“For me LCHF = freedom and health”
Before and after
Mary spent 18 years being obese, with illnesses, depression and general unhappiness as consequences of her lifestyle. One day, she just wouldn’t take it anymore. She decided to live a life without being a slave to sugar and reversed her type 2 diabetes. Here is her story:
The email
I have struggled with weight since the 7th grade – I yo-yo’d between a healthy weight and a little overweight until my mid to late 20’s when I steadily started gaining year after year. I spent 18 years in the obese category, topping out at 260 pounds in early 2014.
Finally on March 3, 2014 something snapped in me and I just decided no more. That day my fasting blood sugar was over 200 (I was diagnosed type 2 diabetes in 2008) and it scared me. I was on diabetes meds, another med for my high blood pressure and I had sleep apnea, I snored, had acid reflux, I got frequent colds/illnesses and had allergy and asthma issues. I was fatigued all the time, miserable and depressed. I was either going to get my act together or die young. I decided I wanted to turn my life around and no longer be a slave to carbs and sugar, which were the cause of all my health issues.
I have now reversed my type 2 Diabetes (not cured obviously) but I control my blood sugar by eating LCHF/Ketogenic and very rarely have blood sugar readings that aren’t normal. I am med free – no diabetes meds, no blood pressure med as now my blood pressure is totally normal. My sleep apnea has gone away, I no longer snore and I sleep well and wake up rested. I no longer have allergy issues and I can breathe. I can’t remember the last time I used my inhaler.
LCHF is the only “diet” (and I don’t consider it a diet, but a lifelong lifestyle) that I have ever been able to stick to. I am FREE of the bondage to carbs/sugar. I no longer crave them, they do not appeal to me. I love being healthy, feeling healthy and looking healthy. I have more energy than ever and I put that energy in to lifting weights. I have been consistently working out for over a year now, which is something else I have never done in my life – at most I would exercise a couple of weeks and then drop out.
For me LCHF = freedom and health.
Mary Roberts
Age: 44
Female
5’6″
Start weight: 260
Current weight: 159
Down from size 20W to size 4/6
Comment
Congratulations on your well-deserved freedom and health, Mary!
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Dr. Eenfeldt, I just started your LCHF way of eating
Are walnuts ok as a snack
And what do you recommend for early morning workouts for food / drinks, coffee only
Thank you, love the site, your the best.
Her goal should be 130 pounds.
I am her exact height and at 130 I think I was what some Paleo adherents un-generously refer to as "skinny fat". I could have reconfigured my body comp even at that weight and gotten smaller--and stronger, ironically. I was a weakling.
Sadly, some people still think we should look like the antiquated height/weight charts and follow the food pyramid.
The food pyramid was developed in the mid 40's due to the lack of food because of the war with the sweets, fruits, and alcohol being added around the 80's.
The height/weight chart was developed as a tool for pediatricians to use with children based on formula fed children; to ensure children were developing properly from birth on to adolescence.
Now we are using these as a standard, regardless of the heritage, location, economic standing, or availability of resources of the individual.
I think we need to start taking responsibility for ourselves as Mary and others have and start living and striving for healthy and happy lifestyles.
Congratulations Mary, keep up the great work and paradigm change in your thinking!!!
Congratulations on your achievement!
Congrats to you!! I am just starting my journey and you have inspired me...thank you. I also want a lifestyle change and not another diet.
Tish
Cheers to you.