Fox Valley Keto Coach

My Story

“I can’t believe people would eat like that!” “They are going to die of a heart attack!” “There is no way someone could lose weight eating like that!” Yes, those are all the things, and more, that I said when I heard about Keto a year ago. I didn’t know much but what I did know was the endless pictures of butter and bacon that flashed across my screen as I researched sudden weight gain. I rolled my eyes daily at these images.

I’ve always been on the smaller side my entire life other than a brief time when I struggled with an unknown thyroid problem. Being on the shorter side any weight gain shows a lot more than on a taller person. I love food so I’ve had to work to keep my weight in check. If I gained a few pounds here or there it was so easy to take it off.

Life happened, babies happened, donuts happened. Can I get an ‘amen’ for those who love donuts?!?!? I don’t just love donuts, I LOVE them. They are my drug of choice. I know they aren’t something I can eat a lot of. However, during every one of my pregnancies, it was a free for all donut love-fest. For basically six years, I had donuts every.single.day. I wish I were lying to you now but I’m so not. So five babies later (yeah, no twins or triplets) I found myself 40 pounds heavier. Lawd help me. I still say it was worth it ;).

About five months after my last babe was born, I was ready to get rid of my donut b***y and enlisted the help of a personal trainer. Within six months, I had the weight off and was in great shape. Two years passed and I found myself gaining some weight. I hadn’t changed my fitness routine much at all and my diet was still pretty decent. I couldn’t figure out what the heck was going on. I began to research sudden weight gain, different body types, am I exercising too much/too little, is my thyroid out of whack again, am I peri-menopausal, etc. During this time, I felt run down a lot, I felt my hormones completely out of control, I felt, just honestly, like crap.

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