Ketobiography

Less Of Me Success Stories Episode 27 streamed live on YouTube Dec 19, 2024

Intro: (Robyn) Tonight’s guest was a chronic yo-yo dieter until he heard Vinnie Tortorich on Mike Rowe’s, “Where’s the Beef,” podcast episode three years ago. Now, at 55 years old, he is in the best shape of his life and getting healthier every day. He is lean, mean and working toward gaining muscle, often waking early to start the day with a workout. Like most of us, he has had to learn through trial and error what foods work, or don't work, for his goals. Please welcome Russ Saburn to Less of Me Success Stories.

Find Russ:

X @Russ78477235

Find Scott’s information here:

https://linktr.ee/lessofmewithnsng

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Find Natalie here:

LinkTree

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Mike Rowe, Where’s the Beef

Vinnie Tortorich Documentary HQ, VIP Group

Dave Feldman @realDaveFeldman

Nina Teicholz

Anna Vocino Eat Happy Cookbooks & more

Casey Means

Mimi K. Morgan

@lessofmestories YouTube, X, Instagram

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https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Less Of Me Success Stories E26 streamed live on YouTube on December 5, 2024

Intro: (Robyn) I started to see tonight’s guest online a year or two ago. Since then, we have become friends. Like many of us, once she found the benefits of eating low-carb, she felt the desire to help others. Now I see her helping others with tips and useful feedback, always willing to offer encouragement. When I first asked her to come on the show, she said that she didn’t have much of a story. I disagree. I think what she does on a daily basis is harder than what I do, but I’ll let her tell the story. Welcome, Natalie Shamp.

Find Natalie here:

LinkTree

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Mike Rowe, Where’s the Beef

Vinnie Tortorich

@lessofmestories YouTube, X, Instagram

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https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Originally recorded live: January 16, 2025

Episode notes updated: September 2026

📣 After years of yo-yoing between weight loss goals and old habits, Adam Livesay set himself a 365-day challenge instead of another 75-day diet — and it changed everything about how he approaches food, fitness, and longevity. This is his story of finding performance-based motivation that finally stuck.

📋 On this episode of Less of Me Success Stories, hosts Robyn Dobbins and Scott King talk with Adam Livesay, who spent years chasing weight-loss goals only to regain the weight each time. Adam shares how discovering jiu-jitsu and shifting his focus from a number on the scale to athletic performance transformed his relationship with food, how a full year of disciplined habit-stacking reshaped his health markers and energy, and why finding the right "why" made all the difference. He also talks through his practical travel strategies for staying low-carb on the road.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why chasing weight loss as a goal often leads to regaining it
• How switching to a performance-based mindset changed everything
• What a full year of habit-stacking (diet, mobility, jiu-jitsu, no alcohol) can do for health markers
• How Adam stays low-carb while traveling frequently for work
• Why mobility and daily movement matter as much as diet

💡 Key Insight

"Give it 60 days. You can do anything for 60 days." — Adam Livesay

🌐 Connect with Adam Livesay

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/adam-livesay-5b557a10

🌐 Connect with Your Hosts

Robyn Dobbins: https://robyndobbins.com/

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

Scott King: https://linktr.ee/lessofmewithnsng

📚 Resources Mentioned

Vinnie Tortorich: https://vinnietortorich.com/

Anna Vocino: https://annavocino.com/

Peter Attia: https://peterattiamd.com/

Knees Over Toes Guy (Ben Patrick): https://www.instagram.com/kneesovertoesguy

Jeremy Scott Fitness: https://jeremyscottfitness.com/

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Show introduction and guest welcome

3:52 Adam's backstory and early weight gain

5:31 The mistake of treating weight loss as a destination

8:08 Discovering jiu-jitsu through his partner

10:22 Fueling performance instead of chasing a number

13:48 How jiu-jitsu changed his mindset and daily habits

17:02 Testing carbs before training and feeling the difference

24:22 Committing to a dry year

26:48 Setting a 365-day challenge instead of 75 hard

34:50 Blood work and health markers after a year

37:55 Letting go of tracking devices like Whoop

43:34 Travel strategies for staying low-carb on the road

55:47 Adam's health priority hierarchy

1:04:23 Final advice for starting a low-carb journey

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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This episode originally streamed live on YouTube Nov 21, 2024 Less Of Me Success Stories

Intro: (Scott) Thank you for joining us this evening. Our next guest is someone that many likely aren't aware of. I have posted pics of her on the NSNG® Facebook group page a few times bragging about her. Her success has been flying under the radar for a while now, but I convinced her to share her story with us. Please don't hold this against her but our guest is a personal friend of mine and perhaps the only person who has ever asked for my advice and really used it. Sometimes people just quietly put in the work without bringing attention to themselves and then you run into them and they blow your mind. That is the perfect example of my friend Amanda Price, thank you so much for joining us.

