#keto progress

[michelledoesketo]

July 27th, 2020

Just a friendly reminder (to you and myself): even if you don't see the scale move, you're definitely making progress.

For me personally, a pair jeans I wear has steadily been getting looser. Today I decided they were TOO loose, so I took in a few inches to make them fit better. (Because I'm cheap and will not go out and buy a new pair....these don't even have the thighs rubbed out yet! They're like new! 😂)

Anyway, the first picture is from the middle of June, before I had really recommitted to doing keto again. I was just eating less crap, and was losing a little bit of weight. Kind of pulling on them, I had a few inches of give. The picture on the right is from today. Again, only barely pulling on them, and there's WAY more give.

That makes me feel good, because the scale hasn't really moved in a few days, despite the exercising and sticking to my macros.

I know we all struggle with the numbers on the scale, but sometimes it's the non scale victories that make you feel like you're making progress.

[keepingupwiththeketo]

This mornings weight was 192.4......whoo hoo

I made it another day obstaining from my keto wraps and Halo Top. My keto buddy and I are officially competing on who can lose more weight and your girl is currently winning. Keto buddy is planning a cheat day and I said maybe I’d have a cheat day too to keep things even but I don’t really want to have a cheat day. I’ve gotten that really good mind over matter mindset of this is how I’m eating, I’ve been stalled in the 190s since Christmas and I really want to finally make my break through to a new lowest weight.

Food today was a massive take out salad with all the meats and only one cup of dressing.....so good. I’d been craving a triple stacker cheeseburger from Burger King for days so I picked one up on my way home and discarded the bun obvs, it was pretty satisfying.

Here’s hoping my weight goes down some more tomorrow.

[losingitinjersey]

With a 33 pound loss tucked under my belt I thought it was time to visually see how far I’ve come.  

The initial 15 pounds came off within the first four months through lazy keto.  I stayed around 245 all the way from October 2017 through April 2018.  Even though I was “doing keto” I wasn’t counting calories or macros.  There were also many many times where I fell off the wagon throughout that time period.  

The subsequent 15 pounds came off between April - May 2018 through CICO, increasing my walking, tracking everything I ate and staying within my macros.  

Sure wish I had done strict keto since July but that wasn’t the path for me, apparently.  Had to exhaust all the “easy” options first to find out they’re not effective for me.  

I still have a long way to go but I’m proud of my efforts thus far and am enjoying the ride.  I’ve already been able to start wearing clothes I haven’t been able to fit into in over a year and it feels so validating to be able to increase my wardrobe options again.  While I still have a closet of dresses waiting for me to get under 180 they’ll be there cheering me on until I can fit into them again.  

Now, more than ever my goal of weighing 165 again feels achievable.  Not within grasp yet, but achievable through continued effort.  

[ellennai]

Still can’t believe how far I’ve come! And can’t believe how big I was! I still want to go down 1 more dress size :) but also enjoying and loving my body every step of the way

[angryfatandpoor]

203.4 - 1month & 15lbs down

Well y’all, today is officially 1 month keto.

I did a 24 hr fast to celebrate, and I am breaking it with a mozzarella bagel. I need to really make up for it at dinner time, but my fridge took a shit this morning and I’m pretty sure I have to toss out most of my prepped food. Money. Down. The. Drain. One nice thing is knowing that in one month, I’ve lost 15 pounds! I feel like I still look the same, but it’s nice seeing a new number on the scale.

I also have my period, so I was expecting the worse. I guess this means I shall do another month and see how it goes. My blood work was all perfect, so I don’t feel like I’m beating up my body too much. Bring it on.

[o-dragon05]

In other fitness news, I am down 7.5 pounds since June 10, have lost an inch or two here and there, and I can now pull my pants off my body without unbuttoning them. Granted, I’m still like a size 18 even with that, but I’ll take that as good news. 😁

[my-reckless-checklist]

Pardon my undies, but I just wanted to say I’m officially 30 lbs down from my highest weight! These pics are about 3 years apart, and I was at my highest weight on the left and I’m at the lowest I can ever remember being on the right. Some days you just need to see the difference for motivation. :)

[naners07]

Week 4 KETO

9 May 2017 Definitely in nutritional ketosis. I'm slowly losing weight. I'm okay with that. As long as I'm losing, I don't care how much. I've never been able to lose weight easily.