I am so happy to hear this! ZC has made a huge change in everything in my life; not just my weight (30 lbs off, I am 5'2", 117 and 50 ) but my attitude towards life. It helps me handle stress better, I sleep great, and the blood sugar swings I used to get vanished immediately. It will be a year in June since I started and I honestly have never felt better.
I have been 100% on fast-5 now since March 2nd. I have NEVER cheated on it. Have I been loving it?? Yes and No. It has saved me tons of money on food and when my husband joined me on April 12th the cost of a shopping trip dropped again. My cravings for food and my self control have also taken a turn for the much much better. Great, yes, but not the reason I turned to the Fast-5 way of life.
A little about me. I am 29 and have 3 kids ages 8, 6, and 5. My weight is from pregnancy and medication (which I no longer take). I have never really exercised because of a sleep disorder which leaves me tired all the time. I have tried but if I spend my energy on exercise I can't function to take care of my kids.
I wanted to loose 35-40 pounds (I am 4foot 11inches). Started at 145 where I have been stuck for 2 years. From March 2nd through April 12th I only lost 1 pound and 2 inches off my waist and maybe my thighs were a bit thinner too, but that depended on where I measured them. So I stopped using artificial sweeteners at all, decrease my window to 3 hours (on no particular diet) and immediately dropped 3 pounds and then one more, which came back the next week, then stayed there. Stuck at 141 lbs. But come May 13, a full month later, I was still seeing no results. I was incredibly depressed and on the verge of crying all the time. It didn't help that my husband had lost 10 pounds in 4 weeks.
Sure I learned allot about myself in that time and that my body seems to like certain foods and that some foods satisfied hunger more than others, but I wasn't loosing weight. My diet was healthy - I ate my vegetables and stayed away from fast food and sugar as much as possible. I did not want to give up carbs because 1) I like them, 2) they were supposed to be good for you, and 3) I had been warned about the "dangers" of high protein and ketosis. But it seemed like that was what I was going to have to do. And I struggled with that.
Thanks to whoever it was that posted the link to the zero carb message board I was able to get real information on zero-carbing and its long term safety, ketosis, and also the impact of insulin, its function, and insulin resistance. I was also able to find over 100 pages (printed out) of "The Bear's" writings on message boards and his essay on Diet and Exercise. At first it was hard to "swallow" as I am an herbalist and trained on plants and their medicinal uses and that vegetables are supposed to be the main part of any diet if you don't want to get sick or chronic disease. Yes, this blows a big hole in my education. But that's ok....I love learning and The Bear makes sense. He is well read and knowledgeable on the subject.
I started zero carb 5 days ago and have already lost 4 pounds. I am starting to feel better emotionally and have a bit more energy which for me is completely foreign. I also noticed that my legs didn't feel shaky and weak after climbing a flight of stairs - which is a first for me as well.
I hope that those out there who are struggling, or are just beginning, take heart by reading my story. Don't give up!
Rebecca
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