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123 Pounds Lost, Counting Down the Last 15 Pounds to My Goal (Part 1)
Whose Fat Body is this anyway?
I have hit a diet plateau. My friends are mad at me for not succeeding.
Five years ago, I lost one hundred and eight pounds (108 lbs). I was thirty pounds away from my goal when I stopped and went into maintenance. I had enough of dieting, counting calories and exercise. Losing over one hundred pounds in fourteen months had become increasingly difficult. It was a chore. I stopped and went into maintenance before I became too frustrated.
In five years, I have not gained the weight back. On January 01 of this year, I announced that I was going after those elusive thirty pounds.
Besides being a writer, I am a sharer. I love my friends and family. I share way too much. I told everyone I was going on the Keto diet to lose those last thirty pounds right the hell now! I posted in my blog, my Facebook and Twitter.
I threw out all the bad foods, cookies, cake, chips and ice cream. I studied books and articles about Keto and started dieting. I am (deliberately) walking around more. Weighing in buck-naked became part of my morning routine.
Eating low carb and high protein is difficult. It seems like it should not be, but it is not.
