weight loss were people who think “skinny” equals “healthy.” And the reason I haven’t wasted away to nothing is because of the doctors and loved ones who shut those people up!

The identity crisis and the dark time in that age that you mentioned was so reassuring. I thought I was alone or weird for feeling so confused right now, I’m just so overwhelmed

Wow this story hits home. I just realized that i was unhappy and i ate to make myself feel good. It’s so true that i kinda didn’t care if i live a long life or not. (Like it doesn’t matter anyway). But the end of last year my mom got some problems with her knees, and doctor said that she need to some lose weight, 20 kg to be exact. So I decided to lose weight with her. Starting from 21 Jan, i am now 10 kg lighter than last year and boy! does that give me some kind of self-esteem back 😊 another 10 kg to lose tho. Wish me luck

Wow, thank you, Ben! I was in a similar situation. I was in a dark place and used food as comfort. Now that I'm in a better place, I feel and look so much better. I have never heard of anyone have the same issue as me. Thank you for sharing and showing me that it gets better.

It's so weird isn't it? I've lost. . .oh probably 70 pounds or so and when I look in the mirror I still see myself at that heavier weight. I see pictures and things and I KNOW I'm not, but it's still always what I see. I can relate, Ben.

As someone who struggles with body image and always sees myself as being overweight no matter when I look in the mirror, I appreciate this a lot. It’s really scary to not be able to trust my own eyes and I didn’t know that anyone else went through that. Thank you for sharing!

I have gained so much weight and have just now realized how out of control this is and that i need to work on myself. Hearing Ben talk about this is encouraging me because it shows that health is possible.

it makes me cry when ben says his inspiration to lose weight and become the man he wanted to be came from meeting christine and becoming familiar with the woman who she wanted to be. so beautiful

I appreciate these personal podcasts so much. Thank you both so much.

It’s great that Ben feels safe to talk about this. Thank you for feeling safe with telling your fans about this!

You've come so far! We will love you either way and so will Cristine.

Love this. Thanks for posting and talking about this

Ben you are an inspiration!!! Thank you for being so vulnerable and real with such a personal topic. You look GREAT

I appreciate that Ben is able to talk about this stuff because it helps me realize that the way I feel is more common than I realize and that there is hope

If Ben and Cristine can healther than I can! This gave motivation to do so :)

Love the respect you two have for each other, it's really quite touching. :)

honestly the respect they have for each other is amazing that is something to work towards in a relationship.

I'm only a few years younger then ben and christine and they are such role models. Like they are responsible with their money, health, reasonable, etc I admire them so much

I want to find someone who can communicate like this. These kinds of conversations mean so much to me.

Thanks for sharing your story, as a person in their early 20s I relate to a lot to what you went through and this kinda gives me hope that it's not that unusual to be the way that I am and it makes me feel that things will be alright

Good for you! Best health to you young man!

Love how Cristine is asking questions and their love they share together

Thank you for sharing! I am overweight in my early twenties (just out of college) and I'm working to make changes now too. It's reassuring to know there can be rewards in the long run

Christine is so right. Knowing this about him makes him so much more relatable & likable

Cristine also lost weight right? Compared to the 4 year ago videos I see some different

Awe Benana great job!! You two are my fave couple ❤️🥰 Cris you are my spirit animal!

This actually created a lot of clarity for me. I feel like Ben was able to put into words what I'm going through right now with my relationship with my health and my body.

Awwwwwww look at chubby little Ben🥺 so cuuuuuuute

It must be tough vocalising those thoughts and feelings from back in that bad place so thank you Ben for sharing. You don't need us to tell you, you have done really well and keep it up, but you have and I'm happy that you are healthier.

