#62 Debbie Wagner – Keto Healed Her Eating Disorder and Tremor

Meet Debbie:

I’m a 53 y/o physicians assistant. I am also a certified Keto coach. The Ketogenic lifestyle has cured my disordered eating, and improved my essential tremor. I am now a fatfueled 50 something year old that wants to help others live an amazing life with food freedom. 

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ABOUT DEBBIE

• It started when I was in my 20’s
• It was always the calorie restriction
• My college roommate was eating a ton of food and going to the bathroom
• It turns out, she was bulimic and I thought it was the greatest idea
• And I literally taught myself to be bulimic in my 20’s
• And at 50’s, I am still suffering from it
• Mostly, it was calorie restriction and binging because I was starving all the time
• I was on Facebook, and first I saw the bulletproof coffee and I thought it was like Atkins because I was doing Atkins before
• I thought I was fasting with my big bulletproof coffee and I would not eat in the afternoon
• And I realized that I was not fasting because I have all this fat in my body
• So, that led to just researching and diving into the world of fasting
• I started fasting first and listening to Jimmy’s podcast
• And I told myself that I need Keto and need to cut the sugar out
• So, I fasted before I even started Keto
  
  
• Basically, I started with just fasting until dinner
• I was eating whole foods, but not a Keto dinner
• The more I started listening to podcast, I realized I need to do the Ketogenic diet
• I just cut out all carbs and it made all the difference
• It was hard, and it was not long that I discovered Keto after the fasting
• The fasting all day made me realize that eating 3 to 6 meals is not good
• After discovering Keto, I can fast for 3 days and 7 days the longer
• I noticed my eating disorder was going away
• I was no longer binging and I thought that it was unbelievable
• In the beginning, I would make a bulletproof coffee with just a teaspoon of heavy whipping cream
• Now, I allow myself water in the morning, or black tea and I have my light bulletproof in the afternoon
• I break my fast with my bulletproof coffee
• Now, I don’t go to the gym
• I have a little workout room in my basement
• I have been doing a HIIT workout and Tennis
• My goal is heavy lifting because I want more muscle and I want body composition change
• I am trying really hard to start lifting weight, but for some reasons that’s my least favorite thing to do
• I was pretty OMAD (one meal a day) for a while
• One day a week, I try to throw protein in. The thermic effect of protein boosts your metabolism
• On a day to day basis, I am OMAD
• I break my fast with my coffee because I am always craving something hot
• I always concentrate on what protein I am going to put on the plate first
• It could be chicken wings that I made in the air fryer or hamburgers
• I am mostly carnivore
• For me, being in my 50’s I can eat 1 gram per my lean body mass
• I am getting between 80 up to 100 grams
• In the past 2 years starting Keto, I have lost 3 pounds
• In person, everything fit better
• I love the way I look now
• The only thing I don’t like is right above my knees
• Small upper body, but I have a runner legs
• Beyond weight loss, food freedom, no more binging, no more purging and no more disorder eating, I had an essential tremor
• It was affecting me as a physician’s assistant
• The tremor has diminished to almost unnoticeable
• Joint pain is gone also
• I can’t imagine not being Keto

TOUGH SPOTS

• I started June of 2017
• Just in the beginning, I would crave the popcorn or rice
• I over ate fats
• The keto flu is real and because I started fasting first, I would say 2 and half teaspoon of salt measured out in the beginning is crucial
• Small little craving here and there, and constipation
• I think my body longed for Keto
• I was on Atkin on 1996, I will never forget because my son was born
• I want to lose the baby weight and somebody told me to try this diet where I can eat burgers and bacon
• I went on it, and the weight just literally melt off
• When I started Keto, it reminded me so much of Atkins and I knew that is going to be the right way
• I just did not have an ill effect of it

FAVORITE RECIPE

• Air fried Chicken
• It is super simple
• I take the chicken wings, and salt and pepper
• They crunchy and delicious with no oil

FAVORITE QUOTE

• Food is thy medicine
• When you eat sugar and it is coursing through your blood, it is causing damage
• The cholesterol is trying to patch up the damage so that your blood will run smoothly
• The sugar is the enemy and the cholesterol is the good guy

FAVORITE BOOK

• Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

GUILTY PLEASURE

• Shopping on Poshmark
• I play DoubleDown casino

WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU

• Blog: fatfueledat50.com
• Instagram: fatfueledat50

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