Keto- July Challenge Day 2 of 31

So it has been 3 years and 2 months since I began my first keto challenge in May 2016.

At the time I knew nothing about Keto and had very little hope or expectation that any “diet” would work for me, I felt trapped in a body that I could not undo with each diet ending in failure and a tub of rocky road ice-cream as penance for my “I knew it , I told you so” , ever ready self.

I had pretty much resided to the fact that I would be morbidly obese for the rest of my life. I had given up , especially emotionally, as my weight loss attempts were too many to list. So at the age of 48yrs I had settled into a body I did not love and a lifestyle of eating that caused me pain, indigestion, bloating and sleep apnea , just to name a few. With a near total loss of all my self esteem I contemplated my one more try.

Had it not been for one wish I wrote to God just a couple weeks before asking for direction and a prayer for just one solution, well I may have never bothered to read that article that stated boldly “Toronto Doctor finds cure for obesity!” But with the many other risks that came along with carrying an excess of 100lbs ,which my body, soul and bones did not need, I half hardheartedly committed to that faithful 10 day challenge with my then overweight 14 year old who agreed to give it a try.

At this point in my “tried all” dieting lifestyle I did not really believe I would succeed at any diet and had little faith that this new low carb fad would work or be effective for the stubborn fat that my body held onto. I dug deep and searched for some strength and faith that would perch me high enough to attempt one more swan dive into the pool of diet and weight management, ugh. I smiled with one last ounce of hope as I again prayed for this try to be the “magic” I needed so very badly.

Long story short, I did it!! FINALLY , Success, Wow, Whohoo, Woot Woot!

My first attempt was a 10 day challenge where I immediately lost my first 12lbs in 10 years. Yes I was in shock , such exciting shock , that I knew I just had to continue to try and see what else might happen. Within the next 7.5 months that followed I had lost a total of 80lbs, with almost as much ease as I found it to breath; it was so easy, so manageable and no matter what ( even when cheating) I just continued to lose weight each and every week for over a year.

I could NOT believe I finally found something that actually worked for me, the Low Carb Diet life-style, with a dash of Keto challenges and an intermediate fasting practice that really helped me surpass my stalls was i fact the diet to end all diets.

Fast forward to today’s date and I am happy to report that I’ve been maintaining a loss of 100lbs. I was initially successful in a bigger loss having scaled my weight down to a total loss of 115lbs. Recently however I sadly found a few pounds tha decided to stay after a weekend trip when 10lbs found me in New York City, no regrets really!

However due to these stubborn 10 lbs and my yoyo off again off again keto attempts I now realized I slipped into, what some call , the lazy keto lifestyle, and must challenge myself to be accountable to again decrease my weight and challenge myself to get off the lazy keto wagon and get on with losing and keeping these last few pounds off. So here I go…

Updates to follow.

Written by Corrina Leblond

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