Jun 9, 2026 · 2 hr 11 min · 12 segments
Ry Hickey, nutritionist/trainer/coach who’s helped hundreds of high-performing men finally lose the gut, get strong, and stay that way. Check out, coach\_ryhickey on Instagram. Thanks again!
Ry HickeyGuest
Jamie ThornHost
Really? And that's one of the things I wanted to bring up first was like, why do you think carbs get demonized? Cause it seems like a lot of diets or a lot of people talk about, you know, weight cutting, got to cut carbs out.
But I went from roughly 50 to 70, maybe even probably 50 carbs a day, I think, to 220.
Which is crazy because, or you tell me, what was that like? Because I'm basing this off of conversations that we had.
So I'm filling in the blanks and kind of putting words in your mouth because I heard you say something along this line, but having that previous association of carbs equals fat gain what was that like for you from just an experience standpoint going from like 50 to 60 to 220 and being able to get the results that you got
Um, and I was excited to like, oh, I can have like, I can have fucking like toast again.
I guess as silly as that sounds to some people, it's like, oh, man, like toast and peanut butter.
Like good homemade sourdough bread or Silver Hills protein bread that's sprouted grain, which I think your body just processes better and it's all organic.
For some reason, even in my own head, I was like, really? Like, fuck, I'm eating over 200 grams of carbs a day? Because I think fat was low, wasn't it? And then carbs or protein was, I think, around 180, I think, at the beginning.
Like, and I don't know if I have any reasons why people, why I think people are demonizing carbs, but that's what you hear like online and podcasts.
Really? And that's one of the things I wanted to bring up first was like, why do you think carbs get demonized? Cause it seems like a lot of diets or a lot of people talk about, you know, weight cutting, got to cut carbs out.
But I went from roughly 50 to 70, maybe even probably 50 carbs a day, I think, to 220.
Which is crazy because, or you tell me, what was that like? Because I'm basing this off of conversations that we had.
So I'm filling in the blanks and kind of putting words in your mouth because I heard you say something along this line, but having that previous association of carbs equals fat gain what was that like for you from just an experience standpoint going from like 50 to 60 to 220 and being able to get the results that you got
Um, and I was excited to like, oh, I can have like, I can have fucking like toast again.
I guess as silly as that sounds to some people, it's like, oh, man, like toast and peanut butter.
Like good homemade sourdough bread or Silver Hills protein bread that's sprouted grain, which I think your body just processes better and it's all organic.
For some reason, even in my own head, I was like, really? Like, fuck, I'm eating over 200 grams of carbs a day? Because I think fat was low, wasn't it? And then carbs or protein was, I think, around 180, I think, at the beginning.
Like, and I don't know if I have any reasons why people, why I think people are demonizing carbs, but that's what you hear like online and podcasts.
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