Health Coach Kait I enjoyed your story. I’d like to see a video of you and Max doing a little bit of bicycle touring/camping. As far as health is concerned, for me it was when I found out I had type two diabetes, that was a big wake up call.
@@redsorgum ignore my amateur editing skills but this was from a few years ago 😉 ruclips.net/video/OimElbuqabw/видео.html When we do one again eventually I will for sure be filming!
Health Coach Kait With only two panniers on your bikes, you guys were definitely riding lighter. I love the scenery, it’s very beautiful. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Doing things like this, you never look back with regret.
She was a jealous friend my girl. You were GORGEOUS! You are gorgeous now, and at 64, having been fat my entire life, I’m following your advice. Thank you. You inspire this wrinkly old woman.
@@HealthCoachKaitI second them. You're gorgeous. I wish you much success in finding (or keeping) love. That said, it's a crazy world. Carry protection (self defense).
I noticed as a kid if I ate breakfast (cereal or toast) that I would be ravenously hungry by lunch. Much more hungry than if I skipped breakfast. Now I know why!
I explained this to a dietician: if I eat good porridge for breakfast, I'd be starving by 1030 but if I miss breakfast I'm fine til lunch time. Two dieticians told me I was LYING or MAD.
@@MGSpecial2023they say oats are filling . Not for me they make me ravenous . No matter how many berries I add . Etc . Drags me right Into a huge glucose spike //& carb ditch .
I am 54 years old. I lost 46lbs on Keto in 9 months. This may sound totally insane but once in a while I will have a cheat day and fast for 2 days. It makes me feel amazing and it helps maintain my weight. I would like to lose 10lbs but overall, I am happy where I am at. I rarely drink.
Carnivore was such a help to my period. I went from a 24 to 25 day cycle, to a 28 to 30 day cycle. No more bloating, cramps, or cravings. No fatigue and it's only 2 to 3 days long with light to average bleeding. Yes, please! Thank you, carnivore diet. It has helped with so many things, especially hormones and mental clarity
I wished I’d known this when I was younger. I’ve always eaten mostly vegetarian plus fish. My periods were excruciating for 40 years. I couldn’t wait for menopause!!! Now I’m 55 and just finding out about insulin resistance. Intermittent fasting has already made a HUGE difference! Thank you for your great information ❤️
I'm so impressed with your candid style. By telling your story, you present a lot of practical advice that many can benefit from! Keep up the great work! 🌞
Hello Kait, just watched this video and appreciate everything you have said. I am 67 years old and a long time Evangelical Christian. Back in my day I was very athletic myself and very accomplished; A Californian AAU and division 1A high school " Calif State Meet" athlete. 4 years varsity in Track (second one in the history of my High School with an annual student body of 2,500 students), 2 years varsity in football and voted the best Athlete in my senior class with many awards earned and scholarship. While in college running track I injured my left hamstring 3Xs in 6 months and I never recovered. Everything went downhill from there. I also got into a few stupid situations (even criminal but never caught, Thank you God!) and poor healthy eating habits coupled with doing drugs and alcohol daily So, I say all this because I can relate to most of what you have said Kait. The older one becomes hopefully the wiser and also the more regrets one has. I thank God for His saving grace, mercy and His forgiveness. I will leave with these two proverbs. "Youth is wasted on the young "and "Only until one gets sick and tired of being sick and tired is when one is more likely and ready for change. Thanks for the videos. 😃👍🙏
During my 25+ years in the sport of bicycle racing, I too felt like I could eat whatever I wanted, which I did, and I almost always had issues with my weight. Never as lean as I should have been, which is a big deal in bike racing. And of course back then I had never even heard of keto nor carnivore diets. It was carbs, carbs, carbs. And for years I was riding an average of 15,000 miles (24,000 km) per year, but you can't out-exercise excessive eating, especially with a lot of junk food.
I identify with so much of your story and path. I have PCOS. I’m healing my symptoms through a healthy low carb/keto diet. I was a vegetarian/pescatarian for a long time. I am now a certified health coach and am passionate about helping others (especially those with PCOS) heal their bodies through nutrition and heathy lifestyle). I probably won’t go carnivore, but I do eat mostly meat, fat, and veggies. I totally understand how a carnivore diet can help those who have struggled with sugar and carb dependence/addiction. Thank you for sharing!
Kait, I am sooo proud of you for being honest and candid about your experiences. I am especially glad you mentioned how "friends" can negatively affect one's perception of self. Any friend who give back-handed compliments is not really a friend. Friends should only give honest, constructive and helpful advice/feedback/suggestions. Congratulations on your success!!!
Thank you for your honesty. My daughter has had awful periods and was advised to get on birth control too. I didn’t like the idea. When I was a young girl, I was advised to avoid ever taking them. The two women that gave this advice to me were never able to bare children and they both felt that it was due to the birth control pills. I’m going to share your video with her. Maybe she’ll consider changing her diet.🙂
You are a hero. When I first started carnivore your videos were one of the best practical ressources on youtube for me. Finally I'm starting to turn my health around (autoimmunity+) and I am sure I'm not the only one. I am so happy you overcame your fear of "putting yourself out there" etc. and started producing this amazing content, because for sure I would not be in such a good place today if it weren't for you :)
This is my new favourite video you have made. My story has so much in common. Binge drinking...insecurity...cycling 100km per day while gaining weight...WTF? Thank you for sharing. It was you and Ken Berry that talked me into going carnivore. So much freedom over cravings!
Chattanooga, TN Thank you for sharing your story. You are and have been a attractive and intelligent young lady and your videos are helping people around the world to regain there health. Thank you for all your hard work. Ketovior 5yrs, lost 135lbs, cbc every 6 months with excellent results. Teaching people to eat right prevents major health issues, restores health and saves lives. Keep up the good work!
