Food, Fitness & F*ck the Status Quo w/ Johnny Morillo - Episode 55

This one’s for the rule breakers, food lovers, and anyone who’s ever felt like the odd one out 🤟In this episode, I sit down with Johnny Morillo, aka @JohnnyMeatless—a Filipino kid who grew up obsessed with food, turned vegan while solo-traveling the world, and then became the guy behind those viral plant-based videos you see all over your feed.But Johnny’s story goes way deeper than recipes.We talk about his culture, how food shaped his identity, and what it’s really like being a minority in a wellness space that still feels overwhelmingly white, polished, and exclusive. Through his new platform @whatsjohnnydoing, he’s showing up in places he’s "not supposed to be"—like reformer pilates, yoga, and more - just to show that everyone deserves to take up space.We get into:🍲 Why asian food hits different (and why going vegan wasn’t easy)📱 Building @JohnnyMeatless from scratch and going viral without selling out👟 Why fitness spaces need more culture, colour, and chaos🍳His method of discovering flavours and making new dishes💥 The pressure to represent when no one else looks like youIf you’ve ever felt like the outsider in food, fitness, or even your own community—this one hits home.🎧 Johnny also answers listener questions, cutting through myths around fasted training, muscle gain vs. fat loss, and the biggest mistakes most people make with their workouts.📲 Support the podcast & follow for more:Johnny:  ⁨@johnnymeatless⁩  / @whatsjohnnydoing Instagram: @mindsets_podcastTikTok: @mindsets_podcastPersonal: @angus_cookEnquiries: [email protected]🔗 Listen elsewhere now: https://linktr.ee/mindsets_podcastJohnny Morillo, Johnny Meatless, Filipino vegan, plant-based content creator, inclusive fitness, diversity in wellness, representation in fitness, viral vegan food, vegan creators, social fitness clubs, food and identity, culture in fitness, vegan journey, unfiltered podcast, MindSets Podcast#JohnnyMeatless #MindSetsPodcast #FilipinoVegan #FoodAndCulture #FitnessForAll #ViralVeganRecipes #PlantBasedCreator #WhatsJohnnyDoing #BreakingTheMold #UnfilteredConversations #RepresentationMatters🎶 Podcast Intro/Outro Music:Song: TULE - Fearless [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Fearless Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-mindsets-podcast/donations