Keto success story: “I wish I had known this 20 years ago”
, medical review by Dr. Bret Scher, MD
in Bipolar disorder, Depression, Success story 
Are all calories equal? Sharon says no! Although she eats much more food on keto, she’s still managed to lose more weight than when she followed a low-fat diet.
Sharon’s story
I was one of your success stories back in 2013 when I lost 70 lbs (32 kg), horrible psoriasis, joint pain and serious “down days”. I just thought I would update you ☺
It’s been nearly seven years now, I will never go back. I started a UK Facebook group and send hundreds of people your way every week. I can’t thank you enough for setting me off on this journey – it was certainly a leap of faith after all those calorie-restricted diets previously. I have never eaten so much lovely food, I eat between 1,800 and 2,000 calories a day compared to those terrible 1,000/1,200 ones that were just making me fat and miserable!
You have done a wonderful thing and set off a chain reaction that will hopefully echo for generations to come. I wish I had known this 20 years ago. Thanks to you and all your team.
Sincerely,
Sharon
Comment
Congrats on your seven years of success, Sharon! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your inspirational story with us and the world.
Best,
/ Dr. Bret Scher
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Here as some examples of quick and easy meals. Bacon and eggs with avocado, salads with spinach, chicken, pecans, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce etc, deli turkey rolled up with cheese, taco salad with no shells or beans but you can have guacamole, sour cream and cheese, grilled or sauteed chicken with any herbs or seasonings with roasted broccoli or sauteed spinach, grilled steak loose the potato add an above ground sauteed or roasted veggies with olive oil, butter and seasonings, pork chops with parmesan cream sauce, snacks can be veggies with guacamole or nuts and cheese with slices of turkey, sausage and eggs, omelets with meat and veggies, quiche, meatloaf leave out the bread crumbs and add parmesan cheese instead with peppers and onions with a side of cauliflower casserole, veggie smoothie, tuna salad, chicken salad on cucumber rounds or celery.
Almost any meal you like now can be made keto it's so easy. Bacon wrapped cream cheese stuffed jalapeno's, homemade ranch with veggies as dippers or chicken strips baked as dippers, bacon wrapped chicken strips with queso, need a sandwich fix wrap all fixings in lettuce instead of bread like a blt or add chicken, turkey or make burgers with cheese, mayo and bacon. Smoked sausages etc. Sausage balls leave out bread mix and use grated parmesan or romano cheese instead, stuffed eggs, boiled eggs, cabbage rolls, spaghetti skip noodles use zucchini noodles homemade are best. Lasagna skip the noodles use sliced zucchini, sugar free sauce, ricotta, mozzarella, veggies like peppers and onions with meat added to the sauce. You can use swerve to make desserts. You can have coffee with cream and swerve. Make your own salad dressings they are quick and easy like ranch or blue cheese. Fried chicken with nut flour. Zucchini noodles with chicken and parmesan cream sauce add a salad. Parmesan encrusted chicken baked strips are great. Sauteed shrimp with guacamole is great. Brush salmon with dijon mustard coat with ground pecans drizzle with olive oil sprinkle with powdered garlic and salt bake serve over spinach salad. Lots of soups, chili's, stews etc too.
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