Keto success story: “I wish I had known this 20 years ago”

January 21 2020 by , medical review by 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

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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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Sithembiso
January 22 2020
I need Ketovatru
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Tricia
January 23 2020
Please can u help me in what to eat ive tried so hard and its making me depressed

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Me
January 23 2020
Tricia there are several post on Diet Doctor of what to eat with photos showing all the foods that are best for Keto. Any meat, poultry, fish, seafood without breading, all above ground veggies, nuts and seeds, good fats like avocados, butter, ghee and olive oil. Click on the top of the page there are tons of free information and recipes here. Keep carbs around 20 some can even have 50 a day and loose well.

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.

Hope these ideas help. Click on every free post on Diet Doctor and you'll be fine. It's an easy plan. The internet is full of recipes just read the ingredients not all low carb recipes are keto. Best of luck.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
January 24 2020

Please can u help me in what to eat ive tried so hard and its making me depressed

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John Daniel
January 25 2020
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