MY PLACE – POETRY , AFFIRMATIONS & MORE

So I know its been a long time since I provided an update on my keto diet, but lets just say I completed July fairly successfully however was met head on with a cake challenge and lowered resistance on my birthday week;  which as usual for me then led to a weekend of non keto eating (not terribly high carb , maybe a moderate carb diet opposed to low carb) .

Sadly as usually my weight scored up that week ( I think something crazy like 7-8lbs) and it was a difficult next two weeks as I tried to reduce that water gain and  maintain any sort of loss which I may have had in the first two weeks of my eating.

I was back on track shortly thereafter on the Monday following (third week of July) however to be honest I did fall off track once more again before month end.  I contribute my fails primarily to this “lazy keto” lifestyle I’ve inherited over the past two years after I lost a chunk of weight however “lazy keto” works great for maintenance but not so great for breaking any stalls or helping with any new loss.

For the month of July I would say a surprise for me was that I was actually able to “mostly” maintain a diet of 20 base carbs instead of 20 net carbs and it was actually not as hard as I thought it would be, as a vegetarian. Its certainly much easier to eat a net carb base as I usually can have at last another 8-10 carbs of fiber to help me buffer my carb cravings , however in terms of my first try at 20 base carbs as a challenge I feel I was successful. Overall in terms of weight for the month of July I feel as though I could have done so much better and will continue to move towards my goal of losing more weight.

TTFN

Corrina

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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