On September 13, 2018, I began my ketogenic journey. I was at the end of my metabolic rope and keto was my last ditch effort to save myself from a poor diet, poor health and from myself. I honestly didn't care if I lived past the age of 50 because every day was full of depression, inflammation and exhaustion and I was tired of all of it.

Here I am 6.5 years and nearly 1200 steaks later, with over 1500 miles of running, a marathon, 15 half marathons, 3 years in the gym behind me, a completely different person that I can barely recognize in the mirror.

Life-changing just doesn't quite cover how big an impact that choice back in 2018 has meant to me. Soul-changing is more like it.

There is no destination on a meat-based diet. There is only the journey.

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What's with the one-stop solutions to everything though.

Steak is fine and all, but how about exercise, meditation, a social life, fresh air, long walks, good sex, a family, etc?

You can eat steak all day, if you don't leave the home, have no friends and no social life, lead a sedentary life, and so on, do you really think that steak will fix everything?

Let's keep it real in the field and not oversimplify things too much.

My health journey timeline in years:

0-9 Standard western diet

(asthmatic)

9-28 Whole food vegetarian

(low energy, anxiety, binge eating)

28-31 Standard western diet

(low energy, anxiety, binge eating)

31-46 Blood type diet - vegetarian

(binge eating, anxiety, ended with extreme fatigue)

46-50 Paleo with red meat

(improved energy, but weight gain and anxiety)

50-52 Keto

(bloating, panic attacks, binge eating fats)

52-56 Plant-free carnivore (no bloating, no panic attacks, no urges to binge, freedom from food!)

What’s your favorite seafood? Mine is snow crab legs dipped in butter! Pairs nicely with prime rib!