Banting saved my life - weightloss journey

in introduceyourself •  7 years ago  (edited)

Hi All

My name is Rita Venter. I am 53 years old and I want to share my health and weightloss journey and hopefully help you change your life too. Hopefully Steemit will help me advance this lifestyle and get everyone healthy.

I was always thin. When I got married aged 24 I weighed 48kg and I stayed this weight after my children were born. But in my 40s, I suddenly gained weight. I hadn’t changed my eating habits but the weight started piling on, especially around my stomach. I tried many diets but the stomach remained. I was constantly ill with colds, irritable bowel syndrome and headaches. Also, I was diagnosed with fatty-liver disease.
Then my brother and sister-in-law lost a huge amount of weight doing the “Tim Noakes diet”. So I started banting. At first, I gained weight because I was eating too much. To be honest, I was cheating because I didn’t understand the science. I realised that you have do it properly or not at all.

When I started banting properly, I cleaned my house of all carbs and sugars. It’s hard when you start because eating carbs is easy and convenient. Grabbing a sandwich on the go is a lot easier than cooking something. The easiest part is that you’re eating food you recognise. Simple, fresh foods.

The weight started falling off and I began feeling healthier. I no longer suffered from constant ailments and I had more energy than I’d had in years. Now I am 27kg lighter and the huge stomach is gone. My husband also lost 30kg and his diabetes is controlled for the first time in 23 years.

When I started banting, I joined every possible Facebook group. There was a group that used to sell meal plans. I wanted to give meal plans to people who could not afford to buy them and to create a space where people would have their hand held on this journey to good health, so I set up Banting 7 Day Meal Plans. The group ethos is kindnesand tolerance, and it’s grown more than one million members. I will never give up this lifestyle – Banting has been a lifesaver for this family.

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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Welcome to steemit! And welcome to the world of cryptocurrency.

More than a million members is really impressive. Let's see if steem could manage something like that lol.

welcome to steemit and congratulations on your hard work! :)

Look what I just saw on Facebook!!! So glad you could join us on Steemit, Rita! I am sure that this will be a great place for you to grow your group and expand the boundaries! :D
Love you to the moon, chicken!
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Mo

Welcome to steemit, @b7dmp! It seems you are touching many lives with your program. I am very glad you are going to give our platform a shot! Good luck here - I hope to see more of you.

Im interested! Can you come to my discord server and talk about it?

Absolutely. Please add me

Sorry, invite expired. Yesterday was HECTIC! Would appreciate another invite so we can chat.

Welcome to Steem @b7dmp I have upvoted and sent you a tip

  ·  7 years ago Reveal Comment

Welcome to Steemit, Rita. Glad you could join us here on this platform. That's quite a change, you look amazing now. Very nice introduction post. Keep up the good work and Steem On!

Welcome to steemit b7dmp! I hope you find a home in our community!

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What is banting? I'm vegan and that does a lot for me all in itself.
That's not my focus, but it's certainly the result.

Banting is a low carb, high fat lifestyle, but we take it a bit further by excluding foods bad for health too. There are some vegans on this WOE too - though its harder to limit carbs to 25g or less for weight loss...

Welcome to Steemit. I hope it is good for you. Invite some friends and build the community

Welcome. Great job on your goals...

I am glad your health is better and that you have been losing weight! @molovelly has told me quit a bit about you. I feel as if I know you. Welcome to Steem.

Welcome to Steemit!

Welcome to Steemit! Your friend @molovelly shared your post with us at @shadowspub's Pimp Your Post Thursday, and I'm glad she did! You've made a great decision to join such an awesome platform!

I'm glad you are sharing your weight loss journey with us all. I can definitely relate to the struggle of losing weight and getting fit, as I myself last year was at 230 lbs and managed to, through hard work and dedication, drop that to 160-165 in 4 months, and now I'm steady in that range.

I commend you for staying the course and continuing with staying fit! Since you're a new Steemit user, I'd highly recommend that you come check us out at The @MinnowSupport Project, a huge community where new users can make friends and build an audience. You can learn more by clicking on this animated banner below :)

Thanks for joining the platform @b7dmp! And congrats on the losing weight and getting healthy! I haven't a clue what "banting" is, but I am glad that it has worked for you and that you are succeeding in your efforts! I hope to see more work from you. A post that goes into detail of what the diet entails maybe?
I am @gogogadgetupvote and I have Upvoted and Resteemed this post for you thanks to a link I got from @molovelly in my "DAILY INTRODUCEYOURSELF BOUNTY" CONTEST! I have also followed you! Best wishes in your continued journey to good health!

I will follow your blog although I am part of the facebook page as well. I just don't enjoy facebook as much. I hope you will be able to guide me here on steemit as well!

Congratulations on weight loss! It really takes dedication. Welcome to steemit and since you're new here I suggest reading the FAQ because it helped me understand a lot of this platform, since I'm fairly new aswell :) Have a good time with us here!