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Sitting with my feelings

For the record, I have a love/hate relationship with emotions, I wish I could turn them off but they are also a part of who I am. Believe it or not I’m learning to love myself and even like myself! what a concept, self love. There is a huge benefit to leaning into my emotions, […]

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Keto Sloppy Joes

The Ingredients: The Method: Cool -nathan

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Coming out of a depression phase

Well hi! Long story short, the past few weeks have been extremely difficult for me mentally. My mental health is important so here are some things that have helped me recover from a depressive episode or whatever it’s called: I could probably write a bit on the last bullet point, but I feel better when […]

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Moments of clarity

The past 3-4 months have been heavy emotionally at times, I will often wake up sad like that is the expectation. News is heavy, life is heavy, and meanwhile I’m being triggered into emotional trauma and it’s all very heavy. But the past week I’ve reconnected with God and it’s been refreshing. He’s given me […]

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All hail cheese on fish!

The Ingredients: The Method: I recently got my sweet friend Joanna’s keto cookbook and was flipping through recipes and had a craving for something fast and easy (but also indulgent). This was really yummy and I love any kind of sauce, I also love fish, so it’s a win-win right? Of course it is, because […]

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Maintenance time?

So i’m kind of in maintenance mode, I’ve hit my first goal weight, and I feel good. I’m currently under 300 pounds and sitting pretty at around 295ish and I’m enjoying adding some carbs and treats. I’ve been eating too many treats lol, it’s been fun though but my tummy hurts too often to keep […]

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Eggplant lasagna in the slow cooker!

The Ingredients: The Method: This is more low carb than keto because of the sugar in the sauce, but you know your body best, do what works for you! No measurements, measure with your tummy 🙂 -nathan

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I attract love and goodness

Over the past several weeks I’ve noticed more and more people gravitate towards me, at random even! What does it all mean? Especially the last week, I was in line at a gas station when someone started complimenting my tattoos and I look back and he’s got this awesome neck tattoo so we got to […]

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What a crazy 3 weeks

The first week of April I picked up my son from school and he was sick, he got over it pretty quickly (thank God). Then I got sick, i’m unsure the source but over the next 10 days I lost my taste, smell, and a little bit of my hearing (this is where it got […]

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Creatine usage, keto gains update, etc

I stopped taking creatine, my reasoning was that I felt it was hindering my weight loss and the positive effects weren’t enough to outweigh that (yes this is a joke). There are other factors and i’ll definitely use up the powder at some point, it’ll just likely be revisited during a bulk. I use the […]