Tag: Brain Tumor

Amen Clinics & SPECT Imaging Video 1

Check out my perspective as I fly from NC to Atlanta to see Dr. Daniel Amen at Amen clinics to get a brain scan using SPECT imaging along with Dr. Ryan Lowery.

Follow along to see what a day in the life is like for Josh as he travels from Raleigh, NC to Atlanta, GA.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

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Josh Perry Website – https://JoshPerryBMX.com

Amen Clinics Website – https://www.amenclinics.com/

Ryan Lowery’s Website – https://www.Ketogenic.com

Pruvit’s Website – https://www.PruvitNow.com

Mess To Messgage

I turned what I thought was my “mess” into my message today with a higher purpose than myself.

My WHY has transformed from self, fueled by spite and anger to prove others wrong, to purpose.

A purpose to serve and support others so they can empower themselves to become the healthiest, happiest, and most successful versions of themselves.

I do this because I don’t want people to suffer and fall short of their potential in life as I was in my past.

I believe I had to go through what I went though to learn and make changes because I was stubborn but also because I was able to overcome the adversity and share my successes as a form of teaching.

All I’ve learned up until this point as a 30 year old has been distilled into these 3 principles I love sharing:

1) perspective is essential and gratitude is the key to abundance.

2) health is internal, not numbers on the scale or what’s on the outside.

3) our reality is a manifestation of our choices.

Audit your choices and if they’re serving you or not.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Simplicity & Consistency

Keep it simple and consistent. That’s how you create sustainable success.

Doesn’t matter if it’s Keto, sports, career, relationships, etc.

We as human beings love over analyzing things because we’ve been conditioned to think it’s gotta be complicated in order to achieve our goals.

Fact of the matter is, and this is from my personal experience in all areas mentioned above, it’s really damn simple.

Set a goal, put the work in, foster the believe YOU CAN do it, don’t give up, be patient, learn what’s working or not working, become self-aware of what you’re good at, find your tribe of support, and stay focused on your WHY!

That’s it. If you have that equation, you’ll succeed.

When I began my nutrition and holistic health journey, even before Keto was as a passion or on my radar for that matter, I got too wrapped up in the complexity of it all.

As anyone who’s looking into health if any kind knows, it’s complex!

As time has gone on and I’ve experimented and coached others as I continue to educate myself, I’ve connected with some of the best Keto experts in the world. They all have an immense depth of knowledge for Keto, nutritional science, and health, and all same the same thing.

Kermit simple!

Simple can taste delicious, be efficient for your time, and nourish your body at the same time letting you crush your goals while feeling and looking the best ever.

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

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WHAT RESULTS DO U GET?

🔥 Fat burning Metabolism

🧠 Improved Brain Health

🥑 Reduction In Inflammation & Oxidative Stress

🔬 Disease Fighting & Prevention Potential

🌀 Improved Mental Clarity & Cognitive Performance

⚡️ HIGH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Purpose Driven

Being diagnosed 3 times with 5 total tumors, among other obstacles like blowing out my knee after treatment, living out of my car for a few months, overcoming depression, being abused most my childhood by a drunken step-father, breaking ribs after my third diagnosis, and flat lining on the bottom of a contest course all has led me down a deep path of self-exploration and auditing who I was, the choices I was making, and ultimately who I wanted to become.

I’d tell you were crazy had you told me what I would accomplish today, the parts of the world I’d see, and who I’d become when I was 17, just dropped out of high school, and left home in pursuit of a dream to become a professional BMX athlete. But, looking back on the last 12 years of my life makes sense as to why I was able to do so. It all stemmed from a vision I had created for my life and the tenacity to not give up.

I believe we all have the same choice in our lives and that’s our perspective, which no one can take from us. It’s a choice we are faced with on a daily basis. It’s not always easy but it’s worth putting the effort in to become aware of our thoughts and focus on improving them. I could have very easily chosen the perspective of a victim and had given up on more than a handful of occasions and no one would have ever batted an eye.

But, for what purpose?

How would that help me?

It wouldn’t and thankfully my vision wouldn’t allow that choice as these experiences have given me clarity with my purpose to SERVE others🙏🏼

We all have the same choice in life….our PERSPECTIVE and the vision we create for ourselves.

