I posted the photo on top to Reddit last May (http://ift.tt/1qfkAy3) to celebrate my 100 day ketoversary. The photo from January 2015 was taken about a month before I started keto. I’d been gluten free for 3 months prior. I was a vegetarian for 4 months before that. I was an avid hiker and yoga lover. I’m also an very active mom of 4. My body was broken though… it didn’t reflect my activity level or all of the life choices I was making that I thought were healthy ones.
Then keto happened! In 100 days I went from 240lbs and 49.6% body fat to 201lbs and 41.8% body fat. 100 fucking days!
“Low carb diets aren’t sustainable though. They make you gain weight. There’s too much protein and it totally causes kidney stones. I knew a guy, who knew a guy, who died because they stopped eating carbs” OMG this shit is the worst… don’t even.
The photo below is me, 412 days into ketosis. I’m 150lbs and about 24.9% body fat. I’m not kidding… I’ve lost 25% of my body fat in just little over a year.
The skin though… isn’t it nasty!? Meh, I’m 31 years old and I’ve always treated my sensitive skin very well. My arms are a little floppy, but when I pinch below my flexed muscle I feel fat, not skin, so I’m assuming that if I want that to go away I should probably lose more fat. My stomach looks like I’ve had 4 kids. Thankfully though, it just looks like I’m a slender lady who had 4 kids, and not a woman who had 4 kids, spent a decade weighing over 200lbs, and then lost 90lbs in a year. The loose skin fear that so many of us curvy girls have though is dumb… don’t be scared! The high fat/hormone balancing awesomeness of keto makes your skin elasticity amazing! I also take a horsetail/silica supplement that boosts collagen for ultimate hair/skin/nail health. If you do end up with loose skin after the fact, so what! Being healthy is worth it!
The boobs! Again, worth it! TMI, but I was a 34B in high school, ultimately a 36D at my highest weight, and I’m a 34C now. I’ll take it. To finally have things laying and pointing in the right direction instead of just being heavy and sad is such a sweet reward for all of my hard work. Thank goodness I never breastfed! (Little known fact, women with PCOS have trouble with milk production because of our high testosterone levels. Really wish I would have know that when nurses were being assholes to me in the hospital.)
TLDR; keto is life. I highly recommend it.
XOXO Danielle
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