KETO!!! Looking for friends!!

I have been doing Keto since September with intermittent fasting and some longer term fasting thrown in as well. It is working for me but I went off of it a few times and the weight spiked up on the days I was off of it. Starting weight was 260 with a goal weight of 154. I am at 199 today. Best advice I can tell anyone interested is to buy a blood meter that can measure ketones as well as blood glucose. Then figure out your GKI. Also track all calories and macros, and food and exercise. I use myfitnesspal and a journal I keep on word. It is amazing where those carbs hide and I never would have known if I didn't track everything. After you get used to this alternative way of eating and do the research so you feel confident that you are not clogging your arteries with fat even though you are eating lots of it (that took me a long time to get over that fear) and get over your cravings for sugar, the diet is actually very easy to stay on for me. I feel 20 years younger already, my blood pressure has fallen from high levels to low normal range, aches and pains from my joints are mostly gone, no more acid reflux or heart burn problems, skin blemishes clearing up, more energy and a lot more I contribute to Keto. I am 65 years old and am angry that I have been lied to my entire life about diet and had a terrible bout of cancer which I attribute to my past diet which I thought was healthy. I was a raw food vegan before i came down with cancer. I look back on all the carrot juice I drank thinking I was doing my body good and I didn't realize that all those carbs and sugars were doing me so much harm. I am so glad I found something that I know works for me. It may not be what everyone needs but it was what I needed.