“Hey! You have lost some weight” said my friend who hadn’t seen me for some time. “Yes” I answered a bit smugly. It was no mean achievements, loosing thirty five pound in six months. I was very proud of myself.
“But how did you do it?” She was incredulous. After all I had been overweight since a long time, trying different “diets” and giving them up in disgust as nothing would work after first few weeks.
“You see I have started on this new lifestyle, they don’t call it a diet because one has to change one’s eating habits for life to achieve success ” I told her. “And what is this lifestyle called?” She was still skeptical.
It’s called ketogenic lifestyle. Now I had caught her interest. She had heard of this keto diet, as people were calling it, and wanted to know the details.
I told her all about it. The highlights were to stop eating carbohydrates, if not altogether, then to bring them to a minimum. Just vegetables which are practically starch free. ” You mean to say that you had to leave all carbs, like bread, pizza and dessert.” She still couldn’t believe it, that a carb junky like me could give up pasta, breads and all other yummy carb rich foods.
As I explained to her the mechanism through which this diet/ lifestyle change works, she was finally convinced. Even to the extent to give it a try herself.
And do you have to exercise a lot, she wanted to know. I just have a daily walk for an hour or so that is enough for me.
If you want to know about Keto diet/ ketogenic lifestyle, you can check my posts about it on the following;
Foods allowed in ketogenic diet
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congratulations on your weight loss!
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Thanks. It’s a struggle always.
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I feel your pain my friend.
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Thanks. I am hoping to get to the stage where it does becomes my lifestyle.
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Yes, that is great! that is how i live my life but weight just likes to hold on to me with both hands!
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Yup! Somebody once said that what is one thing that we get without working for it? The answer: weight!
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LOL………:) so true.
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Unfortunately! 😛
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Yes!
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You know what Sadje, I am going to give it a try.
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I recommend it to anyone who has a stubborn weight problem. I had a high fasting glucose level and high cholesterol. It all got better with this diet. But before beginning, please do your research.
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I’m glad keto is working for you. 🙂 Good going on the weight loss.
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Thanks a lot.
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Great how you worked the prompts into the keto lifestyle.
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Thanks.
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Great news and congratulations to you because this is something difficult… I know. You got me interested so I will look at your suggestions! 🤗
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Thank you so much.
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You are welcome! 🤗🙌
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🙏
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Good for you!
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Wow!!! That’s super. I need to lose some weight myself.
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Thanks!
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I’m so happy for you! Congratulations! 😃
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Thanks. I have done that but need to loose lots more.
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You’re welcome! Here’s to achieving your goal. 🥂🍾
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Thanks a lot.
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My pleasure 🥰
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You must feel great! So happy for you!
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Thanks a lot.
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Well done on losing 35 pounds. Certainly not a small feat. It’s not easy losing even 1 pound…congrats on your victory! Amazing!
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Thanks a lot. Do need a lot of willpower to stick to it.
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Congrats yes!
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Thanks a lot.
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