I've been lurking in this group forum for about a month now. I felt like I wanted to pop in and let everyone know how helpful all of your discussions have been

I first lost weight with Atkins and exercise around 10 years ago after my youngest son was born, when I was at my highest non-pregnancy weight. It was an incredibly easy way for me to lose weight and I lost 4stone (~25kg) in a matter of months. Old eating habits crept back in and although I continued to increase the amount of exercise I was doing I gradually regained all of that back so that around January this year I once again came close to my highest weight. I've tried to go back to Atkins again a few times over the years but found struggled to keep up with the activities I've grown so fond of, and found the WOE much harder than I did the first time round. I tried other diets focussing on calorie restriction (CICO and IF), these never work for me because they just make me hangry!

After a friend recommended paleo to me, I started looking into keto again and this is where these forums have really helped. My brain has finally clicked that the HIGH FAT portion of keto is just as important as the low carb. Unlike previous attempts when I have tried to exist on eggs and meat I am enjoying a much wider range of foods (cherry tomatoes with big dollops of mayo are now my all-time favourite lunch), although I am yet to attempt BPC - maybe when my weight loss stalls

After my first week loss of nearly 2kg I had a stall in week 2 when I had to go away to a work conference. But now I've just finished week 3 and I'm back to weighing myself every day, because it's just so satisfying to stand on the scales in the morning and always weigh less than I did the day before. I've lost 4kg in 24 days and the best bit is I'm still training at swimming and karate, still cycling to and from work, and still lifting heavy 2-3 times per week.

Sorry for the long essay post, but thanks for all the support you didn't know you were giving me