follow up "How I lost 120lbs"

Gary, 53 years old, from Atlanta, GA. I discovered the keto diet via Dr. Berg videos. I was having years of declining health and weight gain. Years before all of this, I had my gallbladder removed. I would fall asleep as soon as I sat down, and this includes sitting to drive a car. I considered my weight gain to be aging since I ate a basically "healthy" diet. After some close calls with driving and recognizing my upcoming mortality (also recognized other men I knew of similar age and size were dying), I decided to see a doctor. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and was prescribe levothyroxine. As the dosage increased, so did my weight. At 5'8" I peaked at 300lbs. The doctor had mentioned some things about diet change, but I still thought I was "healthy". After about 2 years of being on levothyroxine, I finally hit a breaking point and looked up hypothyroid diet and came across a cookbook for a hypothyroid elimination diet. I went all in with it. I searched for other diet advice on YouTube and Dr. Berg's video's on it came up. I took his advice and either didn't pay attention to the word "keto" or I just don't recall, all I do remember is the things to eat, when to eat, and learning a great deal about my medical issues. I didn't realize I was intermittent fasting until a few months in and noticed I didn't eat breakfast and wasn't hungry for it either. Slowly, I wouldn't get hungry till about 1 or 2 pm. The same time I found Dr. Berg on YouTube, I decided to join a gym and get in shape. From the time I joined the gym and followed Dr. Berg's advice it took me about a year to lose 120lbs. I didn't weigh myself every week, but there was a time I did, and I was losing double digits for a few months straight. I'm coming up on year 4 since I began the process. Some of the mistakes I made were more recent when I switched from Keto and IF to more of a body-building diet, higher protein, and eating three meals a day. I'm not seeing the same results. I've not gained any weight, but I am seeing my energy and mental mood change. My diet before weightless was high in refined carbs and dairy. I was never a sweets person. I can pass on any dessert, but if you put nachos in front of me, I'm diving in. I drank a lot of high sugar energy drinks, sandwiches, chips, pasta, etc. My average day on keto looked like; no breakfast other than apple cider vinegar, coffee, or energy drink. Baked eggs and a salad for lunch at about 1 pm. Sometimes a protein shake. Dinner about 6 pm some type of protein, salad, and vegetables. There were times when if I wasn't hungry for lunch, I would only do dinner. Exercise has played a big role in my weight loss as well. I lifted weights, got stronger which I think played the long game in that while it doesn't burn the calories direct, it does build a bigger engine for metabolism to burn the excess calories. I did very little cardio at the time. My three tips for starting keto are number one, find your motivation in something greater than yourself such as loved ones. Mine was to live to help my children raise their children. My second tip would be to follow Dr. Berg's version of keto AND IF. Even if you make mistakes, keep at it, eventually the Keto and IF system kicks in, you lose those carb cravings and you see results. My third tip is to go back and remember tip number one. This is your life and your loved ones only chance to share life and love as family, you need to be there for them as long as possible.

If you want, I made a video on my story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvQ_l0jbO-0