First Post!

Wowza! My first post! It still has that new blog smell! I suppose I should start with what I hope to achieve with this blog: I am a 29 year old graphic designer, painter, and keto food fanatic living in Northern Wisconsin. I'm married to a fabulous fella, who, since growing his hair out, has been confused with Keith Urban on more occasions than I can count (he pretends he hates it, but he secretly loves it!). We coexist with our three ridiculously spoiled cats/fur babies, and our first real human baby on the way- set to arrive October 2017! But what about keto?? I changed my life several years ago when I decided to make the transition to a ketogenic lifestyle.

The above photos depict me in 2011 (left) and in 2016 (right), successfully keeping the weight off!

The photos above depict the awesome transformation I achieved from adding in weight training and HIIT style cardio to my ketogenic lifestyle. I have always struggled with my weight, despite eating a healthy lifestyle and being a religious exerciser. Enter the keto diet. I very quickly dropped over 30 pounds, going from 180 lbs to 144 lbs. I gained tons of energy and mental clarity like that of which I have never experienced in my life! My lifelong battle with acne completely disappeared, my aches and pains subsided, my mood stabilized, and I felt a newfound zest for life! I could go on and on about how fantastic the keto diet has been to me, but I can also tell you about all of the roadblocks, naysayers, and difficulties that were encountered along the way. The purpose of this blog is to share, inform, educate, and hopefully occasionally entertain those of you who are interested in the ketogenic lifestyle- whether because you are looking to make a change in you waistline or quality of health or because you simply want to find out what all of the hype is about. I also want to share my personal experiences with being pregnant and following a ketogenic diet (it's been fabulous so far, by the way!). Stick with me, and I promise- we will begin a beautiful journey together. :)