I started my Keto journey in August of 2018. As can be seen from the first pic, my before shows a bloated, puffy me; someone who looks like he's been stuffed into his clothes. That realization, and the fact that the bathroom scales showed me as being merely 1 kilo shy of a 100, prompted me to get serious with changing my lifestyle into a healthy one. I spent the first couple weeks just reading up on what the Keto diet is all about, and understanding the science behind it. The biggest ...

During a trip to see the solar eclipse, my wife began researching Keto. I was pretty ambivalent about it until I saw a photograph of myself beside the telescope. On August 21st, I weighed 189 lbs and had been averaging 6.3 A1c. I began following the Keto plan which was not as difficult as I expected it to be. Staying away from carbs left me with plenty of choices and so I never felt deprived. I knew I was losing weight but the real encouragement came 6 weeks after I began. My endocrinologist ...

I started keto on 1/1/19 and have since lost over 50 lbs and am still going! I went from a size 16 to a size 8. My skin is so much clearer, my mood is so much better, I have so much more mental clarity, my menstrual cycle is more regular, I have fewer GI issues, and best of all my chronic insomnia has been CURED. Every night I sleep like a baby and I honestly never thought I would get to experience that. I had tried every medication for insomnia and none of them worked and I had resigned ...

My journey started on October 28, 2018, when I decided to quit drinking. With quitting drinking, I knew I had to change my diet/fitness habits, so I dove in headfirst to a ketogenic lifestyle, mixed with a consistent workout routine. Granted to holidays were around, so there were some off days. I really went all-in on January 1st, 2019. I weighed in at 205lbs, in October, I was about 210. The entire month of January, I was in the gym 6-7 days a week, plus every single meal was tracked, and ...

I've always struggled with my weight since my teen years. I never really noticed how big I was until I stepped on the scale a few years ago and saw 360! I cried with pure shock and disbelief. I'm almost 6'3 and carry my weight very well. So I didn't feel 360. I tried to eat somewhat healthy (terrible on the weekends) and work out 6 days a week. I lost about 40 pounds in 2 years! That wasn't impressive for someone at 360. So last year in May I gave keto a shot. I found ruled.me and studied ...

My name is Lucas. I've taken 37 trips around the Sun. I am the husband to a wonderful homemaking wife who educates our 10 children at home. We live in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina where I serve as a Detective at our Sheriff's Office. We are a very active family and love to homestead and be adventurous. Over the years my ability to keep up with the kids and do the things I have always loved slowly became harder and harder due to excess weight gains. I went from being a ...

Hello! My keto journey started in June 2016, but the research started long before that back in April 2016. I took 2-3 months to study and research the ketogenic diet to understand the "rules of the road", meal planning, success stories and all of the ins and outs. I was on a macro counting diet prior to this WOE and I was eating six times a day. The first two weeks, I made a SUPER slow transition as I was just getting used to eating less often and how my meals were planned, ultimately I wish ...

Hello my dear fellow keto community. My name is Karla Ugarte and I am a 45 year old elementary teacher from Hidalgo, Texas. All my life I have been morbidly obese since I was a toddler. I used to be in tons of diets all the time. I took many weight loss medications that only made my problem worse and make me gain more pounds every time I failed. I always felt that nothing would ever work for me and felt very miserable, depressed and tired all the time. After I got married I developed more ...

Lost 30 pounds on keto! I also stopped taking ADHD and depression medication after doing keto. My brain functioned much more efficiently and I had a lot of energy and wasn't so lazy and tired all the time. It's the only diet I recommend, and I've tried a lot of them. 1. What tactics did you employ to help you get to your goal? What did you find helped you get to your goals best? I started by doing a lot of reading and research. I looked at YouTube videos, RuledMe, Pinterest ...

I had tried low-fat, I had tried Atkins, slim fast, weight watchers, even the South Beach diet, every fad diet you can think of, to varying degrees of success. Not one took the weight off and kept it off. I heard about Keto, and it was so counterintuitive to everything I’d ever been taught. Cheese? Sour cream?? Ranch dressing?!? There was no way it could work. Fat makes you fat right? WRONG!!!! So wrong! I lost 73lbs and haven’t stopped yet. I no longer have knee issues, I can run for the ...