That was really interesting Kait. Some girls lose their period when they lower their bodyfat level too far. I was a full on bodybuilder for about 30 years but I was always active with bikes and Tae Kwon Do as well.😊 I got up to 106kg at 171cm, (which was really too heavy for my height). I felt great and I was enormously strong🤔😛 I had NO idea about diet. In those days, and the "way" with BBuilding in the 80's and 90's was to eat 6 'small' meals a day and keep your blood sugar 'even'.😁 Well I ate everything in sight as well as drinking too much. I had NO idea about Diabetes, that was for sick people, I was 'Bulletproof'. One Summer, I thought I might drop off a few kilos so I went on a 'healthy' diet of fruit and 2-3 LITRES of fruit juice per day!.😮😫 I 'lost' weight alright. 20 kilos fell off. I thought, "This is going good, but I'm losing too much weight and muscle." What was actually happening was my body had gone into full on Diabetes and survival mode, but I didn't know that at the time. I went to a medical for a job, (with a different Doctor to my regular one who ignored EVERYTHING I used to say to him), and the Doctor completely freaked out. He told me I had a major amount of sugar in my urine and that he gave me "2 or 3 years to live." You can imagine my surprise. 😰In fact he said if "I hadn't been going to the Gym for all those years I would have been dead already."😮😨😧 They basically put me on Insulin right away and sent me off to the Dietician who tried to tell me to eat plenty of whole grains etc, which I did, because I didn't know better at the time. Anyway, long story short. I've suffered from ALL of the Diabetic symptoms. My eyes had to be lasered and the macula's are damaged. Charcot's foot on my right side. Kidneys hovering between stage 3 and 4. Not good. But since discovering Keto I have made vast improvements and have much more stable energy levels. I have lost about 10kg so far. I still go to the Gym but not as often as I would like to due to work commitments. Things are looking up in general though.😁
Hi Kait, this was absolutely brilliant! So helpful to hear your journey and know you've been through struggles just like us! I recently started Keto again, not by choice really but as a last resort to attempt to decrease inflammation in my body. I have Crohn's, joint issues and was definitely starting to have signs of insulin resistance. My defining moment was about three weeks ago when I was doubled over in pain due to intestinal stricture about to ring the ambulance! I knew the drill...it's happened many times before - hospital, being put on a hydrocortisone drip, a naso-gastric tube and eventually being sent home with prednisone drugs. I really, REALLY didn't want to go through all that again. Luckily the pain subsided and I decided to fast for a few days. During that time I knew i had to change my diet or potentially end up in hospital again and maybe even have more bowel removed. So I restarted my keto diet again. I've made a few mistakes along the way but as you say, the more unprocessed foods you choose the easier it is. Preparation is the key...I try to always have something prepared and ready to cook or already cooked. Boiled eggs are my saviour! Only two and a half weeks on and no pain, no sugar cravings anymore and much more energy, plus the insulin resistance signs have gone (swelling in the ankles, frequent urination etc.) Oh and I've lost weight. Just the beginning but I feel confident I'll stay with it this time....I think I needed that nasty scare! I just can't afford to mistreat my body any longer. Anyway, many thanks for helping me through those first few weeks Kait. ❤❤❤
Hello Kait, I just discovered your channel a week ago because I was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I have been watching your videos on Insulin and finding them to be very informative. This video here I did watch all the way through and loved your story. It was a interesting hearing all of the different events you went through with the party times and now to a healthy lifestyle. I envy you for having the strength to change your diet and way of looking at food and the benefits you have had from it. Definitely something I have to look at now. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
I can sooo much relate to this that eating small portions never worked for me. Thats why I love to do two meals a day and eat properly. Small portions through out the day are a pure agony.
Barrie Ontario here ! Great story Kait. Thank you for sharing !! I’m doing keto…carnivore was too extreme for me, but I still have to have some very low carb grainy bread for energy. When I was strictly carnivore I actually got pretty foggy and lethargic. So keto with occasional grains and quinoa it is. You’re doing great and I love watching your videos !!
This is the longest video I’ve ever watched on RUclips and I’m not complaining! You sound so much like me going down the same path to eating right. Gave up processed, then sugar, heading towards keto with an end goal of mostly carnivore. Hoping to help my IBS
I can relate so much to your story! I used to be so hooked on sugar, and it really affected my health; it made me in the highest weight percentiles when I was younger, it made my hair fall out, and I felt so sluggish and unmotivated. I’m on keto omnivore now, and it has completely changed my health for the best! Props to you for listening to your body and sharing your story with the world💛
Your story is extremely empowering. I resonate with so many of your stories of childhood anxieties. And your story of how you came to realize alcohol consumption being a real detriment to your journey so young is very brave! More young women should hear this🙏❤️ Thank you for sharing
I have been no period for 3 years now, and diagnosed of PCOS insulin resistance. So I started keto and intermittent fasting 4 months ago, and after 4 months, my HOMA IR score is 1.4 now. And I watch your other video is better to have below 1 for insulin sensitivity. And my period also not there yet. but my symptoms of PCOS is gradually gone. I have been taking trace mineral to my water daily intake, and after watch your video, I realized I also love the sweet tooth. Even doing keto, I must have a dessert too. Okay, now I know to cut my sweet tooth😭😭😭 thank you coach for your information 🙏
This has completely inspired me. It was the push I needed to commit to 30 days of Carnivore, so thank you. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your heart in this.
I’ve only recently began watching your videos and I really find them useful. However, I would have never guessed most of this so kudos to you for sharing your journey. So many people including myself meet the same pitfalls but it’s never too late to change our path. Thank you for always being classy, intelligent, informative, relatable and most of all…Honest! Awesome channel Kait 🙌🏻
You are so brave to share your personal journey on RUclips. Your advice is excellent and has helped me to lose 15 pounds in just over a month. Thank you for your healthy advice. It is helping me to finally achieve my health goals after so many years of struggle.😃👍
Your the best!! Thanks for sharing, i am starting carnivore this week and 3 days in and i feel amazing, no hunger cravings at all! Love my energy! Thanks to you, i am living my best life! 🥰
Didn’t know you were Canadian till fell upon this old video! Also from Ontario but living in Michigan now and always get excited when I see Canadians on RUclips! 😁Keep up the fabulous work 😊
Great video. Pity it’s taken me over 50 years to work this out. I’ve been eating a keto style diet for about 5-6 weeks now, lost 8kg and have a six pack! Feeling great. Like you said, it’s ok to have a slice of cake at a birthday party (as i did today) but it certainly doesn’t form part of my regular meal plan, any more. More people need to adopt this style of meal plan.
