Back to square one...AGAIN!

(Amanda Jakositz) #21

This is so me. I went off of Keto 2 months ago, I don’t really know why, I just did. I think one of the reasons why I did is I was getting frustrated because my weight loss was very very slow. I lost about 15 pounds which took approximately one year to do. Looking back, if I’m really honest with myself, I know that I was doing more of a “keto light” diet. You know the one, oh I can eat a little carb here and there, maybe take the weekend off or at least a night or two, that can’t hurt me right? Unlike several people here my body is not totally deranged yet with diabetes however it runs very strongly in my family and I know that it’s lurking just around the corner. When I was on keto I truly felt so much better, but as soon as I went off my gerd came back with a vengeance. I was nauseated and having to take two different types of medications just to help me feel better. I’m so happy that I’m now back on keto and ready to just make this a way of life. Yes I still have a lot of weight to lose, but if it just comes off slowly I’m trying to become more patient with that. I am happy that this time around my husband is doing this with me. For now he says he’s just doing it for the month of January however my hope is that he will feel so much better that he continues this way of life as well. Unlike me he really doesn’t have much weight to lose.

Of a different note, I’ve been apart of the forums for quite some time but I don’t contribute much but I certainly lurk and like reading all the posts. I just want to say a very big thank you to @richard and @carl. I love listening to your podcast and all of the amazing information that has given me. I am somebody who does not like to do things without knowing why I’m doing it and I love geeking out with all the science! With all the facts that you have provided during the past couple of years it has really helped me truly get on board with Keto. In fact, I have such confidence in this way of eating I have now started to recommend keto too many of my patients (I’m a nurse practitioner). I am looking forward to continuing with my Learning Journey about keto so that I can help others achieve their success in the future.

I am planning to keep calm and keto on.

(Margie) #22

Well, hello everyone (all of you precious souls that have responded to Nick) but especially to Nick.

WARNING: This is likely too long and my apologies to any that are not pleased. Like so many, I have been a Keto Forum stalker😏 But I must make the commitment and have some cyber accountability!

Nick, very similar to you, I have struggled with my weight for most of my life. I turned 60 in December. I am female, a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. I truly do not know what my highest weight was. I suspect it was probably 275 or more. I do know that it was 248 on a doctor’s appointment back in the late 90’s when I had developed HBP. I was on many diets throughout my life - Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, various OTC remedies. Always I lost weight and regained. And lots of other plans and then re-read Atkins around 2009 just after having back surgery. I started it after that doctor visit…and Over the next year, dropped about 40 lbs. Sort of hovered around that weight until December 2013 when I had a total hysterectomy. I had read several books (Dana Carpenter, Maria Emmerich, Jimmy Moore, Phinney, Voleck & Westman) and started LCHF/KETO. I lost down to 180. Felt better. Then several things happened. I had an extremely devastating event happen followed by my mother’s progressive decline in health, suffer for years, following conventional dietary advice and died at 81. My Dad was her primary caregiver, and he developed an undifferientaed Sarcoma during her last two years and he died 14 months later. I quit my new lifestyle during those years and have now decided that it is now or never! I have felt shame, guilt and self-loathing because I knew the right way…knowledge is not power - APPLIED knowledge IS! I heard the 2 Keto DUDES on Jimmy Moore’s Podcast and have become an addict of their podcast. The headline of your post captured my attention! I am currently in a motel in Louisiana because my mother-in-law fell and broke her hip and elbow. She is 83, T2D (on insulin), has dementia, heart issues and yep, under the current mainstream protocol. She is our last living parent and frankly, I am pissed. I also read THE Brenda Zorn’s quote: "I am going to un**ck the world!"while in the ICU with her. It is time!

So, My New Year’s commitment is starting a bit late but I am putting it out there with ya! Let’s roll!

I am 5’6", 192, 60 and am ready to do this. My BG has been between 100 and 130. My entire spinal column is inflamed, with several spurs and is in a spiral shape. Thank you for your candid post. Nick, I wish you great success and pray for the strength to Keto with you (all of you)! Bless you all.

Thank you Carl and Richard for all that you do. Thank you for bringing sooooo many wonderful persons to so many thru your journeys, your work, efforts and passion! May we all become more from being less in 2018!

Keep me honest and KCKO!!!

(Nick Eagle) #23

Thank yoy so much for this post @Mimi2007! Takes alot to put your self out there like that! Lets do this together! Feel free to message or shout out to me anytime! I know for me… accountability is key in the beginning

(Margie) #24

TY for quick response. Heading back home (in Southeastern Oklahoma) tomorrow and returning next week for her 2nd surgery. Thanks for reading my novella🙂 Mimi

(Paul Scalzo) #25

You have my utmost respect for picking yourself back up and getting after it again, my friend. I’m reminded of my favorite quote:

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the still, quite voice at the end of the day, saying: I will try again tomorrow.”

