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My Keto Progress, Month 2

April 1st marked the end of my second full month of keto. I weighed in on February 1st at 226.6, and as of April 1st, I weigh 203 even. I am really happy with this progress! There have been times when weight loss was a slow and tedious challenge, and I really could never see the light at the end of the tunnel before now.


My ultimate goal after all is said and done is to weigh 140 lbs, that was my pre-baby, pre-weight gain weight (not the absolute lowest I've ever been, I think I weighed 125 at one point but I don't really wish to get quite that low again). My highest ever was 265, so I've lost over 60 now, putting me at about the halfway point to that ultimate goal weight. I would like to hit that ultimate goal before I turn thirty in 2019, so my goal for this year is to get to about 175. That will have me at 50 lbs lost in 2018 with another 35 to go in 2019, and I think that's a great goal to shoot for! But, enough about the numbers....

I am really feeling great following keto. I have more energy than I had before, and less inflammation. My Hashimotos Thyroiditis and food sensitivities caused me to accumulate a lot of painful inflammation and brain fog issues and I really feel like this way of eating has helped to clear a path for me to function normally and healthily. I have an easier time getting through work and my daily routines. I do not find it difficult to follow keto on a day to day basis. I feel like I can find options to eat just about anywhere, whether I'm at a friend's house, at a restaurant or running through the McDonalds drive through. This is the easiest to follow plan of all the diets that I have done (and trust me, I've done them all). I am still continuing to take the medications I was taking pre-keto, but there's a good likelihood of me needing them for the rest of my life anyway. My thyroid just doesn't work. But by eliminating sugar and carbs, I've been able to help decrease my inflammation and antibodies, which is the best case scenario for someone who's hypothyroidism is as bad as mine is.

So far the only negative effect that I have noticed is that I have bloating and gas at the end of the day, and my period are back to being erratic. I can't necessarily pin either of those things to ketogenic eating, as I've always had digestive issues and my periods have been unpredictable for a lot of my adult life. Pre-keto, I'd gotten into a fairly predictable monthly cycle, and once I started keto, my periods began to get a little weird and spaced out again. To me, this isn't something very difficult to live with, but since I want to be sure to share both the ups AND downs of this journey with you all, I wanted to share this side effect as well.

I am almost done writing my "Keto Coach" ebook and hope to have that ready for use by the end of April! If you have any questions, want to get started on your own keto journey or want to discuss an affordable, easy to follow Ketogenic meal plan, email me at ketorebekah@gmail.com :)

I hope everyone's April is off to a fabulous start!










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