In 2015, I weighed 289llbs and wore size 24 pants. I felt and looked awful, but I couldn’t beat my food addiction. I loved eating but hated cooking, so I used a lack of time and long-winded recipes as an excuse to eat fast food. I had several health challenges, and my doctors kept telling me to lose weight, but I didn’t know how. I was a yo-yo dieter, constantly dieting but never losing weight because I would stick at it for a couple of days, but my cravings were so strong I would give up and binge eat on sugary, high-carb foods. I had no energy, I felt sick all the time, and I had extremely low self-esteem. Despite my failure, I was desperate to change, and on January 13th, 2015, I started the ketogenic diet.
What attracted me to the ketogenic diet was the food. I love to eat, and I kept failing on the other diets because they were too restrictive. I spent hours watching keto recipes on YouTube, and I knew this was something I could do because the food looked so delicious. I wasn’t too fond about cutting out carbs and sugar, but what I could eat on the diet was a good trade off. Additionally, I was amazed at the results that people were getting.
As soon as I started the diet, I knew I was on the right track because I felt amazing. The first thing I noticed was the improvement in my mental clarity. I used to suffer from terrible brain fog and could never get anything done because I couldn’t focus. And then, I started noticing the weight loss, and I knew there was no going back. Keto wasn’t a diet for me. It was a lifestyle.
I started documenting my journey on YouTube, and to my surprise, I gained over one million views within two years. I did not expect my story to inspire so many people. I began to realize that this was bigger than me, I was changing lives, so I decided to write a book called ‘Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health and Weight Loss, With 100+ Lo-Carb Recipes.’ My book became a best-seller, and I’ve since written several more about the benefits of the ketogenic diet and the delicious recipes people can make.
Many doctors and health care professionals don’t recommend the ketogenic diet as they say no long-term studies confirm the benefits. However, although I’m not a healthcare professional, I and thousands of others serve as evidence that it works. I had several health problems before losing weight, one of which was high cholesterol. My doctor worried that I wouldn’t make it past my 40th birthday if I kept gaining weight. She was skeptical when I told her I was going on the ketogenic diet and stated the reasons I’ve just mentioned. But now that my health problems have disappeared without medication and I’m at a healthy weight, she recommends her patients to go on the diet.
I am not saying the keto diet will work for everyone, but it has definitely worked for me. Two years ago, I could never have imagined that I’d be the person I’ve become today. I’m a best-selling author with a thriving business, I’m living my dream life, and I’ve never been so happy.