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Additional Resources Mentioned:

NSNG eBook by ‪Vinnie Tortorich

Scott's interview on Low Carb MD Podcast:    • Episode 294: Scott King  

Anna Vocino Eat Happy Kitchen

@lessofmestories YouTube, X, Instagram

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Originally recorded live: November 14, 2024

Episode notes updated June 2026

📣 What happens when a celiac diagnosis in your early 30s turns into three cookbooks, a line of clean sauces and spices, and a mission to make real food accessible to everyone? Less of Me Success Stories sits down with Anna Vocino, co-host of the Fitness Confidential podcast and founder of Eat Happy Kitchen.

📋 Anna Vocino didn't set out to build a food company. She set out to find something she could actually eat. After being diagnosed with celiac disease in 2002 and spending years navigating gluten-free foods that were expensive, hard to find, and nutritionally hollow, she eventually found NSNG — and didn't look back. Host Robyn Dobbins and co-host Scott King welcome Anna for a conversation about the long road from diagnosis to commitment, what it actually takes to build a clean food brand in a market dominated by giants, and why the stories people tell about their own health journeys matter more than any single piece of advice.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• Why Anna's celiac diagnosis in 2002 set her on a path that eventually led to NSNG
• How she went from podcasting with Vinnie Tortorich to launching a full food product line
• What it actually takes to source clean ingredients at scale without compromising quality
• Why mindset and boundaries matter as much as diet in a long-term health journey
• How to observe your own body's responses without judgment and adjust accordingly

💡 Key Insight

"Commit. That's the number one thing." — Anna Vocino

🌐 Connect with Anna Vocino

Eat Happy Kitchen: https://www.eathappykitchen.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annavocino

Substack: https://annavocino.substack.com

🌐 Connect with Your Hosts

Robyn Dobbins: https://robyndobbins.com/ | https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

Scott King: https://linktr.ee/lessofmewithnsng

📚 Resources Mentioned

Fitness Confidential Podcast with Vinnie Tortorich: https://www.vinnietortorich.com

Eat Happy Kitchen sauces and spices: https://www.eathappykitchen.com

EWG Skin Deep database: https://www.ewg.org/skindeep

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Welcome and show introduction

2:33 Introducing Anna Vocino

4:14 Why every health journey has more than one beginning

6:11 Celiac diagnosis — what it changed and what it didn't

11:07 Meeting Vinnie Tortorich and committing to NSNG

12:54 A calling to nourish people through food

17:15 How Eat Happy Kitchen was born

20:27 Sourcing clean ingredients at scale

26:57 Community Q&A

54:57 Skincare, tallow, and clean beauty

1:03:04 Final advice and closing

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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This episode originally streamed live on YouTube October 10, 2024

Introduction:

(Scott) I would love to introduce you to this amazing woman I've met on the Internet community, Michelle Hurn. She's amazing. She's done so much for the community. She's a dietitian. She's a multiple book author and an Ultra Marathon Runner. Thank you so much for joining us. Welcome.

Find Michelle's information here:

https://thedietitiansdilemma.net/

IG @ runeatmeatrepeat

X @ MichelleHurnRD

"The Dietician's Dilemma"

"The Fox Family Food Fight"

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

X, Instagram and YouTube @lessofmestories

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.

👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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This episode originally streamed live on YouTube Sep 25, 2024

Intro: (Robyn) Tonight’s conversation is going to be a little different than normal. Our guest tonight is the Volunteer Coordinator for Metabolic Revolution. She is here to share her story and tell us more about the upcoming Metabolic Revolution rally in Washington, DC. Please welcome Jacqui Hossfeld to Less of Me Success Stories.

*There were some connectivity issue while we were live

PSA #!- If you are a single adult, get a power of attorney

PSA #2- Never titrate off of any prescription without working with your doctor

Find Jacqui:

X @ KindConditionin

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Metabolic Revolution

X @ MetRevolution

Instagram @ metabolicrevolutionnow

Other Resources Mentioned:

Fat Head Movie

Gary Taubes

Dr. Georgia Ede

Dr. Chris Palmer

Jessica Apple X @ jessapple

Dr. Eric Westman

Dr. Matt Bernstein

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella

Nina Teicholz

Vinnie Tortorich

The Institute for Functional Medicine

@lessofmestories YouTube, X, Instagram

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Episode 20 originally streamed live on YouTube September 19, 2024

Less Of Me Success Stories

Intro:

(Scott) This evening’s guest has done so much for the low carb community, Her livelihood is literally to help people to lose weight and regain their health through low carb eating. Not only has she lost a significant amount of weight herself, she has also healed many physical and mental health issues as well. Her passion for helping others is second to none. She has an amazing story, so let's hear from Amy herself.

