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Lily Zhang

Posted:

02/2025

In remission from

Depression

Started Journey

03/2024

"One day, I heard about keto and made a keto dessert with heavy cream. The next day I woke up happy, and realized for the first time, that it doesn't have to take so much effort just to stay alive."

My Journey

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My Strategies

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My THINK + SMART Profile

Key Symptoms Addressed

Depression.

My Top Three Strategies

Daily time restricted eating, weekly 48h fasting & 4:1 ketogenic diet.

T H

Therapeutic

Made family doctor aware about my eating pattern and that I am managing without medication.

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Integration

  • Testing for A1c, lipid, liver and kidney markers yearly.
  • Taking daily morning electrolytes, MCT, and vitamin D.

N

Nutritional

Meat and dairy, one meal a day at 5pm, 3:1 - 4:1 keto, fasting one day a week.

K

Ketosis

Ketone target of >1.5 before a meal (24 hour), >3 with fasting (48 hour).

S

Sleep

10000 lumen happy light for 30-60 min in the morning. Infrared sauna blanket from 7:30-8:30. Sleep by 9:30.

M

Move

Daily yoga and body weight exercises.

A

Avoid

Overeating, sugar, and carbs.

R

Rebuild

Connecting with the keto community, virtually and in person meetings.

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Track

CGM 5 month continuous use, Keto-Mojo a few times a week, body composition scale, smart watch sleep and exercise tracker, hormone cycle tracking, and mood and appetite tracking.