16/02/2021
I'm Carolina. In 2014 I was put on disability leave due to my many health struggles. A major contributing factor was my weight (highest reached ~400lbs at 6' tall.) I had been diagnosed with PCOS in 1998 and had no cycle in those 16 years.
Pretty much every s*x hormone and lipid marker was out of range. I had visited an ND for the first time, and she was the first doctor to ever test my fasting insulin that came back very elevated. She suggested I reduce sugar in my diet even though my A1c was normal.
That sent me down a rabbit hole where discovered low carb / keto. It was a much different landscape 7 years ago! Because there weren't any keto products I was forced to learn to cook real food. What a blessing that was!
I lost ~60 lbs each year for 2 years. Yes, that's 120 lbs lost, but that's only an average of 1.2 lbs per week!!
I never got discouraged. Why? I checked my lab work, my PCOS and hypothyroid healed, I took measurements and progress photos, and I remembered that for the first time, I was improving everything about my health.
Year 3, I focused on improving my hormone balance even more in the hopes of having children. Health wise, I had tremendous improvement, but only lost 10 lbs.
Year 4, I became pregnant with TWINS! I stayed keto with medical approval (excitrment really because my diet is so nutrient dense) and gave birth to healthy full term twin boys in November 2017.
Now I'm pregnant with my third keto baby due April 2021.
So please embark on keto with the knowledge that it's a journey. If the scale isn't moving as quickly as you'd like, think of all the healing your amazing body is doing. There are so many victories to be had.