Weight gain, it's a slippery slope. One moment you are enjoying a yummy bag of flaming hot cheetos and the next you are crying how did this happen? I am guilty of over indulgence and under exercising. When I was a kid I was healthy and played all day, but when i got older i became much less active.
I started gaining weight in 7th grade. Now i was never huge but i was always out of my BMI range. There were periods of time where my weight would stay the same and never change more than a pound or two in either direction. But then I would get on the scale and gain like 10lbs. I would panic and change my eating habits, try to exercise. I would lose my water weight(usually 6lbs) and I would say I deserved a treat. So I would snack or eat out or drink with friends. Not the best choices. But I know my body and I would stay stagnant in my weight gain/loss so it didn't really bother me.
When I went to the doctors for a check up they noticed my mother had hypothyroidism(lazy thyroid) so they had me tested. I had it. It can be controlled with medication, diet, and exercise but I was terrible with the changes. I take the medicine but I fell into my habits again. Even a scare of being prediabetic didn't do much for me to change my habits. I took more medicine, this time a sugar blocker and I was able to get back into a healthy blood sugar range. Still overweight and hypo I went on with my life.
Fast forward many years and I am now a proud mother of a beautiful baby boy(10months old now) who needs me in his life. And I want to be in his life for as long as possible. So I need to change so that can happen. I am nearing 30 and I can't be this unhealthy.
I have tried many diets most of my life,
Just to name a few and none of them worked. I have heard a lot of good about the keto diet and I thought why not try it out. So about 3 weeks ago I tried it out. And I was shedding pounds pretty quickly, 6lbs in just a week. I was ecstatic! Then the bad habits crept back, I gave in and had pizza and it was a snowball effect and I was right back where I started. When I look at my son I feel like I am failing him, but that ends now. It's a new month, my favorite month actually, so it's best to start today. Better late than never. So here we go my first step into keto and a new lifestyle.