Great honesty, I respect your story. I think portion size and finding the right diet that you can stick to is hard and many people will find your story compelliing.
This was sooooooo good :-) Awesome to watch. Love your vulnerability & transparency. I believe a persons story is the most powerful thing that can share in their life. So just want to encourage you to keep going Kait. Your voice, knowledge, time you invest and things you put out into the world to help people has incredible value, and has huge impact. Respect to you Queen :-)
I benefited so much from watching this video. Thank you for sharing your story with us. The face you made after talking about how you would occasionally make a tofu scramble was PRICELESS!
Thanks for sharing your story. I also had horrible periods and was so embarrassed as a teenager when the Dr. put me on the pill but it helped tremendously. For the first time I didn’t spend one day every month with a heating pad and a trash can...
You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm and passion. You are helping me and I can't even imagine how many people you have already helped.
Thank you for sharing. Internal health is so important and even today with covid no one really emphasizes how important it is. I drive a commercial vehicle for a living (truck driver). I'm on the road a lot. Fast food is a staple at American truck stops. Just before covid I became a grandfather( motivation) After covid and hearing about comorbidities I took a greater interest in my internal health. I took out my passenger seat and installed a dorm (mimi) fridge and my wife bought me an induction cook top. My first 2 mo of keto/ carnivore I lost 40 lbs. I still need to lose 25 to 30 lbs to get to optimal weight. Those will be the hardest to lose but I'm in it to win it, as they say. Many blessings to you.
that intimate knowledge of food and thinking of it as fuel and rooting that mindset is my personal "thing". imagining in my minds eye what this particular food is going to do to me and imagining what is happening to me from this food I just ate by the way I feel at that moment. paying attention to how I feel and imagining that my body is whispering to me. (waking up) and listening to the whisper.
I can really agree with you on triggers and finding what works on our own body. I was in a bad place 2-3 years ago, mostly mentally but also economically. I gained 35 kg in about a year time and so it also effects my physical health. I can't afford much healthy, whole food, and the only way I could try to do diet was with intermittent fasting. I tried to cut portion butI would feel hungrier and wasteful of the remaining food wasted when I was so broke, and I would return back to my disordered-eating because of the hunger. Then I just tried to concentrate my meal to one seating and allow myself to eat whatever I want within the budget. It was so unbelievably satisfying and satiating and after a few months I don't even feel that crushing sense of hunger I felt when I first started anymore. Now I lost 20 kg and still hoping to lose at least 20 more kg slowly (I was overweight before even gaining 35 kg from depression). I hope everyone can find what works best for them, and I wish everyone find themselves in the better place than yesterday ❤️
Hello from Adelaide. Great story, I watched right to the end (even though I am usually put off by videos that are quite long). I am kinda following a similar path. I have tried Keto for almost six months last year, but drifted away over time (for various reasons). I now have my mojo back and am just testing out a Carnivore/Ketovore hybrid diet. Mostly Carnivore throughout the weekdays, and mostly Keto over the weekends. My wife and daughter are not too keen on the diet/lifestyle change - they still eat a 'normal' diet. As we like to dine out regularly, going more Keto on the weekends when necessary - for the flexibility - makes it easier for me to keep everyone happy, especially when we are going out for a meal. So far this hybid diet is working well for me, I stay quite low on carbs, and I feel good. Thanks for your videos Kait, I enjoy them.
Thanks for opening up - it makes such a difference to see where you came from and appreciate so much more where you are now. I'm sure it took courage to lay all this out. Thank you for your honesty and inspiration, you're definitely in such a good place now and it shows. Love learning from you. Animal based became a good place for me too, even though I came to it from different reasons. Carnivore is more of a reset button for me now, or a safety template. But I did struggle to feel optimal on 100% carnivore long term. For me it does need some fine tuning, and definitely some carbs - although finding the right ones is tricky. But what's easy is always knowing the value of animal foods and that animal based always comes first.
I just poured 3 unopened bottles of stevia drops down the drain last night. Sweet tooth triggered me to eat a half box of large chocolate chip cookies. Cookies followed (I can't be trusted) down the drain. So right about sweet tooth and stevia. Interesting story.
Great story. I went through a lot of the same paterns in my life. I played a lot of sports and competed when I was young. I would also eat, drink and eat. My hangover remedy was McNuggets. My weight was yo-yoing and I lived my life that way well into my 40's. I started cycling and quickly got to a competing level, this helped with my weight but I continued to eat, drink and eat but now much less drinking. I continued this patern for a few years but I slolwy eliminated all drinking and started to eat a healthier diet. I eventually cut out all the sugar from my diet and went low carb. I am 60 now in the best condition of my life and basically etaing a carnivore diet.
Great video and inspiring...I see it's an older video..but I've recently gained weight over last 3 years...this info is helping me get back to a better approach and I can see the results starting...especially with less hunger and longer times between eating
No way I’d have thought you had confidence issues. You seem like a natural on the camera! Love your channel and content! I recently converted to carnivore and I love it. No health issues, but I am curious how carnivore will affect me👍👍
Though your story is different than mine, I resonate with all the obstacles you went through. Self esteem, trying to do the right thing for your body but following incorrect values, a love hate attitude toward most exercise and a mindset that spoke loudly of all my past failings. Thanks for sharing this story, it's been very helpful. I truly appreciate you sharing your road to understanding your own body and getting on track with vitality and health.
Insightful, informative, and vulnerable video! Thanks for sharing. Your journey gives a lot of context to comments that you’ve made in subsequent videos. Well done!
love this.. I really need to sort my health out, as of now. I know what I need to do.. my last period was hell on earth because I have been carb heavy this month. I nearly fainted and had to take a day off of work because of it. i know that my body does soo much better on low carb and keto. I need to sort my shit out. haha thanks for being so honest.
Thanks for sharing a very common type of story. Luckily you changed. Although that pic at 180 lbs - you were a luscious tall girl... I am also from Toronto and relocated but to Japan. I hope some younger people see this story and change their ways while young. I sure wish I had know about Keto when I was young. My story is similar to yours.
