That's fantastic!!! Keep going and if/when the loss slows keep going.

I've been Keto since January 2017. Keto is the last thing I tried and the only thing that has worked.

I've struggled with obesity my entire adult life (I'm 45 years old). When I was 42 years old I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Cancer doesn't run in my family. When I went into remission in January 2016 I vowed to once and for all beat obesity at any cost! I felt like my eating a crap ton of sugar and carbs on a daily basis and being morbidly obese was a leading factor to developing breast cancer. I started my weight loss/healthy journey at 250 pounds. I hired a coach and did the if it fits your macros way of eating. In 2016 I lost 25 pounds, I felt TERRIBLE, I had horrible joint pain, horrible plantar fasciitis (PF) in my feet, very depressed, horrible brain fog/chemo brain, always hungry, etc. In December 2016 I threw up my middle fingers at weight loss and just took the month off and enjoyed food wise with my family. Due to my lack of weight loss my coach was frustrated with me and no longer wanted to work with me. I was so sad and depressed and felt helpless. I asked my Oncologist if I was a candidate for gastric sleeve and he told me no due to my body needing ALL the nutrients and with a small stomach I wouldn’t be able to absorb what’s needed, I asked if I could try Metifast again no due to the protein being soy based and soy creates an estrogen production and my cancer was estrogen fed so I couldn’t do that.

I was lost… a high school friend won a national fat loss competition through her gym and I reached out to her and said what did you do and she told me about Keto. I BAWLED my eyes out. I’ve known about keto but never wanted to do keto because of the no carbs. I knew I had to try it. If I didn’t try it then I would have to surrender to the fact that I was going to live out my days in extreme pain, extreme inflammation, brain fog, depression/anxiety, probably develop cancer again, etc. Sounded like a pretty miserable existence and I thought I didn’t survive cancer to live like this. I fought and survived cancer to LIVE and live life to the fullest. I have a husband that deserves a happy and healthy wife, kids that need the same… I want to live to see them graduate and live a full life of their own. If I continued the way I was going none of that was going to happen.

So reluctantly I started keto on January 21, 2017. I started keto so that I could prove to my Oncologist that the only “diet” that will work for me is gastric sleeve and he would sign off on me moving forward with weight loss surgery.

In the beginning of my keto journey I did have mild keto flu but not too terrible. My friend kept telling me when I feel like crap eat more fat, eat an avocado and take in lots of salt. By the 5 day I felt my brain fog starting to lift, by day 10 I could literally feel my brain working and moving. It was the weirdest thing. I felt like my brain was on fire but in a good way. I had more energy than I ever had. My joint pain and PF was starting to go away. Best of all I was seeing the scale go down. Within a month I knew this way of life was for me! When I went for a follow up visit with my Oncologist he congratulated me on my weight loss and symptoms being so much better and asked me what I was doing. I reluctantly told him I was Keto and he was so happy to hear this. He assured me that if I stay keto long term I’m drastically reducing my changes of a cancer reoccurrence. That was enough for me to know that this was now my forever way of life.

Today I weigh 166 pounds. I’d like to get to 145 but if I’m in the 150’s I’m good with that too. Today it’s about being strong and healthy. Since I started keto I’m down 59 pounds and since I’ve committed to being as healthy as possible once I went into remission I’m down 84 pounds.

This is a way of life… KETO IS LIFE!!!