IN THE TRENCHES: A Practical Field Manual for Metabolic Health, Motility, and Muscle Defense

Tired of generic weight-loss advice that leaves you gaunt, exhausted, and stalled?

After undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2006, I made the classic bariatric mistake: I chased the lowest number on the scale without protecting what was underneath. I lost over half my body weight, but I also stripped away vital lean skeletal muscle, damaged my gut transit, and was left gaunt and metabolically depleted.

Years later, facing a Type 2 diabetes diagnosis, I stepped onto dual GLP-1 and GIP therapy (Mounjaro / Tirzepatide) with an entirely new playbook.

In the Trenches is not a crash diet, a 30-day quick fix, or medical theory from an ivory tower. It is a field-tested, operational survival guide for real people balancing busy careers, family caregiving, and chronic health challenges like Psoriatic Arthritis and pelvic floor laxity.

Inside this practical field manual, you will discover:

• The Muscle Preservation Protocol: Why tracking lean skeletal mass matters far more than scale weight—and how to calculate your personalized protein and calorie floors to prevent muscle wasting and facial volume loss.
• The Motility Blueprint: A candid, step-by-step approach to overcoming GLP-1 slow colonic transit without relying on harsh laxatives, including targeted magnesium forms, gentle soluble fibers, and hydration timing.
• Joint-Friendly Movement: Sustainable, low-impact resistance and walking routines you can complete in a bedroom corner without inflaming arthritic joints or straining the pelvic floor.
• The Anti-Diet Recipe Vault: High-protein hacks designed for real sensory food aversions—rich, silky overnight oats, egg bake muffin cups, and dairy-free clear isolate refreshers with zero chalk and no sour yogurt taste.
• Digital Command Systems: How to coordinate supplement separation windows (like isolating iron from calcium and coffee), track segmental bioimpedance, and monitor blood medication levels with effortless digital tools.

Whether you are navigating incretin medications, recovering from bariatric surgery, or managing metabolic health in your fifties, you don’t have to guess your way through the side effects. Take control of your daily systems, defend your lean muscle, and build a strong, vibrant body that can keep up with your life.