I will start this by saying that I never within one single fiber of my being, thought that I would be sitting here typing this out for the world to see.
I lived my entire life overweight, from a very young boy - 30 years of age. I vividly remember being TERRIFIED of seeing my weight on a scale, but remember being forced at 13 years old, due to joining a boxing club, step on said scale… I weighed 193lbs that day, ingrained in my memory for the rest of my life… I remember thinking “you’re almost 200lbs… When are you going to do something about this?”….
Well, little did I know, I would go another 17 years of my life very obese and unhealthy. All while convincing myself that I was perfectly fine, and happy the way that I was. This “happiness” truly could not have been further from the truth. Yet I did truly believe I was happy with myself, this was not a lie. I had developed hypertension, high blood sugar (very close to diabetic), gout in both of my feet, severe joint pain, and a lower back that I would be thrilled to have only go out once per month. I also was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at 7 years old (which may sound out of place, but does play a massive role in my story).
I have always been a researcher, a learner. I would say it’s truly, deep down, my favorite hobby as an adult. Theology studies are usually my go to, throughout all aspects of life. When I stumbled upon fasting and what a single ingredient, near “ancestral” lifestyle “Could” do for you. I decided to for the 4,560th time, to try another “diet”. These rules felt super simple, because I mean… they were… If it doesn’t have an ingredients label, and is a natural, whole food, it’s fine. Otherwise, don’t eat it…
I went into this as I always do to a new “diet”. Very motivated, very pumped, and ready to overdo the absolute hell out of it for a few weeks, then crash back out and eat 8 honey buns mashed up in a half gallon of bluebell ice cream (true story….. sadly)…….
The first few weeks of this were honestly super easy, and you guessed it, I seen absolutely zero results in regard to weight loss. However, for the first time in my life. I felt “different”. I was aggravated, yet super calm (more of both than usual). This feeling, this change, was something I hadn’t felt, and it went unexplained for quite some time for me. But the feeling beings so unique, I continued this “diet”.
Fast forward to 2 months in….. This guy is fu\*\*\*\*\* DYING, I do not want to continue doing this. (This was addiction kicking in full force). I was driving down the road, between two local towns and I said “I’m weighing myself when I get home, if I haven’t lost any weight, I’m done with this and I’m going to have pizza tonight.” Keep in mind like I said earlier, that childhood fear of scales still existed for me… I knew how much I weighed when I started the fasting. I was 303lbs (I always fluctuated between 300-315lbs). But I had not weighed myself in over a month in this instance of almost breaking.. I arrived home, and aggressively pulled the scale that was laying vertically against the wall onto the floor and stepped on it… 289. 2 months in, and I had lost 14lbs. This was JUST enough to keep me going, but I still thought about that pizza and spicy ranch that night…..
I began to hone in on this “feeling” that I spoke of earlier. It was alignment, it was restoration of frequency, it was me healing from fasting and a natural diet. I started to compare what I was feeling to the countless theological texts I’ve read throughout the years, and THIS is what they spoke of. Consciousness, frequency, peace. It took 4 months before this had sat in with me. I knew at that point, nothing would stop me, I could finally see the metaphorical forest for the trees, I no longer needed motivation, I (me) became the motivation. I was healing from no longer poisoning my body, and allowing myself to heal.
At around the 6 month mark into this journey, decided to really understand the gym, strength training and this was where I discovered a passion for running. Never in my 30 years on this earth, did I think I would ever be running, unless something was chasing me (I’ve used that ole line a few times). 1 mile per day, turned into 2, then 3, then workin my way up to 7. I jogged/ran 5-7 miles per day, 5-6 days per week, while strength training 3-5 days per week as well. How you may ask? Why? Why at 30 years old would you possibly want to starting running that much.. How can you possibly get your mindset wrapped around that? This is what I mean when I say I discovered healing through fasting. It rewired my brain, it made replacement theory so incredibly easy to do that anything became possible. I read a story of Nikola Tesla walking around his office building 3 times, opening a door 3 times while consciously thinking of a negative connotative behavior and positive one in which he wanted to replace it with. I applied this and watched my subconscious begin to stop thinking of the negatives which doing the positive. This in turn swapped the mental energy I had for lazy or lustful activities, and re-manifested them into positive, healthy actions.