I can't believe that was 32 minutes. I was so absorbed in what you are sharing here and the generous, open integrity of your story, I could have watched ages longer. You're a beautiful person and, for someone still so young, you've absorbed quite a few key life lessons already. Thanks so much for sharing your time and experience.
@@HealthCoachKait 🙏🏻 Thanks for the reply Kait. I've been Keto(ish) for a while and quite used to the low carb thing . I include meat and fish sources for the fat and protein content. How is the Carnivore method different?
@@mymatemartin carnivore is another option for people who are still not feeling 100% on keto. If keto is working for you, and you are progressing towards your goals, it might not be necessary. I have a video comparing keto and carnivore ruclips.net/video/LrQgVpcY3ZU/видео.html
Thank you so much for this information (the "TMI" was actually the most helpful for me, but everything was very interesting and educational). I have been Keto since December 2019. with every child I delivered (5 full term deliveries) every time I got my period back after breastfeeding for about 15 months, it got worse and worse. They got longer (up to 6 days) and the first two days are painful enough to force me to lie down several times during the day. Not to mention how heavy they are. I'm still breastfeeding my latest boy, who's just over a year of age now. No period yet but after watching this video I'm really curious to find out if Keto will have a positive impact on that aspect of my body too once I quit nursing. Thank you. Thumb up and subscribed ;-)
Wow! So awesome to have you share the intimate details of your journey. I can especially relate to your experience with “friends” making you feel like shit. I went through the same thing but wasn’t as fortunate as you. Just finished my first week in carnivore. Been doing OMAD keto and once in awhile 3-6 day fasts for the past 3 months - down 50lbs. Feeling I may need a reset in my microbiome, so I decided to see what carnivore can do for me. I miss some of the veggies but daily meat eating is getting easier. Thanks again for sharing.
I really enjoy your videos, Kait. I'm slowly going carnivore. I've cut sugar since May last year and it feels like I freed myself from a longtime addiction. After that I started eating only wholefoods. Then diminishing the intake of carbs, especially those low on nutrients and finally I'm trying to be in a keto/carnivore but as of right now I'm not worrying if I'm on ketosis or not, just feeling better and slowly losing the extra fat.
I like your videos. Your story is very similar to mine. Nearly step for step. There is one program I’d like to go back and do but just haven’t been ready. It’s a completely alternative therapy by takes a significant amount of time commitment and has been haunting me ever since I partially completed the first step with me son. The woman who runs it did assess my lack of eye teaming which I didn’t really know I had. But the more and more I suffer from cravings, compulsiveness, depression, and relationship problems the more I go back to my assessment at Brain Highways and want to complete the online course. Idk why I’m sharing all this but I feel it has to do with health and may be worth exploring for you and your viewers.
Love this video!! Have you ever considered doing a video on ED? I love how amazing I feel on a animal based keto diet, but still I struggle with binge eating and I cant seem to stick to it for a while. Also, I want to lose some weight and it pressures me.
Thank you! I do not think I am knowledgable enough on the topic to speak on eating disorders but I can share a bit more of my own experiences in other videos ❤
Enjoyed this very much Kait. I am an older fellow Keto dieting to combat metabolic syndrome . It has helped me with weight loss & combating Insulin resistance . I may try the carnivore at some point. Anyway glad your vids found me because they are interesting and helpful. I am a fan!
Great job! I enjoyed your whole video and can relate to lots of it. I’ve been doing Keto for over a year and I love that I am not controlled by food anymore. I am seriously contemplating doing carnivore for the month of August...I guess I have to decide tonight...lol. I’m probably going to go for it. Thanks for all your videos, they’re encouraging, informative, and enjoyable to watch.
What have been the defining moments in your health and fitness journey thus far?
Health Coach Kait I enjoyed your story. I’d like to see a video of you and Max doing a little bit of bicycle touring/camping. As far as health is concerned, for me it was when I found out I had type two diabetes, that was a big wake up call.
@@redsorgum ignore my amateur editing skills but this was from a few years ago 😉 ruclips.net/video/OimElbuqabw/видео.html When we do one again eventually I will for sure be filming!
the latest one was becoming pregnant and wanting to be a healthier mom and example to my daughter.
Health Coach Kait With only two panniers on your bikes, you guys were definitely riding lighter. I love the scenery, it’s very beautiful. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Doing things like this, you never look back with regret.
First one in mid 90's when I saw a garage gym from the inside, last one when I saw a fella eating high meat on youtube 3 years ago.
She was a jealous friend my girl. You were GORGEOUS! You are gorgeous now, and at 64, having been fat my entire life, I’m following your advice. Thank you. You inspire this wrinkly old woman.
Thank you for your kind words! 🥰
My mom is in her 60s and doesn’t have many wrinkles! She looks young
@@HealthCoachKaitI second them. You're gorgeous. I wish you much success in finding (or keeping) love. That said, it's a crazy world. Carry protection (self defense).
I noticed as a kid if I ate breakfast (cereal or toast) that I would be ravenously hungry by lunch. Much more hungry than if I skipped breakfast. Now I know why!
I explained this to a dietician: if I eat good porridge for breakfast, I'd be starving by 1030 but if I miss breakfast I'm fine til lunch time. Two dieticians told me I was LYING or MAD.
Same experience, especially with oats! Still happens when I hit a weak moment 😢
@@MGSpecial2023they say oats are filling . Not for me they make me ravenous . No matter how many berries I add . Etc . Drags me right Into a huge glucose spike //& carb ditch .
I am 54 years old. I lost 46lbs on Keto in 9 months. This may sound totally insane but once in a while I will have a cheat day and fast for 2 days. It makes me feel amazing and it helps maintain my weight. I would like to lose 10lbs but overall, I am happy where I am at. I rarely drink.
Carnivore was such a help to my period. I went from a 24 to 25 day cycle, to a 28 to 30 day cycle. No more bloating, cramps, or cravings. No fatigue and it's only 2 to 3 days long with light to average bleeding. Yes, please! Thank you, carnivore diet. It has helped with so many things, especially hormones and mental clarity
Same thing with me. Totally changed how I feel during my period
That's amazing!
Interesting..
My cycles are super close together. Every 18-21 days . I'm lucky if I get 25 days it's rare .
