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TLDR; I feel great and I really CAN do this!
January 3, 2016; my 33rd birthday. I weighed in at 201.6lbs and I felt horrible. Skin issues, lack of energy, none of my clothes fit well, ect... I decided that was not acceptable. I would not get to my 34th birthday being over 200lbs. So, I did what I had done in the past. Count calories, weight every scrap of food, log it all, and exercise. I managed to drop 10lbs within a month. Felt good about that; and promptly fell off the wagon. I got a cold or had a stressful day at work. Who knows why. Managed to yo-yo those 10lbs for the next 8 months. The first week of August, and I visited my mom and spent that week indulging in everything my mother makes and drinking soda after soda, cookies, Twizzlers, and m&m's. She lives near a lake and took photos of me and my son... in bathing suits. I was horrified. I came back home from that trip and promptly weighed in... 201.6... again. FUCK! Ok, this cannot happen, I cannot make it to my 34th birthday and be this heavy. I simply cannot. Ok... back to what I know. Cals in; cals out. Weigh everything morsel, count everything, exercise and just BE HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. I re-enlisted in Fatsecret and starting logging and counting and journaling. A few days after getting back into it...(and I really wish I knew who I read it from); someone was talking about LCHF and how it really helped them NOT BE HUNGRY, and lose weight. I thought to myself... I must Google this. And google I did. One of the first websites I found was www.dietdoctor.com. And it was like sun shining from the heavens, it was the bacon (lol) of hope that I needed. It made sense and I was like, YES! I can do this. And do this I did! From Aug thru Sept. I lost 20lbs. The end of Sept is a special event that I go to in my home town and decided that I would indulge for the visit (in moderation). and I did; but you know what; I managed only put on 2-3lbs. And after that, I managed to maintain my weight for about 1.5 months. I then decided to re-double my efforts, my 34th birthday is looming. As of today, I officially down 31lbs since August (and/or Jan 3, 2016) and I've got 7.6lbs remaining to meet my goal of 163lbs. 22 days until my birthday and I am more certain than I have ever been that I can meet that goal. My plan is to maintain that for a little (maybe a month or so) and then get back on the hardcore Keto lifestyle. My rant/ramblings are for myself, if I ever manage to get myself back up this heavy again I hope I have enough sense to read my journalings and remind myself that I can do it, and it doesn't have to be hard or stressful. If this little story inspires you at all or makes you curious, I encourage you to check out information about low carb, keto, paleo or even Atkins lifestyles. They are all kinda similar - get rid of carbs (sugars & starches), add fat. That's it. It is that easy to not be hungry and to be in control. Sorry this was so long, but I really needed to get this all out of my head. I hope this inspires someone, and I wish I could remember who inspired me. Maybe the whole of FS inspired me, and you all continue to inspire me everyday.
Since starting I have found additional motivation and resources; a podcast called 2ketodudes.com has been exceptionally insightful. I highly recommend it, it gets a little technical sometimes but it has been a fountain of information for me and I love listening to those guys.
Happy Sunday FS Buddies! I hope you inspire someone today, maybe yourself.
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170.6 lb
Lost so far: 8.0 lb.
Still to go: 20.6 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 2.1 lb a week
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