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When Ignoring Your Health Finally Catches Up With You

Most people don't wake up one day unhealthy.
They arrive there slowly — one compromise at a time.

In this episode of the EMTS Academy Podcast, Matt Nealand talks with Charles Fielder, who openly shares how years of putting everything and everyone else first led him to a breaking point at 375 pounds.

Charles walks through the moment he realized his health was no longer something he could postpone, the difficult honesty required to face it, and the steps he took to finally turn things around — including the role a GLP-1 medication played in resetting his trajectory.

While Charles is not from the EMS world, his story mirrors a pattern many first responders know well: ignoring personal health in the name of service, responsibility, and endurance.

This is not a medical episode.
It is a human one.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How health decline happens quietly, not suddenly
• Why people who serve others often neglect themselves
• The moment "later" turns into "now"
• Using modern tools responsibly as part of long-term change
• Taking ownership before your health forces the issue

🎧 Listen now: https://pod.link/1810050200

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yCz_148yIcw