You can see his anxiety when talking about this.. Ben, we appreciate you and your willingness to talk to us about these difficult subjects!! ❤

This was so interesting to watch. It's amazing to see Ben being so open and vulnerable about this, and Cristine being so thoughtful in her questions. I also really appreciate them making points (in this and other videos) about eg BMI being an unhelpful measure, mental health being a huge part of overall health, crash weight loss being unhealthy and unsustainable, aesthetics not being the primary reason they both lost weight, etc. All that said, just for anyone reading this who is heavier than Ben or Cristine - please know that that doesn't mean you're unhealthy or unattractive or that you have to be unhappy! Ben's body type changed, and he slowly changed it back by returning to a level of activity and eating which feels good to him. Your set point weight may be higher, your body type may be different, but that doesn't mean you're any less healthy or, you know, worthwhile as a person! Health promoting behaviours such as moderate exercise have well-proven links with overall longevity, even if they result in you losing no weight at all. Tl;dr Ben's story around weight is only his story. You can't tell someone's health just by looking at their weight. Every body is worthy of respect.

I applaud Ben for talking about this and I applaud Cristine for asking these questions so delicately and respectfully. you can see there's a lot of love between them and that's always nice to see 💕 thank you for sharing!

Man, I relate to Ben more than I thought. The statement of the circle of highschool gone and you start to spiral...

I really appreciate you guys being real and sharing your stories with a realistic perspective. Your guy's honesty is very refreshing and I love how much you both support each other. I have been overweight my entire life and mostly due to mental health issues that fed into comfort eating. I have tried off and on several times to loose weight and I have only recently ended a job that caused tons of stress and sucked out all ability to care about anything. Hoping to find a new job soon that doesn't do that to me and allows me to be happy in it. Trying again and I think what I'm going to try is to have a mentality of "I am doing what I can in the moment and my ultimate goal is made up of moments. It's ok if in a moment I mess up and don't eat well because there will be more moments that I will eat well." When I can, I'm gonna get a treadmill so I can walk in the comfort of my home at any hour and just be judgment free. I hate exercising in public as I have an extremely heightened sense of fear of being judged by other people when exercising.

Ben you look great now! Your hard work definitely paid off ❤️

Thank you for sharing this story Ben, I appreciate it. I just graduated undergrad in December 2019 and have a very similar situation.

Ben seems like such a lovely, genuine person

This story makes me sad because how much I relate to this. Currently dealing with being overweight, and this pandemic isn't helping things. Luckily I have supportive people around me that are helping me get healthy and stay healthy If you are struggling with weight issues, be it over- or underweight, I just want you to know that you matter, you are an amazing person, and you deserve to be healthy and happy, even if doesn't feel that way right now. And if you are on the road to recovery, I want you to know that you are strong, but don't feel like you have to do it alone. You got this 💜💜💜

It's so empowering for others to hear about your story and know that if you've lost weight, they can do it too. Thank you for sharing.

I really appreciate you talking about this because I've always struggled with weight - and you guys are exactly right. It's never one thing. It's just something where you fix one part of your life or mental or physical health and everything is fine, it's a whole picture kind of deal, and it's definitely still a work in progress for me.

When he was talking about being an undergrad and being unhappy and eating bad food and staying at home and mental health and all I’m like fuuuuuckkk That’s me now LMAO

Thank you for sharing this with us Ben.

It fells good to know that other people feel the same way. Ben mentioned just not caring or thinking about physical health when you're depressed, and that's exactly where I am

Its like he took the thoughts right out of my head

"Your self concept never comes back" Truth truth truth

Oh my gosh he was a milkman?! That’s adorable!! I want pictures

Can relate to the early twenties mental health and weight gain. 😔❤️

Thanks for sharing your story, Ben. I’m a mid twenties human and I’ve gained a lot of weight this past year. I wasn’t thin to begin with, and now I’m much bigger. With my medication changes, bipolar diagnosis, and overall state of the world, I’ve let my physical health be put on the back burner. I never knew Ben was once bigger, and hearing your experience definitely makes me feel less alone. I respect Ben and Cristine so much. It’s really neat to know that someone that I respect has gone through the same things as me and can approach the topic in a really truthful, logical way. Thanks

My partner is in this exact same situation and I didn’t know how to support them, thanks for sharing your experience Ben, this has helped me understand the situation better!

