About Me
How eat clean changed my life
My name is Jean Erasmus. I am a Zimbabwean mother of four children. Nicole (23), Michael and Declan (21) and Devon (15)
I have had an incredible journey with the Low Carb High Fat system.
My story is not an unusual one, I wrote this book and had my Eureka moment when I understood that I was insulin resistant and gluten intolerant, and the WHY factor hit me in the face. Why was my body so different? Why did I have such a slow metabolism?
I was born with hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and battled with my weight from an early age. I virtually starved myself down to a reasonable weight in my teens – twenty and most of my thirties, nothing seemed to work long term – until I discovered the LCHF system.
I started gaining a huge amount of weight after having babies. Nicole was born 2nd January 1996 twins Michael and Declan 27th October 1997 and then Devon in March 2003. I had gained more than 50 kg’s through that period.
I started out with the LCHF system in October 2015, with no idea of how or what I was going to eat. I knew that the more I understood about my body and the affects that foods had on it, I would learn to manage my obesity. By April 2016 I had lost 48 kg’s. (As long as I remain on the system) I have managed to keep my weight stable for three years now.
I started writing the book and applied all that I had researched, and added it to my regime and it worked. No special foods, not even joining a gym. I jog or run 3.5 km’s in 25 minutes per day, swim 40 lengths in our home pool. Go into our little gym in the garage and bench press skip and do a few bits of exercise which I have picked up from my body building friends.
Apart from the weight loss the inch loss was incredible, with a 10 inch loss off my waistalone. I eat the foods as set out in the book. I don’t have cheat days I stick to this, as I find it simple and easy to apply to my lifestyle. I eat organic or natural foods on the green list.
I don’t have anything that contains gluten or sugar. I live like that. I am not starving, not ill, have hardly any medical problems.
