I Baked Myself Like a Potato to Lose Weight
I have been overweight or obese (almost) my whole life. I started gaining weight at the age of 12 and that’s when my obsession with dieting and weight loss began. I have tried countless diets and gimmicks to lose weight over the last 23 years. I found little success until I started living a ketogenic lifestyle in January of 2019. I lost a significant amount of weight…but then the pandemic started.
My weight loss came to a standstill and I was getting frustrated by my lack of progress. My husband had casually mentioned that he purchased the Higher Dose Sauna Blanket and it would arrive in a couple of weeks. I wasn’t too interested because I spent the last 20 years obese and sweaty, why would I want to sweat on purpose?
It wasn't until my husband told me that since the sauna blanket raises your body temperature that you can burn calories that I finally started paying attention. I checked their website and confirmed that they claim that you can burn up to 600 calories in one 45 minute session. They said “its like working out, without working out!”
Other benefits that saunas claim is that you can detoxify your body, get clearer skin, and relieve sore muscles and aching joints.
Would combining the sauna blanket and a keto lifestyle jump start my weight loss?
I tested out the sauna blanket for 7 days and coupled it with keto OMAD, which means I ate one large ketogenic meal a day and fasted for the rest of the time. At the beginning of the week I weighed in at 182 lbs. At the end of the week I weighed in at 174.6 lbs. Which is a loss of 7.4 lbs!
Determined to keep going, I decided to do a 5 day egg fast. The week after I did a 72 hour no food fast, all while using the HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket.
By the end of the 3rd week I weighed in at 168.
I wanted to see if it was water weight that I was losing and what would happen when I stopped using the sauna blanket, so the last week of my one month experiment I ate a regular ketogenic diet and I did not use the sauna blanket. I weighed in at 167.2!
So, I lost a total of almost 15 pounds in a month. Pretty incredible, especially considering that being 5'11 and 182 lbs at the start of the experiment I was almost at a “normal” BMI.
And while at first I was only using the it to lose weight, I really do find that I enjoy using the sauna blanket at night and actually look forward to using it now. It’s nice taking 45 minutes out of the day to relax, and I find that the heat emitted by this sauna blanket is far more tolerable than traditional saunas which were way too hot for me.
The other thing I really like about the HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket is that I can use it at home. I unroll it on my bed and am able to relax and watch a movie if I like. The few times I used a traditional sauna in the past I found myself sitting there unable to relax. I love that I can use this sauna blanket in the comfort of my own home.
Now… do I think that you can eat whatever you want and still lose weight using a sauna blanket? No. I really believe it was the combination of the two things (diet + sauna blanket) that really accelerated my weight loss.
My husband and I purchased the HigherDOSE Sauna Blanket ourselves but they have supplied me with a coupon code and affiliate link if you would like to purchase a sauna blanket for yourself.
You can get your own HigherDose Sauna Blanket by clicking here. Get $75 off your purchase with code KETOTWINS75 at checkout!
You also can visit my YouTube channel Keto Twins where my identical twin sister and I have documented our weight loss journey so far.
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