Well my journey is not yet over, but ...
DETOX
A lot did happen since the 15th July 2017... I will tell you that much: I came from a very dark place in my life in terms of physical & mental health, when I re-discovered the Keto Diet. At that point, I had 40+ kg overweight, serious medical side-effects and was up to undergo a gastric bypass operation in order to get my life back on track... During one of the final pre-operation appointments, I realised that this could not be the MY way forward and walked out on the doctor...
And then? I went home and changed my life, with “a healthy step a day”... I tried a lot of different things at the beginning of my Keto Diet and it was hard, very hard, I will not lay to you! Why? Well, I love Vegetarian food & on top I spent the last five years on creating a healthy convenience food company focusing on lactose & gluten free dishes. As a nutritionist, I know exactly, what is good and what is bad, that is/was the problem, I just could not apply to me and my life... As it is one thing to apply to your customer and other to do it yourself!
The last years, I spent 24/7 on creating my company and raising a child. I always came second and excused it by saying, it will change one day... Side note, yes it did (just a little reminder to everyone who thought that it will never happen)! I have been all my adult life overweighted, starting after university when I gave up my very active sport life and then it became a visual cycle, easy! Stress, lack of sleep, no exercise and bad eating habits (mainly too much, as I am stress eater), quitting smoking (yes, yes I smoked almost two packages a day in my early 30thy), all this together made my story complete.
It is true, I could have gotten all the help I wanted from my team at the beginning of my weight loss journey, but I kept it to myself, until I was sure, what I was doing, as I did not wanted to present myself again with a failed diet...
So, I kept my journey to myself and made sure that it worked! And yes it did, I lost around 30+ kg in the first 6 months of my journey and keep on losing... I still want to lose another 30+ pounds and have a clear target to complete this before end of July 2018. So come and join me, as my story is not yet finished and yours will only start!