I wished I’d known this when I was younger. I’ve always eaten mostly vegetarian plus fish. My periods were excruciating for 40 years. I couldn’t wait for menopause!!! Now I’m 55 and just finding out about insulin resistance. Intermittent fasting has already made a HUGE difference! Thank you for your great information ❤️
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You’d never guess ... you absolutely glowing with health. You’re gorgeous . So inspirational
Such a wonderful path! Thank You for sharing!
I'm so impressed with your candid style. By telling your story, you present a lot of practical advice that many can benefit from! Keep up the great work! 🌞
Thank you Ron!
So right!! Love your videos, you truly are helping people more than you realize.
Hello Kait, just watched this video and appreciate everything you have said. I am 67 years old and a long time Evangelical Christian. Back in my day I was very athletic myself and very accomplished; A Californian AAU and division 1A high school " Calif State Meet" athlete. 4 years varsity in Track (second one in the history of my High School with an annual student body of 2,500 students), 2 years varsity in football and voted the best Athlete in my senior class with many awards earned and scholarship. While in college running track I injured my left hamstring 3Xs in 6 months and I never recovered. Everything went downhill from there. I also got into a few stupid situations (even criminal but never caught, Thank you God!) and poor healthy eating habits coupled with doing drugs and alcohol daily So, I say all this because I can relate to most of what you have said Kait.
The older one becomes hopefully the wiser and also the more regrets one has. I thank God for His saving grace, mercy and His forgiveness. I will leave with these two proverbs. "Youth is wasted on the young "and "Only until one gets sick and tired of being sick and tired is when one is more likely and ready for change. Thanks for the videos. 😃👍🙏
During my 25+ years in the sport of bicycle racing, I too felt like I could eat whatever I wanted, which I did, and I almost always had issues with my weight. Never as lean as I should have been, which is a big deal in bike racing. And of course back then I had never even heard of keto nor carnivore diets. It was carbs, carbs, carbs. And for years I was riding an average of 15,000 miles (24,000 km) per year, but you can't out-exercise excessive eating, especially with a lot of junk food.
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I identify with so much of your story and path. I have PCOS. I’m healing my symptoms through a healthy low carb/keto diet. I was a vegetarian/pescatarian for a long time. I am now a certified health coach and am passionate about helping others (especially those with PCOS) heal their bodies through nutrition and heathy lifestyle). I probably won’t go carnivore, but I do eat mostly meat, fat, and veggies. I totally understand how a carnivore diet can help those who have struggled with sugar and carb dependence/addiction. Thank you for sharing!
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There are so many parts of your story I can relate too: Vegetarianism, period issues, iron issues, and how to balance it all. Thanks for sharing!
Kait, I am sooo proud of you for being honest and candid about your experiences. I am especially glad you mentioned how "friends" can negatively affect one's perception of self. Any friend who give back-handed compliments is not really a friend. Friends should only give honest, constructive and helpful advice/feedback/suggestions. Congratulations on your success!!!
Thank you for your honesty. My daughter has had awful periods and was advised to get on birth control too. I didn’t like the idea. When I was a young girl, I was advised to avoid ever taking them. The two women that gave this advice to me were never able to bare children and they both felt that it was due to the birth control pills. I’m going to share your video with her. Maybe she’ll consider changing her diet.🙂
You are a hero. When I first started carnivore your videos were one of the best practical ressources on youtube for me. Finally I'm starting to turn my health around (autoimmunity+) and I am sure I'm not the only one. I am so happy you overcame your fear of "putting yourself out there" etc. and started producing this amazing content, because for sure I would not be in such a good place today if it weren't for you :)
Thank you Nicklas! I am glad you have found my videos helpful! 🤗
This is my new favourite video you have made. My story has so much in common. Binge drinking...insecurity...cycling 100km per day while gaining weight...WTF? Thank you for sharing. It was you and Ken Berry that talked me into going carnivore. So much freedom over cravings!
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Thank you for sharing your story. You are and have been a attractive and intelligent young lady and your videos are helping people around the world to regain there health. Thank you for all your hard work. Ketovior 5yrs, lost 135lbs, cbc every 6 months with excellent results. Teaching people to eat right prevents major health issues, restores health and saves lives. Keep up the good work!
That was really interesting Kait.
Some girls lose their period when they lower their bodyfat level too far.
I was a full on bodybuilder for about 30 years but I was always active with bikes and Tae Kwon Do as well.😊
I got up to 106kg at 171cm, (which was really too heavy for my height). I felt great and I was enormously strong🤔😛
I had NO idea about diet. In those days, and the "way" with BBuilding in the 80's and 90's was to eat 6 'small' meals a day and keep your blood sugar 'even'.😁
Well I ate everything in sight as well as drinking too much. I had NO idea about Diabetes, that was for sick people, I was 'Bulletproof'.
One Summer, I thought I might drop off a few kilos so I went on a 'healthy' diet of fruit and 2-3 LITRES of fruit juice per day!.😮😫
I 'lost' weight alright. 20 kilos fell off. I thought, "This is going good, but I'm losing too much weight and muscle." What was actually happening was my body had gone into full on Diabetes and survival mode, but I didn't know that at the time.
I went to a medical for a job, (with a different Doctor to my regular one who ignored EVERYTHING I used to say to him), and the Doctor completely freaked out. He told me I had a major amount of sugar in my urine and that he gave me "2 or 3 years to live." You can imagine my surprise. 😰In fact he said if "I hadn't been going to the Gym for all those years I would have been dead already."😮😨😧
They basically put me on Insulin right away and sent me off to the Dietician who tried to tell me to eat plenty of whole grains etc, which I did, because I didn't know better at the time.
Anyway, long story short. I've suffered from ALL of the Diabetic symptoms. My eyes had to be lasered and the macula's are damaged. Charcot's foot on my right side. Kidneys hovering between stage 3 and 4. Not good.
But since discovering Keto I have made vast improvements and have much more stable energy levels. I have lost about 10kg so far. I still go to the Gym but not as often as I would like to due to work commitments.
Things are looking up in general though.😁
My congratulations for being so honest and transparent
I love hearing about your journey. Thanks for sharing, I know how vulnerable it can be. It inspires us all big time.
