This is a reply from my husband in my keto group on facebook. I have a newbie that is struggling and i was beyond proud of his post.
Everything is hard in the beginning no matter what you are talking about. When Tammy converted to the keto lifestyle, I didn’t follow along in the beginning as I thought it would be a “fad diet” and pass. I slowly worked my way in about 6 months after she was on it and shed 20% of my weight in about a year (from 234 to 188) and have been hanging at the 186-190 range for way over a year now. Yes, she has way more motivation than anyone I’ve seen on the keto lifestyle but I figure she has added years to my life by getting me on it. My dad died at 52 years old 20 years ago from being grossly overweight and diabetic. He was muscular and athletic in his youth and college years but as time went on he wasn’t, just like most of us and the weight packed on. At 5’8" he stayed around 320-350 pounds every since I can remember. The diabetes was diagnosed in his late 30s and he never did anything about his weight/eating habits other than take insulin twice a day thinking that he could go on forever like that from the medicine the doctor prescribes. At 46 he became disable and had numerous other problems that all came from the combination of the obese weight and diabetes and no motivation to change personally. When you’re gone at 52 you never seen your golden years of retirement for what you worked for all your life, never seen what success your children have become in their adult life, and never seen your grandkids. I was probably going to be on the same path as him if I hadn’t done something about my weight as it was slowly gaining a few pounds each year and my overall eating habits. I’ll be 50 in 3 months & Tammy will be 52. With the exception of my thyroid pill I’m stuck taking because they removed my parathyroid gland years ago, neither one of us take any daily medication and our medical numbers/bloodwork look like a straight A students scores. It does work, but once again nothing is easy in the beginning. No likes change. I was stressed out and moody too giving up my daily 6-8 cans of coke, couple of Reeses’s peanut butter cups, my little debbie snack cakes, McDonalds french fries, chips, etc… Can I say I don’t miss them, hell yes, they tasted awesome, BUT you gotta decide what how you want to live your life and I’ve seen it 1st hand that being overweight and unhealthy will shorten life vastly AND think about quality of life when it comes to what you are able to do physically later in life as I watched my dad basically be bed reddin or in a chair for the last 6 years of his life from 46-52 and think about what all he missed in life by his choices. You do what you want, I’m not here to preach or point a finger at you but just telling you about my family history that was shortened, my vision of my future, and why I chose to get aboard and stay aboard the keto lifestyle with Tammy. One last thing I’d like to add: Have you ever heard the term “Pay now or Pay later”, well it’s much more expensive later. This saying is not just about food costs of eating healthy, it’s about paying for your bad decisions later in life whether it be spending $600 a month of prescriptions like my mother does now or losing 20-30 years of you life like my dad did for lack of dedication or being scared to change lifestyle. Once again, not trying to be an ass, or giving you the “scared straight” treatment, just offering reality as I seen it in my prospective.
