I’ve lost 76 pounds and am working hard to to lose another 80 pounds.

"I am working on the MOST important project, I have ever worked on, ME! I’ve been struggling with my weight for the past 16 years. I’ve never really been an over-eater, but I was gaining weight. I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2003, so that provided some answers as to why I was gaining weight. I’m Mexican and Italian, so I LOVE bread, pasta, tortillas, pizza, cannoli, and chocolate. Unfortunately, all of these carb-filled meals were wreaking havoc on my health and causing me to gain weight. I quit smoking in September 2012, and that was EXTREMELY difficult, so I knew if I could conquer that, I could conquer losing weight to get healthy. I’ve tried countless diets, and the most I’ve lost was 17 pounds and it would stop, then I’d gain 30 back. My blood pressure was high for the past year, my cholesterol was high and I had a fatty liver. My doc wanted to put me on meds, and I told him no. He prescribed them to me, I picked them up but didn’t take them. He said you need to lose weight. He wanted to give me weight loss pills, I declined them and told him that will help me lose weight, but once I get off, I’ll gain it all back plus some. I explained to him, how a diet pill isn’t going to solve the problem. I told him, I will figure it out and I will come back healthier. My numbers on the scale, my blood work, and my blood pressure, seriously frightened me, and I knew it was time to PUT ME FIRST and FOCUS ON MY HEALTH. So I started out on a mission to fix myself. I did research on the Keto diet and learned it helps to rebalance hormones from the ground up, so I decided to try it. I went full force on August 23, 2018. I got another blood workup, 3 months later and all my numbers were PERFECT! My doc couldn’t believe it. He said, “Valerie, you have been the only patient to argue with me about not wanting to take pills for blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight loss, and look you have been your best advocate because you are succeeding without any meds.” I was psyched that my numbers went back to normal. I have a family to live for and I’m NOT ready to die, so I will continue to FOCUS on my health as long as I’m breathing. I’ve lost 76 pounds and am working hard to lose another 80 pounds. Follow my journey on low carb, keto, love "