Chris Cooking Nashville

Craziness I tell you!

Misinformation and lack of common sense will RUIN your health. Be watchful my friends.

This comment shows exactly why many people say “keto doesn’t work for me”. It’s often not an issue with keto. It’s frequently the lack of common sense and self control.

The full double-batch recipe of my crack cucumber salad has somewhere around 35 grams of carbs and that means it is “not keto”? No… no no no.

If you’re eating the entire recipe (6-12 servings depending on how much you want), that’s called GLUTTONY.

As a former binge eater, I’m not judging anyone for struggling to control food intake.

But you can’t eat an entire double recipe of a side dish meant for at least 6 people and claim “that’s not keto”. Actually, sir or madam, that’s not common sense.

So it’s 4-6 grams of carbs per serving depending on how large of a serving you want. That does NOT mean you get to blindly eat the whole giant bowl.

Folks, all I can say is we shouldn’t look in the comment section for guidance. Do your own research and apply your own common sense to your approach and your health will thank you.

Don’t allow yourself to be misled by people who don’t apply basic logic to the principles guiding the life you’re trying to live.

Count your own carbs and make your own decisions based on facts, and you’ll find you are much healthier and harder to mislead.

Watch the recipe video linked in the comments below if you’d like to see my “not keto” dish. 😂

Oh, it’s such a shame this whole keto/carnivore thing doesn’t work and I haven’t changed at all. 😂

Anyway… 5 DAYS TO GO. 🤘🏻🔥

📕 Eat Your Meat, Love Your Life officially drops October 6th!

We’re in the FINAL stretch, so if you’ve been waiting to grab your copy, now’s the time. Every preorder helps us send this thing into release day as strong as possible.

👉🏼 Grab your copy at the link in the comments!

And don’t forget: preorder now and head over to my website to grab your FREE preorder bonus download before it disappears!

5 DAYS. 130 RECIPES. ONE HELL OF A JOURNEY.

Let’s crank this thing to 11. 🤘🏻🥩🔥

EAT YOUR MEAT. LOVE YOUR LIFE. 😎💪🏼

We fired up the grills and CRANKED IT TO 11 at Low Carb for Better Health! 🔥🎸🥩

What an incredible weekend cooking up meat with Route22 Meats and hanging out with so many awesome people! HUGE shoutout to the amazing Amanda Decker FNP-c, MHP, CKNS for bringing this crew together! 🙌🏻

We were also blessed to give away a copy of my upcoming cookbook, Eat Your Meat, Love Your Life, which comes out THIS TUESDAY! 📖🔥

To everyone who grabbed our Crank It to 11 seasoning: YOU SOLD US OUT! 🤯 Thank you for bringing that much love for the flavor! 🤘🏻

Were you there? Tell me your favorite part—and if you took home a tin of our Crank It To 11 Seasoning- what are you seasoning first? 👇🏻

Lots of people see these kitchen tweezers I use and probably think they’re dumb.

Y’all, let me tell you, these are the handiest thing in my kitchen many days. Seriously.

I thought they were dumb too. Until I got some and realized I used them constantly.

Limited time deal right here. Grab them now before they’re gone. You are going to love these things!

Link in the comments! 😎👇🏼

ONE WEEK UNTIL WE CRANK IT UP! 🎸🔥🥩

Next Tuesday, October 6, my brand-new cookbook, Eat Your Meat, Love Your Life, hits shelves everywhere! This thing has been a long time coming, and I’m FIRED UP to get it into your kitchens! 👨‍🍳📖🔥

TONIGHT, we’re turning up the volume with a special Backstage with Chris featuring the wonderful 🎤⚡️

🚨 NEW TIME 5 p.m. CENTRAL! 🚨

We’re streaming on BOTH of our channels, so bring your questions, pull up a chair, and hang out with us. Let’s talk food, the book, and what’s coming next! 🥩🎸

The countdown is ON! Who’s ready to EAT YOUR MEAT and LOVE YOUR LIFE?! Sound off in the comments! 🔥👇

Well, the secret’s out! It's Courtney Luna is coming to my cookbook release day celebration! 😁🤘🏻I’m excited to have her there, and we’ve got a few more surprise guests coming too.

