Let’s turn desperation into an asset. Almost daily, someone asks me how on earth I finally just STARTED Carnivore and managed to stick with it. I get DMs from people who truly KNOW what they need to do, and maybe they even manage to string together a few days of meaty eating and better habits, …
How to thrive (and even lose weight!) during the holidays
The holidays are tough enough to get through without having to deal with a plate of sugar. Here are some tips to help navigate. A lot of times, I’ll put together resources just for my coaching members without intending to ever share them with a wider audience. Last year, I made this video for my …
Recast: Tweaking Daily Habits to Break Carb Addiction
On good habits, good friends, and quitting carbs Recently my family and I were thrilled to have my dear friend Karen and her husband Jeff stay with us for a long weekend here in North Carolina. We hiked, we played pickleball, we whitewater rafted, and yes, we ate lots of delicious meat and took lots …
Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to weight-loss while eating Carnivore
The day-to-day grind is where the magic’s at I wish you could see how many plateaus and times of frustration there were between the photo on the left and this photo from today. The fact is, I didn’t even get CLOSE to my current weight until around years 4-5 without hardly any carbs. My weight …
20 Tips for Breaking a Sugar Addiction
Breaking a sugar addiction wasn’t complicated, but it certainly wasn’t easy. I very clearly remember the drive home from my doctor’s office on a sunny afternoon in November 2004. Dr. Dunlap had just lanced another boil on my right leg and had strongly encouraged me to stop eating carbohydrates. The physical procedure had hurt, yes, …
Susan lost 150 lbs after she cranked these three dials
Susan cried out to God and asked for her life to end. Susan Boykin experienced unimaginable trauma and heart-break as she watched her husband slowly and brutally pass away. In the years following his death, Susan lost all hope and turned to food to both comfort her and to hopefully take her own life. She …
Client Success Stories: Monica Lockhart
“My A1C was going up, and up, and up.” Monica Lockhart went to the doctor in 2022 to discover that her A1C was dangerously high–9.8%! She had been in poor health and lost significant weight following a Keto diet, but her progress was derailed during the pandemic. Things got worse again. Monica was told to go …
Third Annual Northeast Meat-Up
I flew to New Jersey yesterday to eat meat with more than 125 Carnivores at Dr. Lisa Wiedeman’s third annual Northeast Meat-Up. I’ve been to many meat-ups through the years, and it’s always inspiring to hear stories of healing and to finally hug the necks of dear friends I’ve mostly known online. I was able …
Client Success Stories: Karol Igou
After multiple cancer diagnoses, Karol was given five years of life expectancy. Eight years later, she’s eating meat, going to CrossFit, and sharing her inspiring story. Karol Igou was in a terrible place. Eight years ago, she was diagnosed and treated for stage 4 lung cancer, and in 2017, she was diagnosed with a stage …
Dr. Ben Bikman shares what he’s learned about fat-loss
Dr. Benjamin Bikman is considered one of the top fat-loss experts, so when he speaks, I listen! Dr. Benjamin Bikman is a metabolic scientist who spends his days in a research lab poring through health and diet research articles and studying petri dishes filled with fat cells. “Insulin is a hormone that affects every cell …