#33 Kelsey Kloes – Lowered Blood Pressure and Lost Weight

Kelsey Kloes is an amazing young lady and has quite an interesting history.

• Has a certificate in dog training
• Into aquariums and aquatics
• Super passionate about Holistic Nutrition and fitness

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS?

• I kind of get obsess in eating, but now that I have found this Keto journey and seen what has done to me not only physically, but also emotionally, I want everyone else to experience that.
• I want to help as many people as I can
• What really drives me is my own success

YOURSELF BEFORE KETO

• I have struggled my weight my whole life
• I’ve never been obese but definitely pretty overweight
• In High school is when I finally started dieting and I was able to lose about 40 pounds just doing portion control and eating a little bit better
• I was always in sports so I am sure that helped a lot
• I was able to make it off from high school to freshmen of college
• It wasn’t until the summer of my freshmen year of college. That is where I got myself to a bad place
• I was restricting what I was eating.
  I was eating under a thousand of calories a day and I was working out 2 hours a day 5 to 6 days a week
• It was not a really good place to be in
• I was lucky enough at that time to meet my current boyfriend at that time and 2 years into dating him, I have gained over 40 pounds
• Through out the whole time I know I was gaining weight, but I really don’t want to weigh myself. I don’t want to see the numbers
• The spring of 2016 was when I found out that I have a high blood pressure.
  I was only 21 years old.
• I went to my doctor and asked what can I do since I have already tried eating better and he told me to drink less pop and eat less sodium
• I never eat fast food and I have never drank pop in my life
• I just kept trying how to lose weight and wasn’t working out
  I was really discouraged
• I have a friend, who I work with and I followed her on Facebook.
  She had lost 30 pounds and she did body building competition
• I sent her a message and I told her that I am really struggling in losing weight and she gave me a typical body builder advice.
• So I was eating complex carbs, low fat, high protein and I was eating too low calorie because in my head you have to eat low calorie to lose weight.
• I remember I was eating clean and I was working hard, and I was so excited to weigh myself and I have gained 3 or 4 pounds.
  I was so discouraged
• That what lead me up to Keto
• I found Keto by the same girl.
  Her and her husband has started doing this crazy diet – Keto
• I did not talk to her about it, I just researched it online
• That was the November of 2016
• I was also kind of skeptical about it.
• The day after thanksgiving, I stepped on the scale and I was the highest weight I have ever been in my life
• I was like, “Today is the day. I am starting Keto and I am going to try.”
  That’s what lead me up to it
• When I first started Keto, I did eat low calorie
• It wasn’t until 3 weeks or 4 weeks into my Keto journey that I listened to her podcast talking about calories and I was just mind blown up
• I went to eating a thousand calories –regular dieting to 2 thousand to 22 hundred on Keto and I was dropping weight
• That was my favorite part. Just finally letting go of the calories.
• 

OBSTACLES

• The calorie thing was one
• I lost a lot of weight pretty quick and after that it was pretty slow
• And I have learned about eating too much protein
• I was eating a 100 grams of protein a day and now I am averaging like 70 or less
• In the beginning, it was pretty hard for me to give up my sweets
• At the time I was in college when I started Keto and the reps would come in everyday and they will bring us these lunches and it was always like pasta, desserts, cookies and cakes.
• I was there eating my lunch and I am still used to eat treats. So I am just there staring at everyone while they are eating their treats
• I love Keto treats. They taste great to me.
• It’s definitely double chocolate chips of cookies
• In the beginning of Keto I really backed out in working out
• I get back into it 2 months ago doing it 5 days a week
• I followed Robert Sikes and Danny Vega
• I am really doing some research and I want to lose some more body fat and tone up
• I do track but I don’t always count my macros and that’s what I really want to get more strict into doing it
• I do net carbs but I kept an eye at my total carbs
• I’ll probably say id I get any carbs in, I get it from vegies, nuts, almond butter or cream cheese
• I don’t really love vegetables.
  I love my broccoli and butter, but I can live without them
• I am super interested in what Danny and Mara are doing right now.
  The no vegies and stuff, because I feel really weird after eating a certain vegies
• I have experimented fasting on and off
• I have a lot of bone broth save off and I think I am going to try doing more fasting

A DAY IN KETO

• Sometimes, I switch it up
• But I can eat eggs every morning
• This week I am having eggs
• And I make my scrambled eggs super fatty.
  I add a little bit of bacon grease, cheese and heavy whipping cream
• I usually eat half of an avocado
• Then for my lunch, I take it from work for me.
  I make my own drink.
• And this is how I really edit my macros every week
• If my macros for the day are not adding up, I will just drink this.
• Because you can at MCT oil.
  It has Ice, cocoa powder, Iced coffee and I put some sort of sweetener in it and then I add my collagen protein powder
• That drink really helps me get everything
• This week, my dinner will be burger patties, cheese, bacon and the other half of the avocado
• I make my own homemade mayonnaise and I add 3 tablespoon of that with the burger
• I have been typically doing desserts when I come home.
  The dessert I do is just canned coconut cream, cocoa powder, vanilla and a sweetener
• I eat my dinner at 3:30 and not eat until the next day
• I tried eating no dairy for a whole week and it did not go well, but I definitely wan to try it again.

HOW MANY POUNDS HAVE YOU LOST ON KETO AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE?

• Overall, I have lost about 35 pounds
• I did lost 10 pounds for the last couple weeks
• I lost my first 20 pounds within the first 3 months. It was very fast.
  The on after, it was very slow
• The most relieving feeling about Keto is not gaining the weight back.
  I know I can just eat normal and I won’t gain weight

HEALTH BENEFITS

• More energy
• So much more focus
• My blood pressure went down within two weeks just being in Keto
• It helped me with my relationship with food too
  I did not realize how addicted to sweets I was and now I can pass
• I have way more confidence now
• I am so much more comfortable with myself
• My boyfriend is not in Keto. He is always in a good shape, but he has little health problems.
• He is like my experiment. I always try to get him into Keto because I can feel it can help him in so many ways
• He is a pretty anxious person, he has stomach issues and stuff, and I feel like Keto is exactly what he needs
• I’ve helped my mom in Keto
• She was sick of years and her doctors could not help her
• She tried Keto last year in May and she’s the healthiest I have seen her

• I would say he has irritable bowel syndrome, gerd acid reflux
• Those are two things that doctors diagnosed that aren’t actually real things. It’s just that they don’t know what’s wrong with you.
• So I feel like Keto could help him with that

ADVICE

• Don’t be afraid of the calories
• Don’t be afraid of the fat
• To become fat adapted, you would really need that high-fat in the beginning
• Electrolytes are important
• KETO ON

HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU?

• Instagram: @ketokelsey
• Website: fatfocused.com
• Facebook page: Lazy Keto for Women

Last episode of Be Well, be Keto podcast with Lisa Young

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