Tony’s Journey to a Meat-Based Diet Growing up, Tony was always a bit overweight. By the time he entered middle school, he was looking for a way to get fit, so he started hitting up the gym. He fell in love with being active—as well as the sport of wrestling—but even with all of the additional exercise, he still
Hamid is a 25 years old Iranian man, living in Germany. He has been athletic since the age of 15, playing basketball or sprinting. His diet journey began when he wanted more muscle and to “bulk up some.” Hamid was 75 kilos at the time and watched some Youtube videos to learn how to bulk up. He used whey
Jean’s Struggle with Weight and Health Issues Jean has a long history of dieting, and started out being overweight as a child. While she was “almost normal as a teenager,” she found herself struggling with her weight in her twenties and thirties. She is 5’ 4”, and found her weight fluctuating between 130 and 140, even occasionally to 160 pounds.
Ben has been struggling with his mental health for most of his life. He says he struggled with his moods and felt he had zero energy to do the things he enjoyed. Additionally, Ben had been experiencing pain in his lower back and bloating after he ate. He also says that he began to understand that he had a carbohydrate
John is sixty-three years old and says he has weighed over three hundred pounds twice in his lifetime. John says for many years, he didn’t eat well. In 2001, he entered a competition that required him to lose weight. While preparing for the competition, John followed a vegan diet and lost sixty pounds. John says he received many compliments from
Bruno has been struggling with his weight for most of his life. He describes struggling with a sugar and carbohydrate addiction and says by the time he was a teenager, he was obese. While in his early twenties, he suspected he had hypothyroidism. He took his concerns to his doctor, who responded, “That’s a condition for women.” Still, Bruno
Nicola’s Struggles with Weight and Health Issues Nicola has struggled with her weight for her entire life and describes herself as always obese. Nicola says she has struggled with food cravings and binge eating, particularly with foods containing carbohydrates and sugar. Nicola has also struggled with depression, anxiety, and debilitating panic attacks. She was on antidepressants for over ten
Ryan’s Struggle with Food Addiction and Weight Gain Ryan spent many years of his life yo-yo dieting. He experimented with vegetarian, vegan, and pescatarian diets but had relatively zero success. At his heaviest, Ryan weighed over 340 pounds. Ryan says he recognizes that he has a food addiction and an addiction to beer. Ryan also developed severe bloating
From Athleticism to Inactivity: A Weight Gain Story Kimberly describes before finding the carnivore way of eating, her diet “could have been better.” Kimberly was an athlete for most of her childhood and into her early twenties. Kimberly says she ate whatever she wanted on the Standard American Diet and didn’t fear gaining weight because she was so active.
Sweta’s Journey to the Carnivore Diet Sweta is a mom of two and says her journey to the carnivore way of eating happened very slowly. Sweta was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis as a young adult. In 2006, she started following a low-carbohydrate diet, which transitioned to paleo, back to low-carb, before she settled into the ketogenic diet. Finding Relief
