Diet Matters — What I Actually Did

A personal story from Dublin, California

What you eat
is what you think.

Five months. 26 pounds. No Ozempic. No trainer. No program. Just six decisions and the honesty to stick with them.

The story
26
Pounds lost
5
Months
0
Ozempic. Trainers. Programs.
The evidence
Before — September 2025

Before

193 lbs

September 2025

After — March 2026

After

167 lbs

March 2026

The story

I was you.

Five months ago I was 193 pounds. Bagels every morning — sometimes two. French fries whenever I could. A bag of Doritos and a Coke watching football on Sunday, which isn't even food when you actually think about it. Tired by 2pm every day. I told myself it was the travel. I told myself it was stress. I told myself it was just what getting older felt like.

I was wrong on all three counts.

"Clean food and clean thinking are the same practice. What goes in your body and what goes in your mind — that's the whole game."

My doctor gave me a number. Not a dramatic diagnosis — just a marker I'd been ignoring for two years. I sat in my car in that parking lot and made a decision. No Ozempic. No trainer I'd see twice and quit. No program I'd pay $300 for and abandon by week three.

Just honesty. About what I was putting in my body every day. And what I was letting into my head.

167 pounds today. More energy in my 50s than I had at 40. I still travel constantly. I still have moments where the rules go out the window. I'm not a monk — I'm a person who made six decisions and stuck with them most of the time. That was enough.

The method

Six decisions.
That's the whole list.

Not a diet. Not a program. Six things I stopped, started, or changed. Most of them are subtractions. Here's what they are — and a glimpse of why they worked.

01

No Refined Carbs

I was eating bagels every morning and french fries whenever I could. Removing them — not reducing, removing — broke a cycle I didn't even know I was trapped in. The 2pm crash I blamed on stress disappeared within two weeks.

The full protocol explains the blood sugar science — and what I actually eat instead. →

02

Dramatically Less Sugar

I was a sweet tooth. Chocolate croissants. Danish pastries. Always had dessert. I didn't go to zero — dramatically less is a sustainable peace, not a war you eventually lose. The first thing I cut was all soda. Every single one.

The protocol covers where sugar hides and the one label rule that changes everything. →

03

Intermittent Fasting

I started with an 8-hour eating window and built from there. The morning hunger you feel isn't biology — it's habit. Those are very different things. Understanding that difference is what made this sustainable.

The protocol covers exactly how to start and what the first seven days actually feel like. →

04

Clean Meat Only

This is the one nobody puts in a health guide. Just because you're eating chicken doesn't mean you're eating healthy. What I discovered about the meat most Americans eat changed how I shop permanently.

The protocol covers what factory farming means for your body and the exact brands I buy. →

05

No Ultra-Processed Food

I was a chip king. Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos — daily. I learned what food scientists mean by the "bliss point" and I have never looked at a bag of chips the same way since. This knowledge alone changes your behavior.

The protocol explains how engineered food is designed to override the part of your brain that says stop. →

06

Clean Thinking

This is the one I almost left out of the protocol. It felt presumptuous. I'm glad I didn't — it may be the most important decision on this list. The connection between what you consume mentally and what you eat physically is real.

This one needs the full protocol to do it justice. It's the chapter most people message me about. →

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