I started eating low carb 3rd March 2019 just before lockdown. I weighed 14 st 7 lbs. By 3rd September 2019 I weighed 9stone 7 lbs, which is less than I have weighed since my late teens and certainly since before I had my first child 30 odd years ago.
My low carb diet wasn't really driven by weight, but because I had received a diagnosis of fatty liver disease and pre diabetes in December which had prompted me to give up sugar.
I already had health issues - a chest infection 7 years ago led to a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism which subsequently turned out to be a symptom of Graves thyrotoxicosis, an auto immune disease. It was only when this was finally controlled by symptoms persisted that investigations revealed ME/CFS and IBS and I also have COPD. I suffered constant nausea, aching joints, swelling of my ankles and increasing breathlessness, exhaustion, loss of upper body strength, and extreme fatigue and I averaged about 14 - 18 hours sleep daily with any exertion just tiring me completely.
Within 6 weeks of giving up sugar, the nausea disappeared and I was feeling just generally better. By the time I had lost half a stone in weight, my symptoms were improving, and I was less breathless and could walk a few hundred yards with ease. I am happy to say that over the course of the diet, I became increasingly less tired, had bags of energy and even my breathing improved ( my spirometry show increased lung function compared with last year which is surprising given the degenerative nature of COPD).
My advice would be to go for it.... The weight loss for me is the icing on the cake.. The cake is having my health back and being a participant in life rather than just watching from the sidelines ..