We are at the 7-month mark watching macros.  I’ve been high, I’ve been low, I’ve fluctuated them throughout the week.  I’ve coordinated them with workouts, I’ve changed my calorie counts numerous times.  I have pretty much put in a valiant effort at trying to figure out this Keto diet thing I’m working on.  I read a bunch but not a ton, I ask questions and purchase apps to help me count things.  At this point, I have begun putting a gut back on and now I need to step it up to get smarter and not have to work out like a 20-year-old man.  I THINK this is happening because I dropped my carbs to 20per day.  Everyone does it so why not me?  Well in the 4 weeks that I’ve been at 20 I have put on belly weight.  I don’t think it’s a coincidence at all.  I think my body is storing up fat because it thinks I’m starving it.  This won’t work for me so it’s battle time!

I found an author who is a Keto expert and who has made that lifestyle her full-time job.  Her name is Leanne Vogel and she is the author of several books about Keto.  She actually explains Keto at its very basic level for people like me who don’t really comprehend how to do it.  She writes a lot of her books for women and gears it toward healing.  What she writes makes sense to me because I have some of the symptoms that she describes Keto can heal like Hypothyroidism, acne and some others.  If I can understand this at its basic level, then I can master it.  I’m going to get this come hell or high water!

Sometimes you need to seek help to achieve success. I think I’m at the point where I need to devote more time to researching and reading beyond a few posts or an article or two.  I need to find the few knowlegenarians (reference from the movie Logan) to apprentice myself to anonymously and absorb what they offer to better myself.  I feel like I’ve got a good beginning but I need to understand how to read my body and understand what it needs to be able to craft an eating and workout plan that works together.  Something that will benefit me from the inside out for years to come without struggling every damn day counting macros and calories and weighing myself weekly or spending hours in the gym.  I want to have a casual yet powerful plan for myself and I think this is the road for me.

Life is just one big learning experience after another and we must be open to its lessons to benefit from its wisdom.