I am 37 years old in Southeastern Massachusetts, and a married father of 3 young girls ages 8, 4, and 18 months. I was an athlete growing up through high school and always was fairly active, giving minor attention to my diet.
I noticed, like clockwork, I’d put on 10 lbs a year starting at 30, regardless of how much I worked out. I remember I dropped 25 lbs one year as part of a weight loss challenge with a buddy where once a week, I literally cut weight like a fight to beat him (I did, haha).
The Struggle with Weight Gain and Health Deterioration
I’m naturally a very competitive, so when I started seeing my weight increase and my health deteriorate, I decided it was time to change. Starting in October 2020, I knocked off all sweets, did oat milk and Truvia in my coffee, and began running 45 minutes daily on my treadmill. Yuck.
Worse than that, I wasn’t losing any weight. I was killing myself for ten weeks and was down like 4 lbs. I had also been diagnosed with an autoimmune eye disease that could be managed with 20mg of doxycycline daily for periods of 30 days. I had had enough.
The Journey to Carnivore Diet
I saw Dr. Baker on Joe Rogan’s podcast and was intrigued by the idea. I began to think very seriously about joining world carnivore month in January. I did some research and then jumped in with both feet.
After the first few days, I began to feel the difference. My energy popped, my hangry personality traits disappeared, and I felt genuinely good.
The Benefits of the Carnivore Diet
I lost 28 lbs in January alone and was completely hooked. I signed up in July of that year to compete in the “Haymakers 4 Hope” charity fight. Essentially a white-collar brawler, it’s a bunch of executives who raise money for various cancer foundations by getting in the ring and having a sanctioned amateur bout.
I thought how cool it would be to train on Carnivore and document my journey. Dr. Baker even joined in by sharing some of my progress on his stories.
I was amazed at how much energy I had eating Carnivore and completely busted the myths of everyone around me saying you need carbs to train. In fact, most people I told (including the event coordinators) thought I was nuts for trying to. I had plenty of gas for not only the training but for the event itself.
Winning the Fight and Never Going Back
I was already down quite a bit but was able to get down to the required 228 lbs on fight night, compete, and win my fight. I’ve turned a handful of my friends and siblings onto this diet and will absolutely never consider “going back” to any other way of eating.
