My Story

​Where I’ve Been   -   How I’ve Changed   -   Where I’m Going

 

From adolescence until now I always had weight issues. I had an uncontrollable eating problem in the form of binge eating that haunted me all my life. I also had something called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) which nobody knew anything about when I was a teenager. To sum it all up I have cycled through restrictive eating and binge cycles, gaining weight and losing weight. Throughout these cycles feeling bloated, huge, ashamed, and worthless were the feelings that followed me all around. I had an extremely low body image which affected what I wore and where I went even who I met and who I did not meet because of the way I felt, very fat!

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I was unhappy most of the time. The feelings of low self-esteem affected all areas of my life. I felt helpless and alone. I was confused as to how to reclaim my life. I was missing out on so much. After all now the problem was not just how I looked but also how my health was falling apart.

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Initially, mindful eating had a great impact on my life. The idea that I could eat whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted felt like a ton of load was lifted from me. Of course, within the mindful eating context eating whatever and whenever is nothing as it sounds. The idea of ending food restrictions was the critical element that stopped binging. Let me binge on whatever I can until tomorrow's mindset is gone, followed by eating mindfully to listen to my body's needs. To become aware of what was good and not damaging me. Self-compassion including mindfulness was to the rescue. I self-diagnosed myself as a prediabetic. With my scientific background in human metabolism, I elaborated further on a low-carb or ketogenic lifestyle for the treatment of prediabetes.

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Recently I came across research that consisted of case series addressing the treatment of binge eating and addiction symptoms with low-carb ketogenic diets. When I read this and similar studies continuously emerging in this field the pieces of the puzzle became settled in my mind. Although low-carb and ketogenic diets are restrictive in terms of carbs it seems that they are the best in terms of managing hunger, weight, cravings, binge eating, and food addiction symptoms. Most importantly it takes care of hunger and makes it easier to control food cravings.

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I know that many people are also struggling with these problems.

I would not want any other person to go through the embarrassment, loneliness, helplessness, and sadness that I have been through.

I was able to change my story with a low-carb ketogenic nutrition approach.

This made me have a natural relationship with food.

Food is no longer my enemy but my friend. I feel fit, energetic and very well.

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I am very excited to coach other people to regain their metabolic health, become fit, and feel well and energetic.