My 100lbs weight loss story

My name is Ezinne, I’m 30 years old and I live in the USA. I heard about the keto diet for the first time in 2014 from a friend when I was complaining about being overweight. I tried to do it for a couple of weeks but I couldn’t sustain it as I didn’t really comprehend how keto worked. Also, being an African made it more difficult ( or so I thought at the time), because I couldn’t bring myself to stop eating the foods I was used to and these foods were extremely high in carbs and sugar. Before keto, I was obese, had high blood pressure issues, joint issues probably from being overweight, couldn’t climb up a flight of stairs without panting. I had a very very bad eating pattern. I ate multiple times a day, even when I was hungry. I just knew that my mouth had to be stuffed and moving. I would eat breakfast, snack multiple times, lunch, snack, dinner, snack and all these consisted of high carbs and sugar. My late night routine was the worst. I would have dinner at probably 9pm, and then go across the street for some junk food. This usually was burger, fries, soda, and I always needed some chocolate or candy to end the night. This was my daily life and I couldn’t help it. I had a friend who lived this kind of life as well, but she never gained any weight, so we both encouraged each other to go at it. I had tried keto over 3 times in the past, but failed woefully because I was trying to do keto in a way that didn’t suit me. I excluded everything that I was used to as food and would only succeed for a couple weeks and then get bored. I remember coming across Doctor Berg's videos and recipes. He talked a lot about substitutions, the foods looked amazing and I saw that I could have pizza….just what I needed. Oh, and that bread that uses arrow root flour…amazing. I had never heard about arrow root prior. So I binge-watched a lot of his videos. I remember looking at a report from my doctor which said obese and then I was encouraged to set a date with a nutritionist. I told my doctor I was planning on doing keto, but he dismissed the idea. I asked him why but he didn’t come up with any reason that sounded like my health was in danger, and so I ignored him and that was the best decision of my life. The internet became my friend, but I had to be careful because there was a lot of misinformation out there. I followed many keto and intermittent fasting videos and tried out various recipes. Best part of this journey was that I was able to include my African foods, just with the perfect substitutes. I had tried out intermittent fasting before keto, but I really didn’t understand exactly how it was more than just weight loss. Dr Berg gave very detailed explanations on this topic for me. I enjoyed his explanations so much that I decided to take his Keto and Intermittent fasting coach course to better help people. I knew that if I could explain to people that way he explained, it would be a step closer to the world having a better knowledge. Since starting keto, I lost in total 103lbs in about one year. I started keto at 260lbs in January 2020 and by February 2020, I had gone down to 157lbs. I still can’t believe till date that I did that. Now my health is amazing, no joint pains, blood pressure normal thanks to intermittent fasting. For the first time in many years, I feel alive. Mostly, I do Omad and sometimes 2mad. I notice that on days where I eat 3 meals, I’m usually more sluggish and achieve less. Also, I focus a lot of intermittent fasting because I eat a lot of African foods which have been “ketolized” intuitively a lot of times. Fasting helps me not overdo the carbs and stay in check. I didn’t actively go to the gym or include structured work out plans, but I do have an active lifestyle. I’m always on my feet and moving for at least 8 hours daily. Mistakes I made on keto was thinking keto was a limited lifestyle. Thinking I couldn’t enjoy treats, thinking I had to eat the same thing everyday, thinking I had to cancel a full day because I ate something I shouldn’t, most of all, thinking keto wasn’t forgiving. I say forgiving because I had been on a couple different plans that cancel your progress for falling off track and requiring you to start over from day 1. So when I ate something wrong on keto, I would just cancel the day and all my progress and mess up my results be just continuing to eat the wrong things. Remember, keto is not just a diet , it’s a lifestyle, and if you want to get the best results, include intermittent fasting. Most of all, understand how keto and intermittent fasting work before you get into it. This will help you make better decisions and help you stay on track. Check out Dr Berg's videos to really get that insight….he explains in terms that don’t make you crack your brain to understand. I wish everyone good luck.