About 18 months ago I changed my diet from vegan to ketogenic.
The results were amazing.
After 6 months, my blood work was off the charts good. Cholesterol 117, triglycerides from 398 to 50, blood pressure from 130’s/80’s down to 100/60 and I eat like a pig and do not exercise.
I do love to hike and hike regularly in the mountains but I do not consider that exercise. It’s fun. My 86 year old mother who cannot really exercise transitioned to the keto diet and is losing weight w/o lifting a finger.
Weight management is 99% diet and 1% exercise.
I eat zero sugar and carbs, no dairy, no cheese but tons of butter as much as I want. Most days I eat over a half stick of butter and sometimes more.I am never ever hungry and these days I have to fight with myself to eat at least 2000 calories. With keto it is really easy to forget eating. You are never hungry.
That is exactly my take on my 2-4 sessions a week of recreation pick-up basketball. But those 40-50 year old kids are killin' me!