Elena Juarez punched and food-prepped her way to losing 100 pounds. But her weight-loss journey kicked off having a serious health scare.
About last year, her 10-year-old daughter, Biani,?arrived home with a school nurse’s recommendation?for any diabetes test. “She came home crying, asking if she was going to die,” the 34-year-old businesswoman and mother of two tells Health. “I assured her she was fine but I was definitely concerned.”
The doctor told Juarez her daughter was healthy “for now,” but that both she and her daughter required to make changes to their diet if they desired to avoid developing the obesity-linked condition.
On her own,?Juarez started?carrying out a paleo-friendly diet?challenge that?included?kickboxing?This is when?she heard about?the ketogenic diet. 6 weeks later, she adopted the fashionable high-fat, low-carb plan.
One hundred lost pounds later, she credits going keto and sticking with kickboxing for her weight reduction. “Even inside my heaviest, I had been always a healthy big girl,” she says. After going to the doctor, “I didn’t know how to overcome it, but I knew all of us needed to change our unhealthy ways.”
Now, she does an hour-long workout that mixes cardio and weight training four to five times each week. She also follows an intuitive eating regimen.
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She is proud to say she hasn’t quit her favorite food: pizza.
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“Never did I think I’d have the ability to eat pizza on any diet, so this to me is my favorite part,” she says of her switch from regular pizza to some low-carb pizza crust.?
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When the household goes out to eat, Juarez says she orders food with extra lettuce and brings her very own carb replacement, like low-carb Shirataki noodles.
“I always hear women say they are too busy since the mom life is a busy one,” Juarez?says. However, you can never be too busy to deal with yourself and maintain a healthy diet; it’s all about getting the right mindset, she adds.
