#41 Ashley Dropped 56 lbs in 7 Months on Keto

Meet Ashley

ABOUT ASHLEY

• I live in St. Louis Missouri
• I am a payroll editor by day
• I live alone in my little apartment so it is easy to stay Keto that way

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO KETO?

• I started Keto April of last year
• I decided I needed to join the gym, so they gave me trainer
• Honestly, I am glad I did. Because I don’t think I would have lost what I did if I didn’t have him or have the guidance
• From when I started with him on April 20^th, I weighed 276
• We would weigh myself every month and I really was not losing anything
• So when it came down in November, I have only lost 24 pounds, but my trainer decided that I should do Keto since I am tracking everything that I am and it just did not workout for me
• My first day of Keto was November 8, 2017 and since then I stayed Keto and haven’t have a cheat day
• Since starting Keto, I have lost 56 pounds a total of 81 pounds in 13 months
• I feel so much better
• Before, I always feel sluggish. I had headaches, and just so tired after sitting on my cubicle for 8 hours
• Ever since I started Keto, I just feel so much better
• My mind is so much better, physically doing better and doing consistently my workouts or training with my trainer has really helped me out too
• My trainer is not Keto, but her girlfriend does Keto though
• So when he suggested Keto, he told me that he’ll get his girlfriend to give me some pointers that I can use
• And I just went full Keto the next day
• I did a Keto thanksgiving
• And I really thought that, that was my first holiday to stay Keto, and I just basically eat turkey and regular green beans and made myself a Keto pumpkin pie
• I did track my macros
• I tried to do 80% fat, 5% carbs and 15% protein
• I try to do total carbs
• I like brussel sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli for my carbs
• I cook my brussel sprouts by roasting them in the oven. I put some olive oi, salt and pepper and I put Parmesan cheese on them. I do the same thing with broccoli too
• I like it when it is crispy, brown and a little bit salty
• I like peanut butter but I know that it is not necessarily Keto

YOUR FAVORITES ABOUT KETO

• I used to be super forgetful
• I haven’t have may headaches as I used to
• My energy has been better
• I do not have migraines or anything but just staring at my computer screen for 8 hours will sometimes give me headaches
• Well, I had headaches but not many as I used to

TOUGH SPOTS

• I am kind of experiencing one right now
• I have been stuck on the same pounds and it is kind of frustrating
• I am stuck for 195 for the last month and a half
• I have not tried a super long fast
• I have done a 24 hour fast but it end up me needing something to eat
• I tried but I haven’t succeeded
• The highest I’ve hit was 180 fat which I think was a whole bunch
• I do dairy so I put a heavy whipping cream on my coffee, and MCT oil, so that probably helps a lot
• But I pretty much put butter on everything that I eat
• Once a week, I always have a steak.
  I try to make a rib eye with cauliflower
• I do like Keto treats but I try to limit them
• For certain family get together, I have a bunch uncles that are diabetic, so it kind of help that I make a sugar-free dessert that I can share with them
• I made a cheesecake one time and it was delicious. My mom could not even tell that there were no sugar in it

ADVICE

• Everybody Keto differently, so don’t compare yourself to other people
• Don’t compare your weight loss if that is what you are going for
• Everybody is different
• Nobody’s the same and nobody Keto the same

WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU?

• Just to get to my goal weight
• I only have 20 or 30 pounds to lose, so hopefully that will happen pretty soon
• And I am going to run another 5k because I have already done one

HOW CAN WE FIND YOU?

To find Ashley:

Instagram: @ashley.keto

Check out the last episode of Be Well, Be Keto where I talked about the Keto Basics. Click here!

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