Introducing myself - 4 weeks in

(Seth S.) #1

Thanks to everyone for the great posts! They’ve been very helpful. I’m a 42 year old male, 6’2, starting weight 264. I’d already cut a lot of added sugars and processed foods over the previous couple of years; my highest weight before that was 289. I had a tough adjustment to keto – lots of nausea for about 2 weeks straight - but by the end of week 3 I could feel my body adapting to running on fat – suddenly my energy surged, and my feelings of hunger dropped a great deal.

My progress: I think I’ve lost about 9-10 pounds; I don’t put much stock in what the scale says though. I’ve brought in my belt twice, and from before and after pics I can tell I’ve lost a good bit around the middle. I’m very glad I did all this reading on the forums and watching youtube experts before embarking – it helped me set reasonable goals and also gave me the courage to take pics of myself on day 1 – that’s a real leap of faith!

I started this thread so I could introduce myself and also so I could update it with my progress - a month in, I’ve stopped counting the days, so I need new markers for my progress.
Thanks again!

(Frank) #2

Welcome. This forum has been an invaluable resource for me. I hope it serves you well.

(cheryl) #3

CONGRATS on the NSV of adjusting your belt , Yay …

#4

Great to have you, Seth!
I look forward to reading more of your progress.

(Seth S.) #5

Thanks y’all! I had a small/big setback this weekend - it was my first time to travel since going keto, and I thought I could give myself more leeway than I actually could. I had minor cheats/treats each of the 4 days, and none in themselves would have been enough to knock me back, but four days in a row pulled me way out of ketosis and I’m just now starting to feel good again. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I was nauseated and hungry all day (just like when I first went keto) and unable to do my morning fast. Today, finally, I was able to just have my keto coffee until finally having a little healthy food at noon. I’ll keep trying to push that forward a little more each day till I’m back at the stage of having OMAD and unlimited energy, which is how I was feeling before I left.
I hope that was not an unreadable paragraph. I teach writing for a living, yet my posts on here are always borderline incoherent. Food-thoughts fritz my brain!
Thanks for the continued support! KCKO!

#6

Remember this the next time your tempted to “cheat”. I’ve decided that piece of cake, bowl of ice cream, etc. isn’t worth how I’ll feel later.

And then I go eat a steak!

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #7

As long as you learned something it’s all good. And sometimes we make decisions knowing what will happen, that’s fine too. But since now you know the cost you’ll be better able to make those decisions.

I had some handmade mango ice cream. It was worth the cost for a special occasion. I’m glad the shop is an hour and a half from where I live, but even if it wasn’t I would easily stay away from it now. KCKO