# 26 Deanna Ayala – Lost Baby Weight

BIO

Born and raised in Northern California, Dee Ayala now lives in Hawaii with her husband, Ed and 4 of their 5 children, with the eldest living on his own. Dee and Ed own a salsa & guacamole business, Flavor of Ayala. On top of running a business, Dee manages to keep up with the house, kids, her fitness & new upcoming business ventures.

After many failed attempts at finding a healthy way of eating that worked for lowering/maintaining weight, Dee’s husband came upon a YouTube video of Jason Wittrock expressing how to lose weight by eating butter & bacon. Dee took off from there. After only a couple of days of research, the keto lifestyle was implemented. This is where Dee’s Keto journey began. She has found a sense of unbelievably true happiness, added confidence and set out to take risks & challenges she would have never thought of doing.

Both Dee & Ed have became so passionate about keto, health & fitness, they are now looking into opening a gym in the town they live in. They have already helped several of their friends & family get started. Feeling the need to help other & educate them about the keto way of life & all the amazing benefits that come with it gives them motivation to dream bigger then they ever imagined.

Favorite Recipe:

Peanut Butter Cup Fat Bomb

Chocolate mix:

• ¾ cup coconut oil
• 4 oz. butter
• 1 oz unsweetened bakers chocolate
• 5 tsp erythritol
• 4 tbsp peanut butter

Filling:

• ½ – 1 tsp peanut butter -After mix is in mold

Optional: pili nuts, macadamia nuts, walnuts.

Melt all chocolate mix ingredients together, I prefer just a basic saucepan over low heat. Stir until well mixed. Pour into mold (I use a 24 piece silicone mold on a baking sheet). Place a dollop of peanut and/or nuts in the center of each mold of chocolate mix. Freeze for at least 30 minutes. I personally store mine in a freezer bag in the freezer. Enjoy!

To Contact Dee:

Instagram @ketonedmom

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KeTonedMom/

Show Notes:

Episode #26 – Deanna Ayala – Lost Baby Weight

• A full time mom
• 5 children
• She and her husband runs their own business in Hawaii

WHAT HER HISTORY BEFORE SHE STARTED KETO

• Before Keto, I think I was lost when it comes to health and eating right.
• I tried doing all organic but it just did not work, or not eating or eating really little.
• When we got introduce into keto, it all made so much sense – Everything made sense. Even though it sounded so crazy, it made sense.
• We started the year 2016
• My husband heard about it. He was watching Youtube videos. He is always been into fitness, working out and the eating part was kind of a struggle with him as well.  It was just confusing us. And trying out different things was just not really working and not seen progress.
• He came across Jason Wittrock. Jason Wittrock was actually the one who introduced us.
• When I start learning something new, I like obsessing. Two nights in a row, I was just obsessing about Keto. What it was, how was it? So two nights after, we started.
• I started hearing about people getting into ketosis through just eating eat.
• From Friday to Sunday all I’m going to eat are eggs. And that’s all I did, was eat eggs. To help myself get in to ketosis faster and I did it.
• After that I got the keto flu. It was ugly it wasn’t pretty.
• If I know now than I knew then, things would have been so much different, but definitely the electrolytes, potassium, magnesium.
• I did read about it but I did get the potassium pills but they only come with small amount and I was taking them.
• I eventually got so sick, I thought I have a stomach clog but I didn’t. I end up vomiting. After that, I’ve been fine ever since. I know now if I start getting nauseous, It’s my potassium.
• That’s my problem is, my potassium is low.
• At the beginning I started eating avocados, but the problem was they’re so high in calories that I would not be able more food to be full. So, I kind of pushed the avocados to the side to the beginning because I want more food to eat. So that was my struggle at the beginning.
• Now, that I’ve learned a lot I will eat an avocado or the guacamole that we make.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO GO KETO?

• When I researched it and saw what the results and what was happening with people and how easy it seems to me.
• And I started tracking because I wanted to know what I was putting in my body and I was doing the ratios right and making sure that I have 75% fat. Because I’m not that in tune with my body.
• I want to make sure I know what I’m doing. Even when I sop tracking, I feel lost.
• It became over the years of not eating or fasting. Ever since a teenager, I can remember not eating breakfast, rarely eating lunch and only eating dinner. So, even up until now, my life is still kind of that way.
• At the beginning I started tracking net carbs because I have a huge sweet tooth.
• Until probably about 3 or 4 months ago, I started tracking total carbs and making sure I was eating more real food.

BIGGEST SUCCESS IN KETO?

• This last year, since starting keto (November 2016) I haven’t workout since I have my 4-year old. So, about 5 years ago, because I got pregnant with him.
• 2 months after I started keto, I got back at working out. My husband continued the whole time.
• So I got back into it, and within a month I can just feel everything – the healing and just feeling so much better.
• We’ve really advocated for keto here in Hawaii. My husband is always on the road so he talks to people all the time, everybody sees him. So he just starts advocating.
• When he comes across women and he tells them about keto and they’re interested.
• So, I’ve had a couple of ladies come over and talk to them, help them, introduced them to keto and get them set up.
• So I’ve been helping with that and it kind of starting becoming a big passion of ours that we now want to open our own gym her in Hawaii and we want to be the first keto gym owners here on the island and help promote keto and the benefits of it if people chose to eat that lifestyle.
• Absolutely, because plate lunch out here consists of rice, max salad, chicken katsu or some meat.
• That’s what we want to do. We want to help people. We enjoy helping people in general but now that we’ve learned so much about keto, we wan to help in those aspects.
• We want to help people with fitness, working out or just living healthier lifestyle. Especially that the town that we’re in here. There is just one gym.
• Within myself, this last year, I’ve always been really reserved, shy and quiet. My husband is totally opposite. But I decided to open myself up more, talk to more people, get out there, and do podcast with Miss. Tracee here.
• I am very disciplined. I have huge sweet tooth, so definitely with the kid’s home, they have their sweets and treats, before keto, whenever they leave something behind, and I was l always the one to eat it.
• The sweets, struggle with that. I don’t so much anymore because I’ve been learning how to bake.
• I love baking but I’ve been baking more keto treats.
• I have a fat bomb that I have do all the time and I call it Reese’s fat bomb because peanut butter goes with it. And you can put almond butter or any other nut butter.
• My two older kids, they’re older. My 13 and 15 year old, they were off for a week in October, and we told them, while they were off for that week, we’re going to put them on keto. They’re going to eat what we’re eating and they’re definitely 3 meals a day kind of kids
• We did not track their food or anything but everything they ate that week was keto.
• They did not notice the difference but we sure did.
• For example, my 15-year old, he is just your typical blah 15 year old. He just wants to be in his video games and just kind of lays around.
• We started Saturday or Sunday, I can’t remember which day we started but on Wednesday and Thursday, he started cleaning up his room.
• He’s burst of energy and we’re like, “this is keto.”
• We noticed a huge difference in him.
• My daughter, the 13 year old, she’s always been energetic and spunks. She seems to be even brighter when she’s on keto.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEBODY JUST STARTING OUT ON KETO?

• You have to getting that mindset right, because we’re so brainwashed to believe that we have to have the 3 course meal, or eat three meals a day or if you’re dieting you have to snack.
• They just have to refocused their mind and start debunking everything they have been taught through out their entire life because what you’re about to venture into is something they’ve never thought that would actually help them.
• If you’re not ready to change your mindset about it, and you’re not going to be ready to start keto.

FAVORITE QUOTE:

• “Change your thinking, change your life”

FAVORITE RECIPE:

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