A warm, sunlit home office workspace illustrating a year-long ketoCONTINUUM journey, featuring journals, handwritten notes, progress charts, books, a laptop displaying a yearly trend graph, glucose and ketone meters, and the title “My ketoCONTINUUM Journey: A Year of Data, Discovery and Metabolic Health.” The image conveys thoughtful learning, data tracking, and metabolic health.

My ketoCONTINUUM Journey: A Year of Data, Discovery and Metabolic Health

I am beginning a year-long personal N-of-1 experiment, and I’d love you to follow along.

This is my ketoCONTINUUM journey—a real-life record of what happens when I pay closer attention to my food, habits, exercise, health and the data my body produces.

It isn’t about perfection or promoting a one-size-fits-all approach. It’s about learning what works for my body and becoming more informed about my metabolic health.

Why I began

My journey took a significant turn after I was diagnosed with NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease).

Two years earlier, I had lost more than 20 kilograms following a Mediterranean-style way of eating. But after reintroducing small amounts of rice and potato, I regained more than 15 kilograms in less than a year.

Returning to the same eating pattern no longer produced the same results. I wanted to understand why.

That search introduced me to Dr Ben Bikman’s teaching, including Why We Get Sick, and then to Dr Boz. Their teaching helped me look beyond calories and weight and develop a greater understanding of insulin resistance and metabolic health.

I realised I needed to learn more about what was happening inside my body, not simply focus on the number on the scale.

What I’ll be tracking

My goal is about more than weight loss. I want to improve my metabolic health and understand what is happening beneath the surface.

For the next year, I’ll track my daily:

Blood glucose (via a glucose monitor which measures both glucose and ketones).
Blood ketones
Weight

I’ll also have DEXA scans approximately every three months to monitor body composition, including fat mass, lean mass and visceral fat.

Rather than chasing perfect numbers, I’m interested in patterns and trends and how food, fasting, travel, sleep and stress affect me personally.

Throughout the year, I’ll share my numbers, DEXA results, blood tests, food experiments, challenges and discoveries.

An honest journey

This won’t be a polished before-and-after story. There will be good days, frustrating days, unexpected results and plenty to learn.

This is not medical advice or a prescription for anyone else. It’s simply my attempt to listen more closely to my body, make informed choices and pursue better metabolic health.

If you’re curious about your own health, frustrated by the scale, or interested in what happens when someone starts paying closer attention to their data, I hope you’ll follow along.

This is the beginning of my ketoCONTINUUM journey. Let’s see where it leads.