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Hi Kait, this was absolutely brilliant! So helpful to hear your journey and know you've been through struggles just like us! I recently started Keto again, not by choice really but as a last resort to attempt to decrease inflammation in my body. I have Crohn's, joint issues and was definitely starting to have signs of insulin resistance.
My defining moment was about three weeks ago when I was doubled over in pain due to intestinal stricture about to ring the ambulance! I knew the drill...it's happened many times before - hospital, being put on a hydrocortisone drip, a naso-gastric tube and eventually being sent home with prednisone drugs. I really, REALLY didn't want to go through all that again. Luckily the pain subsided and I decided to fast for a few days. During that time I knew i had to change my diet or potentially end up in hospital again and maybe even have more bowel removed. So I restarted my keto diet again.
I've made a few mistakes along the way but as you say, the more unprocessed foods you choose the easier it is. Preparation is the key...I try to always have something prepared and ready to cook or already cooked. Boiled eggs are my saviour!
Only two and a half weeks on and no pain, no sugar cravings anymore and much more energy, plus the insulin resistance signs have gone (swelling in the ankles, frequent urination etc.) Oh and I've lost weight. Just the beginning but I feel confident I'll stay with it this time....I think I needed that nasty scare! I just can't afford to mistreat my body any longer. Anyway, many thanks for helping me through those first few weeks Kait. ❤❤❤
Hello Kait, I just discovered your channel a week ago because I was just diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I have been watching your videos on Insulin and finding them to be very informative. This video here I did watch all the way through and loved your story. It was a interesting hearing all of the different events you went through with the party times and now to a healthy lifestyle. I envy you for having the strength to change your diet and way of looking at food and the benefits you have had from it. Definitely something I have to look at now. Thank you for such a wonderful video.
I can sooo much relate to this that eating small portions never worked for me. Thats why I love to do two meals a day and eat properly. Small portions through out the day are a pure agony.
Barrie Ontario here ! Great story Kait. Thank you for sharing !! I’m doing keto…carnivore was too extreme for me, but I still have to have some very low carb grainy bread for energy. When I was strictly carnivore I actually got pretty foggy and lethargic. So keto with occasional grains and quinoa it is. You’re doing great and I love watching your videos !!
Thanks for watching Chris! 😁
Wow, I live in Melbourne, Australia, you cycled from Adelaide to Melbourne 750 km! You are a legend.
It was tough! But so much fun
This is the longest video I’ve ever watched on RUclips and I’m not complaining! You sound so much like me going down the same path to eating right. Gave up processed, then sugar, heading towards keto with an end goal of mostly carnivore. Hoping to help my IBS
I can relate so much to your story! I used to be so hooked on sugar, and it really affected my health; it made me in the highest weight percentiles when I was younger, it made my hair fall out, and I felt so sluggish and unmotivated. I’m on keto omnivore now, and it has completely changed my health for the best! Props to you for listening to your body and sharing your story with the world💛
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Your story is extremely empowering. I resonate with so many of your stories of childhood anxieties. And your story of how you came to realize alcohol consumption being a real detriment to your journey so young is very brave! More young women should hear this🙏❤️ Thank you for sharing
I have been no period for 3 years now, and diagnosed of PCOS insulin resistance. So I started keto and intermittent fasting 4 months ago, and after 4 months, my HOMA IR score is 1.4 now. And I watch your other video is better to have below 1 for insulin sensitivity. And my period also not there yet. but my symptoms of PCOS is gradually gone. I have been taking trace mineral to my water daily intake, and after watch your video, I realized I also love the sweet tooth. Even doing keto, I must have a dessert too. Okay, now I know to cut my sweet tooth😭😭😭 thank you coach for your information 🙏
This has completely inspired me. It was the push I needed to commit to 30 days of Carnivore, so thank you. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your heart in this.
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I’ve only recently began watching your videos and I really find them useful.
However, I would have never guessed most of this so kudos to you for sharing your journey.
So many people including myself meet the same pitfalls but it’s never too late to change our path.
Thank you for always being classy, intelligent, informative, relatable and most of all…Honest!
Awesome channel Kait 🙌🏻
Welcome to the channel 🥰 Glad you are finding my content helpful and thank you for your kind words!
You do a great job Kait and your advice has been great No more sugar crashes is so nice, I couldn't image how much better I would feel so quickly.
So awesome to watch your channel grow! 40k subs, spread that carnivore gospel girl!!!!
Thank you Ken!! You're one of my longest subscribers I think! 🤗🤗
Such a good video, thank you! 💙 Lisa
Hey Lisa !!! I follow you !! You are who turned me on to eating like this !!!
You are so brave to share your personal journey on RUclips. Your advice is excellent and has helped me to lose 15 pounds in just over a month. Thank you for your healthy advice. It is helping me to finally achieve my health goals after so many years of struggle.😃👍
You are awesome Kait! I love your passion for Keto and Carnivore. You inspire me to eat right! Keep up the great work!
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Your the best!! Thanks for sharing, i am starting carnivore this week and 3 days in and i feel amazing, no hunger cravings at all! Love my energy! Thanks to you, i am living my best life! 🥰
Yes, Kait. Just plain ol' Yes.
I'm glad you survived college and all the drinking.
Wonderful story Kait!
Thank you so much Kait for your honest life sharing! This is very helpful and inspiring! And congratulations for everything you have achieved :)
Didn’t know you were Canadian till fell upon this old video! Also from Ontario but living in Michigan now and always get excited when I see Canadians on RUclips! 😁Keep up the fabulous work 😊
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Great video. Pity it’s taken me over 50 years to work this out. I’ve been eating a keto style diet for about 5-6 weeks now, lost 8kg and have a six pack! Feeling great. Like you said, it’s ok to have a slice of cake at a birthday party (as i did today) but it certainly doesn’t form part of my regular meal plan, any more. More people need to adopt this style of meal plan.
I admire your honesty about your drinking....my high school years were similar with the parties!
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Great honesty, I respect your story. I think portion size and finding the right diet that you can stick to is hard and many people will find your story compelliing.
