#106 Karine Ricard – Finally Fit with Keto

Meet Karine:

Passionate about nutrition and fitness, my focus is on LCHF /keto/paleo nutrition, combined with healthy lifestyle practices (exercise, stress management, sleep optimization, toxin reduction) to help people achieve optimal health and wellness.
I have just started a blog with short articles and useful tips to reach a larger audience of people who are interested in improving their health but don’t know where to start.

Show Notes:

ABOUT KARINE

• I am originally from France, but I am currently living in Sydney, Australia for 10 years now and I am 47 years old
• It all started in 2008 and at that time, I was in Geneva, Switzerland
• I thought I was generally healthy but I was not thinking health in general
• I was just not eating any junk food and I was not smoking or drinking and I thought I was all right
• I was very sedentary, I was not interested in sports at all except skiing during winter
• So, in 2008, I decided to get a ski fit
• I took a gym membership and I got addicted quickly
• At the same time, I started reading about nutrition because I wanted to get healthier and fuel my workouts as well
• Unfortunately, I started following guidelines from the fitness industry which are, to have 5-7 meals a day, very high in protein, high in carbs and low in fats
• At that time, I was already a vegetarian so, I was already low in fat and high in carbs, but I was not eating enough protein
• So, I started drinking all these protein meals and I did that for 10 years, and it got me absolutely nowhere
• I was putting a lot of effort into my workout and I did increase my stamina, but I did not get any leaner, I was not building muscle mass, I was hungry all the time, and I was craving so much sweet food too
• 2 years ago, I decided to change career
• I started with a Primal Health Coach Schools and this is where I had my big “Ha-Ha” moments
• This is when I understood that eating a lot of carbs and high proteins were raising my insulin and that was putting me in a fat storage mode
• Even worse when you have 6-7 meals a day because you’re just raising your insulin constantly and you’re constantly in a fat storage mode
• I was just so happy because suddenly, everything made sense and I knew what to do
• But, I am frustrated at the same time because I did the wrong one for 10 years
• When I learned about that, I changed my nutrition, I started doing low-carb, high-fat for a couple of weeks it was magic
• All my cravings are gone, no more hunger and it was easy
• I went full keto after a week and I just love it
• I started losing weight and it was probably the first six months that I lost 6 kilos
• After 6 months, I started adding time restricting eating as well to my program
• I started skipping breakfast and have a bigger lunch and a bigger dinner
• I could also feel that my stress went down by quite a lot, and I never looked back
• 2 months ago, I started my website where we show out articles
• I just want to make sure that people will read them
• In the website, has the information about how the physiology of our body works, and lots of practical tips that people can squeeze in their day to be more aware
• I took a little bit of time to figure out how to rise up my fats
• I had these limiting beliefs that I just could not do it without bread because I am French and bread is quite important in France
• So, to do all my recipes and meals, it took me about 2 weeks and after 2 weeks, there’s no problem at all
• I also did the keto desserts, keto bread, and all these things because I probably do that as part of the transition, but now, I don’t need those
• After 6 months into my keto diet, I decided that I don’t need cardio so I skip the cardio completely
• Now, I am doing weights training every day and I am walking a lot

ADVICE

• First, I think it is so important to know what are your limiting beliefs are
• There are just so many excuses, but actually when you try and see for yourself and you’ll realize that it is easy and not restrictive
• It’s not restrictive and complicated, you just need to change your mindset
• Processed food seems convenient, but cooking meat and vegetables do not take time too – it’s very simple
• If you are going to try it, you will have to love it
• When I was vegetarian, it was very hard because when you go out, you can only eat pasta and that was much harder
• Now that I am on keto, I can pretty much go out in any decent restaurant and find what I want

WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU

• Website: arecipeforhealth.net

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