I’m just a kid from Cape Cod with no money, no upper hand, and a lot of odds stacked against me.

I could have chosen a path of fear disguised by practicality but I chose a path dictated by my vision even though others said it wasn’t possible.

If I can succeed, so can you!

Tagged are the people who inspire me daily🔥🙌🏼

Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

📸 Jackie Lauricella

Power of Sharing

I believe the power of sharing your WHY, or your beliefs, can lead you to meeting and connecting with extraordinary people like Michael Bustin 💯

The fact that we can share to an unlimited amount of people via social media and the resistance people show towards that fact is mind boggling.

It wasn’t as clear to me in on the beginning in regards to how much value sharing, story telling, and combining the two via the internet could have for others and myself.

I learned the power of sharing in 2010 as I shared for the first time that I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Fast forward & years, sharing in an effort to bring others as much value as possible has led me to meeting incredible people like Michael as well as many more and experiences and opportunities.

What is your perspective on story telling, connecting, and bringing others value?

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

👉🏼DM ME NOW FOR INFO ON SEEING 100% GUARANTEED RESULTS OR…

To begin your transformational journey…

📲 go to www.KetoBrains.com

💪🏽 SELECT A GOAL!

Enroll in my 12-week health coaching program & Let’s Get GOING! 🙌🏼

WHAT RESULTS DO U GET?

🔥 Fat burning Metabolism!

🧠 Improved Brain Health!

💪 Natural BDNF & Growth Hormone Stimulation

🔬 Disease Fighting & Prevention Potential

🌀 Improved Mental Clarity & Cognitive Performance

⚡️ HIGH ENERGY that’s sustained all day

DM me or 📲 josh@joshperrybmx.com for questions

Love Over Fear

Fear is just a thought and thoughts can be changed with perspective. Which perspective you choose is YOUR ChOICE.

“You will only ever have two choices: love or fear. Choose love and don’t ever let fear turn you against your playful heart” – Jim Carrey 💚❤️

Far too often do I hear people give me all kinds of excuses as to why they are unhappy, suffering, and/or didn’t/don’t follow their dreams or passions in life.🙈

Bottom line, it’s your perceptive.🧐

It’s because of fear. Fear of failure or failure again, fear of the unknown, fear of what others may say or think, fear of even succeeding and what that’ll do to our life, and so on. I’ve been there, many times. Any successful person has.

The difference?

Gratitude, love, and a choice to not let fear dictate your life.🌀

Whether it’s a health and fitness goal, a business/career goal, personal and family, sports, etc. related goal, prescribe is everything!💯

I encourage you all to figure out what it is you love to do most, WHY that is so, and how to make that a regular habit in your life while ditching the excuses. Life’s way more pleasant that way. 🙏🏼

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

We All Have This Choice

I believe we all have the same choice in life when things go poorly or well.

It’s a choice that no one can take from us.🙏🏼

It’s a choice in perspective. To choose to see life as glass half full or glass half empty.

To choose to become a survivor rather than a victim.💪🏽

Two quotes I love are:

1- life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you.

2- life is 10% what happens to us and 90% now we react.

That said, if you’re unhappy for any reason then I’d check your perspective. 🧐

Are you a survivor or a victim?

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Want help improving your health, removing excess body fat, increasing sustainable energy levels, and/or support with reducing inflammation?

Go to www.KetoBrains.com to enroll in my 12-week coaching program.

Check this link for a limited time offer (75% off) for first 10 sign ups as a launch celebration for my online coaching platform. 🙌🏼

https://www.ketobrains.com/offers/STiXqmRe/checkout

You’ll get:

👉🏼life-lasting tools & results that are enjoyable, efficient, and simple.

👉🏼 personalized meal plans

👉🏼 weekly coaching calls with me to ensure you’re always supported

👉🏼 personal fitness plans

👉🏼 VIP Facebook group access

DM me or 📲 josh@joshperrybmx.com for questions

Keto Doesn’t Require Tons Of Fat.

There’s a misconception that Keto requires a ton of fat at every meal.