This was sooooooo good :-) Awesome to watch. Love your vulnerability & transparency. I believe a persons story is the most powerful thing that can share in their life. So just want to encourage you to keep going Kait. Your voice, knowledge, time you invest and things you put out into the world to help people has incredible value, and has huge impact. Respect to you Queen :-)
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I can definitely relate to the embarrassment the day after drinking. I'm really glad you posted a more in depth video about your health! ♡
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I benefited so much from watching this video. Thank you for sharing your story with us. The face you made after talking about how you would occasionally make a tofu scramble was PRICELESS!
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Thanks for sharing your story. I also had horrible periods and was so embarrassed as a teenager when the Dr. put me on the pill but it helped tremendously. For the first time I didn’t spend one day every month with a heating pad and a trash can...
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Yes, alcohol is a major coping mechanism I can relate to and am now 20 years sober !
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You are an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, enthusiasm and passion. You are helping me and I can't even imagine how many people you have already helped.
Thank you for sharing. Internal health is so important and even today with covid no one really emphasizes how important it is. I drive a commercial vehicle for a living (truck driver). I'm on the road a lot. Fast food is a staple at American truck stops. Just before covid I became a grandfather( motivation) After covid and hearing about comorbidities I took a greater interest in my internal health. I took out my passenger seat and installed a dorm (mimi) fridge and my wife bought me an induction cook top. My first 2 mo of keto/ carnivore I lost 40 lbs. I still need to lose 25 to 30 lbs to get to optimal weight. Those will be the hardest to lose but I'm in it to win it, as they say. Many blessings to you.
Super informative and enjoyable listening to you! New sub - can’t wait to catch up on all your videos 😁
Kait..your thoughts are beautiful. Thank you for the beauty of you💗💗💗
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that intimate knowledge of food and thinking of it as fuel and rooting that mindset is my personal
"thing". imagining in my minds eye what this particular food is going to do to me and imagining what is happening to me from this food I just ate by the way I feel at that moment. paying attention to how I feel and imagining that my body is whispering to me. (waking up) and listening to the whisper.
I can really agree with you on triggers and finding what works on our own body. I was in a bad place 2-3 years ago, mostly mentally but also economically. I gained 35 kg in about a year time and so it also effects my physical health. I can't afford much healthy, whole food, and the only way I could try to do diet was with intermittent fasting. I tried to cut portion butI would feel hungrier and wasteful of the remaining food wasted when I was so broke, and I would return back to my disordered-eating because of the hunger. Then I just tried to concentrate my meal to one seating and allow myself to eat whatever I want within the budget. It was so unbelievably satisfying and satiating and after a few months I don't even feel that crushing sense of hunger I felt when I first started anymore.
Now I lost 20 kg and still hoping to lose at least 20 more kg slowly (I was overweight before even gaining 35 kg from depression).
I hope everyone can find what works best for them, and I wish everyone find themselves in the better place than yesterday ❤️
Hi Kait, your channel is so inspiring me that health is a very important aspect of each of our lives. Thank you for sharing! 👍🏻🙏🏻🤗
Hello from Adelaide. Great story, I watched right to the end (even though I am usually put off by videos that are quite long).
I am kinda following a similar path. I have tried Keto for almost six months last year, but drifted away over time (for various reasons). I now have my mojo back and am just testing out a Carnivore/Ketovore hybrid diet. Mostly Carnivore throughout the weekdays, and mostly Keto over the weekends. My wife and daughter are not too keen on the diet/lifestyle change - they still eat a 'normal' diet. As we like to dine out regularly, going more Keto on the weekends when necessary - for the flexibility - makes it easier for me to keep everyone happy, especially when we are going out for a meal.
So far this hybid diet is working well for me, I stay quite low on carbs, and I feel good.
Thanks for your videos Kait, I enjoy them.
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Thanks for opening up - it makes such a difference to see where you came from and appreciate so much more where you are now. I'm sure it took courage to lay all this out. Thank you for your honesty and inspiration, you're definitely in such a good place now and it shows. Love learning from you. Animal based became a good place for me too, even though I came to it from different reasons. Carnivore is more of a reset button for me now, or a safety template. But I did struggle to feel optimal on 100% carnivore long term. For me it does need some fine tuning, and definitely some carbs - although finding the right ones is tricky. But what's easy is always knowing the value of animal foods and that animal based always comes first.
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I just poured 3 unopened bottles of stevia drops down the drain last night. Sweet tooth
triggered me to eat a half box of large chocolate chip cookies. Cookies followed
(I can't be trusted) down the drain. So right about sweet tooth and stevia. Interesting story.
Great story. I went through a lot of the same paterns in my life. I played a lot of sports and competed when I was young. I would also eat, drink and eat. My hangover remedy was McNuggets. My weight was yo-yoing and I lived my life that way well into my 40's. I started cycling and quickly got to a competing level, this helped with my weight but I continued to eat, drink and eat but now much less drinking. I continued this patern for a few years but I slolwy eliminated all drinking and started to eat a healthier diet. I eventually cut out all the sugar from my diet and went low carb. I am 60 now in the best condition of my life and basically etaing a carnivore diet.
Great video and inspiring...I see it's an older video..but I've recently gained weight over last 3 years...this info is helping me get back to a better approach and I can see the results starting...especially with less hunger and longer times between eating
I love binge watching your videos and dr Berry.
Thanks for sharing your story Kait. 😊
What an amazing story. Thanks for being courageous enough to share it with the world.
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No way I’d have thought you had confidence issues. You seem like a natural on the camera! Love your channel and content! I recently converted to carnivore and I love it. No health issues, but I am curious how carnivore will affect me👍👍
Though your story is different than mine, I resonate with all the obstacles you went through. Self esteem, trying to do the right thing for your body but following incorrect values, a love hate attitude toward most exercise and a mindset that spoke loudly of all my past failings. Thanks for sharing this story, it's been very helpful. I truly appreciate you sharing your road to understanding your own body and getting on track with vitality and health.
Insightful, informative, and vulnerable video! Thanks for sharing. Your journey gives a lot of context to comments that you’ve made in subsequent videos. Well done!
You’re an inspiration the information you have given me is outstanding nobody ever kept it real like you do.
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@@HealthCoachKait that carnivore lifestyle is giving you glow.
Thank you Kait for sharing your journey 🙏
Great video Kait... nice to get an insight of your journey... Health Coach sounds interesting. Cheers from Sydney, AU.
