259.8!

Why have I posted so much on social media about Keto? We have experienced the benefits of foregoing the Standard American Diet (SAD). I’ll let Crystal tell her story in her own way.

I was at a point where I should have gone to a doctor. However, I knew I would be prescribed a cocktail of medications. I watched my Dad endure the side effects of modern medicine. I just couldn’t bring myself to go through it when I knew there had to be a way to take charge of my own health.

I have never been a normal sized person.  I thought “Husky” was a brand name of jeans when I was a kid.  I didn’t realize it wasn’t normal to be a 10 year old shopping in the men’s section.  As a sophomore, I weighed 275 and my size 36 loose fitting jeans were so tight you could count the change in my pocket.

The last time I weighed was in November. I had been working out and eating “right” for some time. I was DOWN to 308. We had a trip to Vegas and… I haven’t been to the gym since. The holidays came and went. I packed on the pounds and basically gave up. I have no idea what I got up to, but I would say I gained at least 10 pounds.  Likely much more.

Fast forward to today.  I weighed in at 259.8!  I’ve also shed 10 inches of belly fat.  This is the first time in nearly two decades I’ve been in the 250’s!  I feel better than I have in years.  I’m also in size 36 regular fit jeans which are beginning to fit loosely.  I’m better physically and mentally than I imagined I would be again.

I wish I could say my faith was strong and I knew I would be miraculously healthy.  However, my faith was there to see wisdom when it was presented to me.  Thank you to Brad Gadberry for taking the time to share this with me.

My encouragement to you today is trust Wisdom when you are presented with it.  Sometimes True Wisdom is counterintuitive to popular wisdom.  When God whispers something in your spirit… listen.