04/29/2026
I started this page to help myself be accountable. I'm lazy. Always have been. I've never been an excersice or sports person. I have kids, but they are all grown now. I have a desk job. I knit, so again, sitting around alot.
A few years ago, I found myself about to fall over the 300lb mark. I've gained and lost 1000s of lbs throughout my life, but this one scared me. Overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and pre-menopasal. Kind of sucked. So I started, again, down the path to lose weight. Managed to lose about 10-15lbs playing at eating keto. Husband and I discussed starting on GLP1 meds, so I visited my Dr.
Here we are a year later. I've lost 70lbs eating keto/low carb with the GLP1. But I'm still sedentary and pretty much in full menopause. Ive lost fat and inches over my whole body, but the stomach area continues to be an issue. (Lets not talk about my bat wings...the fat under my arms that I swear could make me fly if I flap hard enough). The sedentary part is partly because I'm lazy, partly because I'm still recovering from foot surgery. But I have been able to drop one of my blood pressure meds, yay me.
So here's the deal. I've come to a point where , yes I need to get off my lazy ass and move, but I have to find an eating lifestyle that works for me. Keto can work (I've done it before), but I think my body needs something different at this time in my life. I've been stalking several different pages on FB, and I've determined that a high protein, lowish carb, low fat diet is what Im going to do. Will it work? Who knows? Only thing that makes me hesitant is the carbs in all the recipes I see. So I'm going to modify them. One because again, Im hesitant to start eating that many carbs, and two, I have to modify for the hubs, who is diabetic and won't eat them.
I'm doing this for me. If it helps you figure out what works for you, great. I'm not selling or sponsoring anything or anyone. Maybe I'll tell you who I follow and maybe I won't. If I find a recipe that works great for me, I'll post it and let you know who I got it from and what modifications I did if any.
As of this morning, I weigh 227.4 lbs. The goal is 175 and to come off the rest of my meds. Oh, and to get off my lazy ass and move.
