10/2/17- current Intermittent fasting
12/4/17 incorporated keto into IF, I fluxuate between 16/8 and 20/4 and 24 HR fasts
3/28/22 Keto restart @220lbs
4/21/22-6/4/22 BBBE Challenge lost 16.8lbs
6/27/22-9/25/22 BBBE Challenge lost 26.8lbs
1/2/23 -4/2/23 BBBE Challenge currently ongoing

Trying to lose weight to avoid future problems. I have a family history of heart disease, strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes.

I'm a 5' 2.75" Indiana girl who has yoyo'd with my weight since I was 19. I have been everywhere between 135 and 220lbs, I may have topped 230 in my last pregnancy. I had a picture taken with my mom in 2017 and it broke my heart how big I'd let myself become. I started researching for something I could stick to and hit my goal and live with. I did a few months of web search and youtube vids and discovered keto. It has been a life saver, literally. I started Dec 4, 2017, and I hope to reach my goal by Dec 31, 2018.

The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook. ~Andy Rooney

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office. ~George Bernard Shaw

BMI guidelines and goals for myself
Based on 5' 3'' inches
Underweight: 104.4 and below
Normal- 104.5-141.1
Overweight- 141.2-169.3
Obese- 169.4-^
Dream weight- 125:
Lowest normal- 104.5: I think this would be way too tiny for me, lowest I ever was was 118

According to the new BMI calculations, 137 is the heaviest I can be to be in the normal category, and 101 is the lowest I can be.