A Lifetime of Coaching, Yet Years of Inner Turmoil
Alicea has spent three decades guiding clients toward healthier lives as a personal trainer and health-and-wellness life coach in her hometown of Frisco, Texas. Behind the polished exterior, however, she wrestled with punishing self-control. From age fifteen onward she cycled through severe food restriction, binge-and-purge guilt, and obsessive exercise sessions that earned her the private label “exercise bulimic.” Every instruction she gave others felt tinged with impostor syndrome because she could not wrangle her own relationship with food.

Diagnosed with Raynaud syndrome in her twenties, she learned to manage fingers that blanched and tingled whenever stress or cold struck, yet fatigue lingered like an unwelcome shadow. For seven years she embraced vegetarian ideology, only to watch bloating, joint aches, and anxiety escalate. Doctors layered prescriptions on lectures about “balanced grains,” leaving her convinced there had to be another way.

Low-Carb Beginnings and the Leap to Keto-Carnivore
Four years ago Alicea shifted to a traditional ketogenic template— ample vegetables, moderate protein, measured fats— and for a while the reduction in carbohydrates quieted her sugar cravings. Last year, though, new discomfort signaled early menopause: tidal hot flashes, leaden morning heaviness, and a mysterious five-pound creep that resisted extra cardio. Feeling swollen and lethargic despite pristine macros, she scrolled late-night research threads and met story after story praising a meat-only variant now called keto-carnivore.

The concept felt radical yet oddly liberating: swap broccoli and almond-flour treats for nutrient-dense steaks, eggs, and bacon, add sea salt, and drop everything else. Hungry for relief, she committed on day one.

Rapid Hormone Relief and Body Rebalancing
Within two weeks a lifetime of nightly thermal surges evaporated. Distended belly pressure drained away; her core appeared flat even after large meals. Training sessions sharpened because meals left her satiated instead of stuffed. Scale drama faded as ten pounds glided off in four months with no caloric obsession, a change especially striking because she had never been classified overweight in gym circles.

Home Influence and Flexible Boundaries
Alicea accepts that keto-carnivore remains a solo pursuit under her roof. Her husband, the household taste-tester, now eats a lower-carb plate by default because she handles all cooking, yet he still savors wine and beer without conflict. She focuses on beef, pastured eggs, crisp bacon, and bone broth, leaving room for an occasional aged cheese despite mild dairy sensitivity. When she experiments with small servings of produce, she notes any return of bloat and quickly resets to her meat foundation.

Freedom After Four Decades of Restriction
Contrary to critics who label keto-carnivore restrictive, Alicea calls it the most freeing pattern she has ever known. Meals require no mental math or post-bite regret, cravings remain silent, and Raynaud flares have dwindled. She plans to formalize her experience as a certified MeatRx— now Revero— keto-carnivore coach so that clients can receive guidance forged in firsthand struggle and triumph.

​Alicea’s take-home insight is simple: conventional dietary wisdom can keep even professionals trapped in cycles of deprivation and relapse, but a precisely tuned keto-carnivore strategy can unlock consistent energy, hormonal ease, and genuine alignment between personal practice and professional preaching.

Disclaimer: These testimonials are from people who shared their success stories on keto carnivore diet which is Revero’s nutrition therapy method. They are not from actual Revero patients. Clinical results are not guaranteed and outcomes are specific to each patient.