1 1/2 month of keto.

TriPaulCantRun wrote: »

Well done Emma, that is incredible!

Thanks! I'm in total shock!

LOL..woos on the health changes... But when every mammogram leads to an ultrasound due to cysts, and other ultrasounds always showing ovarian cysts (both only on left side of my body). Suggested surgeries to remove left ovary, which I didn't want, already had enough hormonal problems due to a previous ovarian surgery. You just learn to live with the pain, because you can't take one more Percocet and can't live and function on narcotic pain relievers. Change a couple of things in diet and cysts that have been there for over 15 yrs are gone. If that's so unbelievable, sorry... But that's my experience, whether liked or not.

Or the don't own a scale thing. In my late teens and early 20s I suffered from anorexia, obsessive exercising disorder, which led to congestive heart failure at 25 years old. (Which is what started almost all of the health issues that followed, especially hormones).

My little silver steak in my hair shows in my pics, I woke up with silver steak the morning after being told chances were I was going to die from heart failure.

It took years to develop a healthy relationship with food and exercise. And for me, I found it in my best interest for my mental health to toss the scales and focus on feeling fit instead of what I weighed. I still don't trust myself with a scale or to start a calorie deficit without tracking to make sure I am getting enough calories.

Also why I take progress pictures, have a very distorted self image when I look in the mirror. But for some reason, not so much with pictures.

Sorry so long!!! Good luck everyone.

ProgressShowing wrote: »

Emmapatterson1729 wrote: »

Thanks! I wish this app would've let me post on wall, but it doesn't want to work.

Posting so publicly is very intimidating!! As I put on wall feed: vulnerability and discomfort level 100% erg!

I only post my progress pics on my own board... a lot less intimidating!

I have a great and wonderful, somewhat small, friends list going on here. And some post success pics. I tried over and over to post to wall. It would say loaded.. Then error message "unable to load"...

Originally, I never intended on sharing pics and take the pics for myself and family. But I'm not lying when I say I was shocked at those last progress pics I took. I had just switched from daily pics to weekly... Because the weight loss was actually starting to slow down.

I absolutely love the feeling of losing. The better I feel, the better life gets!!!

Thanks for the wonderful comments!!!

anonuser369 wrote: »

Awesome progress - you look great and must feel so as well - congratulations! Your face appears so much younger and healthier too.
If you do not mind my asking, would you say if the spots on your skin in the after pictures (body) are from sun exposure or the diet or something else? You do not have to answer if you do not feel comfortable disclosing. Thanks!

@anonuser369

Thanks!!

I recently bought an old house, it's a construction zone. The befores are taken in a mirror in front of a lit bar area. The afters are taken in a bathroom mirror with lamp light in a very, very old spotted mirror.

Not on purpose, just the bar area is having floor replaced and wasn't accessible. And haven't really started renovating the bathroom yet, except some paint/primer. The old mirror is one of the first things that needs to go in there!! But the spots are on the mirror not me.

Unless talking about stretch marks on the stomach... lol Those are all mine.. But probably more visible in before pictures. Had those since heart failure.