A bit about keto, mostly my journey as a fat kid I'd been overweight since I entered puberty. I was always a skinny kid up until I was about 12 years old and I blew up like a balloon turned into a little round kid. I wasn't eating particularly bad and I played sports but just gained a lot of weight couldn't really tell you how. I stayed overweight since then slightly fluctuating up and down throughout my teenage years and through till my early 20's. When I moved out of home and started college/work I gained probably 50-60lbs in less than a year. I was eating what was cheap and what was available, McDonald's, subs, hamburgers, pizza etc (broke college kid diet). A fat kids God damn nightmare. I carry weight well as I'm strong of stature with a muscular build and being 6' tall, I really can say I didn't look as heavy as I was, which actually was part of the problem. I could look in the mirror and suck my stomach in or suck my cheeks in and lie to myself, "yeah you look like that you're not obese, go eat what you want you're stressed out" I was 283lbs at 19 y/o and had a brief stint with being a vegetarian and lost about 30lbs in a year, but it didn't last and I gained it all back when i started eating meat again. A big problem with how I was eating was misinformation or misconceptions with how food gets processed with your body and when you eat and serving size. I've recently identified a huge issue was psychological, I grew up as a a very poor kid and my mother would always threaten punishment if we didn't clean our entire plate, which I believe led me to overeating in my adulthood. Going out to eat and getting enormous portions and forcing myself to eat it all just because it tasted so good and not recognizing a problem. At 20 I finished up school (EMT/FIREFIGHTER) and got a job in a Trauma center ER. Eating became problematic because I didn't have much time to eat and was eating out of convenience again. I had lost some weight when I was in the fire academy but all that progress was lost in a few months. I got back up to 280lbs and it crushed me mentally. My girlfriend had brought keto up to me saying her sister had lost 50lbs in a few months, seemed too good to be true, but I decided to give it a try. I started May 14th 2018, and it was learning experience. Having to learn about net carbs and how sugar effects your body and what times to eat. Keto changed my life honestly, I adhered to the diet for 4 months straight without cheating once and the weight flew off me. I was cooking all my own meals and meal prepping for lunch /dinner at work. Im currently right around 200lbs and feel comfortable with where I'm at. The secret to self discipline is honestly, hating yourself. I looked in the mirror and hated myself so much. I would take a picture of myself at my fattest and stare at it whenever I felt like cheating. You can do it, don't lie to yourself and don't make fucking excuses. You CAN change your life. Just have to fucking do it.
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