My Keto Recapitulation

March Update

We're seven days into March so it's time for an update. I'm still doing Keto and my weight is still dropping. Not as fast as it did at the start of this journey, but still dropping; I've dropped nineteen pounds since January first, and about thirty pounds in the last year.

There's something to think about, last spring I started trying to lose weight using conventional methods, cutting out sweets fats, and increasing my activity. I had my setbacks, but all in all, I did well at sticking to my diet.

I don't remember how fat I actually was, but I had to go up another size in my clothing and weighed about 288 pounds. I also don't remember just when I started my diet, but it was around March, so about a year ago.

Over ten months, I lost a total of about nineteen pounds and finally got under 270, by one pound. Over Thanksgiving and Christmas, I gained a few and jumped up to 271 pounds, so after Christmas, I put a lot more into eating what I thought was best for losing weight, tried to get more exercise, and didn't step on the scale again until January first. I thought I was doing great, but I hadn't changed my weight much at all, I was still at 269 pounds; right where I was before Thanksgiving. In fact, I was kind of stuck at 269 pounds for a few months.

I was frustrated, it seemed that I just could not get the weight to go down, even though I was active and eating right. In fact, I often felt like I was starving myself and was hungry and filled with cravings all the time.

I started doing research and looking into other diet options and found Keto. It went against everything I had learned over the years about losing weight! Eat more fat and cut out carbs to lose weight. I knew simple carbs were bad, but according to most weight loss ideals, so was fat. But, I did know that simple carbs did not agree with me and I had to try something different, so I gave Keto a try.

Now, two months into this diet plan and I'm already down another nineteen pounds. I've lost as much in two months on Keto, as I did in ten months on conventional dieting! What's even more impressive, I'm not hungry all the time, I'm not tired and lethargic, I feel better, and I seldom have any cravings.

I do admit, this last weekend was a bit difficult. I found myself hungrier than normal. I would eat, and instead of feeling satisfied for hours, would soon be feeling hungry again. I gave in to the hunger and ate more, but still sticking to my Keto diet. I went a bit high on my daily calorie intake but kept my fat/carb/protein ratios within the guidelines.

I figured it was because I was eating fewer calories most days than I was supposed to; I just got full and didn't eat quite enough. But, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I went a bit over on calories, not enough to gain weight, but enough to satisfy my hunger. By yesterday, however, I was back to feeling full and satisfied, and hopefully, this week will see me down into the 240's; a weight I have not seen in about 15 years!

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