My next point in my weight loss journey started Feb 8th. I finished up Advocare 24 and really wanted to go to the next level. I decided that I can do this on my own. No shakes, no pills. Just me and my will. So I read the Whole 30, lots of Paleo information and started researching Keto. I decided that I was going to start myself on the Ketogenic way of life.

But I was not ready. I would fail if I started it now. I needed to kick this carb habit. I had been eating well. Or what I thought was well at the time. I was eating whole grains, whole foods, fresh veggies and fruits and keeping away from processed goods. But that wasn't where I wanted to be. I had to give up the carbs. So I did. I rid myself of all the simple sugars and complex carbs (aside from veggies mostly).
I stayed low carb for a couple weeks. Got through the low carb flu, the headaches, the cravings. I went to the doctor on Feb 24th to get my blood work results. My doctor was the one to first, bluntly tell me that carbs were going to kill me. And he could only prevent (or delay) that with pills and pills. That was in December 2015. He put me on so many pills.
Well at this Feb 24th appointment, he took me off all of them except one! Whoo hoo! Everything in my blood work was looking good and I knew I was on the right track. The next day, Feb 25th, 2016 I would take the Keto plunge. And it was my son, Garrett's 6th birthday. I would remember the date :)
I started off at 259 pounds in December. 248 in January and 238 in February.