- Today, Mende Staggs shares her four essential rules for starting a ketogenic eating plan and discusses how to measure your success.

- Mende began her keto journey in August 2016, inspired by the first Keto for Lipedema webinar.

- After a lifetime of unsuccessful dieting and a recent lipedema diagnosis, she was initially skeptical about dietary changes but was delighted to see positive results.

- Mende lives on a small farm in rural southwest Missouri.

- She owns a bakery and catering business and enjoys sharing her keto journey and helping others succeed in theirs.