Told He'd Be Dead by 40, He Lost 200 Pounds | Raheel Siddiqui
episodePreviously titled “He Was Told He'd Be Dead by 40. Then He Lost 200 Pounds. | Raheel Siddiqui” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 4, 2026
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I'm 27 years old. I'm 405 pounds. My father at that time, he was a pharmacist. One Saturday morning, he looked at me and was like, whoa, you know, like, man, you're, you know, you're gaining a lot of weight. I'm getting very concerned. Let's go to the doctor. I want to get some blood work done because I'm looking like a walking time bomb. A few days later, went to the doctor's office to get my results. This is probably the craziest part. Doctor walks in, has a folder in his hand, looks at my dad and I, looks down at the folder, flips the pages of results over, closes the folder, throws the folder on the side of the counter, looks down What you're about to watch is a conversation with Raheel Siddiqui.
This is one of my favorite conversations I've ever had on this show in the more than five years and almost 400 episodes that we've done.
What life-changing moment did Raheel Siddiqui experience at 27?
I do this show very selfishly. I get to meet incredible people, and I've met hundreds and hundreds of incredible people that I've shared with you through the different episodes. But every once in a while, you come across someone like Raheel who has just an insane story that he was able to come out of with a positive, energetic voice. optimistic mentality, just filled with love and kindness, but also energy and power. And it's just he's infectious. And I got chills about seven times throughout this conversation. I think you're absolutely going to love it. This man was 405 pounds. and was told that he maybe had 10 more years to live tops and that it wasn't even worth looking at his blood work because he was going to die.
And he changed his life, dropped 200 pounds and is an absolute monster out there preaching positivity and love and energy and aggression and his wall breaker method. It just hits so hard. These are the conversations that, that just make me want to come back and do this show over and over and over again. I love sharing guests like real Siddiqui with you. So with no further ado, please listen to this episode, follow Raheel. I have links to his Instagram, to his website, whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on the podcast, just scroll down into the description, connect with him, follow him, share his journey. It's only going to help spread more positivity in this world. I love you guys for listening to this.
Let's get on to Raheel Siddiqui.
Raheel, dude, there are not many people in the world who lose 200 pounds and come back at it with energy and the enthusiasm, so willing to dive into their story and be so honest and candid. Take us on that path, how we got there.
Yeah, man, Raheel Siddiqui, born in Long Island, New York. So you see the Knicks on here, go Knicks. And I currently live in the D.C. area. And like you said, man, I recently lost 200-plus pounds. And it's been a ride. It's been a journey. And I like to call myself the wall breaker because I truly feel like I've been through so many walls in my life that I've had to break and to kind of kick things off here. So, man, where do I begin? So I was pretty much born overweight my entire life, you know, since birth, so childhood. elementary school middle school high school college post-college and i was bullied a lot okay i mean i took an absolute beating i took the beating of my of my life like beating so bad that i was so ashamed to kind of show up to a lot of areas a lot of events because of the shame the bullying the fear and just you know that feeling of being worthless man being useless that's kind of like when you're broken down so badly to that level that's kind of where my mindset was at the time
So January 2010, fast forward, I'm 27 years old. I'm 405 pounds. And my father at that time, he was a healthcare professional. He was a pharmacist. And, you know, one Saturday morning, he looked at me and was like, whoa, you know, like, man, you're, you know, you're gaining a lot of weight.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:08
2
What life-changing moment did Raheel Siddiqui experience at 27?
1:08–17:51
3
How did Raheel's father's health impact his weight loss journey?
17:51–28:10
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What is the Wallbreaker Method and how does it work?
28:10–44:48
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What challenges did Raheel face during his weight loss journey?
44:48–49:34
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How did IVF play a role in Raheel's family planning?
49:34–1:05:57
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