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Forbes Riley

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372 total appearances

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Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

Oh, no, it looks like a mouse. That's what a mouse should look like, right?

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

If I put a mouse next to a pen, the mouse looks chunky and fat. I was 15 pounds overweight. They were 20 pounds underweight. And I was made fun of and told to go to Overeaters Anonymous. Every movie I ever did, every TV show. I did a Broadway show with Christopher Reed. They made me go to Overeaters Anonymous.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

If I put a mouse next to a pen, the mouse looks chunky and fat. I was 15 pounds overweight. They were 20 pounds underweight. And I was made fun of and told to go to Overeaters Anonymous. Every movie I ever did, every TV show. I did a Broadway show with Christopher Reed. They made me go to Overeaters Anonymous.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

If I put a mouse next to a pen, the mouse looks chunky and fat. I was 15 pounds overweight. They were 20 pounds underweight. And I was made fun of and told to go to Overeaters Anonymous. Every movie I ever did, every TV show. I did a Broadway show with Christopher Reed. They made me go to Overeaters Anonymous.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

Mick, one of the greatest things in life was I lived long enough to see Lizzo have a career, to walk into Macy's and see a chunky mannequin, to see a woman who's 70 pounds heavier than normal on cover of Sports Illustrated. Our tolerance has changed. All of a sudden, I'm like, oh my God, where would I have been if I hadn't been so miserable? I'm watching Lizzo diet and exercise.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

Mick, one of the greatest things in life was I lived long enough to see Lizzo have a career, to walk into Macy's and see a chunky mannequin, to see a woman who's 70 pounds heavier than normal on cover of Sports Illustrated. Our tolerance has changed. All of a sudden, I'm like, oh my God, where would I have been if I hadn't been so miserable? I'm watching Lizzo diet and exercise.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

Mick, one of the greatest things in life was I lived long enough to see Lizzo have a career, to walk into Macy's and see a chunky mannequin, to see a woman who's 70 pounds heavier than normal on cover of Sports Illustrated. Our tolerance has changed. All of a sudden, I'm like, oh my God, where would I have been if I hadn't been so miserable? I'm watching Lizzo diet and exercise.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And I will tell you for everyone who's listening to be fit and healthy at any size at every age is like the best revenge in life to put on a pair of clothes and feel strong. And a lesson that I learned from my bodybuilding husband took me eight years. I never listened to him before. He has, he has a very cool weightlifting program. That is how to build muscle. I filmed it for him. I knew it.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And I will tell you for everyone who's listening to be fit and healthy at any size at every age is like the best revenge in life to put on a pair of clothes and feel strong. And a lesson that I learned from my bodybuilding husband took me eight years. I never listened to him before. He has, he has a very cool weightlifting program. That is how to build muscle. I filmed it for him. I knew it.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And I will tell you for everyone who's listening to be fit and healthy at any size at every age is like the best revenge in life to put on a pair of clothes and feel strong. And a lesson that I learned from my bodybuilding husband took me eight years. I never listened to him before. He has, he has a very cool weightlifting program. That is how to build muscle. I filmed it for him. I knew it.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I just didn't want to do it. Well, when this all happened, thanks to PTSD or whatever, I have another book that's coming out called Flip the Switch, The Secret to Making Decisions. I flipped a switch. I said, girl, you've got 99 days to do this. You are not eating any pasta, cake, candy, cookies. There is no wine. There's a lot of protein.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I just didn't want to do it. Well, when this all happened, thanks to PTSD or whatever, I have another book that's coming out called Flip the Switch, The Secret to Making Decisions. I flipped a switch. I said, girl, you've got 99 days to do this. You are not eating any pasta, cake, candy, cookies. There is no wine. There's a lot of protein.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I just didn't want to do it. Well, when this all happened, thanks to PTSD or whatever, I have another book that's coming out called Flip the Switch, The Secret to Making Decisions. I flipped a switch. I said, girl, you've got 99 days to do this. You are not eating any pasta, cake, candy, cookies. There is no wine. There's a lot of protein.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And every day there's a ton of water and two hours in the gym every day. But Forbes, you don't have time to go to the gym. You work so much. You know what? That's what 5 to 7 a.m. in the morning are for. And I did it. And I did it because I said I was going to do it. And I didn't know if the outcome was going to work because the first three years, that needle didn't move on the scale.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And every day there's a ton of water and two hours in the gym every day. But Forbes, you don't have time to go to the gym. You work so much. You know what? That's what 5 to 7 a.m. in the morning are for. And I did it. And I did it because I said I was going to do it. And I didn't know if the outcome was going to work because the first three years, that needle didn't move on the scale.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And every day there's a ton of water and two hours in the gym every day. But Forbes, you don't have time to go to the gym. You work so much. You know what? That's what 5 to 7 a.m. in the morning are for. And I did it. And I did it because I said I was going to do it. And I didn't know if the outcome was going to work because the first three years, that needle didn't move on the scale.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I was like going, why? But you know what was happening? I lost, not only did I lose pounds, I lost 13% body fat. Everything changed. You need some resistance training. Everybody in your life, I am high on this concept that if you don't get to the gym, get some weights in your home, but you got to lift something heavy. You want a sexy shoulders, toned abs. It is yours for the taking.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I was like going, why? But you know what was happening? I lost, not only did I lose pounds, I lost 13% body fat. Everything changed. You need some resistance training. Everybody in your life, I am high on this concept that if you don't get to the gym, get some weights in your home, but you got to lift something heavy. You want a sexy shoulders, toned abs. It is yours for the taking.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

I was like going, why? But you know what was happening? I lost, not only did I lose pounds, I lost 13% body fat. Everything changed. You need some resistance training. Everybody in your life, I am high on this concept that if you don't get to the gym, get some weights in your home, but you got to lift something heavy. You want a sexy shoulders, toned abs. It is yours for the taking.

Mick Unplugged
The Power of Personal Stories in Business Success with Forbes Riley

And so I got a new lease on life.