Low carb weight loss success stories!

[Fourarmsv2]

Thought it might be nice if some of the longer term LC-ers could share their stories on one thread to inspire people new to the way of eating?

I've been LC since June last year, starting partway through a Bootcamp, so nearly a year now. I lost 30lb in five months and have maintained the loss for another six months apart from a minor 5lb blip at Christmas. I'm currently working on my fitness now to try and tone up a bit.

I feel so much healthier on this WOE and that has been confirmed by recent blood glucose and cholesterol tests coming out normal. No more bad temper when I get hungry, no more period pain, no tummy trouble or IBS, less nasal congestion, more energy, I sleep better, less plaque when I brush my teeth. Plus the food is amazing: grilled fish with julienne courgettes fried in butter, roast pork belly, salads with real vinaigrette. And everything tastes so much better when your tastebuds haven't been blunted by sugar: I never realised just how sweet fruit was before.

My story:

Started SW on the 29th August sticking mainly to the Original plan so fairly low carb. Wanted something a bit stricter and found the Harcombe Diet. I do a fairly LC version of the diet which matches well to the Bootcamp.

Since starting I have lost over 60lb. The loss has slowed down to an average of 1lb a week now, but I'm only half a stone from my target weight.

I've gone from clothes size 18/20 to a comfortable 12.

I'm a daily weigher and I use the Happy Scales app to see the downward trend. 4lb to go and I'll have lost 30% of my starting weight.

This WOE has absolutely transformed my life. I never cheat (which I consider to be eating outside of the allowed food) except for perhaps 4 glasses of wine since NYE. I do sometimes snack, but this would be on pork scratchings / a slice of freshly roasted meat cooked for the next day. Eating this way is a joy not a struggle. People were initially concerned about the effects on my cholesterol and although I don't have a starting reading, a recent measurement showed my overall and bad cholesterol were both low.

I started Bootcamp this January, dd was 3 months old and I was (still am) breastfeeding. I weighed 188lbs and at 5ft 2 I needed to shift it!
By the end of that bootcamp I weighed 162lbs, which is a loss of 26lbs. I then carried on BC light but with a few more planned Carby foods.
Last week at the beginning of this bootcamp I was 154lbs, and I lost 6lbs last week. I love this WOE!
I'm never hungry (my sceptical mum said "well of course you're not, every time you're hungry you just eat something fatty" - as if that's a bad thing!) and my ibs has vanished.

Thought I would bump this thread for any other veteran lcarbers to share their success stories to inspire us?

When is the next BC starting?

Started LCing on Jan 6th.

Lost just over a stone.

Now maintaining by LCing during the week and relaxing at weekends (cakes,Puds, choc etc BUT not going mad and I still don't eat bread or pasta at all and only have potatoes if I go to someone's for dinner).

I've actually found it far more forgiving of cheat days than I expected. Love it.

Oh and I never get heartburn/indigestion any more which I used to be plagued by. Well - unless I've had quite a few carbs!

We're on week three of the current one cheeky. Join us?

Did bootcamp last autumn. Went from 111kg to 90kg (about 3 stones) between sep and christmas. Down from size 22-24 to 16. Have maintained it since then but plan to have another major drop soooooon....
Not hard to do long term - i have little daily cheats of 84% choc which is why i have stayed the same.
Best benefits are no reflux n pain from it, lots of energy all the time and best of all NO Hunger. Sometimes feel empty but not reach-for-the-snicker starving like i used to get. Also high blood pressure has dropped so i have come off medication for it. Big bonus is that i feel and look 10 years younger as i now make an effort with clothes, and even now people comment daily on how well i look. I asked the nurse at the docs if she really meant thinnernot well, but she said she meant well. My kids now have a younger trendier mum.(dds ages 13, 15 & 8).