Fat Dad, Fat Kid, Shay Butler
Fat Dad, Fat Kid, Shay Butler
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Fat Dad, Fat Kid

Author: Shay Butler, Gavin Butler

Narrator: Shay Butler, Gavin Butler

Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/29/2015


Synopsis

In today’s world where fast-food restaurants, soda, and processed foods reign supreme, does “fat dad” have to mean “fat kid”? Digital entrepreneur and beloved vlogger Shay Butler and his preteen son, Gavin, decided to find out the answer for themselves.

Before Shay became famous for vlogging about life with his boisterous brood of five, known on YouTube as the Shaytards, he was like many other American dads: He worked 9 to 5 to pay the bills, ate double bacon cheeseburgers during his lunch breaks, sipped soda throughout the day, and watched Netflix with handfuls of candy.

These small behaviors added up, and before he turned thirty, Shay was nearly 300 pounds. Motivated by the fear that he could have a heart attack before thirty-five, Shay decided to make incremental changes to his eating habits and exercise regimen. Adopting the attitude that every action, no matter how small, was better than what he was doing before, Shay lost more than 100 pounds and ran four marathons, becoming a source of inspiration for everyone who followed his journey on his ShayLoss channel on YouTube.

Now, at the age of thirty-five, Shay has discovered that “maintaining” is the hard part. He has also seen how some of his hard-to-break habits are affecting his children, particularly his eldest son, Gavin, who grew up during the years when his dad had “a little extra Shay on him.” Determined to get back into shape and inspire his son along the way, Shay asked Gavin to embark on a thirty-day challenge with him to eat clean and do thirty minutes of exercise a day. Full of Shay’s signature blend of humor, honesty, and unbridled enthusiasm, Fat Dad, Fat Kid chronicles the ups and downs of Shay and Gavin’s thirty days together, reflects on Shay’s lifelong struggle with health and fitness, and proves that it’s never too late for parents or children to embrace a healthier lifestyle—even when it doesn’t come easy.

About Shay Butler

Shay Butler is an award-winning digital entrepreneur and vlogger. His YouTube channels attract millions of subscribers, and he has been hailed as one of the “most successful video entrepreneurs on YouTube” by Forbes.com. Butler is a cofounding talent of Maker Studios. He lives in Idaho with his wife, Colette, and five children. Gavin Butler is his eldest son.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tan

Reviews can be found on: www.booknerdtan.wordpress.com Super quick read, listened to on Scribd. This was okay, I had to only rate it 2 stars because it was incredibly repetitive. I mainly wanted to hear Gavin's journey, but his story was about 10% of the book which annoyed me. I used to watch the Shayt......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay

first of all, I wish I didn't have to rate this book. I love shay and his family with all my heart. but this isn't the book he should have been writing. the book is extremely repetitive, almost to the point of annoyance. we get it, no junk food, drink water. I didn't pick up this book for weight los......more

Goodreads review by Jamie

Wonderful book written by my favorite YouTube family. This book has inspired me to do my own 30 day work out challenge and after only 6 days I'm already down 4 pounds and feel stronger and healthier. I've even started drinking water again. I had forgotten how delicious and thirst quenching a simple......more