"I was fat but happy": the story of 35-year-old Elena, who lost weight by 45 kg

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Elena - woman 35 years old, who lives in Texas, US, which is the last year she lost 100 pounds (equivalent to about 45 kg). Her life is a loving husband, two daughters and a delicious meal. It was all she had to lose weight and to which Elena decided almost by accident. To reset an incredible amount of weight it has pushed more coincidence and desire to be healthy.

Happy plump and controlling mother

"His weight I gained not after marriage, not after birth, not from illness, as it happens with many women. I have always been fat - all the time that I can remember. My mother tried to control me and put on all the diets that you can only imagine. But I hid the food and consume, when no one sees.
Elena 14 years old, and 35 today.
Elena 14 years old, and 35 today.
Of course, my mother did for me, the best thing she had to do in her opinion. But she has always been slim, so I could not understand and did not know how to cope with this situation.
Elena's face in the 17 and 35 years
Elena's face in the 17 and 35 years
I would say that after weight loss, my life has changed dramatically, that I finally became happy. But in fact, I felt happy always. I was fat, but happy! I never shy about his weight, he did not test complexes. I just accept myself for who I am, because I never knew myself another. "
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Elena and her husband - both before and after weight loss
Elena and her husband - both before and after weight loss

Indeed, all the photos before the slimming Elena looks contented and relaxed. In his great weight, she married and had two children, and lived to continue in weight almost 50 kg, if life is not pushed her to change.

Obesity daughter and the first step

At Elena's two daughters, one of whom also suffered from excess weight. They went to the doctor and he said that the girl needed to lose weight, because it is bad for her health. Dr. Elena strictly recommended to revise the dietary habits in the family and to change the diet. And she began to look for a solution.

Once Elena scrolling tape Facebook and came across the advertisement of the project, which proposed to take part for people with excess weight. Participants must have been for 6 weeks to comply with a certain diet and do fitness. Elena signed up and fulfilled all the requirements. 1.5 months she had to lose weight to 10 kg, but she lost weight by only 7, and it upset her. Especially after a recent vacation with her husband, she felt that to lose weight still need, because excess weight causes discomfort and limits.

What is there to eat to lose weight?

After dropping the first stage of a little weight, Elena was involved - she liked the result and comfort that come with losing weight. Since she has always loved delicious and satisfying to eat, looking for a diet that would help to lose weight without severe restrictions. And I came across a fashionable paleo or ketogenic diet, which implies the almost complete exclusion of carbohydrates in favor of fats, which are not less than 70% of the diet.

Keto-diet Helena: many avocados, eggs, bacon, stewed vegetables and fresh berries,
Keto-diet Helena: many avocados, eggs, bacon, stewed vegetables and fresh berries,

Elena's husband said that she was crazy, that overeating bacon and fatty desserts she had ever lose weight. But as experience has shown, at Elena all happened. During the year, she sat on a ketogenic diet without failures and interruptions. She has mastered all sorts of dishes to the diet was not monotonous, so there is not only keto-breakfast in her daily menu, lunch and dinner, but also interesting desserts and sweet snacks.

Keto-desserts and sweets for Elena: chocolate pudding, cookies, sunflower seeds
Keto-desserts and sweets for Elena: chocolate pudding, cookies, sunflower seeds

-45 kg and a new goal

Dropping 50 kg ketogenic diet, Elena expected acquired excess tissue and skin that hung from its belly. Subsequently, she has performed operation on excision of excess tissue, but the body yet remains flabby.

Held out a year in continuous mode, weight loss, Elena has designated a new target for the year - work on the body and the quality of its tightening by means of fitness.

Well, we wish her good luck, while others may be inspired by her story, and also decides to follow suit.

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