A Vegan Overnight: Josie’s Journey to Plant-Based Eating After Struggling with Ulcerative Colitis When Josie stumbled across a PETA tent at the tender age of 13, she was so moved by their content that she became a vegan overnight. Fast forward ten years later, and her health was going downhill—fast. After being admitted to the hospital multiple times,
From MMA to CrossFit: Discovering the Benefits of Functional Fitness Adam lives in Venice, Florida, and owns a CrossFit gym in Northport, Florida. As a competitive MMA fighter in his 20s, Adam joined a CrossFit gym, thinking he would “be able to destroy it.” What happened, though, was that “I’m not even joking when I tell you there were
Age: 65 Former Athlete to Morbid Obesity I was formerly athletic and became morbidly obese, peaking at least 365 pounds. I actually don’t know HOW HIGH my final weight went because my scale DIED beneath me one morning. Within half a year of this dietary change (heavy meat ketovore), I was down to 332 pounds and feeling great.
Over the years, Darren has had more than his fair share of trials and tribulations. When he was 19 years old, he was in a severe car accident that broke his back, crushed his pelvis, and put him in a coma for several weeks. Doctors predicted that he would never walk again, but miraculously, Darren defied the odds and proved
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
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
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.
Ame’s Struggle with Weight and Food Addiction Ame is a mom of five and says she discovered the carnivore diet after years of dieting without any success. Ame had an addiction to food that she struggled to control. She says she ate the Standard American Diet and was overweight. Her weight made it difficult for Ame to feel confident
Jill has been on the carnivore diet for two years. Twenty-two years ago, she had half her thyroid removed after the birth of her fourth child. In an attempt to optimize her thyroid function, Jill chased lab results and tried different nutritional approaches and medications. She says it was a lot of trial and error. After her fifth baby, her
Aaron lives in Bali, Indonesia, and says he never took his health very seriously until several years ago. Aaron is thirty-one and says he didn’t have any significant health concerns before becoming a carnivore diet follower, but he knew he could be doing better for his health. He describes struggling with itchy spots on the back of his head