Join us Tuesday, October 6th at Barnes & Noble in the Nashville area for live music, a Q&A, a book signing, and a whole lot of fun. I can’t wait to celebrate Eat Your Meat, Love Your Life with all of you 🥩😁🤘🏻

All the details and the RSVP link are below. Please RSVP if you plan to come—space is limited! 🎸📖

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eat-your-meat-love-your-life-official-book-launch-qa-live-music-tickets-1998384460717?aff=oddtdtcreator

“What about his size? Chris would have more credibility if he actually lost his weight.”

Yeah… about that...

The internet is a fascinating place. You can lose well over 100 pounds, completely change your relationship with food, rebuild your health, transform your body, and somebody who knows absolutely nothing about your journey will STILL look at you and decide you haven’t done enough to be worthy yet.

Here’s what I want you to understand:

You don’t have to be finished to be proud of your progress.

I’m not at my goal weight. I’m not pretending I am. I still have fat to lose. I still have muscle to build. There’s another version of me I’m working toward.

But look at this before and after picture.

That didn’t happen because I was perfect.

It happened because I kept showing up.

I showed up when the scale moved.
I showed up when it didn’t.
I showed up when people encouraged me.
I showed up when strangers mocked me.
I showed up when I felt motivated; and, much more importantly, when I didn’t.

And I’m going to keep showing up.

One of the biggest traps in a weight-loss journey is believing you aren’t allowed to be proud until you arrive at some imaginary finish line.

Forget that and stupidity of the comments telling you that's how it is.

Be proud of the 10 pounds.
Be proud of the first walk around the block.
Be proud of choosing differently at dinner tonight.
Be proud of getting back up after a bad week.
Be proud of becoming stronger even while you’re still carrying weight you are going to lose.

Because progress is not invalidated by the distance you still have left to travel.

And when somebody looks at where you are today and uses it to tell you that you don’t matter because you haven’t reached the destination yet?

Let them ignorantly flap their gums.

They don’t have to believe in your progress for it to be real.

You just have to keep making it.

I’m not finished.

But I’m sure as hell not standing still.

Eat Your Meat. Love Your Life. 🤘😎🎸🥩

See you guys this weekend at Low Carb For Better Health!

Happy birthday to the woman who changed the entire course of my life.

There was a time when I was at my lowest, when I was struggling more than most people will ever know, and when fighting for myself just didn’t feel like enough of a reason to keep fighting.

And then there was Ash. She was the thing that finally tipped the scales.

Before I knew how to fight for myself, I knew I wanted to fight for her. I wanted a life with her. I wanted to become the man who could build that life beside her. Who would be worthy of the love she showed me. And somewhere along the way, loving her taught me that maybe my own life was worth fighting for, too.

I genuinely don’t know where I would be without her. Honestly, I probably wouldn’t even be here.

Everything people see me doing today, Chris Cooking Nashville, the cookbook, the community, the music she and I play, every crazy dream we’ve been fortunate enough to chase, has her fingerprints all over it. None of it happens without the woman behind the scenes who believed in me when I had nothing left to believe in myself.

She has seen me at my absolute worst and loved me there. She has celebrated me at my best without ever needing the spotlight for herself. She has sacrificed, encouraged, worked, prayed, cried, laughed, struggled, dreamed, and built this life right alongside me.

There is no version of my story worth telling that doesn’t have Ash at the heart of it.

I would lay down my life for this woman without a moment’s hesitation. Not because that’s something romantic to say on her birthday, but because she truly is that precious to me.

Of all the things God has allowed me to experience, accomplish, build, or become, she is the greatest blessing He has ever given me.

Ash, I hope you know that no accomplishment will ever mean more to me than getting to walk through this life with you. No number on a screen, no book, no stage, no success and no dream could ever come close.

You are my home.
You are my best friend.
You are the love of my life.

And when I look at everything that has happened since you walked into my world, I can’t help but think that God knew exactly what He was doing when He gave me you.

Happy birthday, babe.

I love you more than I will ever have words capable of explaining.

And if I got to choose all over again, through every hard day, every struggle, every tear and every impossible season…

I would choose you every single time. ❤️