Weight Loss/Maintenance

Last year I lost 74 pounds on keto, going from 191 to 117. I'm a 5'3" woman, 66 years old.

This year, staying at home nearly 24/7, I've gone up to 128, eating a bit more but staying strictly keto.

Just FYI, I have type 1 diabetes and take insulin. The keto lifestyle has vastly improved my diabetes ... cut way down on insulin intake and improved my A1C score down to 5.5.

I don't count carbs but try to avoid them like the plague. You really lose your carb craving. My husband LOVES dessert and has it around, and I can easily avoid it.

Here is a typical day's food:

Breakfast: Never eat breakfast. (Keeps overall food intake lower.)

Lunch: 3 oz. chicken, 2 oz. cheese, tablespoon mayo, 2 big dill pickles

Dinner: 3 or 4 oz. protein, low-carb veggie or two ... e.g., roasted cauliflower, grilled asparagus, sauteed spinach, braised cabbage, sauerkraut

Snack examples: cheese, marinated goat cheese (Costco - delish), ricotta cheese mixed with sugar-free syrup such as butter rum, diet soda mixed with various sugar-free syrups, GG brand fiber crispbread (2 net carbs per cracker), roasted seaweed snack (very crispy), fried pork rinds, whole head of butter lettuce with oil/vinegar/Dijon mustard dressing

Tillamook makes a no-carb jerky that is very good.