Jacob Beck Story

For most of my 26 year life, I’ve been a rather healthy individual. My father works at a family owned, local butcher shop called Winters Meat Market in Blue Springs, MO. My father also grew up on a farm and understands the importance of home-grown, organic vegetables. At the time, I was completely oblivious to why we’d drive an 1.5 hours away to care for a garden. Then come home and spend hours snapping peas, canning tomatoes, pickles and bagging brussel sprouts, spinach, peppers and everything in between. It wasn’t until I had moved away did I realize just how fortunate I was. For the first time in my life, I began to eat junk. As a growing young adult, you bet I could eat...a lot. I started working a retail job where I’d get an hour break. During this time, I’d eat easily 2500 calories in fast food. I started becoming increasingly addicted to soft drinks, sugar and fried foods. Initially, I didn’t see much of a change physically. After a couple years, I was up to eating fast food twice a day and a 12 pack of soda a day. My weight skyrocketed up to 250lbs by age 24; approximately 3.5 years. I felt awful constantly. I began throwing up once a week and I had no desire to do anything beyond the minimum effort required of me. The day I decided enough was enough: McDonalds was doing their 2 for $5 promo. I could get a double quarter pounder and a Big Mac together for $5 and 2 large fries for another $5. So, I did, but not just once. Not just twice, but 4 times in a 12 hour period. I had consumed nearly 8000 calories in 12 hours not including the soft drinks. As I ate my last Big Mac, I looked down at my throbbing, bulging belly and said, “Enough is enough.” I signed up for a workout program at home and began meal prepping. Chicken, asparagus and potatoes every...single...day with BBQ sauce. After a month went by, I had little to no results. I pushed on. Two months, still no results. I was absolutely frustrated. I started taking a “fat burner” pill. After the whole bottle, 0 change. It wasn’t until I found Dr. Eric Berg’s YouTube Channel did I start losing any sort of weight. I didn’t jump into keto all at once. I started small with carb cycling, adding more vegetables and a 16:8 fasting period. Finally, the scale started moving!! I changed my workout to a HIIT cardio session. Week by week I was making small changes to my nutrition, one less carb day a week, a longer fast 3 days a week to four days a week. I ended up at OMAD eating a ginormous salad with chicken, eggs, bacon...the works! (Disclaimer: ACV 30 minutes before a meal like this will save you a digestion nightmare. You’ve been warned). After just over a year, I dropped roughly 100lbs and can actually see my abs and definition in several areas of my body with great vascularity! I’m very fortunate I had the opportunity to go through this journey. Through Dr. Berg, I obtained a new found power and the deepest appreciation for my father. Currently, I am a Store Manager at GNC and I always do my best to take a nutritional/keto approach to all my recommendations. I also give your name out on a daily basis to clients who are interested in keto. As much as I’d love to get very in-depth with them, it takes more than a 15 minute conversation to become educated. I hope to see their success from you soon! Dr. Berg, Thank you for giving me the tools I needed to become confident in myself again and find greater meaning in my life and my families lives as they have began following in my footsteps. Your friend, Jacob A. Beck