Listen to episode 47:
"Low carb and fasting were real game-changers": Jackie and Louise

December 5, 2021

Jackie Fletcher and Louise Reynolds are the hosts of the Fabulously Keto podcast.

After starting on her low carb eating journey in May 2017 and then moving to a ketogenic way of eating in January 2018, Jackie  discovered a passion for everything low carb and keto.

Jackie tells about her childhood, when she always felt left out and overweight. She tried yo-yo dieting, but she couldn't sustain it. Eventually, in her 40s, she was at her heaviest, she felt like a failure, but she didn't even go to the doctor's because she had no intention of changing what she was eating. Then she listened to the audio version of Gary Taube's book "Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It". And it had a huge impact on her, because that's when she started to understand low carb eating.

She changed her diet, adopted keto, then added intermittent fasting. Now she doesn't feel like she's on a diet, even though she's aware that she needs to be mindful of how she relates to her "head hunger", which is really just an emotional want of food, and not real hunger. Her current mantra is "Food does not control me...".

Since late 2015, Louise has used low carb ketogenic way of living to address a number of health issues.

Louise talks about how she used to live with her emotional eating habits and stress in her life. Her tipping point came when she consulted a colleague who was knowledgeable about eating disorders. She'd tried all kinds of diets, and then decided to have weight loss surgery.

After a severe motorcycle accident, her mom - who'd discovered low carb - suggested Louise change what she was eating in order to help with her pain and inflammation. It was the science that made sense to Louise. And indeed, she tried a low carb/keto diet, and never looked back.

You can find Jackie and Louise here: https://fabulouslyketo.com/