Steve Martocci
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story because you you were you know a very overweight unhealthy guy when you were in your 20s i mean 20s i think it my journey probably goes back to my childhood i was always the fat kid i was a tall fat kid um and i would make all the sports teams because they'd be like oh he's six five like he's gonna he's gonna we can make him good right he's gonna get better as time goes on but uh honestly like nothing i would do playing football
story because you you were you know a very overweight unhealthy guy when you were in your 20s i mean 20s i think it my journey probably goes back to my childhood i was always the fat kid i was a tall fat kid um and i would make all the sports teams because they'd be like oh he's six five like he's gonna he's gonna we can make him good right he's gonna get better as time goes on but uh honestly like nothing i would do playing football
You know, you do two a day practices and all nonstop and I wouldn't lose weight. And it was pretty wild. My mom has hypothyroidism. She took me to an endocrinologist. This is like 1996, seven, something like that. And they did some labs and they just told me I was on the low end of normal and they couldn't do anything. And it was completely disheartening.
You know, you do two a day practices and all nonstop and I wouldn't lose weight. And it was pretty wild. My mom has hypothyroidism. She took me to an endocrinologist. This is like 1996, seven, something like that. And they did some labs and they just told me I was on the low end of normal and they couldn't do anything. And it was completely disheartening.
You know, you do two a day practices and all nonstop and I wouldn't lose weight. And it was pretty wild. My mom has hypothyroidism. She took me to an endocrinologist. This is like 1996, seven, something like that. And they did some labs and they just told me I was on the low end of normal and they couldn't do anything. And it was completely disheartening.
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I never saw 300 on a scale. I refused to get on a scale once I was 299. It just was not good. And then I'm a software engineer. I just love building. Code is kind of my canvas. It's just where I can lose days building. And it's so much fun for me. Built a successful company called GroupMe. It was kind of pioneering group text messaging.
I never saw 300 on a scale. I refused to get on a scale once I was 299. It just was not good. And then I'm a software engineer. I just love building. Code is kind of my canvas. It's just where I can lose days building. And it's so much fun for me. Built a successful company called GroupMe. It was kind of pioneering group text messaging.
I never saw 300 on a scale. I refused to get on a scale once I was 299. It just was not good. And then I'm a software engineer. I just love building. Code is kind of my canvas. It's just where I can lose days building. And it's so much fun for me. Built a successful company called GroupMe. It was kind of pioneering group text messaging.
And when we sold that, we sold it quickly to Skype, you know, I was 270 pounds. I had just made some money. I wanted to live, but I was deeply unhealthy. And I found a functional medicine doctor. And this is like, this is 2010, you know, like, so kind of ahead of the curve a bit.
And when we sold that, we sold it quickly to Skype, you know, I was 270 pounds. I had just made some money. I wanted to live, but I was deeply unhealthy. And I found a functional medicine doctor. And this is like, this is 2010, you know, like, so kind of ahead of the curve a bit.
And when we sold that, we sold it quickly to Skype, you know, I was 270 pounds. I had just made some money. I wanted to live, but I was deeply unhealthy. And I found a functional medicine doctor. And this is like, this is 2010, you know, like, so kind of ahead of the curve a bit.
I had a social media curve at least. That was 14 years later. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ahead of the curve of like the biohacker trend that I feel like is now. We started doing lab work, right? And we started experimenting and, you know, started with some thyroid medicine. kind of dialed in some hormones and built a supplement stack and it worked.
I had a social media curve at least. That was 14 years later. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ahead of the curve of like the biohacker trend that I feel like is now. We started doing lab work, right? And we started experimenting and, you know, started with some thyroid medicine. kind of dialed in some hormones and built a supplement stack and it worked.
I had a social media curve at least. That was 14 years later. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ahead of the curve of like the biohacker trend that I feel like is now. We started doing lab work, right? And we started experimenting and, you know, started with some thyroid medicine. kind of dialed in some hormones and built a supplement stack and it worked.
And I committed to diet and exercise again, you know, with these, you know, helping me this time and it worked. And people would ask me, they'd see my transformation and they'd asked, what was I doing? And no one wanted to hear diet and exercise.
And I committed to diet and exercise again, you know, with these, you know, helping me this time and it worked. And people would ask me, they'd see my transformation and they'd asked, what was I doing? And no one wanted to hear diet and exercise.
And I committed to diet and exercise again, you know, with these, you know, helping me this time and it worked. And people would ask me, they'd see my transformation and they'd asked, what was I doing? And no one wanted to hear diet and exercise.