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I Ate a High-Protein Diet for 5 Years — Here’s What Happened
A comprehensive overview of my diet, best practices, results, and if it was worth it
The cravings were killing me.
I’d spent months laser-focused on improving my health and fitness, following the mantra we’ve all heard before: eat less, move more.
This happened 6 years ago. After experiencing a health scare when I was only 25 and having my doctor tell me I needed to improve my eating habits, I decided to change my lifestyle. I wanted to be healthier — and having a leaner, athletic physique was something I’d always dreamed of.
So I did what many do: YouTube cardio-focused workouts that promised to burn 1,000 calories in an hour while reducing my food intake.
The result?
Hunger.
A ravenous beast awoke inside of me. Cravings like I’d never had before plagued my days.
And the worst part? I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.
Though I’d lost weight, I didn’t look “toned.” If anything, I could see a rib or two — and this didn’t even last long. Regardless of how much I moved my body or reduced my calories, I found myself returning to square one.
That’s when I decided to do my research (what I should’ve done in the first place).
I read books and watched countless videos on adopting lifelong habits that could give me the physique I wanted. This was when I learned of the magical phrase, body recomposition: losing fat while gaining muscle.
And I finally saw results.
Now, as you can see, I was already thin before I embarked on my fitness journey — but that didn’t mean I was healthy.
My fat-to-muscle ratio was off (what some call “skinny fat”), and my blood sugar and total cholesterol were elevated.
But all that changed after I added three habits: walking more, doing resistance training, and eating a high-protein diet, which is the focus of this article, as I…
