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Emeche documents her weight loss journey on Instagram, where she shares with her followers her favorite keto recipes as well as the realities of her weight loss.

\"It hasn’t been upward mobility for this journey,\" she said, noting that she gained about 20 pounds during the coronavirus pandemic that she is now working to lose. \"I go up and I go down, but I’m not afraid of the scale anymore.\"

\"You can do everything right and it won’t budge or you’ll gain, and in the past that would cause me to eat poorly or binge and not focus on the overall goal, which is good health,\" she said.

Emeche said she also documents her lifestyle changes on Instagram because she's hoping to help build what she calls \"generational health.\"

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\"When people ask me questions, I’m very forthcoming because I want people to know they’re not alone,\" she said. \"There’s a community of support out there.\"

Emeche, who two years ago struggled to walk down a street, now exercises daily and said she challenges herself by always setting new goals.

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Her advice to others is just to take the first step, what she called the hardest step, and to believe in themselves.

\"I was a step away from weight loss surgery and keto was my last step before I went through it and I’m so grateful,\" she said. \"I thought I was just meant to be heavy my whole life. If I can do this, anybody can do this.\"

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