Why Should you read this?
- I’m a Keto enthusiast
- I have great hair
- Learn from my mistakes
- Give me feedback
- Help me figure out what to do next
I grew up as an extremely skinny kid not breaking 160 pounds at 6’1″. After High School I was put on Xanax due to panic attacks. The weight started stacking up fast, and by the time I was 29 I had cracked 250 pounds with little to no muscle. A brief 4 months of motivation brought me into the local LA Fitness which got my weight almost down to 220 pounds. I then got a girlfriend which was my main reason for being in the gym, so why go back?!
I ballooned up to 270 pounds, experienced increased panic attacks, battled depression, and lost my girlfriend within a year. After struggling to drag myself into work for several years, I finally cracked. It started by calling in saying I was sick just to take mental health days. Soon I was no longer leaving the house. In the end I lost my job as well. At 35 years old I had no hope, and no plan.
It all sounded like snake oil…
The first time I heard the term Keto, I was browsing Youtube for tips on how to play a video game. I was 36 years old, living with my parents, and getting fatter every day. The infomercial was for some type of Keto supplement. The claims were that by cutting your carbohydrate intake to 50 grams or less a day you would enter a fat burning state called ketosis allowing you to drop tons of pounds of fat. It all sounded like snake oil similar to any other diet fad. Not to mention my diet at the time consisted mostly of fast food, desserts, and soft drinks.
With few exceptions I have been eating a Keto diet, or as close to Keto as I could since September 1, 2018. By December of 2018 I was down 20 pounds weighing 235. By the middle of February, 2019 I cracked 200 pounds. It is no longer a “diet” for me. I am so thankful for having found it, and want everyone to feel this good in their own skin.
That’s it for my first post. I look forward to meeting some kindred spirits.
Keto Changed My Life 