I started my first diet when I was sixteen years old if I can remember correctly. The years have not always been kind to my memory.
When I was 29 I decided I was going to take control of my career, stop living paycheck to paycheck and stop the poverty cycle. I had tried that once before a couple of years earlier with college ... unsuccessfully.
That is a story for another time... but I bring it up because I have a track record of making improvements on the "9's" which gives me some sort of hope this time will be different. I am 39 years old. I turned 39 7 days ago.
I am 419 pounds.
I have a fasted blood sugar of 146 (diabetic)
I have Sleep Apnea
I have fatty liver disease
I do not have diagnosed diabetes but lets say I am pretty sure I have the early stages of it and at the very least prediabetes.
I am unwell, I cannot walk through the grocery store without needing breaks. It was not always this way but I have been over 300 yo-yo ing up and down since 2011.
I have tried Keto somewhat successfully and unsuccessfully in the past. I have dabbled with a mono diet in the past (Penn's potato diet). This time though I have been reflecting a lot on my last ten years of life and my weight has been the chief complaint the entire 10 years.
It is time like when I was 29 to do something about it. So day 1 Carnivore here we go. I have a goal of 90 days to start if I have lost 15 pounds I will stay on it 90 more days, if I have lost another 15 pounds continue etc. Hell I know me and I am very regimented I do not mind eating the same way for stretches of time so if I can just fall into a routine I will do so.
I have tried clean eating, tracking, weight lifting I can get down to about 340 ... but I am so sick my metabolism is just dead. Its at a stand still so one of the benefits here is eventually I will end up OMAD 23:1 and that is when the real magic will happen. Study after study has shown that fasting for long periods of time has extensive medical benefits. I am doing carnivore as an elimination diet ... I need to find out what the hell is making me sick.
My pain, swelling, and a number of issues get better on Keto they get better when I eat more cleanly but they do not go away. Something is hurting me, something is causing a negative response.
I have turned comments off the blog because Im not really interested in debating the health benefits of the diet with armchair doctors. Nothing can be unhealthier than continuing the way I am I will be dead in 5 years or less.
The journey continues.
