One Year Ketoversary!
KarlaYP
Posts: 4,436 Member
I've been keto for one year as of yesterday, April 1st!! The year has been full of celebrations, especially when I began to realize the health benefits! I'm working again, when I didn't even imagine that I ever would have again! I've dropped from a size 22/24 to a 12, weight began at 231, and is now 177.4 (an all new low to celebrate!)!!
It's had its struggles too though! First was just learning this woe! Wish I had known how easy it becomes, and not stressed over it so much! Second was realizing (accepting) that sucralose (Splenda) makes me gain weight! I still miss the sugar free syrup in my coffee! Third was accepting the scale for the liar it is and not allowing it to dictate my food choices! Stalls happen, and scale increases can happen without changing macros! Not fun, but stay the course I have! I'm so glad I did!
This picture represents my first profile picture when I began last year, and then last week in Jamaica!
I can say that I owe my success to mfp, and this group! I continue to learn from all of you, daily!! Mods, you rock!! Members, I love you all, and am proud to call you all my friends!!
It's had its struggles too though! First was just learning this woe! Wish I had known how easy it becomes, and not stressed over it so much! Second was realizing (accepting) that sucralose (Splenda) makes me gain weight! I still miss the sugar free syrup in my coffee! Third was accepting the scale for the liar it is and not allowing it to dictate my food choices! Stalls happen, and scale increases can happen without changing macros! Not fun, but stay the course I have! I'm so glad I did!
This picture represents my first profile picture when I began last year, and then last week in Jamaica!
I can say that I owe my success to mfp, and this group! I continue to learn from all of you, daily!! Mods, you rock!! Members, I love you all, and am proud to call you all my friends!!
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Way to go! Your progress is so inspiring and I *love* that you listed your struggles- as someone who is still pretty new to LCHF, it's really encouraging to hear other folks have gone through what I'm going through (SF syrups, Splenda, etc caused my very first weight gain last week.)
The difference in your photos is astounding- you look 20 years younger! I can't say enough how inspiring this is. Thank you for posting0 -
Congratulations and happy keto day!0
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That's a WORLD of difference, Karla, and you look great! Congratulations! It's been a privilege to follow along with your progress; thank you for sharing it with us. I am so encouraged to keep following in your footsteps.0
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Woohoo, happy ketoversary!!0
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Wow! That is amazing & inspiring!!! (And I love hearing about the Splenda too - I just gave it up).0
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Happy ketoversary!!!! And congratulations on your success. This woe certainly makes things easier and actually doable, but it still takes hard work, dedication and commitment. Thank you for being an inspiration!0
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You look great! Great job!0
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Wow! Thanks for the inspiration. I've been on Keto for 5 weeks and love it. I'm a slow loser compared to others -- down about 8.5 lbs in 5 weeks, but slowly plugging along. Looking forward to my one year ketoversary and having a similar outcome!! Congrats!0
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You look AMAZING!!! Happy 1st ketoversary and many more!
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I'm going to start a new thread about Sucrolose/Splenda because I'm interested in find out out how some of you found out it was a problem.0 -
CONGRATS!!!
Happy Ketoversary!!!
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Happy Ketoversary! I love Ketoversaries!
Your progress is fantastic and your journey is inspiring!
And I'm super jealous that you were in Jamaica last week!0 -
What an amazing difference ... you give us all hope. Happy Ketoversary!0
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Happy ketoversary. Best wishes for another productive keto year0
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Congrats!!!0
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Well done! The difference in your photos is amazing! All of your hard work and listening to your body is certainly paying off.
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Happy Ketoversary!!! Very inspiring post;)0
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Congrats!0
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Amazing0
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Yay! You look fantastic. What a difference a year makes. Congrats!0
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Wow your looking fantastic girl . Well done .0
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Damn girl! Amazing! I remember that old pic of you got the longest time. What am amazing transformation. Love you girl1
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Congratulations on your ketoversary! You look fantastic and such an inspiration0
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Thank you for sharing your story and pics. Congratulations on your success!
Your contributions to this group have helped me along the way. Nice work!0 -
Great success story.0
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Thank you everyone!0
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Happy Ketoversary! Thanks for the inspiration!0
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You look fabulous. Well done.0
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Congrats, way to go!!!0