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EventsLosing 135 pounds in one year with LCHF
This is pretty impressive. I just got an email from Cord in the pictures above, he wanted to share his story:
The E-mail
I found your blog early in my journey, thank you for publishing it.
Here is my story and you have my permission to publish it, along with my first name and attached photo.
I began following the Atkin’s diet, in April of 2012 with 225 lbs to lose. I have struggled with my weight my entire life and have only succesfully lost any significant weight using low carb, and a medically supervised fast, both that put my body into ketosis.
Soon after beginning I learned about LCHF and Keto and altered my diet to include more fat and spent the majority of my carbs on green leafy vegetables. My focus was not on calories, instead I concentrated on keeping my macronutrients at approximatly 5% carbs, 60% fat and 35% protein. The weight came of very quickly. I have a tremendous amount of energy, I am seldom hungry, and never feel denied.
My physician was involved the whole way and we verified that my cholesterol, while in the ‘good’ range pre-diet, actually went down during the diet. All of my bloodwork is excellent, and all of my doctors support my decisions.
Today, I am about 65% of the way to my goal weight and losing about 8 pounds per month. I am very happy with my progress and plan to continue with this eating lifestyle indefinitly. I know that when I reach my goal weight, I will add back a few foods, but refined sugar and wheat will not be on my menu.
Cord
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Congratulations Cord!
When I read a powerful yet succinct message like "My focus was not on calories, instead I concentrated on keeping my macronutrients at approximatly 5% carbs, 60% fat and 35% protein. The weight came of very quickly. I have a tremendous amount of energy, I am seldom hungry, and never feel denied." and the many, many other success stories here and on other blogs, I have to wonder why we still have naysayers who -- likely having no concept of what carrying around 135 lbs of excess fat mass even feels like, let alone any true idea of what it feels like to try endlessly depriving yourself of food while simultaneously flogging yourself to death at the gym -- who insist that we are wrong and that they are right.
Yes not every one of us loses weight at the same rate, yes not everyone reaches their "target" weight but that does not negate the overriding health benefits of even a partial loss of excess fat mass and generally improved health with a long-term, sustainable approach that simply works!
It was exactly 135 pounds on the one year mark. I have lost an additional 9 pounds since that photo. I have NO motivation to lie, and I have nothing to prove to the likes of you.
I suggest you go back to ripping people off on the internet. I saw your site, it looks like the typical scam. You claim a "revolutionary" and 'miracle' system (only 29.95 a month). I doubt it.