Honest things made by a regular guy who rebuilt his life.
I’m Brian, from Ohio. In 2022 rheumatoid arthritis left me unable to move for three months. Since then I’ve lost about 300 pounds by changing when I eat. Now I design desk mats, make plain fasting tools, and write down what actually worked.
- 300 lblost, no surgery or drugs
- 10,000+steps a day now
- 5.0★on Etsy
Three things, one idea: make it honest and make it useful.
Desk mats
Watercolor dogs, cats, frogs and cozy little scenes on big desk mats. I design every one, and each mat is printed when you order it.
Browse the shopFinding Your Window
My 12-page PDF guide to five fasting windows, from a gentle 12:12 to 20:4, with tracking logs. One-time purchase, $9.99.
See the guideFasting tools
A two-minute readiness quiz, a tracker that runs in your browser, and a one-page cheat sheet. No account needed.
Start hereFresh desk mats
The newest designs from the HuppGoods shop. Each one opens on Etsy, where checkout and shipping happen.
Beagle Window Nap Desk Mat
Border Collie Desk Mat
Black Labrador Riverside Desk Mat
Frog Reading Nook Desk Mat
“The print quality is honestly better than I expected. Colors are deep and the detail on the dragon is sharp, looks just like the listing photos.”
Etsy review of the Storm Dragon desk mat, May 2026
50 designs in the shop. 5.0 stars from every review so far.
See the whole shop
From flat on my back to 10,000 steps a day.
Late in 2022 I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. For about three months I couldn’t move, I lost my job, and I weighed 520 pounds. Exercise was off the table, so I changed the one thing I could: how often I ate. It took almost two years to lose a little over 300 pounds. No surgery, no weight loss drugs, no paid program.
Hupp Goods is what came after. Everything here comes from that same place: a real person, figuring it out the slow way, and telling you the unglamorous parts too.
Start small. I started below 12:12.
The free quiz asks about your day, your schedule and your experience, then suggests a realistic window to start with. It takes about two minutes.
I’m not a doctor and none of this is medical advice. If you have a health condition, take medication, are pregnant, or have a history of disordered eating, talk to your doctor before you change how you eat.
Finding Your Window
Five starting windows, what the first two weeks feel like, common mistakes, and when you’re ready to move up.
See what’s insideLatest write-ups
When to Move to a Longer Fasting Window, and When to Stay Put
I started below 12:12 and can hold 20:4 now. It took almost two years. Here is what I'd look at before adding hours to a fast, and when I'd leave them alone.
What I Eat While Intermittent Fasting: Whatever I Want, Just Less
I never changed what I eat. My old Taco Bell order was five items and a large pop. Now it's one, maybe two. Here is what one meal in my eating window looks like.
Intermittent Fasting With a Physical Job and Chronic Pain: How It Went for Me
I've worked hard physical jobs and I've been in pain for years. Here is where my bad fasting days came from and what changed as the weight came off.
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One page: what the fasting numbers mean and what breaks a fast. Confirm your email and the download opens. New posts come by email after that. No spam.