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Debbie Potts has been in the fitness industry for over twenty-five years and a competitive endurance athlete for twenty years.  Along her journey, she has accomplished many goals including being nominated as one of the top one hundred best trainers in the U.S. by Men’s Journal in 2004 and 2005 as well as participating in fifteen Ironman Triathlons – five of them were the Hawaii World Ironman Championship.  Debbie has owned and operated her own fitness studio in Bellevue Washington for twelve years to offer an “all in one” health and fitness studio – including The WHOLESTIC Method coaching programs and individualized Nutritional Therapy services to transform the WHOLE person from the inside out.   

 Debbie’s Books:

• Life is Not a Race…It is a Journey: Learn how to pace the WHOLE you with The WHOLESTIC Method 
• The WHOLESTIC Method: Manual & Workbook: Transform the WHOLE you from the Inside Out

Find Debbie of Social Media:

• Facebook: @lowcarbathlete
• Instagram: @lowcarbathlete
• Twitter: @lowcarbathlete

Debbie’s Website

Most of the time on Chat the Fat, we talk about how to use Keto, Low Carb or intermittent fasting for weight loss results. Today we have a story that is all about using Keto for recovery. So many go into keto for the weight loss benefits they’ll receive, and they end up sticking with their keto plan because of all of the amazing health benefits that come with following a real food keto diet. 

Today I’m chatting with Heather Cooan, who overcame a serious health diagnosis with using a ketogenic diet as part of her healing protocol.

Heather is a marketing executive turned nutrition counselor, consultant, and educator. Heather is currently a Nutrition Therapist Master and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner candidate and advocates for informed consent, bodily autonomy, and self-directed healthcare. She speaks and writes on nutrition and lifestyle interventions for improved health and wellness. Heather successfully avoided radiation and chemotherapy and healed her body of vulvar cancer utilizing a food-as-medicine approach combined with conventional interventions such as surgery. Heather has also put two autoimmune diseases into remission (Hashimotos and Lichen Sclerosus) and reversed estrogen dominance, insulin resistance, hardening of the arteries, and fatty liver through diet and lifestyle change.

Links Mentioned:

• HeatherCooan.Com
• Heather’s Detailed Story
• Heather’s Treatment Plan
• Books on The Metabolic Theory of Cancer 
• Instagram @heathercooan
• Twitter @heathercooan

This is our 2-part episode where we review Keto Decoded Member Debbie’s case study.

This case study is one of several bonuses that come with the Goal Crusher Package, our discounted annual pay option.

Due to the individualized attention these members receive, this package is available on a limited basis. Learn all of the amazing bonuses included, as well as Goal Crusher availability HERE.  If currently unavailable, join the waitlist so you’ll be the first to be notified of when we’re accepting more Keto Decoded Goal Crushers.

If you’re already a Keto Decoded member, you have priority access to become our next Goal Crusher! Receive a HUGE discount when you prepay for the year – plus you’ll receive all of the bonuses that come when you’re ready to crush your goals!

Links Mentioned:

• chatthefat.com/episode28
• kickitnaturally.com/anualpay
• Digestion Course
• KickItNaturally: Early Menopause
• KickItNaturally: The Truth About pH
• KickItNaturally: The Truth About Alkaline Diets and Alkaline Water
• Chat the Fat Workshop

This is our 2-part episode where we review Keto Decoded Member Debbie’s case study.

This case study is one of several bonuses that come with the Goal Crusher Package, our discounted annual pay option.

Due to the individualized attention these members receive, this package is available on a limited basis. Learn all of the amazing bonuses included, as well as Goal Crusher availability HERE.  If currently unavailable, join the waitlist so you’ll be the first to be notified of when we’re accepting more Keto Decoded Goal Crushers.

If you’re already a Keto Decoded member, you have priority access to become our next Goal Crusher! Receive a HUGE discount when you prepay for the year – plus you’ll receive all of the bonuses that come when you’re ready to crush your goals!

Links Mentioned:

• chatthefat.com/episode28
• kickitnaturally.com/anualpay
• Digestion Course
• KickItNaturally: Early Menopause
• KickItNaturally: The Truth About pH
• KickItNaturally: The Truth About Alkaline Diets and Alkaline Water
• Chat the Fat Workshop

Bodybuilding on keto? That’s crazy talk! At least that’s what the general population of the bodybuilding community thinks…for now. Today we’re talking with Crystal Sikes, bodybuilder, keto coach, and all around awesome person. We get into her journey from digestive issues, eating disorders and how finally landing on a ketogenic diet changed everything.

• Bodybuilding on a keto diet
• How to phase into a competition diet mode
• Female bodybuilders don’t have to look like tanks
• Why it’s important to slowly work back into a higher calories after a competition
• Don’t be afraid to ask for help!

