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In reply to the discussion: Keto diet [View all]

podex101

(71 posts)
10. Vacation body.....
Wed Mar 2, 2022, 09:00 AM
Mar 2022

GOOD FREAKING JOB!!!!!
PLEASE KEEP GOING.

After spending 6 months working in Wisconsin (I am from Alabama), my wife surprised me with a trip to Cancun. We are getting ready for a much needed vacation.
We want to look good for the Kinich Ahau (Sun God in the Yucatan) just in case WWIII happens.
My boss in Wisconsin recommended the Keto diet to get results quick.
The added benefit of such diet:
My cholesterol is 133.
Glucose is at 112.
A1C is back to less than 5.4.

I figured that the carbs were responsible for my added weight from the last few years after retirement from the military.
In those carbs there is a silent poison that most people don't even notice.
Sugar, I have cut my sugar intake to just a spoon full of ice cream with my grand children, plus the added sugar on products that I don't know.
In September 2021 I left Alabama weighting 180lbs. I started this diet in late January. After 1 month + days of Keto (sometimes just eliminating sugar and not bread because -12F average temperature is too freaking cold) I had dropped to 159lbs.

Please keep doing everything you have been doing.
DEPRESSION sucks. I suffer from PTSD after a few trips overseas and I know that it sucks.
Now you have a goal, a tangible goal that is in the grasp of your hands. After you get to your desired weight... then.... then you start helping others with their weight problems.

A couple more lines and then I will shut up. If you really want that slice of pizza, take a good bite, scrape all the good stuff off the remaining bread and enjoy that pepperoni, mushrooms, extra cheese. I have done that a couple times.

Thank you for letting me share a little bit of my life story.

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Keto diet [View all] exboyfil Mar 2022 OP
Nice job. underpants Mar 2022 #1
Excellent! Keep up the good work! Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #2
Just 12 and 12 exboyfil Mar 2022 #4
Yes, it is work! I have a friend, a nurse, Quakerfriend Mar 2022 #6
Great work! Ultraviolet Cat Mar 2022 #3
My daughter does Keto, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #5
Congratulations! That's so inspiring! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #7
My thoughts . . . Ultraviolet Cat Mar 2022 #12
Yep I can't believe how much butter and olive oil I have consumed exboyfil Mar 2022 #15
Thank you very much for this. Carbs below 20! Wow. I'll try it. I was Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #21
The "net" vs "total" carbs varies from person to person. Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #26
I don't really count carbs exboyfil Mar 2022 #19
This is so helpful! Thank you so much. Do you eat much cheese? Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #20
Not really exboyfil Mar 2022 #22
Thanks. Very happy for you in your success. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #23
FWIW, I eat quite a lot of cheese. Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #28
Great !! Desert_Leslie Mar 2022 #8
Thanks me too exboyfil Mar 2022 #16
Good work, Keep it up. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #9
I also bounced back after doing keto for about 4 months. One day... I HAD to eat carbs flor-de-jasmim Apr 2022 #24
Vacation body..... podex101 Mar 2022 #10
Marcos does these pizza bowls (pizza without crust) exboyfil Mar 2022 #17
I have been doing low-carb since 2006 localroger Mar 2022 #11
Excellent! Please keep us posted on your progress. niyad Mar 2022 #13
Congrats. nice job. My wife bought a few Keto cookbooks and the food is awesome. Keep at it and dem4decades Mar 2022 #14
Fantastic! duforsure Mar 2022 #18
Congrats! It worked for me! Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #25
That is my goal exboyfil Apr 2022 #27
I'm very excited for you! Happy Hoosier Apr 2022 #29
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