Weight loss became an after thought soon after, as I began to feel better and better every day. I get very emotional talking about it now, but this became a chase to see just how sick I was before. To prove a point to the people around me, my loved ones, my friends, that you can naturally heal yourself. You do not “need” pills, you do not “need” shots (while I do not in any way condemn anything like that, whatever makes you truly reach your higher self, by all means, your journey is yours), you can heal your mind, your soul and your body naturally. By controlling what you put in it. It all began to make sense at this point. This DWARFS the feeling of any food I have ever tasted at the Michelin star restaurants, or even my grandmothers homemade German chocolate cake. NOTHING tastes as good as I feel. NOTHING tastes better than waking up every day with a pure heart, a healthy body, mind and soul.
You’ll face persecution through this journey. You’re going to find out who your friends are very fast. You’ll notice how supportive everyone around you is to begin with. The more you evolve, you’ll know the ones that truly support you. You’ll know who truly means it, and you’ll know the ones who push you away, as it is a reflection of what exists within them. Friends will come and go, please do not let this lead you astray, because it’s ABSOLUTELY heartbreaking. But you must do this to discover your inner peace, to find true happiness. Your friends parts in your story are simply over, you should not stray just to keep them around. This is an unnatural phenomenon made to lead you into a left hand path, which will lead you right back to where you started. If they’re meant to be in your life, they will return.
**In reference to the issues I had before changing my lifestyle.**
- Tourette’s - 98% cured (if you have Tourette’s you understand what this actually means for you)
- Blood sugar - cured
- Hypertension - cured
- Gout - Cured (over a year now with no flare up)
- Lower back - Cured through training my lower back in the gym
- **knocking on wood** I have not been sick since changing my lifestyle. Not a cold, not anything. I was a very regularly sick human being before. Amazing what only putting good foods in your body and moving every day can do for your immune system. We aren’t fighting the poison we ingest, the fasting allows me to heal and fight infection now. Why do we lose our appetite when we get sick? The body’s most effective way of healing is through fasting. Your body is telling you to stop eating and using its resources to digest food.
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07/15/2024 - 303lbs
07/26/2025 - 170lbs
I ended up going down to 162lbs at my lowest, but I have since rebuilt muscle and I am currently sitting at 173lbs with a body fat percentage of 12.1%. (The goal is 10% body fat and 175lbs.)
I have ENDLESS energy, I WANT to workout every day because I actually FEEL GOOD…. I HATED anything to do with moving before, I liked gaming and watching TV… Now I only want to workout, play golf, be active and healthy.
This is a lifestyle, it’s not a “diet”. I still only eat eggs, beef, chicken, fish, low carbohydrate vegetables, and fruit. Nothing else. And I absolutely thrive doing it. Without any form of craving whatsoever for bad food. I never think about eating unhealthy or processed foods. I can have a great time out with my friends at dinner at a bar, I won’t drink a drop of alcohol, and what they only have burgers? Great, give me 5 burger patties and that will be all. You don’t have to conform to society to enjoy yourself and the people you’re with. If the people you’re with do not support that, or peer pressure you to do something. I have news for you, the company you’re keeping is a MASSIVE issue you’re having with more than just your weight. If your friends don’t support you in a super positive change you’re making for your life and the betterment of you………. They’re not your friends. Reevaluate.
I’m asked very regularly if I’m “carnivore”, “Paleo”, “Keto”.?? “What exactly are you?” Well that answer is simply, I’m nothing. I eat for what works for ME. What I mean by that is, I will forever add natural foods, meats, vegetables, fruit in and out of my life, based on HOW I FEEL EATING THEM. Nothing else matters when you’ve arrived at that level of sentience in your body. You know what is and isn’t making you feel at your best. While you’re eating any and everything under the moon 3-5 meals per day, you have zero clue which combo of the 3000 chemicals and compounds you ingested are making you feel bad, you cannot possibly know. Hell, the odds are, you probably don’t know just how bad you feel anyway.
In no way shape or form am I sitting here writing this to push you into doing it exactly how I did it. That would undermine my entire belief system of what I’m covered here. I am only here to say, this is about a mental shift if you want true, long lasting, permanent results. You have to become a more conscious being to truly become ready to do it. You don’t get to cheat nature, as popular of a belief as that may be today. You CAN blossom, you CAN discover you, in YOUR way. For me, it was a mental awakening triggered by fasting and discovering how to realign my energy and my frequency to life in general. Realizing I am in full control of my manifestation. We create light and darkness, and both MUST exist.
YOU are the creator, all things are possible. All you have to do is manifest your reality. Believe it before it’s even there. I walked around at 260lbs, fully believing and visioning my self at the 170lbs I currently am.
My DM’s are ALWAYS open, I’m here for absolutely anyone who needs help. I want you to know, you’re not alone, and if this guy can do this and become reborn, so can you.
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