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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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! :)
Love you to the moon, chicken!
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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
https://discord.gg/tCkfBy
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
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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, 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. 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!