Great job Kait, you are a GREAT COACH! Your food journey is a tremendous help to your followers...
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Thanks for sharing your story Kait. I wish good luck for you on the many journeys ahead!
Thank you Chantal! Same to you! 🥰
love this.. I really need to sort my health out, as of now. I know what I need to do.. my last period was hell on earth because I have been carb heavy this month. I nearly fainted and had to take a day off of work because of it. i know that my body does soo much better on low carb and keto. I need to sort my shit out. haha thanks for being so honest.
You've got this Emma! We all started somewhere 🙌
Thank you for sharing all this information! You are amazing! So beautiful!
Wonderful video! I think you have found your place and calling in this world helping people! Thank you!
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Looking to get healthy! But there is so much info out there and it’s all conflicting...thanks for your video ❤️
Thanks for sharing a very common type of story. Luckily you changed. Although that pic at 180 lbs - you were a luscious tall girl... I am also from Toronto and relocated but to Japan. I hope some younger people see this story and change their ways while young. I sure wish I had know about Keto when I was young. My story is similar to yours.
Man that was very interesting keep grinding u motivate me and alot of other people.. all the way here in TEXAS u are being felt.. Thank you K.
I can't believe that was 32 minutes. I was so absorbed in what you are sharing here and the generous, open integrity of your story, I could have watched ages longer. You're a beautiful person and, for someone still so young, you've absorbed quite a few key life lessons already. Thanks so much for sharing your time and experience.
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🙏🏻 Thanks for the reply Kait.
I've been Keto(ish) for a while and quite used to the low carb thing . I include meat and fish sources for the fat and protein content. How is the Carnivore method different?
@@mymatemartin carnivore is another option for people who are still not feeling 100% on keto. If keto is working for you, and you are progressing towards your goals, it might not be necessary. I have a video comparing keto and carnivore ruclips.net/video/LrQgVpcY3ZU/видео.html
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Thanks so much. 🙏🏻🙂.
I hope you're enjoying Australia.
Your doing a good job with your diet cause you look healthy
Thank you so much for this information (the "TMI" was actually the most helpful for me, but everything was very interesting and educational). I have been Keto since December 2019. with every child I delivered (5 full term deliveries) every time I got my period back after breastfeeding for about 15 months, it got worse and worse. They got longer (up to 6 days) and the first two days are painful enough to force me to lie down several times during the day. Not to mention how heavy they are. I'm still breastfeeding my latest boy, who's just over a year of age now. No period yet but after watching this video I'm really curious to find out if Keto will have a positive impact on that aspect of my body too once I quit nursing. Thank you. Thumb up and subscribed ;-)
Wow! So awesome to have you share the intimate details of your journey. I can especially relate to your experience with “friends” making you feel like shit. I went through the same thing but wasn’t as fortunate as you. Just finished my first week in carnivore. Been doing OMAD keto and once in awhile 3-6 day fasts for the past 3 months - down 50lbs. Feeling I may need a reset in my microbiome, so I decided to see what carnivore can do for me. I miss some of the veggies but daily meat eating is getting easier. Thanks again for sharing.
Your journey is helping me with mine! Loved hearing your story!!❤️🤩
So happy for your successful health & fitness journey👏🏻🎉
Thanks Cherry! 🤗
I really enjoy your videos, Kait.
I'm slowly going carnivore. I've cut sugar since May last year and it feels like I freed myself from a longtime addiction. After that I started eating only wholefoods. Then diminishing the intake of carbs, especially those low on nutrients and finally I'm trying to be in a keto/carnivore but as of right now I'm not worrying if I'm on ketosis or not, just feeling better and slowly losing the extra fat.
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Thanks for sharing your story. It resonated so much with me. You are very much an inspiration ❤
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I love this video! Some much great information and transparency! Thank you!
I like your videos. Your story is very similar to mine. Nearly step for step. There is one program I’d like to go back and do but just haven’t been ready. It’s a completely alternative therapy by takes a significant amount of time commitment and has been haunting me ever since I partially completed the first step with me son. The woman who runs it did assess my lack of eye teaming which I didn’t really know I had. But the more and more I suffer from cravings, compulsiveness, depression, and relationship problems the more I go back to my assessment at Brain Highways and want to complete the online course. Idk why I’m sharing all this but I feel it has to do with health and may be worth exploring for you and your viewers.
Thanks for sharing! Such a wonderful journey and story. I've watched so many of your videos and this was really insightful and a relate-able story.
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Awesome journey. Thank you for sharing this. I feel so many of us go through these same issues.
Your best video so far. I’ve been a subscriber for over a year, and this ties everything together. Keep it up Kait
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God bless you man. Great to hear this very inspiring story
Looking forward to my own health journey with all of the great tips I am learning from yours!! Thank you!!
Love this video!! Have you ever considered doing a video on ED? I love how amazing I feel on a animal based keto diet, but still I struggle with binge eating and I cant seem to stick to it for a while. Also, I want to lose some weight and it pressures me.
Thank you! I do not think I am knowledgable enough on the topic to speak on eating disorders but I can share a bit more of my own experiences in other videos ❤
Enjoyed this very much Kait. I am an older fellow Keto dieting to combat metabolic syndrome . It has helped me with weight loss & combating Insulin resistance . I may try the carnivore at some point. Anyway glad your vids found me because they are interesting and helpful. I am a fan!
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Great story, glad you survived the standard diet!
These journeys are so relevant today. You help so many!!
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@@HealthCoachKait Happy Thanksgiving!!🙌
@@kvn9 thank you! Same to you! Had thanksgiving dinner with some of my Canadian friends last night 😁
Great job! I enjoyed your whole video and can relate to lots of it. I’ve been doing Keto for over a year and I love that I am not controlled by food anymore. I am seriously contemplating doing carnivore for the month of August...I guess I have to decide tonight...lol.
I’m probably going to go for it. Thanks for all your videos, they’re encouraging, informative, and enjoyable to watch.
Woohoo! Join my Facebook group for more support as well 😁 facebook.com/groups/healthcoachkait
Awesome story, great video Kait! Thanks for sharing, you're making a real difference in the world. God Bless!
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