Boy oh boy, I thought I've experienced hard things before but not eating any kinds of carbs or processed sugar has been a whole other experience. Let's start at the beginning..
It's been really challenging losing the baby weight, harder than I thought it would be and that had really got me down and discouraged. I really hated looking at myself in the mirror and I kept having to buy new clothes at big sizes because I just wasn't fitting into what I could wear before. I was trying to change the way I was eating and nothing was working, the scale was staying put which was pretty discouraging too. It was basically this back and forth battle with myself and I could feel my personality just dwindling.
In March, my mom came home from Florida and started this new lifestyle because she is diabetic and has been wanting to get herself off insulin. She said she was starting a "ketogenic" way of eating and it was something I had never heard of before. After her first week she lost just over 10lbs, and has since lost almost 30lbs after starting! (YAY MOM!)
For the first couple months of her doing it she was giving me tips and telling me to try it out because it is recommended for people who has PCOS, and I kept telling her that I "didn't eat that many carbs so it didn't matter." Finally last week something switched and I really paid attention to what I was eating and the labels on the food and it turns out I was powered by carbs.
After a couple days of research I started and in the first day I lost 5lbs. When I stepped on the scale the next day I was floored. Granted, a lot of that was probably water weight but just seeing the scale finally go down was really motivating.
The first 4 days were the hardest for sure, your body is wondering where the hell your processed food is and I got the keto flu as they call it. I felt so tired, moody, headaches, and all I wanted was to swim in a pool of bread. If you can push past the first couple days I promise you do wake up feeling normal again.
The picture above was the first day I woke up and felt good, I felt human and my body didn't feel tired or "blah." Finding things to eat is sometimes a challenge, but I am glad I have my mom to ask questions with and to help push me through the hard spot. I definitely would have caved a lot earlier if it wasn't for her and I'm glad I pushed through the hard part because I feel really awesome.
So far for progress, after one week of having a ketogenic diet I have lost 8lbs total! Which is so crazy to me but I'm pretty impressed and happy so far with the results I have had. I plan on doing updates here and there as time goes on!
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