Five months have passed since my last keto diet post back in May 2025 this year, when I blogged about how I had restarted keto as a spring detox after winter carb-bingeing. If you’re used to my keto posts, you’ll know that as much as I’d love to stay low carb all year round, seasonal eating always gets the better of me in autumn and winter. In between Christmas work-dos, comfort eating when I’m ill and craving stodgy carb-heavy foods in the colder months, during the five years since I first lost 42lbs, I found my weight yo-yoing by around 15-17lbs a year every year, up in winter, down in summer.
Now, anyone with even a basic understanding of the human anatomy would know that weight loss and gain swings are not good for the body. Between 2020 to 2025, I subjected my metabolism to annual crash keto dieting in the summer months to get bikini ready, and overindulging in winter. I tolerated my disordered eating from September to February, knowing that from March to August I’d work hard to lose it.
But not in 2025. This year, my body hit a plateau. Ketosis didn’t work. 16-8 fasting didn’t work. From May to July, I got no results despite a strict diet. My body reached a ‘settling point’ and my weight wouldn’t budge. To say I got despondent was an understatement.
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Leilanie Stewart 