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It’s safe to say that this diet worked.
After realizing that her weight had become a problem, mother-of-two Stephanie Laska changed her eating habits and was able to drop 140 pounds. Seven years later, she has kept the weight off and is looking to help others.
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“(My friend) told me about eating higher fat foods,” Stephanie Laska told the New York Post, “moderate protein and lower-carb, basically keto. So I started researching and experimenting in the kitchen. I like to eat and needed a diet that allows food.” (Stephanie Laska)
“I’ve always struggled with my weight,” Laska, who once weighed close to 300 pounds, told the New York Post. “I actually thought I was being healthy, eating low-fat muffins, drinking skim milk, having dried fruit and granola bars.”
While on a trip to Disneyland, however, Laska attempted to go on a ride with her son. The safety bar couldn’t close all the way down, leaving a gap.
“[My son] had no protection at all,” she explained, “and I panicked, thinking this is rock bottom. It’s one thing to feel embarrassed about a seat belt, it’s another thing to feel like I put my child in danger.”
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After deciding to take action, she spoke with a friend who had recently lost a lot of weight.
“He told me about eating higher-fat foods, moderate protein and lower carb; basically keto," she said. "So I started researching and experimenting in the kitchen. I like to eat and needed a diet that allows food.”
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After some “trial and error,” Laska figured out a new healthy diet plan that worked for her.
“At the end of a long day, I used to eat two bags of popcorn or handfuls of trail mix,” Laska said. “Now, I eat a giant bowl of salad or Green ‘Potato’ Boats. I’ll eat whole platters of low-carb vegetables with no shame.”
She calls her method “Dirty keto” or “lazy keto.” She allows herself to be flexible with the diet, as opposed to “using a bunch of graphs and calculators” to calculate her macronutrients.
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Laska, along with her husband, authored a book of recipes, “The Dirty, Lazy, Keto Cookbook.”