James McDiarmid

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274 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Jul

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Unfiltered with Dave Letele · #58 James McDiarmid: He Lost 130kg and Changed His Life · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

I used to be a farmer.

And I got locked into Auckland because of the restrictions for staying in and out.

So I just started spinning, like I was just getting worse and worse and worse, you know, didn't really have anything to focus on.

And my health was just getting bad.

So after I kind of had that scare and I was starting to move again, I said to my wife, you know, I found these people that are doing something that I do.

They're around my size.

It looks like a safer place.

I'm going to go check it out.

And when I pulled up, and because of all my anxieties with, I always refer to it as the eyes, you know, when you're a big guy, you always got these eyes and they're always watching.

And it just always sits in your head, bro.

Like, yeah, just the eyes.

I pulled up outside and I watched a couple of times.

I was like, nah, nah, I went home.

And I did this a couple of times.

I drove by and I pull up outside.

I was watching what was going on, who was moving around.

I saw Phil once.

I was like, oh, there's Phil Wayne.

And I was like, no, no, I can't do it.

And I went home and my wife was like, oh, yeah, how was it?

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