Links Mentioned:

• Chat the Fat Interview with Robert Sikes
• Keto Brick
• Keto Savage Sports on YouTube
• Instagram @The.Lady.Savage
• Deeper State Keto

Today we’ve got our friends from the low-carb cruise, Chris and Miriam Bair! They’re the creators of Keto Chow Shakes, Savory Soups, and Electrolyte drops. We’re going to talk about our good time on the cruise, and how these two handle a house full of healthy eaters. We’ll also cover their amazing Keto Conference happening in April 2020. Let’s go!

• Why magnesium can be great for some, and run others into the ground
• The benefits of choosing your own fats in shakes
• How to keep keto with a familu
• How keto can alleviate symptoms of epilepsy and depression

Links Mentioned:

• Keto Salt Lake
• Keto Chow
• Twitter: @KetoChow
• Instagram: @KetoChow
• Facebook: @KetoChow

Today we’re talking with celebrity trainer, speaker, podcaster, and best-selling author, Vinnie Tortorich! He wrote the book Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss game, and continues to bring health and fitness knowledge to the world via his podcast of the same name. Listen in as Vinnie talks about how he got his start, and where he finds his inspiration to helps those who are “duped,” by other health experts.

• How Vinnie went from beating cancer to writing books
• The origins of veganism
• The message of Fat: A documentary

Links Mentioned:

• Fat: A documentary
• Fitness Confidential Podcast
• Keto Challenge

Find Vinnie on:

• Twitter @VinnieTortorich
• Instagram @VinnieTortorich

KellyRae hopped from diet to diet for more than 17 years, yet the scale never budged! Once she ditched mainstream diets and hopped into the Keto Challenge, she lost more than 10 pounds in only 3 weeks!

KellyRae is a single mom of a teenage daughter. She’s a mindset coach who helps others clear up limiting beliefs, self-doubt and other blockages, as well as a massage therapist who specializes in injury management and preventative care.

Like many of us, her weight loss struggles began early on and she continued to follow countless diets with little permanent success. Now she’s using keto to cut through years of struggle and form a lifestyle she loves!

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Keto Challenge
• Keto Challenge Waiting List
• Keto Decoded Membership
• Keto Decoded Course
• Strength in Sensitivity Website
• Find KellyRae on Facebook
• Facebook Group: Be Your Own Hero
• Kick Your Fat in the Nuts: Book
• KellyRae on Instagram @kellyrae2U

It’s hard enough to stay keto for the holidays…and then so many people add to the stress with holiday travel to spend time with family they may or may not want to spend time with. This adds even more stress to what already surmounts to a very stressful time of year for most people. 

To ease your travel stress this holiday season, we wanted to record this podcast to tell you to calm down because all of that stress is going to lead to holiday weight gain!

And we thought we’d be a little more helpful than just reminding you to calm down by giving 10 keto travel tips for the holidays. Of course, these tips can really be used anytime of year…but if you’re stressed out over traveling this holiday season, we’ve got you covered!

Tips on how to stay keto while traveling:

• #6 – Review restaurant menus before going out
• #7 – Learn how to dine out
• #8 Check out the local grocery store & shop for the hotel
• #9 – Stick to low carb alcohol options
• #10 – Commit to success while traveling – just because you travel doesn’t mean you need to derail your keto efforts

Links Mentioned:

• Keto Challenge
• Thrive Market – Affiliate Link

Free Download – Top 10 Tricks for Travel

It’s hard enough to stay keto for the holidays…and then so many people add to the stress with holiday travel to spend time with family they may or may not want to spend time with. This adds even more stress to what already surmounts to a very stressful time of year for most people.

To ease your travel stress this holiday season, we wanted to record this podcast to tell you to calm down because all of that stress is going to lead to holiday weight gain!

And we thought we’d be a little more helpful than just reminding you to calm down by giving 10 keto travel tips for the holidays. Of course, these tips can really be used anytime of year…but if you’re stressed out over traveling this holiday season, we’ve got you covered!

Tips on how to stay keto while traveling:

• #1 – Eat a large meal before you leave for your trip
• #2 – Stock up on travel friendly keto snacks to take with you on the plane, as well as to have available once you’re at your destination.
• #3 – If you’re stuck for a meal, but want to get extra fat in, bulletproof coffee can count as a meal.
• #4 – If you’re fat adapted, utilize intermittent fasting while traveling
• #5 – Eat a hearty breakfast to keep you fueled longer

Links Mentioned:

• Keto Challenge
• Thrive Market – Affiliate Link

Free Download – Top 10 Tricks for Travel