It seems that every blog I write starts with an apology for not writing in so long…Therefore I’m putting it out there now – the next blog will probably be around Christmas time 😆 if sooner it’ll be a bonus for you lovely peeps 😃

It’s been just over a year since I started my Keto way of life. I can’t believe it to be honest and in that time I’ve had no :
– sugar
– cheat days
– potatoes/rice/pasta/pastry
– alcohol
– sweets

I have:
– eaten loads of cauliflower, courgettes and swede
– eaten too many pork scratchings that I don’t really like them anymore!
– enjoyed a little bit of avocado
– got addicted to nuts
– started fasting most weeks (15 – 40hours)
– made lots and lots of new friends
– reversed my diabetes
– improved my health
– lost 5 stone 4lbs, so far
– dropped 3-4 dress sizes, so far
– become an ambassador for the fantastic Keto Fitness Club
– started running 3 times a week
– become more active

Lockdown – during this very unusual period I have enjoyed spending lots of time with Rosie & David and it has also given me the opportunity to build relationships with lots of lovely people on the KFC (Keto Fitness Club) group. So much so that I have been asked, and obviously accepted, to be an Ambassador for the company, along with a few others that have become good friends. I am honoured and so happy to be asked. It is a growing business (public page on fb has grown by over 4500 people in the last 5 months!) which has, is and will help improve the health of so many people. I’m going to take this opportunity to thank the group members for supporting me, giving me ideas, making me laugh, making me cry and encouraged me to buy a Ninja! Too many people to thank personally but you know who you are! 💕

Motivation wise I’m still loving this way of life and sure I bore so many people talking about it 😇 I have expanded my knowledge of different foods and been on an online cooking course with the lovely Sandie – The Spice Guy – David and I can now cook a mean curry 😀 I can now handle some heat – moved up from a korma 😆- however not one of David’s bad boy chillies 🌶 ! Our house has turned in to a greenhouse as David has found a new skill in growing them! Hot ones too!!!! I had one little nibble and thought I was going to never feel the same again!! 🥵 Sadly some of our friends and family have, and I’m sure will, partake in this very very hot experience😝

When I started this way of living and writing my blogs my main aim was to lose weight; this is now only one of my aims as I’ve gained so much more than I would have ever imagined. My weight loss is much slower than I originally hoped/planned, but I’m fine with this as I know that the weight will never go back on and I will only lose more. My health and fitness has improved and now I run – well jog! Who’d have thought?!?! 😝

Couch to 5k- I lost my running partner, Rosie, after a couple of weeks but gained a new running partner, my bestie – who is doing fab! I got to week 9 but found it hard so went back to week 7 for a few weeks to build up my stamina. I now do 25-28mins 3 times a week. Although there has been a heat wave last week and this week, so only been out once. Weirdly and unexpectedly I feel naughty and have missed it so back on it next week! I took one of the dogs, Buck, out one day a few weeks back but nearly killed him through exhaustion, so leave him at home now! 😊

To finish I wanted to say that if I can do this anyone can. Research, plan, have goals (not just weight loss) and give it a go! It’s a total change of mindset and you have to reach ‘outside the box’, change what you’ve been told in the past and don’t let others tell you otherwise!
Stay safe all and much love! XxX
