[NSV] [20/F/5'1/105lbs] Eight months into keto and I've lost 30ish pounds. I'm going on vacation in a few weeks and for the first time in years I'm not horrified by the sight of my body in a bikini.

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Before and after: https://imgur.com/a/j9ZByPZ

Hey guys,

I owe most of my weight loss success to the ketogenic diet. I know it's controversial and everybody has their own opinion of it, but it worked for me and I want to share that success with anybody who is considering it or interested.

I never thought I'd be able to give up carbs because I loooove bread, pasta, rice, etc. Like, really love bread. I used to eat the ENTIRE BASKET OF BREAD at The Cheesecake Factory. So needless to say I didn't have a ton of faith in myself to stick to doing keto. If somebody had told me a year ago that I'd be where I am now -- on a low-carb diet, 30 pounds or so lighter, and actually happy with my body -- I would have literally LOL'ed OUT LOUD.

I started doing keto in April because I was sick of hating my body and was ready to make a change. I'd gotten into the habit of eating/snacking on junk food constantly, never exercised, and binge-drinking 3-4x a week since I go to a party school. I saw pictures from my sorority formal (2nd pic in the album) and started crying because I couldn't believe I'd let it get so out of control, and knew I had to try something different. I'd read a lot about keto before (I used to be really into trying different diets) but didn't want to do a fad diet and then gain all the weight back -- what I didn't realize is that keto is a lifestyle, not a diet, and it's one that couldn't have been better for me.

At first it was kind of difficult, but I also felt super motivated because I wanted to see results as quickly as I could. That motivation made it fairly easy for me to ditch bread, pasta, crackers, rice, junk food, etc. It took a while getting used to paying attention to the carb content in everything I ate; I used to drink these San Pellegerino sodas every day, like 2 or 3 of them, and they all have 30-something carbs. Yikes. Stuff like that was easy to cut out once I realized it, but there was definitely a month or two where I didn't necessarily pay as much attention to carb contents in sauces, dressings, etc as I should have. The other tricky part was alcohol; I go to a huge party school and am involved with greek life, so most weekends I have social events and during the week everybody goes to the bars. To avoid alcohol stunting my progress, I decided to only go out 2x a week or so, and stick to low-cal drinks like vodka soda, light wine, etc. Be warned that keto makes your tolerance MUCH MUCH lower though, and I can barely have two glasses of wine without getting pretty tipsy these days.

I don't really work out, like ever, because it makes me want to die. So I lost all of the weight from just doing keto. However, once I started to see results, it really encouraged me to incorporate small efforts to be active into my life whenever possible. I take the stairs if there are stairs, I walk if walking is an option/the weather is okay - I also attend college on a very hilly campus so I'm constantly walking uphill. I lift light weights at home and do squats and 20 min ab exercises when I have time.

Once I lost the majority of the weight I got a little less strict -- I don't care if I accidentally eat 25 carbs instead of 20 one day, for example -- but I'm still sticking to keto and will...forever. I am so much happier because of it.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions or if there's any advice I can give if you're curious about keto or my weight loss. It can be tough at first and I know it helped me a lot to chat with people who have seen the amazing benefits of this lifestyle and can testify to them! You can always message me too if you have private questions.

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