Find Amy:

X @ amydee1001

Instagram @ aeiges

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Dr. Tro’s Medical Weight Loss & Primary Care

Toward Health App

Nina Teicholz

Nutrition Coalition

Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners

A Company Is Only as Healthy as Its Workers: A 6-Month Metabolic Health Management Pilot Program Improves Employee Health and Contributes to Cost Savings

@lessofmestories YouTube, X, Instagram

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

🌱 Know someone with a keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]

🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.

👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Originally recorded live: September 12, 2024

Episode notes updated June 2026

📣 Mimi Morgan went from a hospital bed with Parkinson's, rheumatoid arthritis, MRSA, and over 25 conditions to medication-free and walking 14 miles — through carnivore and lion diet. This is her story.

📋 In this episode of Less of Me Success Stories, host Robyn Dobbins and co-host Scott King welcome Mimi Morgan, a woman who spent years navigating a cascade of diagnoses, hospitalizations, spinal surgery, and over 13 medications totaling $65,000 a year. After a chance encounter with a former chiropractor who told her to eat fat, Mimi began a clean keto journey that evolved into a full carnivore and lion diet — and changed everything. She is now medication-free, weight training three days a week, and walking distances she couldn't have imagined from her hospital bed.

🔑 What You'll Learn

• How Mimi went from a hospital bed and walker to medication-free and walking 14 miles
• Why she was told not to eat protein while on Parkinson's medication — and what happened when she ignored that advice
• How a chance encounter with a former chiropractor introduced her to high-fat eating and started her recovery
• Why weight training became the second most important thing she did after changing her diet
• How Mimi navigated MRSA, spinal surgery, sepsis, and stroke on her path back to health

💡 Key Insight

"Show up for yourself every day. Make the choices that are going to be good for your health. They aren't always the easier choices, but show up for yourself in that way, every single day." — Mimi Morgan

🌐 Connect with Mimi Morgan

X: https://x.com/mimikmorgan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mimimorgank

🌐 Connect with Your Hosts

Robyn Dobbins: https://robyndobbins.com/ | https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

Scott King: https://linktr.ee/lessofmewithnsng

📚 Resources Mentioned

Grass-fed beef — Independence Ark: https://www.independenceark.com

Shawn Baker MD on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ShawnBakerMD

Healing Humanity documentary: https://healinghumanity.movie

Healing Humanity on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealingHumanityMovie

Homestead How on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Homesteadhow

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 — Welcome and show introduction

2:08 — Mimi's background and the low-fat years

5:51 — First diagnosis: Dupuytren's contracture and broken wrist

7:55 — Rheumatoid arthritis and the medication cascade

9:15 — Six years vegan and the Parkinson's diagnosis

12:27 — Stroke, MRSA, and spinal surgery

19:52 — Ten steps to the mailbox — the turning point

21:07 — The chiropractor who said eat fat

22:30 — Clean keto to carnivore — weaning off 13 medications

41:35 — Weight training as the second pillar of recovery

46:05 — Supplements, sleep, and unexpected benefits

58:20 — Why Parkinson's patients are told to avoid protein

1:11:02 — Final advice for anyone just starting

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

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🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.

👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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Originally streamed live on YouTube Aug 29, 2024

Intro:

(Robyn) I met our guests on X because I am always drawn toward stories of healing. As we prepared for this show, I learned that our guests have healed or managed several diagnoses, they now enjoy an active lifestyle and they have lost 445 combined pounds. They are passionate about community despite having to face some difficult losses along the way. Yet, they continue to recover, knowing that their way of life has helped them continue to achieve their goals.

Find Scott here:

X: @ JentacularXertz

Find Camille here:

Improvisational Keto Kitchen

Find Scott’s information here:

LinkTree

Find Robyn’s information here:

Harbinger of Health, LLC

LinkTree

Additional resources mentioned:

Dr. Jason Fung

Dr. Tro Kalayjian

Dr. Ben Bikman

Dr. Ken Berry

Mike Rowe

Vinnie Tortorich

Dr. Chris Palmer

Dr. Georgia Ede

Dr. Annette Bosworth

Dr. Philip Ovadia

Dr. Richard Johnson

Dr. Robert Lustig

Own Your Labs

2KetoDudes

@lesofmestories X, YouTube & Instagram

🎧 New episodes drop every Thursday on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.

🌱 Know someone with a keto success story? Nominate them to be featured: [email protected]

🔗 Subscribe, follow, and leave a review — it helps more people find the show.

👥 Connect with Robyn:

https://www.robyndobbins.com

https://linktr.ee/robyn.r.dobbins

https://robynrdobbins.substack.com/

🎬 Robyn is featured in The Cholesterol Code – Watch it on YouTube or Amazon.

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