Chasing Health, Not Diets: How I Found My Way with Food
I’ve dabbled in just about every eating style — not because I was trying to follow trends, but because I was genuinely chasing health.
For about five years, I was vegetarian — partly for health, partly because I watched a documentary on factory farming that shook me to my core. Let me tell you, nothing will make you swear off grocery store meat faster than that footage.
I even gave veganism a shot… for about a week.
Turns out I love seafood and eggs way too much to break up with them.
And while some of those shifts came from good intentions, they were often rooted in whatever message was trending at the time:
Low-fat everything: I was always hungry, and my mood was a mess.
Raw vegan: Beautiful in theory. Exhausting in real life.
Bars & shakes: I felt like I was always “on a program” instead of actually living.
Obsessive tracking: I got good at the numbers — but this is exhausting.
I was following what sounded healthy — not what actually made me feel good.
Eventually, I got tired of the noise. I wanted truth, not trends.
So I started researching. Reading. Digging.
And then — I found Mark Sisson who introduced me to ancestral eating and the Primal Blueprint.
That was my turning point.
Suddenly, everything clicked:
Eat the way we were designed to eat. Real food. Fewer rules. More nourishment.
It wasn’t about dieting. It was about supporting my body with what it actually needed.
What Finally Shifted
Instead of asking, “What’s the perfect Nutritional philosophy?”
I started asking:
“How can I support my body, my metabolism, and my mental health in a way that actually feels good — and lasts?”
That one question changed everything.
I started eating real food — mostly animal-based, low in processed carbs, rich in nutrients.
I focused on the big stuff: strength, sleep, stress, sunlight, and simplicity.
Now? I feel better in my 60s than I did in my 40s.
Not because I found the “perfect diet.”
But because nourishing my body finally made sense.
Kelly
