My name is Stephie and I have been a member here for a long time. I have been gone for quite a few years however. I need to lose well over 100 pounds. My goal is to lose right around 115 pounds. I fell off my low carb diet about six years ago and have struggled to find a way to eat that helps me to lose weight and obviously nothing worked and I am back here .I am grateful I never went back up to my highest weight . I am 60 years old, will be 61 in June. I have been very obese since my early thirties. I was diagnosed by an endocrinologist ten years ago with metabolic syndrome. He actually told me to do Atkins. I never really stuck to it, and I believe it was because I did the whole net carb thing, low carb ice cream and treats, baked low carb and tried to live a normal life making low carb versions of my favorite foods.
Now I am back, tired of being tired. Tired of hurting from the grains that I do not do well on. I want to end this cycle of craziness and just be healthy.
This time around I am eating only pure food. Eggs, bacon, pork chops, ground beef, chicken thighs with the skins, minimal veggies and salad is basically wraps on our burgers, not even mayo on them, Meat, one slice of cheese and lettuce .We usually have two of them for a meal.
I am going through the worst keto flu I have ever been through. Could be I am older, could be since we tried plant based the last few years my carb intake was so high, my body is having a harder time transitioning, but whatever the reason, I am hurting like I have a really bad flu and it is day 8 for me today. I started on March 4. My keto flu started about day three , and has not eased up much. In fact it seemed a tiny bit better the last couple of days and today seems to have amped back up again.
I will stick to it and I know in time this will pass, but it makes it hard to do anything right now. The fatigue is pretty bad as well. No weight loss at all, not even water weight yet. Not a single ounce off. My husband lost around five or six pounds in the same time, he has had NO keto flu except a bit of fatique the first few days. Having metabolic syndrome I am not surprised and know it might take my body longer to start losing.
So, that is where I am at. I am doing this with my husband who has had two spinal surgeries the past two years. His doctor told him, either lose the weight or I will be doing another surgery in about three years .His GP recommended low carb. We are approaching this as a lifestyle change, not a diet, we know grains bother both of us, so it is something we really want to do to be healthy. Good to be back here and looking forward to getting past this rough stage in my journey .