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The Weight Loss Journey From 660 Pounds ft. Ethan Benard | Unsubscribe Podcast 247
18 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the significance of Ethan's weight loss journey?
When I have the skin removed, it's going to weigh between like 50 and 70. Do you get to keep it? Moisturize me. You cannot say that it is not impressive that the United States S-ranked an entire f***ing country while the entire world is asleep.
Make sure you get that wallet real quick. Officer! You don't want to waste the officer's time.
He's had a hard day. Yeah, cops are really busy.
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Good advice, dude. Say hi to Eli. He's racially ambiguous. Brandon, his hair is fucking fabulous.
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Chapter 2: What challenges did Ethan face during his weight loss?
Donut, a dog joke disposition. And there's a fat electrician. Welcome to Unsubscribe.
Hi. Oh, yeah, we got to start it. Ready?
Yeah.
We'll do this one. Three, two, one.
Cody's going to mess up your last name. I'm calling it. I'm not going to mess it up. Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Unsubscribe Podcast. I'm joined today by Eli Doubletap, Ethan Bernard, Brandon Herrera, myself, Donald Operator. Thank you so much for being here.
Yesterday, I was like, what do I call you? He was like, as long as you don't mess up my last name. I was like, what is your last name? Now I am wrong. Bernard. Bernard. Not Bernard. Not Goliath. I would have fucked that up. No, it's crazy, dude.
It's even phones. When you type in my last name, most of them auto-correct it. It's ridiculous.
I've got no excuse.
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Chapter 3: How did Ethan's hospitalization impact his weight loss journey?
I've seen your name spelled like eight times in the last 24 hours. I just wouldn't have picked it on.
Well, I didn't learn this until a couple of years ago, but apparently Bernard is English and Bernard is French.
I'm so sorry.
I know.
It's like we.
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Chapter 4: What motivates Ethan to continue his weight loss journey?
Now, our homie, you reached out to Cody first. This is ages ago when you just started your journey.
Yep.
Oh, shit. Did I reach out to you or did you reach out to me?
I reached out to you. The first interaction we had was you did one of your plane AMAs.
Okay.
Spring of 23. I remember this. And this was in the middle of my five-year period of struggling with my weight. So this was like two years in. I had lost about 100 pounds, and I tweeted at you on the plane. I was like, hey, I used to weigh this much. I currently weigh this much, and if I reach my weight goal, I'd love to come to a range day. And you were like, hell yeah, let's do it. Nice.
That was the first interaction we had. That was like almost three years ago now.
Yeah, it was a minute. And you've lost 260 pounds so far? 219.
Man. So I was, yeah, I was 660 at my heaviest. And as of right before getting on the plane, I was like 440.5.
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Chapter 5: What challenges does Ethan face with online negativity?
I was traveling like state to state. And I was probably, I was speeding. There's nobody on the fucking highway. Got pulled by a cop. Pull over. Roll down all my windows and I'm like 10 and 2 on the steering wheel because I do have a gun because I always have a gun. He comes to the driver's side window and I was like, hey, you know, how's it going, sir? I'm like, how's it going, officer?
Just so you know, like I do have a gun. I'm carrying appendix. It's on my front right side, whatever. He's like, yeah, he's an older guy. I figured you were. Sir, the way you have your hands glued to the steering wheel, I figured you had to have had a gun. He pulled the traditional cop line. Well, I'll tell you, I'll catch you a deal. You don't touch yours, I won't touch mine. Yes, sir.
That sounds very fair. It's super simple.
Chapter 6: What are Ethan's thoughts on sharing weight loss journeys?
Just do that. I know I had a shirt over a gun. He's like, can you get your driver? I was like, I would get my insurance and everything, but there was a gun in that seat. I will let you grab that first if you're okay with that. And he's like, yeah, okay, thank you. Lifts the shirt, grabs the gun. Can't figure out how to clear it because the safety's on.
And he's like, I was like, you want me to clear it for you? He's like, can you? I was like, yeah. I took the gun, cleared it for him, handed it to him. He's like, I have to run this to make sure it's not stolen. Which I don't think you do.
As a cop, you don't have to.
That sounds really weird. I did have a bunch of guns in the back. And then because it was covered and I didn't have my concealed Texas.
That'll do it. Yeah.
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Chapter 7: How does Ethan view his progress in weight loss?
And he pointed out, that's why.
Back before he had constitutional carry.
i had a lot of respect he's like hey just so you know next time put it in a glove compartment then you can't get in trouble for concealed carry he's like because it was here with a shirt over it that's concealed and if it was a head cop he's like you would have got a felony for that i was like dude thank you so much for that yeah glove compartment glove box an extension of your home at that point in some states and that's why i was like don't quote me in all states
If you're in Illinois, don't try it.
Don't try it. It's a good rule of thumb for a lot of stuff in that state.
Yeah. But super thankful all that unfolded that way. But I did, when he's like, run the security, I was like, I mean, you can, but the serial number on that gun is literally my name. Like, what? It's like, there's a custom built one. Eli 69 420. Yep. See, he knew it. Called it.
came back he was like handed everything he's like hey uh yeah just uh slow down next time you're good to go don't put the the gun in the actual glove compartment or uh center council yeah and then or at least before yeah constitutional carry no in texas because like a lot of times i'll you know take off and put it in the glove when you're reaching for your license to hand it right exactly super quick the wallet trick
when you have to get your wallet to the officer faster you can get out of the car and sprint at him pulling your wallet out so you save him time you know he doesn't have to unsub tips make sure you get that wallet real quick officer you don't want to waste officer's time he's had a hard day cops are really busy don't waste the cops time dude
But the way I normally do it is, you know, because a lot of times I keep like my registration and insurance and everything in center console with usually a gun. If I've like taken off because, you know, if you're driving a long ways, you don't want to keep a fucking gun in your waistband. I normally just like ask the cop what they would prefer.
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Chapter 8: What advice does Ethan give for starting a weight loss journey?
Just like, oh, can I see your, you know, registration? Like my registration is in my glove compartment. I also have a handgun in there, like my carry gun. You know, I'm an FFL, all this sort of stuff. What I'll say, how would you like to proceed? Do you still want me to get it? How do you want to do this? And usually if you put the ball back in their court, they're super comfortable with that.
Yeah, of course.
Unless it's a female cop, she'll just shoot you. Yeah, that will happen. Joking. That was a joke.
I'm sure we've told this story on the podcast before, but that one time we were leaving a brunch on the north side or something. You were in my passenger seat, and I got pulled over because my registration was out, and it's fair enough. Female cop rolls up, and I just hear Cody like, oh, we're going to die. My windows are already rolled down. What did you say next, Cody?
she goes back to her car to go like run my stuff. I'm like, whatever, fair enough. You're like, I think I'm just going to get out of the car, sprint to the tree line and then put my hands over my head and see what she does.
You're just causing chaos.
I'm just like actively sweating. I'm like, please don't do that.
This is going to be a very simple interaction. Sober Cody. Drunk Cody. It's like the wild card. We're like, I don't know if he's joking. You buckle him in. He unbuckles himself. I'm like, no, no, no, put that back. Were you ruining my fun, Brandon?
This is bullshit. It's like rolling a 20-sided dice. Like, oh, well, let's see how this goes. Not a 20.
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