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Elena Juarez punched and food-prepped her way to losing 100 pounds. But her weight-loss journey kicked off with a serious health scare.

About a year ago, her 10-year-old daughter, Biani, arrived home with a school nurse’s recommendation for a diabetes test. “She would go home crying many times, asking if she was going to die,” the 34-year-old businesswoman and mother of two tells Health. “She was assured that she was fine but there were some definitely concerns.”

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The doctor told Juarez her daughter was healthy “for now,” but that both she and her daughter needed to make changes to their diet if they wanted to avoid developing the obesity-linked condition.

On her own, Juarez started following a paleo-friendly diet challenge that included kickboxing. That’s when she heard about the ketogenic diet. Six weeks later, she adopted the trendy high-fat, low-carb plan.

One hundred lost pounds later, she credits going keto and sticking with kickboxing for her weight loss. “Even at my heaviest, I was always a healthy big girl,” she says. After visiting the doctor, “I didn’t know how to approach it, but I knew we all needed to change our unhealthy ways.”

Now, she does an hour-long workout that combines cardio and strength training four to five times per week. She also follows an intuitive eating regimen.

Just in case you are interested in losing weight and being healthier than what you currently are, this might be the very diet for you. Make sure you involve the entire family, for a all around better family structure.

FYI: Dieting alone can do the job, my grandmother would eat a very bland diet. Sometimes she would boil her chicken, with no added seasoning. Boy, was it hideous. She would measure her cereals, and had a schedule when she ate, and followed it to the “T.” She barely went out the house, and sat in front of the television most of the day.

Allow me to remind you that consulting your doctor is pertinent, and moderation is key.