Be Your Own Inspiration...

7 and a half weeks into my Keto WOE and the things I have noticed are:
1.) I "feel" better overall.
2.) My energy levels are more stabilized.
3.) My skin looks better.
4.) I am not as bloated.
5.) My mood is better.
6.) Stopped my chronic cough.
7.) I don't get winded as easy.
8.) My ankles don't swell anymore.

One thing though...the weight loss is soooo slooooow.  I might need to tweak my eating.  I have been doing lazy Keto because I feel like I don't have the time to enter and calculate all the foods I eat...but I might have to do that.  I also need to start exercising.  I'd like to start doing 45 minutes to an hour of walking a day.  I started walking around the warehouse at work (when I have time) but I know that I need to do more.

I made the Keto brownies in Dr. Eric Berg's book.  They pretty much have 5 ingredients (cocoa, butter, vanilla, eggs & Swerve), they're not the best...but they will do in a pinch...and I don't like them enough to overeat them.

A co-worker was complimenting me on my hair yesterday and another co-worker said "I'll tell you something else...you're looking skinnier."  I wanted to kiss her.  I don't see it...I am glad she did.

Also, I find myself "defending" my WOE.  The other day one of the girls on my CS team asked me, "Are you still Keto?"...and my manager chimed in "It sounds like a disease." to which the young co-worker added, "It's SO bad for you.  There are doctors that are saying it is really bad.  You're going to end up dying of a heart attack!  GOOGLE IT!!!"...to which I responded.


(I looked at the girl) "Yes, I am still Keto, thank you...I will most likely be Keto for the rest of
my life.
(I looked at my Boss) "Keto is not a disease.  It's a way of eating - Obesity is a disease and it's killing me."
(I looked back at the girl) "Don't believe everything you read on Google. The doctors that are saying Keto is bad are the same doctors that are making a living on prescribing drug with horrific side effects and statins which are toxic to the body and worse for you than the condition that they are prescribing them for...GOOGLE IT.  Obesity makes you more susceptible to Cancer, Cancer feeds on sugar...Keto starves cancer cells.  Cancer runs in my family. I have seen people die of cancer...and I have seen people die of a heart attack.  I'd rather die quickly of a heart attack...then long and arduously of cancer."
….it shut everyone up.  They haven't said anything since.  :)



My family from my husband to my children have been super supportive.  I am soooo blessed to have the support system that I have.

Well time for me to start winding down for the night.
Sleep is very important on Keto.