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I started Keto on January 29, so this is my 3 month anniversary. I started at 198 lbs. and I am now at 177. In the past 8 weeks, I have lost 5-1/2 inches (I was too ashamed to measure in January after regaining some lbs.). My trainer did a body fat percentage and I have decreased it by 10 percentage points. According to those numbers, I am no longer obese, just overweight. I can't tell you how long it has been since I wasn't "obese" - maybe 20 years!
I feel so much better. Fewer headaches, fewer joint aches. More importantly are the changes in my mood and attitude. I can't believe the changes there! No more stress eating. I am happy, genuinely happy. Some may attribute this to just losing weight, but I know it is more. I just don't feel the ups and downs like I did. Could it be that my insulin hormone was governing every other hormone?
I have accepted that my years of yo-yo dieting have jacked up my metabolism. Calorie restriction is just not my friend as I neared only eating 1200 calories a day just to lose weight. It actually made me worse over time and made me less efficient with each subsequent diet. I was hungry almost all the time! I can't believe that I am eating at my RDI nearly every day and still losing weight and inches.
The most important thing for me though, is that my son who suffers from debilitating headaches from post-concussion syndrome has finally considered eating more whole, real foods in his diet. We will start slowly so he doesn't get keto flu, but he has done the research to realize that repairing his cells through food is probably the best thing he can do to heal. I pray it works. It has been so hard to watch him suffer these past 6 years.
Sorry for the long post, but I just had to share the changes I have enjoyed over the past 90 days. It is life changing. I just wish I had listened to Phil and all the other keto followers sooner!!
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177.6 lb
Lost so far: 21.0 lb.
Still to go: 12.6 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 29 April 2018:
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2077 kcal
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Fat: 207.14g | Prot: 45.75g | Carb: 23.26g.
Breakfast: Vitacost Himalayan Pink Salt, Green Mountain Coffee Hazelnut K-Cup, Green Mountain Coffee Caramel Vanilla Cream K-Cup, Whole Foods Market Liquid Stevia Drops, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Truvia Sweetener (Packet), Vitacost Himalayan Pink Salt, Green Mountain Coffee Hazelnut K-Cup, Green Mountain Coffee Caramel Vanilla Cream K-Cup, Whole Foods Market Liquid Stevia Drops, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Truvia Sweetener (Packet). Lunch: Sesame Oil, Cabbage, Kroger Ground Beef Chuck 80/20. Dinner: ShopRite Frozen Whole Green Beans, Butter (Salted), Fried Chicken Thigh No Coating (Skin Eaten). Snacks/Other: Meijer Salted Roasted Pecans, Roasted Macadamia Nuts. more...
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losing 0.8 lb a week
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