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I was 325 and on the way to Metformin. Started keto about 18 months ago. Very little exercise.

230 and an A1C below 6.

Now they are looking at it for cancer. Turns out cancer thrives on glucose. Who knew.

Now that I’m exercising, the idea is to slowly get to 200/190 or so. Exercising just allows you to eat more fat, which is fun.

The whole process over 18 months is to find zero/low carb equivalents for lifestyle foods that make living more enjoyable.

Pasta is now officially back. So is Pizza. Ice cream and chocolate has been back for almost a year. Most of pie is back. I need to find a zero/low carb crust. Blueberry pie can be very low carb if you can replace the crust. Cheesecake and Chocolate cake were relatively easy to replace.

I just consider carbs to be poisonous, which for all intents and purposes (soluble carbs) are.

Getting going was very tough. So much easier now - getting started and staying on it.

As a Meatasaurous, the biggest issue for me is going out to eat. Because pasta and potatoes are cheap, many restaurants will give you 8 servings of pasta (a serving is supposed to be a cup or less.) Fast food restaurants often have no good options, and in sit down places, you often have to go to steak and veggies or something grilled.

I keep it simple. No sugar, potatoes, pasta or bread. No deep fried. Lots of meat and vegetables. Only problem with cutting out bread is not having something to hold the sandwich together. Other than that, I don't miss it.

After a few days off sugar, I started feeling better. Alert, but not jumpy. Had a cupcake at a birthday party a week ago, and it was crazy how sweet it was. We've gotten so used to sugar in our diets that, like caffeine, we forget how strongly it affects us.