Thank you Keto for saving me

(Ellen) #1

Just a shout out to 2KD and all on this wonderful forum, I was in a bad way last year, no energy, depressed, morbidly obese etc and then I got the kick up the arse I needed, being told I was PT2D, thankfully the nurse who told me also told me I needed to go keto, I googled it and thought I can’t do this, I can’t live without carbs, then I stumbled upon this forum and found so many people with truly inspirational stories, so I thought I’d give it go, assuming that like every other motherfucking diet I’d tried I’d last maybe a couple of months. 10 months later I’m healthier than I’ve been in years, love the food I’m eating (when I do eat), happier and no longer crying over what the scales are telling me, and best of all I’m no longer PT2D.
I can’t see me ever leaving this WOL when it’s given me so many benefits.

TL:DR - Keto has saved me, and all you guys & gals on here rock!

(Doug) #2

Right on, Ellen, that’s righteous! :slightly_smiling_face:

You’d last maybe a couple months on a given diet - for me it was 3 or 4 days. :smile: Nice to have something sustainable.

(Ellen) #3

Thanks Doug, I know right, how bland and lacking were the “healthy” diets??

(Brian) #4

Thanks for sharing, Ellen!

I like this way of eating quite a lot. It was an adjustment from someone who was raised with a “what do you want with your potatoes” mentality with every meal, and if not potatoes, pasta or rice. But after a little adjustment period, I’m just fine.

I like that I don’t have to leave the table hungry. I like that I eat real and delicious food. I like that I can eat amounts of food that feel satisfying to me and that I don’t get hungry 20 minutes after having eaten. (I’m mostly 2 meals a day, breakfast and supper, but occasionally, just supper. And I’m just fine with that, not suffering at all due to hunger. That’s just not an issue.) I like that the 4 hour hunger monster went away and stayed away. (It’s quite liberating!) I like that I don’t have to count calories. I like that I don’t have to monitor ketones. I like that I can have the occasional meal where there are higher carbs and it be a non-event (just can’t do that often.) I like that I don’t have to worry about T2D or CHD. I like that I have more energy than I’ve had in years. I like that I’m thinner than I’ve been in 15 years and still slowly losing (26 or 27 pounds to go and I’m not in any hurry, I think my body is liking taking it slow, it’s not in a panic.) I like being called “slim” by my wife’s boss who knew me when I was nearly 300 pounds. I even like the dirty looks I get from vegans/vegetarians who are in worse shape than me when they find out I went rogue and keto. LOL! So many good things…

:slight_smile:

#5

Congratulations, Ellen, and thank you for sharing your inspiring story!

(Ellen) #6

It’s true, this is an amazing WOE, and I love all those things as well.

(Randy) #7

Yay!!! Reading your story I felt like I was reading my own! We’re saved!!! :smile:

(Ellen) #8

It’s amazing isn’t it? The nurse couldn’t believe the weight loss, or the test results, said she’d been doing slimming world for 3 years and hadn’t even lost a stone and gone from pt2d to actually t2d, so I gave her the keto talk, hoping that she’ll convert and get herself healthier & happier.

(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja ) #9

That’s great news, good to hear it :slight_smile:

(Rob) #10

Sounds like you might be in the UK? (or Oz?). If dear old Blighty, did you see the Britain’s Fat Fight show with celeb chef, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall? Lots of good stuff, shaming the big carb companies and the government, fighting sugar, selling of candy at store tills, etc. but he had a professor from Oxford University (not one of the Great Universities per Blackadder) and he had a good idea for getting doctors to bring up patient’s weight… put a fancy digital scale in the lobby as ask people to use it. Apparently without something like this, many patients got offended at their GP raising the issue - fat shaming etc. as if it wasn’t a health marker.

So far so good… then he advised all the GPs to tell their obese patients that a commercial weight loss program was the best approach… seriously? Talk about a way to put people off weight loss for life? :face_vomiting:

Oh, and congrats on saving your life… and passing it on!

(Ellen) #11

Yep, am in Blighty. I caught a bit of the series but like you wasn’t too happy with the conclusion. Nurse seemed really interested, writing stuff down & asking lots of questions, so fingers crossed for her.

(Alec) #12

Well done Ellen! Great story. Love it.
Cheers
Alec

#13

Congratulations!