When you’re first beginning your ketogenic diet & lifestyle journey, you’ll be adding WAY MORE fat than most are used to consuming, which brings mindset obstacles, such as conditioning to believe fat makes us fat, to the surface.

That’s entirely false, while in the right context. When starches, sugars, & high-levels of carbohydrates are absent, fat allows our brains & bodies to thrive.

Again, while starting out on a ketogenic diet there will be an adjustment period that requires you to fuel your body with fat to satiety, thus meaning you’ll most likely be eating a fair amount of fat. But, once fat-adapted, you start to notice shifts in hunger, energy levels, mental clarity, weight removing, & improved sleep & digestion & no longer require a ton of fat at every meal.

The adaptation process takes time & is different for each individual.

The other piece of context is “what is your goal”? If you’re trying to maintain weight, or bulk, once fat-adapted, then you’re probably going to need a lot more fat at each meal (or in total for the day) then someone who’s trying to remove weight & body fat.

This meal represents effort to cut some body fat % as I’m fat adapted= not so much fat🔥

It’s all in context to the individuals goals & needs. There’s no one size fits all here.

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

Want help improving your health, removing excess body fat, increasing sustainable energy levels, and/or support with reducing inflammation?

Go to www.KetoBrains.com to enroll in my 12-week program.

Check this link for a limited time offer (75% off) for first 10 sign ups as a launch celebration for my online coaching platform.

https://www.ketobrains.com/offers/STiXqmRe/checkout

You’ll get:

👉🏼life-lasting tools & results that are enjoyable, efficient, & simple.

👉🏼 personalized meal plans

👉🏼 weekly coaching calls wirh me to ensure you’re always supported

👉🏼 personal fitness plans

👉🏼 VIP Facebook group access

DM me or 📲 josh@joshperrybmx.com for questions

Thermometer or Thermostat

I believe we all have a choice.

A choice to become a survivor or a victim. React to life or be proactive in life.

I love how Jim Kwik puts it as comparing a thermostat to a thermometer. A thermostat controls the environment and a thermometer reacts to an environment.

I know we can’t control our lives but we can control our choices, which will manifest a reality one way or another. Or choices in food, thoughts, and physical activity.

We can choose to be proactive and prevent unwanted realities, or we can live our lives in auto-pilot and react to events as they come. I choose to follow a ketogenic diet & lifestyle for my 🧠, choose to educate myself on a daily basis, choose to serve others and help support them, and choose to hold myself accountable for my reality.

I was living my life as a thermometer and just reacting to my environment until I was 21 and told I was going to die from a massive brain tumor taking residence on the left half of my brain. It took that life or death situation to audit my choices, foster self-awareness, and make the choice to become empowered over my reality.

I share not to brag, but to inspire you all to take action as a thermostat for your life rather than reacting to your life environment/reality as a thermometer.

I don’t want others to suffer as I did and be forced to react to a situation. I want your choices to come from move rather than fear.

-Josh P. 💚🧠✌️

BMX to Inspiration

It was a dream to become a pro BMX athlete one day and do this trick I grew up seeing Dave Mirra do.

A version of this trick (performed on the ramp to the left of this photo) actually saved my life when I fell and hit my head and needed an MRI. Backstory leading up to that point, I’d been in and out of the doctors office complaining of headaches, vision loss, and vomiting while also requesting a scan but denied and prescribed pain pills told “you’re young, in shape, and just have headaches”.

Fast forward to that crash I mentioned and the MRI that followed, who knew. I was diagnosed at the younger age of 21 with a massive brain tumor taking over half my brain and residing on my optic nerve and wrapped around an artery in my brian.

I’ve been able to transcend my dreams and inspire action in others around the world with nutrition, fitness, and mindset shifts from my experiences like what I just shared above, and I’m extremely honored and grateful for that fact.

Had I not set out to create my own path in life, who knows how many regrets I’d live with today and how many lives I may have not changed for the better.

Today, I live with 4 brain tumors (2 more brain tumor diagnosis since the original surgery) and have used Elekta Gamma Knife to shrink 2 and ketogenic diet and lifestyle to stabilize the other 2. I don’t compete anymore (personal choice) but I still ride at the same level (seen here), coach others, and am a motivational speaker.

-Josh P. 💚✌️