On January 7, 2018, I decided that I was going to start exercising again, eating less, and finally lose the weight I had been struggling with for the previous 5 years. I weighed myself and was shocked to find that my 5’7″ frame weighed 197 pounds. I weighed 2 pounds more than I had when I was full-term pregnant with my son, and even though I had been exercising quite intensely, I had gained 30 pounds over the course of 18 months.
I had tried everything I could think of: the 21-Day Fix, Weight Watchers, and counting calories on MyFitnessPal. Of course, nothing worked, and I just kept getting fatter and fatter.
As a kinesiologist, I was embarrassed because I was supposed to be an expert in health and wellness, yet I couldn’t seem to get my own body to be healthy and fit.
Finally, one day, someone I knew posted a picture of themselves after taking exogenous ketones. They looked great, so I looked up exogenous ketones and ended up going down the rabbit hole of ketone research, where I stumbled upon Dr. Berg.
I devoured every video I could find, and anytime I had a question about something, I Googled it with the name Dr. Berg following. I was not a believer in taking exogenous ketones, so I changed the way I ate and when I ate according to Dr. Berg and began to see immediate results.
I also stopped working out intensely at the gym and only walked 10,000 steps a day. Within about 2.5 weeks (and after the initial water drop), I started to see a consistent loss of about 0.4 pounds per day, and it just kept coming off.
Between April 11 and July 13, 2018, I lost 33 pounds by following a ketogenic diet with intermittent fasting. In total, I was down 40 pounds, from 197 to 157, just in time for my 40th birthday!
As a full-time single mom to a 4- and 6-year-old, I have since easily kept the weight off by continuing to live a ketogenic lifestyle. My energy is up, I sleep through the night (as long as my kids don’t wake me up), and I no longer have brain fog.
Recently, I started exercising again and am working toward some fitness goals that are so much easier now that I’m not carrying an extra 40 pounds.
I’m also using my degree and newfound knowledge to start my own health and wellness coaching business so I can help others achieve the health that I now have.
I’m so grateful to Dr. Berg and all of his information. It has truly been life-changing!
