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Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Man who shed 85lbs in under a year shares easy changes he made to lose the weight
A man who shed 85lbs in under a year has revealed the simple changes that he made to lose the weight. Ethan Noblesala, 32, from New York City, said his weight began to soar while he was working 'long hours' and averaging very little sleep as the CFO for a startup company. Food became a 'comfort and a convenience' for him, and he confessed that he didn't put much thought into how his lifestyle was affecting his body. 'I didn't really think about how it impacted my body. I wasn't tracking anything, and I wasn't fueling myself intentionally,' he explained during an exclusive chat with the Daily Mail. '[Food] was used as a way to network from happy hours to unhealthy late night meals.' At his heaviest, he weighed 235 pounds, and he struggled to do 'simple tasks' such as 'go up a flight of stairs or tie his shoes.' But everything changed in November 2023 after he was diagnosed with prediabetes. '[That] scared me. It made everything real,' he explained. 'I didn't want to head down a path that would only get worse with age. 'I wanted to feel better, move more freely, and be in control of my health.' He decided it was time to turn his life around, and he went on to lose a whopping 85 pounds in under a year. He explained to the Daily Mail that he started by focusing on 'small but consistent changes' like drinking more water, walking every day, and prioritizing sleep. 'I didn't do anything extreme overnight,' he dished. 'But over time, it snowballed.' Then, he revamped his diet - swapping out processed food for whole ingredients. He also started tracking his food intake and staying on a calorie deficit. While he loved playing sports as a child, staying active had fallen to the backburner due to his busy work schedule. But after he began to lose weight he got into playing pickleball, which reignited his love of fitness. 'As I got more confident, I added strength training and built a daily movement habit,' he continued. 'I also built a system to keep myself accountable... I completely restructured how I think about health. 'Now, I live an active lifestyle. I move every day, eat to fuel my body, and surround myself with people who also want to move and prioritize health.' As for the key to his success, he believes it was 'accountability and consistency.' 'I found ways to stay motivated, track my progress, and celebrate the small wins,' the fitness guru added. He said he now feels so much better both physically and mentally. 'I have more energy, I sleep better, and my mental health has improved significantly,' he gushed. 'I feel like I have control over my life again. That transformation gave me the clarity and purpose to build something that can help others do the same.' Ethan - who now weighs 150 pounds - recently co-founded WeFit Labs, 'a fitness platform that uses competition and community to help people stay on track with their health goals.'
Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Man Adopts a 'Fitness is Fun' Mindset and Loses 85 Pounds Playing This Trendy Game
For Ethan Noblesala, 32, a diagnosis of prediabetes and a blunt prediction from his doctor in November, 2023, motivated him to improve his health. "My doctor told me, 'If you don't change your lifestyle, you're going down a route that's leading to more surgeries, more operations and more medication,'" Noblesala tells TODAY. He says he was at his healthiest during college, but as he built his career as an entrepreneur, he neglected his health and focused on building his businesses. 'As I started that corporate lifestyle, I was slowly gaining weight,' he says. To foster business growth and connections, he was spending a lot of time at happy hours. He was lucky if he slept four hours a night. Uber Eats was the cornerstone of his diet. Exercise or even spending any time outside was practically non-existent. And his habits only got worse during COVID. His weight climbed to 235 pounds, which was a strain on his 5-foot, 6-inch frame. 'Even though I was running a successful business with my co-founder, I decided to take a leave to really focus on what was most important to me — my health,' he says. That attention to his health worked. He lost 85 pounds, and he says he feels 10 years younger. Here's how he did it. Noblesala has a background in finance, so he's motivated by numbers. He honed in on them to make changes, tracking his protein, fiber and calories. He discovered that when he ate mainly protein and fiber-dense meals, he felt satiated even when he was only eating 1,500 calories a day: 'Your body needs nutrition, but I never felt like I was starving myself or restricting myself.' He built on small goals and habit changes: Drinking a glass of water every day: 'I was 85 pounds heavier. I wasn't going to go out and run five miles, or try any of the crazy trends I see online. This was something I could do.' Shopping for groceries and checking the nutrition labels for protein, fiber and calories instead of eating out — and overeating — five times a week. Having a go-to, high-fiber, low-calorie meal that he liked to eat: Shirataki noodles with chicken breast in a low-fat buffalo sauce. Finding healthier swaps for foods he likes, such as Costco chicken nuggets instead of McDonald's: 'I found it exciting to make these new discoveries. It's something I love to do.' Noblesala grew up playing sports and loved how they kept him active while also being a way to connect with others. He'd often ask his friends if they wanted to play basketball, tennis or something else together. 'Through tennis, I discovered pickleball. That was the hook for me in terms of living a healthier and active lifestyle. I've become a pickleball fanatic,' he says. In December 2023, he joined Life Time. 'One thing I appreciate there is the community. I get to play pickleball, my favorite sport. Some people say going to the gym is a chore, but I'm excited to go." "There are endorphins you get from exercising, from being around others and from having that community," he says. "In the past, going to the gym was a solo grind, and I had to force myself to go. Now, it's not a chore. It's part of my lifestyle." Having friends at the gym and at pickleball builds accountability for him, too. 'My friends will say, 'Ethan, I'll see you tomorrow.' And, of course, then I go after work. They're expecting me,' he says. He has also joined some running clubs, such as Pitch & Run, and now he's working toward an ambitious goal — running the New York City marathon in November. He earned the opportunity to participate through his alma mater, Chaminade High School in Long Island. 'I'm nervous for the marathon because I know it's a daunting mental task. I'm focusing on the interval training and the strength training,' he says. Noblesala recognizes now how his lack of sleep was making his health worse: 'Your body needs to recover. I'm averaging six and a half to seven and a half hours of sleep a night now, and I definitely feel it when I don't get seven hours of sleep.' He's also careful about balancing his workouts with rest. He finds fitness data so valuable that he wears an Apple watch, a Whoop tracker and an Oura ring. After a day where he ran seven miles and played two hours of pickleball, he saw that his Whoop told him to take it lighter the next day. 'You can make these informed decisions with technology. It was harder to do this 10 years ago,' he says. Now that Noblesala is 85 pounds lighter and his life is centered around healthy living, he has no intention of returning to his old habits. In fact, it inspired Ethan's new company WeFit Labs, which is a gamified social fitness app designed to help motivate people to move together. If you're looking for a fitness community, join our Start TODAY walking club on Facebook and connect live with members and experts during coaching calls on the Start TODAY app! This article was originally published on
