Introduction and My Why · Deborah's Victory Team (DVT)

Introduction and My Why

I am very late with my homework and hoping to get all caught up today. On Sep 5 my sister was tragically killed in a head on collision. I am her only next of kin and so am handing all the affairs. I am staying engaged as best I can because I need that as well to survive this. My Mom always encouraged me to look for the silver lining and this daily accountibility is just that for me. This is what will save me during this ordeal. Talk about divine intervention!

So now that that is out of the way here is just a brief intro. I am 67 years old and after 50 some odd years of yo-yo dieting and climbing obesity and health issues, I started my journey in my early 50's. I went low carb, then keto and am now mostly carnivore. At the time I weighed approximately 320 lbs and have now lost almost 150lbs.

I feel fantastic and take no medications. Blood work is good. But I am still overweight and it feels like every pound is a battle.

Of all the people I watch on youtube, Dr. Boz is the one who gives me the most hope and that is why I took this course.

*My Why*

Many of you know me as Ketogenic Woman on youtube. I have experiences and cooking to share but I sure don't know a whole lot of anything else! I am just an older woman who likes to cook and share my journey to help others.

In 2017 when my Dad died of cancer I had at that time lost about 100 lbs. His death turned my world upside down and I gained at least 40 pounds back. I then took care of my Mom who had Alzheimers.

That experience was when I finally realized how important it was to have a why. My Mom was 100lbs overweight, her blood sugar was over 200 every day, along with high BP and swollen legs. Over the next couple years, I was forced to take away her car keys, unplug the stove and take over every single aspect of her life. For her it was a true loss of dignity and control. It was so hard.

I never never want my kids to have to do the things that I was forced to do. I never want to be in a place where others are feeding me, dressing me, toileting me. I want to have all my faculties until the moment I leave this earth.

When my Mom passed I did not gain any weight, I had a why.

And added to that why, is that I also want to teach this to others through my channel on youtube. I will never have all the knowledge that Dr, Boz has but if I can even set people in the right direction which includes sending them to her channel as well as helping them with how to cook steaks and roasts and other things, then I feel like I am sharing how I got to my new life with other people who are my age and think their chronic illnesses are a normal part of aging.

Thank you for reading this.

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