Hello all,
Lent is coming (the meatless period has already started), and I’m taking a recess from 7 months of Keto, I wanted to share my story.
I started having weight problems ever since I hit puberty, during high school I hit the gym and watched my food and I dropped from fat to slightly overweight, I graduated at ~100KGs on my 1.92m wide frame which was OK, in college and my 1st years of work, under the pressure of studying and new career, I balooned to 135KGs, When I was 25, I went to a dietician who gave me the normal “balanced” diet, with very little saturated fats, whole grains, chicken breasts and hit the gym again, 6 times a week, 1.5 hours each day, it was exhausting and time consuming, but I dropped to 105 in 2 years (very slow and frustrating progress), I shortly rebounded to 110 and stayed there.
I started regaining the weight after the birth of my first child, and was back at 135 after the 2nd, due to lack of exercise and taking liberty with food, I actually gave up on losing weight, I wasn’t able to follow the strict diet and invest that time a the gym.
By a chance, seven months ago, at a wedding party, I met a college freind who mentioned he’s been fasted for 40 hours, and that he’s following a “unique” diet, he sent me some Jason Fung lectures, Robert Lustig, and I started going down the rabbit hole alone, I watched Tim Noakes, Dr Berg, KetoConnect, etc… and started Keto, and the weight just vanished!
First month 9KGs, second, third and fourth 5KGs each, I am now 32KGs below my starting weight, at 102, this is my lowest since high school, all while enjoying food and enjoying life.
My diet consisted of Eggs (4 a day if I eat breakfast which I did 70% of the time), bacon, rib-eyes and fillet, lamb, butter, olive oil, little coconut oil and Green Veggies, I ate less than 10 fruits in 7 months, no sugar at all, no processed foods, I did eat cheese as a trreat but boy did I pay for it in the scale when I did, basically I did allow my slef to eat dairy, but I knew it would stall my progress.
I am now going vegan for ~2 months, no idea what I’ll do when they’re over, but I’ll definitely go back to keto at least 4-5 months a year.
Thanks for the priceless content you all provided and KCKO!
Regards.
