The Keto Diet Helped Me Lose 60 Lbs. And Break My Food Addiction

 I used to deal with food addiction and binge eating. I was in denial for a very long time about the state of my health and how unhealthy I was both physically and mentally. Growing up, I was always heavily involved in sports. I was constantly active, but that drastically changed when I entered university.

 

 

 

I was really unhappy at school and turned to food for comfort. I developed quite a few unhealthy habits during this time, namely binge eating. I was in a vicious cycle of being unhappy with the direction of my life and turning to food to hide behind a veil of short-term comfort. As I gained weight, it just worsened my already poor self-esteem. I became increasingly self-conscious, so I continued to turn to food for immediate satisfaction. And the cycle went on.

 

Even at my highest weight of 220 pounds, I was still in a state of denial. I knew I was at an unhealthy weight, but it was never motivating enough to implement a lifestyle change. I would participate in unhealthy crash diets (the military diet, the lemon-cayenne water diet, laxatives, extreme caloric deficit, you name it). Of course, they weren’t sustainable. And I’d answer those failures with binging.

 

AT THAT POINT, I HAD BEEN FOLLOWING A KETO INSTAGRAM INFLUENCER FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR AND WAS INTRIGUED. SO ON ONE RANDOM DAY, I MADE THE DECISION TO JUST *TRY.*

 

I started following a ketogenic lifestyle on May 3, 2017. TBH, though, there wasn’t anything memorable about that day, or even an “aha” moment that switched my mindset. I remember specifically saying to myself, “Just try it for three days, then go out for sushi on Saturday.” Guess what? I ended up canceling my sushi plans.

 

 

I actually enjoyed the keto way of eating. It genuinely didn’t feel like a diet because I was consuming a lot of the same foods that I was already used to and loved. It truly just took making some small tweaks and food swaps to align my diet with a ketogenic way of eating.

 

HERE’S WHAT I TYPICALLY EAT IN A DAY NOW.

• Breakfast: Two whole eggs, two pieces of bacon, and coffee with cream
• Lunch: Cobb salad with hard-boiled egg, avocado, bacon, and ranch dressing
• Snacks: Turkey pepperettes and cheese or veggies and dip
• Dinner: Chicken breast with broccoli sautéed in butter
• Dessert: Frozen raspberries