Woman’s incredible six stone weight loss in one year after starting keto diet

WEIGHING in at 14 stone – Alexa Nicole Robles was beginning to struggle with her job as a teaching assistant. She could no longer run after the kids and was constantly anxious about standing in front of a class full of students and teachers. However, the final straw that kick-started the 22-year-old’s weight-loss journey was […]

WEIGHING in at 14 stone – Alexa Nicole Robles was beginning to struggle with her job as a teaching assistant.

She could no longer run after the kids and was constantly anxious about standing in front of a class full of students and teachers.

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However, the final straw that kick-started the 22-year-old’s weight-loss journey was when her then-boyfriend made a cruel comment about her physical appearance.

Determined to do something about her weight, Alexa, from North Carolina in the US, decided to try the keto diet and has since lost an impressive six stone in one year.

She is now happier than ever in her trim eight stone figure, and is hoping she might inspire others to follow in her footsteps.

She said: “Being overweight was impacting my life in major ways, so this weight-loss journey has changed everything.

“I am no longer afraid, and I no longer suffer from anxiety.”

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Alexa had always struggled with her weight ever since she was a little girl – which in turn affected her friends and her social life.

She told Women’s Health Mag: “For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been on the heavier side.

“I always felt like hiding because I was uncomfortable with being overweight—so my social life suffered.”

And as well as her social life, her weight also began to impact her professional life as a teaching assistant.

She couldn’t keep up with the children she was teaching and felt self-conscious the whole time about how she looked in her work clothes while stood in front of a room full of people.

However, it was a harsh comment from her then boyfriend that really made Alexa realise she needed to lose weight.

She said: “I knew I was overweight, and I knew I was unhealthy.

“I knew my weight was impacting basically every aspect of my life. But his comment really hurt. It was the final straw.

“So instead of crying and sitting on my bed and eating my feelings, like I might have previously, I channeled that rage into kickstarting my weight-loss journey.

“I was determined to figure out how to love myself, and I wasn’t going to let anyone make me feel that way ever again.”

Being overweight was impacting my life in major ways, so this weight-loss journey has changed everything. I am no longer afraid, and I no longer suffer from anxiety

Alexa Nicole Robles

Alexa started googling different weight loss programmes and stumbled across the keto diet when a friend posted her own results on Instagram.

“I was intrigued, so I Googled the keto diet right away and fell in love with what I saw. I jumped right in,” she said.

The keto diet involves eating lots of “good” fat, to curb hunger pangs, while cutting out carbs and eating moderate amounts of protein.

It’s said to boost energy levels and help speed up weight loss.

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To start with, Alexa limited herself to a total of 13 grams of carbs a day.

She did this for the first six and a half months and then transitioned into eating 20 grams of net carbs per day.

Alexa managed to drop six stone in just a year by doing this – and allowing herself the treat of dark chocolate for dessert every day.

And sooner rather than later, Alexa also began to see her regain her confidence.

She said: “I no longer cared what anyone said about me because this journey was about me and loving who I saw in the mirror, seeing how far she had come.

“I loved the feeling of being able to get up and look forward to getting a workout in, the feeling of not being afraid of walking into a room or that I’d get terrible anxiety.”

Once Alexa got the hand of eating low-carb, she then started going to the gym every day.

She added: “I’m still only doing cardio, using machines like the elliptical and the treadmill, and will be incorporating weights and other things to help tone my body soon.”

Alexa is now documenting her weight loss journey on Instagram in a bid to help inspire other slimmers.

In particular, she is keen to remind others that weight loss “takes time”.

She says: “This is a journey, not a race. Don’t compare your path to anyone else’s.

“Weight is something that so many women struggle with, but know that you have the power to do something about it.

“The confidence I lacked, I finally I have now.

“I worked through the obstacles that were holding me back from living my best life—and I’m so happy to say that I did this for me, not anyone else.”

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