Thread by @Tony87505461

I hope this is helpful.

I started #lchf 3 years ago, I joined Twitter soon after to gain a better understanding of the science and issues around it. 1/15

I've gone through different stages on this journey so far, and changed, modified and discarded some of my ideas around health and regaining it. 2/15

I was very fit and slim until my 20s. I gained weight  a considerable amount and then lost it due to a very physical job. Then in my thirties I gained a lot of weight , and then lost it due to willpower and a "healthy " diet + calorie controlled approach. 3/15

In my forties I gained the weight again, more than before, partly due to a back injury. 

I was in pain, unable to exercise as much, always hungry, and drinking too much. 4/15

I tried to loose it again. But failed. I tried calorie counting, strictly. Failed. I tried a major  food supplied weight loss program. I was hungry all the time, it failed. I asked my GP, he prescribed duromine. It didn't agree with me, it failed. 5/15

I tried walking and counting steps, and bought a treadmill. 

It failed.( I gave it to a relative). I joined a gym and paid a PT 10 sessions in advance so I was committed. I put on weight , mostly fat not much muscle, and it made me hungrier when I went. 6/15

I was shattered, and the biggest I'd ever been. 

 I ate a healthy diet, my wife is an extremely good cook, and knows a lot  about food. 7/15

I felt terrible and was lost. I went to my GP ,  I had full blown metabolic syndrome and he said " I can't help you, I'll have to send you to a bariatric specialist." 8/15

A relative was trying low carb, I thought it was crazy and dangerous and quite frankly, ridiculous.

But he had lost 10 kg. I thought to myself, yeh he's lost weight, so what. Then I thought some more , and a lightbulb went off. 9/15

How, how had he done it.

I googled for 2 days straight, and thought ok, I'll see if this works, just for a few days, it surely can't , it's snake oil.

It was tough, but I stuck with it, I've had doubts , but it's worked. I've posted my results over this time. 10/15

My metsyn has healed, I've  lost 30kg and now pass the ½ height to waist test. 11/15

Does this work for everyone, no. I know some who have tried it and failed, some have had bariatric surgery, with various degrees of success ( one has almost died and internals have been destroyed), but surgery has worked for some. 12/15

When health is failing, we need to throw the whole kitchen sink(including the dishes)at it.

If one approach doesn't work, modify it, if it still doesn't work, try something else. If it's keto vegan do that, if it's calorie counting, do that, if it's jogging, do that, etc13/15

Find something that works.

I don't have the answers, I don't pretend too. I do know that , so far I've regained my health, and so have many others.14/15

Will it continue to work for the rest of my life, I don't know, but I intend to be here for a while and find out. Thanks for reading. 15/15

Oops, a typo. Tweet 13 should be "If it's vegan keto or carnivore ..."
I don't know how that happened.
Computers!! 🤷