JedsMom63 wrote: »

Congratulations! I too have entered "one"derland this past week @ 197.1!!! Go us!!!

Awesome! Congrats!!!...I've never been in "One"derland as an adult, I was over 200 pounds by 6th grade, so this is mindblowing for me

I ended up in the hospital in March with a severe infection in my intestines that had almost become septic, after that I knew I needed to change my diet...When I really looked at things I was getting over 1000g of carbs a day just from all the junk I'd put in my coffee! After I got out of the hospital I threw all that junk away and knew Keto was my best option...I've been dieting and regularly exercising for about 10 years, I started my journey at 450+ pounds, I got down to 242 pounds with regular diet and exercise but was stuck, literally stuck for a few years at 242 pounds no matter what I did. I was introduced to Keto by my son's neurologist (He has cerebral palsy and epilepsy) she had wanted him to start the diet to see if it would control his seizures, so by the time I had gotten sick I had already been researching Keto for a few months. I started March 13 and I've lost 44 pounds as of today, which seems crazy to me but when you take into account how many carbs/sugar were in my diet before it's not all that surprising! I eat no more than 20 carbs a day, and between 1200-1300 calories a day (some days I'm up to 1500-1600 but never less than 1200 I don't want to go into starvation mode). I try to keep my protein lower than my fat but most days I never hit those macros. Keto is most definitely what has helped me the most, I also don't eat at a deficit from the exercise, I log what I do each day but never save it, just so I know how many calories I've burned. I also do my own kind of IF, I drink bulletproof coffee and tea (The tea seems to help with my weight loss, I've lost significantly more weight since skipping the coffee and just doing the tea) throughout the day and water, I only really eat dinner with a few snacks, but my dinners are HUGE and calorie dense. So with drinking the BPC or BPT I'm not sure if that's considered IF or not.