Lots of good reading in there, Marianne.
How did you discover keto?
David_Stilley
(Full Metal KETO AF)
#42
Too late, just some of the T shirts Amazon offers, 
I hate to be a trend monger but I have to get at least one of these for going grocery shopping. 
KHAN
(Randy)
#43
My brother turned me on to keto. He reversed his T2 diabetes in 6 months.
I was 440 lbs and pre-diabetic.
2 years and 172 lbs later, my blood work and blood pressure are normal.
Countdown2020
(Mary)
#45
Get the Carb Wars one - itâs not only clever but trendy, too. Double win!
BlueViolet
(hottie turned hag)
#46
@David_Stilley thanks for the dose of cringe
I guess the positive is that more folks are realizing this is a healthier way to go.
Still hate to be associated with a pop culture fad.
- grumbling, muttering as I retreat back into my hermitage *
David_Stilley
(Full Metal KETO AF)
#47
@BlueViolet See, youâre a hipster and didnât even know it, truly cool and not a poseur. 
who knew!?!
liversage
(Martin Liversage)
#51
I have been listening to @carlâs podcast, .NET Rocks! since 2003(!) While this podcast is focused on specific technology the hosts do a bit of small talk and some years ago Carl started to mention the ketogenic diet and fasting. I was like: âFasting? Are you serious?? Thatâs not possible!â I could not imagine myself even skipping a few meals. I often was hungry between meals and being hungry felt very unpleasant to me. 
However, I was curious and I decided to listen to a few episodes of 2 Keto Dudes podcast and at some point I was like âOK, this is just food. Itâs not going to kill me if I try to eat ketogenic for a period.â 
Fast forward I now only eat one meal on most days and feeling hungry doesnât bother me like it did before. Also, the old cycle of getting home from job very hungry, eating and then crashing hard is gone. 
Nasir
(Nasir)
#52
I have been obese all my life (starting in childhood) and had 2 major successes at weight loss previously (CICO and exercise).
I changed job in November and had some free time during Nov-Dec so was watching youtube videos (TED talks mainly) and somehow landed at Dr Berg and Fungâs videos. Canât remember how I landed at Diet Doctor and this forum, I guess I just kept clicking and browsing sites.
Have lost just under 40lbs so far despite not being strict keto (I had 50+ high carb days so far, mainly roti/nan and not sugar/chocolates/bakery etc)
jessOTR
(Jessica)
#53
This is what I thought, too, in addition to meticulously counting macros. One of my friends had âgone ketoâ for a month or so, annoyed everyone on Facebook about it, then quit. I donât do fad diets so I wrote it off.
Last summer I was so frustrated with my weight and health. On the one hand I would rather be fat than starve myself, and/or injure myself running all the time again. But thatâs all that had ever worked for me, so I didnât know what to do. I started googling⌠Not even sure now what search terms got me to keto, but I started reading about it and the science made sense, and it wasnât as complicated as I thought. At some point I watched The Magic Pill and I was sold. After losing 15lbs or so my mom became interested and I made her watch The Magic Pill and SHE was sold.
gingersmommy
(Marianne)
#54
Not too long ago, I used to get home from work and immediately eat virtually a meal from stress eating, and then an hour later have my âdinner.â
HelenM
#55
Iâve known I needed to lose weight for years but been able to (mental health issues makes things very hard sometimes).
Over a decade ago I came across a book called The Carbohydrate Additcâs Diet and the blurb on the back made sense so I bought it.
I tried a few if the recipes in the back but really struggled. A lot seemed to use cottage cheese, which I loath, and just werenât that appetising. I also couldnât see how I could fast when I was always hungry.
I raved about it, lent book (and never got it back) and completely failed to even start, but think the seeds were sown.
So fast forward a decade or so and once again I know I need to lose weight and get healthier. Iâm still struggling with mental health but my attitude is changing. Iâm now thinking that I will lose weight, when Iâm ready instead if theres no way I can diet (thinking low calorie, always hungry, give up on day 2 type of diets).
Iâm surfing the web, come across the Flat Belly diet/whatever it is/money making scheme and decide I might as well try it.
The tea that the regime is based on (along with 16:8 if) was disgusting, but while looking and investigating a bit more I stumble on keto and start the next morning and a few days later find this place
Here I am, 6 weeks later having lost I donât know how much (not weighing or measuring) but certainly down in clothe sizes and feeling better.
And yes, I did get a refund from the flat belly people 
daddyoh
(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!)
#56
Almost 5 years ago I heard Steve Gibson also talk about low carb. Bought the book he mentioned the âThe art and science of low carbâ by Stephen Phinney and read it. Went low carb because I was pre T2D. Reversed that in 5 months or so eating <50g a day. But at 50g I cheated a lot and my weight went up and down. My wife also reversed T2D doing the same.
Still to this day she is not strict and not likely in ketosis much but her A1c is great.
In June of 2018 (almost a year) I had a scare in the hospital that turned out to be nothing but I took it seriously as a wake up call. I went strict keto <20g and have lost 50lbs, lowered inflammation, gotten TG/HDL ratio to almost 1 and reversed some brain fog.
After the hospital scare I searched for keto and found the 2 keto dudes. 9 days later I joined this forum.
The only cheat I do really is some peanut butter and coco powder (still <4 g carbs) once and a while and beans when I eat mexican. I donât drop out of ketosis doing either.
<50g was not enough to take the cravings away. <20g is. Plus now I feel so much better I just donât want to reverse it.
Iâm drifting towards carnivore some and am finding the weight coming off faster. Also I do 3 meals a day, 2 meals a day, one meal a day and extended fasting. My body seems to like it mixed up. Mostly I am IF 18/6 and EF 36 to 72 hrs 1 / wk.
Iâm losing 1.5 to 1.9 lbs a week right now. I donât track macros. I just know what I eat and what the macro count is.
I do go to the gym 5 to 6 days a week.
So happy to have found this forum.
Momof5
(Susan)
#63
Just by googling a good diet for lowering my blood pressure as it was over the top high; but of course Keto is a way of life to me now, not a diet at all =)).