My Keto Why

Yes, I skipped a week or two. There was work involved. 12 hour workdays aren't conducive to keeping up with the rest of your life, but paychecks are nice.  And don't you just hate it when a blog you follow posts so often that you can't find time to read it all no matter how much you want to?! I won't do that to you.

I've been working as a traffic flagger, which presents its own challenges for bring any kind of lunch, much less a Keto-friendly one.  I will be writing something about portable Keto food, when I get that figured out. But for now I just want to post a list of reasons I eat Keto most of the time.  Because if you keep in mind your "why", it makes it easier to resist temptation.

• Weight loss. And my smaller clothes fit!
• I don't need Tums every night - or at all. I used to.
• No flatulence. For me, carbs cause that.
• I have more energy.  I actually feel like doing physical stuff.
• I have more endurance. I can work shifts that cause young co-workers to whine.
• I have better flexibility. I know this because I dabble at yoga, and it is SO much easier than it was pre-keto.
• I have better mobility. I no longer need to push up from seats with my arms. I can get down on the floor, and back up, easily. I can even climb over stuff.
• I have better balance. That's IMPORTANT. Also yoga.
• I can lift heavier stuff. The guy at AutoZone was impressed when I carried in the group 27 battery Thursday. So was I.  The last time I tried to carry it, it didn't work so well.
• My mind works better.
• My knees work better. I don't know how much of that is less weight and how much is less Inflamation, but I'll take it.
• My bladder works better. What I thought was an age thing (I'm 69, which is NOT old no matter what I thought when I was 30) is actually a carb thing!
• I'm not hungry so often and don't have to interrupt stuff I'm involved in just to eat.
• Keto food is delicious. Cutting out sugar gave me my taste buds back.

I couldn't have forseen that a year and a half ago.  I just wanted to lose some weight.  Keto On!