Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Hope Gines. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hope, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s jump right into how you came up with the idea?
I started my Youtube channel simply to share my story/experience being on Keto and how I not only lost weight eating this low carb way but my health improved drastically! I originally started Keto thanks to my oldest daughter, Jessica, telling me about it. I ate 20 total carbs or less a day, meat, cheese, dairy, and some vegetables. We ate strict that year and I lost 45 lbs! I literally felt amazing! Was in smaller size clothing, had energy, and was able to sit down and not have rolls in my stomach. It sounds so silly, but that was the most amazing feeling that I remember the most! Then I honestly got very confident, felt invincible and thought I could go back and eat the way I used to, and gained it all back over the course of a couple of years. In 2019, with the encouragement of my family, I started a YouTube channel to document my journey and show what I was buying at the store, what i was making to eat, what I ate in a day, etc. I have since lost all that weight again and this time Iearned more about the importance of eating basically real food, clean food, nothing processed. I think the success of it has been due to the fact that I shared the highs and the lows and most importantly the success! I have been maintaining my weight loss this time for over a year and it’s amazing!
Hope, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I am a 49 year old mom of 2 adult girls and a wife of almost 30 years to my husband Andy!
I touched on it briefly in the previous question, but I wanted to share my journey, show the fact that I am human, and I messed up that first time and learned so much this time around and just want to share how I did it. My husband is also featured on the channel sharing how he lost 100 lbs in less than year eating a different version of what I do. He’s more meat based, carnivore it is called. So, I think people are really loving to see that not everyone’s journey looks the same.
I’m also a big stickler on my channel that we do not judge people, if you do things differently than we do. Everyone is different, their backgrounds are different, they grew up differently, health is different, etc….so we just continue to encourage. We once did a little “segment” where we showcased subscriber success stories. Subscribers would email us their before and after photos and then tell us all the amazing things that they have benefited from by eating keto/carnivore/low carb…..those results were so great to celebrate and motivate others.
Can you tell us the story behind how you met your business partner?
I don’t have a business where I make a product or provide services for a fee or anything like that, I just hope to inspire others and the more the channel grows, the opportunities also grow. My business partner is also my husband of almost 30 years! We celebrate 30 years in April of this year. We met at a Target in 1993, I was working there and he was at my store training for his new loss prevention position. We started dating on December 1st 1993 and were married that following April 1994. It was the most amazing whirlwind of a romance and we’ve never looked back. He’s always been my biggest supporter and really helps me out with my videos and making sure I have the best equipment as well!
I’d also like to share, that my husband and I have recently moved into an RV full time! WHAT???? haha yes, we are empty nesters now, (2 grown daughters, both married) and we are living our dream of full time RV life, We literally just started that journey in January of this year and have a YouTube channel for that documenting the entire process as well!
Does your business have multiple or supplementary revenue streams (like a ATM machine at a barbershop, etc)?
In my case, my revenue streams are affiliate links offering discounts to subscribers for products that I use and believe in, along with sponsorships. That keeps growing as the channel keeps growing and I love being able to offer that to our subscribers.
During this journey, it has taught me to be more creative with food, and I have come up with some of my own recipes and that just blows my mind! I have set a goal to eventually make my own e-cookbook to be able to share that with others, but for now, the few recipes I have, we have put on our website.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.realmissionketo.com
- Instagram: @_mission.keto_
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/606814049948437
- Youtube: @MissionKeto
- Other: TikTok: @_mission.keto_ RV Youtube Channel: @hopeandyrvlife