So many things I love about this clip. The cat cam, Ben dismantling the patriarchy one pink polka-dotted sock at a time, but most importantly, the openness and honesty you are sharing with us. Love!

omg, it's like ben is in my head.... that's exactly how I feel and my condition is at this point. only that I still in a way don't care about myself but am a little by little starting to. nice to see a success story, as cristene said

Good job getting healthy Beyyyyn! I also went to my doc and was told to lose 50lbs or there would be consequences. Down 20lb, 30 to yo!

Thank you, Ben, for sharing this

I love how y’all’s relationship is One day I’ll find love like this

This made me feel so much better about myself. I've gained a lot of weight since leaving my last job and I've feel so shitty about myself. Thank you Ben for being open about this and putting yourself out there. 👍

I was naturally curvy before I finished in a wheelchair, flat stomach, tiny waist but full breast and hips but I had a really bad neurological problem in my right leg and the treatments destroyed my digestive system. I only eat fruits, veggies and a tiny bit of fish since then. I lost 14kg (30,86lb) and now I'm thin still with my hourglass shape but I lost all of my fat and a lot of my muscles too. Before the illness I was hating myself because I wasn't as thin as the others and today I ate my body because he became my day to day ennemy, I have to fight him everyday to be able to live my life. When I see me in the mirror when doing my physical therapy with my physician (specialized in physical rehab for severe deformities) I only see a broken body which causes me endless pain, difficulty to move and limits the way I can live my life. My friends always told me that I must be happy with my body because a lot of women would be happy to look like me. They're trying to give me more self-confidence I know that but it just makes me angry because I don't want a nice looking body to feel good in my skin, I just want and need a functional body. A body without the painkillers, wheelchairs, crutches and the most important for me, without the pain and despair in my husband's eyes when he looks at me because he knows that he can't do anything to heal me. Everyone that reads this comment please, take care of your body and love him as your best friend even with his flaws because when if someday he finish broken it will be to late to enjoy him.

Ben's sock game 👌 How Ben spoke about his mental state during his early days of undergrad was maybe the most eloquent description of my own undergrad experience. I felt really alone when I was younger in feeling like I wasn't "adjusting" well to the transition between high school and university (which obviously isn't true, so many struggle with this). Thank you for sharing Ben, much love to the Simplys 😊

Ben was Dean from Gilmore Girls working at the grocery store hahaha

I can SOOOO relate to you ben! My mental and physical health feed off of eachother too.

If I don't have this kind of dynamic with my significant other, then I dont want it. You two are so sweet together

I’m very impressed with you both. I think you are smart and good examples for your younger audience. Your work ethic is admirable and I appreciate your authenticity. I have started listening to these podcasts you have put out and find them very worthwhile. I just have one thing that I find a bit distracting in the podcast and that is the vocal fry, especially Beyn. Maybe it’s just because I’m older? Keep up the great work. Love my Holo Taco!

I gained a lot of weight in middle school due to depression and never really lost it/grew out of it until high school. Even now as I start college I’m still a bit heavy, but my relationship with food has improved drastically. I did crash diets and worked out during high school, and I had a lot of disordered eating where I would obsess over the calories and carbs I ate. Now, I just eat and when I’m full I stop! It sounds simple but it’s so easy for me to overeat. I feel a lot better and I get to eat what I want. Seeing/hearing Ben’s story and understanding how he feels when he says he could stand to lose a few more pounds makes me feel like I’m not alone in this journey. Thank you for opening up!

Can I say you two are AMAZING....you have another channel just for podcast highlights lol GENUS !!! Well oiled money making machine...may the gods continue to bless you with smarts

Lmao, bens lilac polka dot socks are beautiful!

Healthy discussion!

Thank you for talking about this, ben!

Ben’s socks are so cute I want them

This is awesome grats on losing weight its a very hard journey im happy your keeping it off ive had some medical issues that make it hard to lose weight so I went through the weight loss surgery i went from 360 down to 195 and yes i could lose more weight but im actually happy at this number and im way happier with my energy is just insane