  • Mary Anne Radmacher.
(Ron Mc Curley) #26

@Pscalzo
Great quote

(Keto Mom) #27

Mannnann do I understand the struggle. I’m so proud of you. You made the step and you know it works.

It took me two years to decide to take the plunge and I’m loving it! I feel better and I can’t wait to hear about your success this time. Congrats!!!

(Patricia) #28

You can do this! - remember this 1) carbs/sugar is just like a drug (or poison) its addicting to the human body…sugar does the same thing to your brain as cocaine …2)the best way to make progress with anything is to take the failures, examine them closely and ask yourself what needs to be tweaked, what would work better, get some new ideas (write it down if it helps) I’ve been keto for a little over 3 years now - have been very “lazy” (I have to laugh because I’ve still been eating healthier than all my carb eating friends and family!) with counting my macros for the last year and a half , have gained some weight BUT still realize a LOT of the other benefits of keto. Anyway, I have started up again using the Cronometer app which,
once you plug in all the food info is very helpful - one important thing is to BE CREATIVE with your recipes there are now tons of terrific blogs for keto recipes from desserts to chili! example: if you want muffins for breakfast make a bunch of flaxseed muffins and freeze them so that they are convenient …you don’t have to feel deprived you just have to make a CHOICE to change the ingredients - everyday say to yourself “this is what I did well” " I am making progress" etc and make it a hobby not a chore - another thing most of us don’t want to admit is that we’re eating (in excess) for a reason: we feel unworthy, unloved etc and food has been (usually) a life long way of comforting ourselves. SO visualize that little kid in you.(get a photo of a younger you if it helps)…go over and give him a huge hug (everyday) and tell him that you are going to take care of him from now on and that he will be Ok

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #29

Don’t forget my personal mantra “It takes a fucking fierce self love”

…because it truly does

(Elizabeth) #30

I did the same thing 2 Christmas’s ago… I thought a few carbs here and there will be fine… nope. It took me 18 months of attempted restarts, me getting more stressed each time. I was trying to do everything the same as I used to, but that wasn’t working. I finally worked out to listen to my body (which wanted to fast for longer each day this time) and just do what felt right instead of copying what I did before. I eat different foods this time, I eat less, I do less exercise and I don’t count anything. I even drank a lot over Christmas but I feel like I can jump back into keto with no problems this time.
Good luck to you!

(Bunny) #31

The Best Times to Eat to Lose Weight
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(Paige) #32

Good luck I know you can do it! From Christmas till now I have been on an carb binge that slowly escalated to something awful so I totally hear you. I have been doing so well so I have to pick my self up again and get back on that keto path. Thanks for your story and honesty. I wish you all the best and let’s do this!

(Nick Eagle) #33

Thank you!

(Liz ) #34

Cheering you on! It’s fantastic you know what to do, you are a pro & you will succeed.

I keep thinking about this idea I heard from Dr Atkins’ colleague, I can’t remember her name, unfortunately. But I watched a video of her speaking on a low carb cruise & she talked about how addictive carbs are (I am a full blown recovering carb addict). She said something like, the addicted brain makes poor decisions. And that really resonated with me. Right then I absolved myself from being a “bad” person for being addicted, or having poor character for not making good food decisions. That lifted a huge weight off my shoulders & allowed me to be kinder to myself which led me to Keto. KCKO!

(Ketomanu) #35

Yes, Margie! It is never too late to turn around.

So so very true! Because we all know that carbs are not good for us, but we are so addicted to them that this is hard to break. Applying what we have learned is making all the difference.

Let’s roll Margie!

#36

Has anyone mentioned the 100% rule yet? The theory is basically, it’s easier to say no 100% of the time than only 99% of the time. The 1% becomes a slippery slope. I am OKAY at 99% but life is SO MUCH EASIER at 100%. If you had a slippery slope experience, then maybe 100% is the way to go.

(April Jo) #37

You have got this!

(Michael Iafrato ) #38

I am with you. I feel off the wagon and have been off for a bit now. My best friend and I are going to do a 30 day challenge to be 100% perfect on a lifestyle to reboot ourselves. I am going to do Keto. So I will be needing the support. We start the challenge on 1/30.

#39

Keto WOE is not easy in a carb-fueled culture, but despite the setbacks you haven’t given up. Make 2018 your success year.

(Seth Rue) #40

Exactly, I lost a hundred pounds a couple years ago and let stress and environmental changes change my diet back to a Carby one. Coming back makes me feel so much better. There is some slight regret of falling off. But the joy of returning far outshadows it. I find with a good community built up around you, which this site exemplifies, it is much easier to hold accountability and keto on. The research and knowledge also helps because you realize not only how you are healing yourself, but also the was a SAD diet hurts you.

Keep on going and relish in a healthier life.