Woman loses more than 140 pounds on Keto diet

By WILX News 10 | 

Posted: Tue 4:19 PM, Jan 15, 2019  | 

Updated: Tue 7:27 PM, Jan 15, 2019

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) It's the weight loss craze creating a buzz around the world.

The low carb, high fat ketogenic diet has worked wonders for trainer Candace Brisco. She said, "With this diet I'm looking at perfect numbers, perfect cholesterol numbers and I feel amazing."

At her highest weight, Brisco weighed 315 pounds. She's now down to 165 pounds. Her before and after photos are taking social media by storm. She says her weight gain spiraled after losing her mother to cancer. "All I did was work and eat, literally for months and months and months. I was in a really dark place. I was so ashamed and I couldn't stop it...it was the only comfort I had."

Brisco, a registered nurse, says her final turning point came while having her size 14 dress fitted for a friend's wedding. "The seamstress laughed and told me that I would have to get another size 14 dress for her to sew together. I was by myself and really embarrassed and ashamed."

Medical expert Dr. Corey Hebert says withholding carbs puts your body into what's called ketosis mode by forcing it to use stored fat. He says when done right, it could work. "It fools you're body into a state of feeling like it's starving. Once it's starving your body says hey, I've stored all of the fat around my body. I can change this fat into sugar and I don't have to eat sugar." But, he says going Keto should not be taken lightly. "If you don't eat any carbohydrates you could actually have hypoglycemia and pass out. So just do things slowly."

Brisco says instead of focusing on the things that you can't have like wine and potato chips, focus on the things that you can indulge in like eggs, bacon, steak, burgers, wings, and ranch salads."

Dr. Hebert says always consult with a physician before starting a diet.