About Me

Current Day

Hi, I’m Peter.

Sydney (Campbelltown)

Why this site exists

Since having nearly died from Covid back in 2022. I became aware from then just how important my health was to me and decided from there that I would share my experiences with my own gains in my own health and the challenges I would face and overcome. To add, I owe a lot of me new health to two doctors, Dr Peter Glidden and Dr Eric Berg. If it wasn’t for these two doctors, I would still be somewhat on the diet and health merry-go-round, but thanks to these two doctors, that is now at an end.

Your Man Stuff was created for this very reason. To provide clear, practical information for men navigating health changes that commonly appear after 40, and past 60, just like myself. For the guy that is confused about what is out there, this website will help over come that.

Many men feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice, exaggerated claims, or content that doesn’t reflect real life.

This platform exists to cut through the noise and focus on grounded, easy-to-understand guidance.

We review health topics, lifestyle approaches, and third-party wellness resources that may be relevant to men looking to stay active and informed as we all age. After all, we are no longer in our twenties and can do what we like, thinking we are bulletproof.

Your Man Stuff is independently operated and not affiliated with any medical institution. I actually hate Big Pharma. We have also added a Men’s resource Page with further information.

How I Got Here

I wasn’t always focused on my health.

For a long time, I ate poorly, carried extra weight, and dealt with issues that I mostly brushed off as part of getting older.

I also smoked for around 25 years. I quit when I was 42 — one year after my father died from liver cancer. Losing him made me think seriously about my own health and where I was heading. At the time, quitting smoking felt like the right step, and it was, but it was the only real change I made.

I didn’t change how I ate. I didn’t address my diet. I didn’t really exercise. I assumed that stopping smoking was enough.

From around 2007 through to 2019, that’s largely how things stayed. I wasn’t smoking anymore, but I was still carrying extra weight, eating poorly, and dealing with issues many men quietly accept as normal. Mild joint aches, mild swelling, sore muscles, back aches, low energy and a pot belly that just seemed to be growing. All signs of bigger problems to come.

One of those issues was a knee problem that eventually sent me to the doctor. Instead of discussing lifestyle or diet, I was handed prescriptions — including medication for arthritis I didn’t have, and cholesterol tablets. That was the first time I realised how little attention was given to prevention or food.

Greek Food Is The Bomb

Not long after that, a trip to Greece changed something for me — almost by accident. I walked every day. Nothing extreme. I didn’t change how I ate. But within a few weeks, I noticed real changes in how I felt and how my body responded. I realised, you don’t have to be a bodybuilder, fitness fanatic, or a daily runner or anything like that to live a health, fulfilled ” NO HEALTH SYMPTOMS ” life.

It was the funniest thing. When I boarded the plane, I only just squeezed between the armrests of my Cattle class seat. On the way back, just six weeks later, my clothes and pants were hanging off me. I sat my skinny ass on that seat like I dropped a penny in a bucket. My wife didn’t recognise me at the airport.

I had walked a total of 320 km in six weeks, and I ate Greek food like a pig while I was there.

Do you think I can pull off the same in Australia or any English-speaking nation for that fact? Not a chance, because our food is filled with preservatives, additives and sugar. Designed ” BY DESIGN ” to keep you fat and unhealthy, no matter how much you exercise.

That raised a question I couldn’t ignore.

If walking alone made that much difference with eating good food in Greece, what role was my diet really playing here in Australia?

Between 2020 and 2022, I put everything into action, diet and exercise, and what a difference it made eating the right foods and just cutting out the crap

In 2022, I nearly died from COVID and spent weeks on a ventilator. I lost all my muscle mass that I had put on from these major changes. I was told there was a real chance I wouldn’t survive, and that even if I did, my lungs might never fully recover.

I did recover, and the doctors had told me right there and then, that if I wasn’t in the shape that I was when I got Covid, it most certainly would have killed me. That was a real eye opener for me.

After that experience, I took a much harder look at my health and the choices I’d made over decades.

From that point on, I changed how I ate completely, cut out sugar, became more deliberate with food, and paid attention to habits I’d ignored for years.

What The Doctor Said

Now, obviously this is not me in this image as I don’t have an image of the doctors visit. When I went back to my doctor months later, after losing the excess weight and feeling better than I had in years, he asked, “What the hell happened? You changed your diet, didn’t you?”

I asked why that conversation hadn’t happened earlier. His response was simple.

“We’re not health care specialists. We’re medical professionals.”

That moment stayed with me. I couldn’t believe what I heard. What “I ” heard was ” I am drug dealer and my job is to sell you drugs, and keep you on drugs, which was what he tried to do initially.

Blood tests later showed significant changes. Cholesterol levels dropped. Triglycerides came down. Blood sugar levels went through the floor. The knee pain disappeared, but that was related to knots in my muscles which I later found that physio released those knots and my knee pain was gone. The doctor’s advice ? Put the man on arthritis drugs. The swelling that was coming and going in my right leg was now gone.

All of it followed one decision — to take responsibility for how I lived and what I put into my body.

What This Site Is — And What It Isn’t

This site exists to share my personal experience with health, food, and lifestyle as I’ve gotten older.

It’s not medical advice.
It’s not a treatment plan.
And it’s not a substitute for professional care.

I’m not a doctor, a nutritionist, or a fitness professional. I don’t diagnose conditions or prescribe anything. What I share here is based on my own experiences, the changes I’ve made, and what I’ve learned along the way, and what a significant difference it has made to my life, without needing doctors, their damn drugs, no further health ailments… AND… NO WALKING FRAMES. Just living a normal life without being a statistic to big pharma and their excuse of ” Oh its your age that your joints are hurting and you need drugs ” Let me be clear on this, it isn’t.

This site is for men who want clear, grounded information — without hype, exaggerated claims, or pressure. It’s about understanding how health can change over time, and how everyday choices around food and lifestyle can play a role.

From time to time, I may review or mention products or third-party resources that I believe may be relevant. Some of these may include affiliate links. I only share things I’ve looked into myself, and readers are always encouraged to make their own decisions.

Your Man Stuff is independently operated and not affiliated with any medical institution.

After I started taking Care Of My Health

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I don’t claim to have all the answers.

What I do have is lived experience — years of getting things wrong, learning what mattered later than I should have, and seeing how small, sensible changes added up over time.

This site exists to share that perspective honestly. Nothing more.

Over time, this site will grow with blog posts on the foods I personally eat myself, the exercise and movement I stick to, and discussions around health topics I come across and take the time to look into.

If any of what I’ve written here resonates, you’re welcome to stick around and explore the site at your own pace.

What I Do for Healthy Nutrition?

I don’t follow rigid meal plans or extreme diets. What I focus on is eating real food, cutting out what clearly causes problems, and keeping things sustainable long term. Everything I share here is based on what I’ve done myself — not theory, not trends, and not perfection. I live my life still spoiling myself every now and then. I don't live a strict life without endulging every now and then but the focus is strong healt. Never forget that.

I Eat Real Meals I Follow (OMAD) 1 Meal A Day. The Real Purpose Of Food Is To Sustain Life And provide Energy. If You Are Eating Anything That Doesn't Do This, You Are Endulging.
I Exercise Almost Daily Without Killing Myself Or Spending Two Hours In The Gym
I Ocassionaly Bike Ride
I fast Religiously Once A Week up to 48 hours.