As tears welled in Stacy’s eyes, she could see the photos of her kids, grandkids and great-grandkids around the room. She took a deep breath. You need to make more memories with them, her heart said. She had to at least try to turn her health around.
A retired nurse and lifelong yo-yo dieter, Stacy kept eating fast food and mac ’n’ cheese, but also started doing research. Eventually, she found Ken Berry, M.D., on YouTube. Drawn to his plain-spoken manner, she watched a marathon of videos. “A low-stress, low-carb approach triggers changes in our body chemistry that kill hunger, turbocharge fat burn, even soothe inflammation,” he said. He made it sound so doable, Stacy was excited to start.
Getting results—and relief
Stacy decided to use what some call ‘dirty keto.’ That meant tracking what she ate, keeping carbs under 20 grams per day, but not worrying about nutrition beyond that. So she could enjoy low-carb quesadillas, hot dogs, even keto candy. “Eat until you’re pleasantly stuffed,” Dr. Berry had urged. “Calories don’t matter.”
Though Stacy hated the scale and didn’t weigh herself, her waistbands quickly got looser. Her pain lessened. And most amazing of all: “I’ve finally stopping thinking and dreaming about food,” she shared with her son, Gerard. “This might be working!”
Making her own rules
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