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Name:
Brigitte Christiansen
Starting Weight:
195 lbs.
Current Weight:
166 lbs.
Weight Loss:
29 lbs.
Approach:
Keto
Life before Keto:
Brigitte Christiansen couldn’t clip her toenails due to excess weight. Understandably, that was something she objected to. When she weighed in at 195 pounds (88 kg) on her 53rd birthday–with a long list of health issues–she was ready for something new.
Like many others, Christiansen had struggled to lose weight with fad diets, only to gain it all back again. “I had some family members who were losing weight by doing a branded diet,” she says. “The cost was $350 a month, which I couldn’t afford, and I also didn’t want another fad diet where you lose weight until you stop buying the product.”
And weight wasn’t her only challenge. Three years ago, Christiansen began having problems with her liver. Add that to her list of other health issues, and she wasn’t feeling good by any standard. “I felt 80 years old,” she said. “That’s when my journey began.”
After finding Keto:
On August 8, 2018, Christiansen decided to take her life back and help her husband in the process. She found Dr. Berg accidentally on YouTube.
Now she listens to him all the time. In fact, besides her husband, Dr. Berg is Christiansen’s biggest support system and source of the greatest lesson she has learned: the importance of healing from the inside out.
Health improvements:
Since starting keto, she has lost 29 pounds (13 kg), and she’s on her way to losing more. Best of all, her previous health issues have vanished.
While she is ecstatic to fit into her clothes again and feel healthy, Christiansen reveals that it was tough to be patient. Her patience was sustained by all of Dr. Berg’s success stories on his YouTube channel.
Advice for someone starting keto:
Because she was inspired by the journeys of those who found success with keto and Dr. Berg, Christiansen now tries to help others with their journey. “Stay the course,” she advises. “You didn’t get heavy or unhealthy overnight. Therefore, you won’t get healthy and skinny overnight.”
She also shares her personal success story: “I feel like a brand-new person, younger and healthier,” she says. “I can trim my own toenails now, too.”
Favorite ways to exercise:
Christiansen enjoys classes at her local gym, like kickboxing and HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training).
Favorite keto recipes:
Herbed chicken with mushrooms and any kind of keto pizza.
