Quick stats
Name:
Manita B.
Height:
5’2″
Starting Weight:
185 lbs.
Current Weight:
155 lbs.
Weight Loss:
30 lbs. (13 kg)
Approach:
Keto
Improved:
Increased mental clarity and confidence, and Improved skin
Life before keto:
Since childhood, Manita has struggled with weight issues. She was a yo-yo dieter and tried every trendy way to lose weight, but nothing ever worked for her.
In 2012, Manita began working out, thanks to her husband, who was very interested in fitness and nutrition. During the next few years, she ate five meals a day and worked out five days a week. She lost 50 pounds in the process, but she was always hungry.
After her pregnancy in 2015, she had gained almost all the weight back. Even after returning to her five-meals-a-day regimen and workouts, nothing seemed to help. “I got depressed, obsessed, and desperate. I wanted my old body back by hook or crook,” said Manita.
“Then I found out about water fasts. I did that for around 2 weeks.” During this period of desperation, one desperate measure led to another: Manita heard about something called the “starvation diet,” which piqued her interest. She put herself into starvation mode for six months. She ate only one meal a month and only drank black coffee and water.
“I shed a lot of weight. I was 119 pounds (54 kg), but weight wasn’t the only thing I lost,” she said. “I lost youthfulness. My skin was very spotty, the texture was rough, aged, and without any glow. My period was very irregular. I wouldn’t go to the toilet for a week.” Whenever Manita did eat something, her bowels wouldn’t work. “Almost as if it had forgotten to eject,” she said. “Everyone around me, especially my mum and grandma, got worried.”
When she returned to a more normal diet, she gained all her weight back, yet again, at ten times the rate and ended up weighing 185 pounds (84 kg) at 5’2″.
Then she finally found Dr. Berg’s videos.
“Obviously, I didn’t want to take any drastic measures anymore because I was suffering a lot already from my previous ventures,” Manita said. “Dr. Berg’s videos gave me enough knowledge to kick-start the ketogenic diet.”
After starting keto:
The transition phase was the hardest part of keto for Manita, but she’s had successful results in terms of fat adaptation and mental clarity.
Although family members remain unsupportive of Manita’s choice to live a keto lifestyle, her husband is an “amazing support system,” and watching Dr. Berg’s videos has helped her stay motivated.
“Dr. Berg was very easy to listen to, and it was very easy to follow through,” she said. “He could retain the viewer, and the education that he provides is very easy to follow.”
Health improvements:
“I feel amazing. I feel I am healing every day,” she said. “My brain is always active and clear-headed. Skin is getting better, and my period is better. No hormonal mood swings. I’m naturally happy and confident about myself.”
Since starting keto, Manita has lost 30 pounds (13 kg) and is still on her journey toward more weight loss.
“I am on a mission to raise awareness, like many others who are liberated now with the knowledge of food and want to help others to acknowledge their problems and heal,” said Manita. “We all know if we have health, then we have all the time in the world to make everything better.”
Favorite ways to exercise:
Manita enjoys weight training and HIIT workouts.
Favorite keto recipe:
Keto cookies.
