Daily check in for Keto friends...
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I've just had an awful couple of weeks but I'm back on track. I went on vacation through the Midwest and think I overindulged on cheese, then ate at a Chinese Buffet, then went bowling. The combination did a number on me and I had to see a GI specialist who has placed me on a low FODMAP diet plan. Within 2 days, I was feeling so much better. I am now just eating meat and fat and feeling great. I lost 11 lbs (of bloat) in 5 days. I do not check my ketones but I have the "lovely" keto breath so I know I'm in the zone.
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Well now I'm mad. Hopefully it will shock me into total compliance!
My ex just had to point out that I have regained some weight- which I have- and that it's noticable- which it is. Still, it's not that much and none of his business. At all.
So like I said, now I'm irrationally pissed off, and with any luck that will spur me on to relose.
Arrrrrrgggggh! Exes, weight gain, job search, dating....big time downers of the moment.
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Ha! Exes be darned, @elize7 - I know it's not the same, but after being told I'd gotten so fat, I was no longer attractive to my now ex-husband, he literally came begging on his knees for me to take him back after I got over him and lost 50 pounds... Yeah, if I wasn't good enough for you before, you sure don't deserve me now!
And I'm sure you're hot and schmexy...you don't need his opinion... (hugs)2 -
Had a good keto day I terms of food and macros; just a bit too much for my body to lose weight.
But at least no carb binge or desire for one. I notice that I just always seem to want to be chewing. I use gum, but even those carbs can add up I'd I'm not careful.
If need be, I'll just go to bed and read. I have never been one to eat in bed. My one and only food safety zone.2 -
Trying to remind myself of why I was able to do keto so well for so long in spite of challenges that are now sidelining me.
I am going to try to write something positive each day til I get stable.
1. At first my main motivator was to lose weight in order to meet an online boyfriend.
I was crazy about him and did not want him to see me at my weight that was about 110 pounds heavier than I am now.
I remember I had a fervent, 100% dedication that included a spartan daily food menu, and a rigorous 1 hour daily exercise routine at a gym.
Currently:
I have no motivating crush to spur my drive. I am not that unhappy about my body...but, I am deeply concerned about regaining 20 pounds, my fluctuating non keto or even low carb food choices, and my inability to stick to what I choose as my lifestyle for eating.
I cannot currently afford to rejoin my gym, but I am trying to get a home modetate level bodyweight type thing going for 30 minutes a day. Sort of half successful about that, but not to a reliable degree.
Conclusion du jour:
I need to get a new crush fast!
Or, I need to find a way to want to be the kind of woman who cares enough about herself to follow through with chosen her choices as to the best way to live life, feel healthy, and look the way she wants to look...minus all the self sabotage drama.
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Hey all I've joined the group a while back but just decided to post.
Been keto since mid july. Already seeing results. My doctor wants to start tapering down my meds for the T2D I was diagnosed with last year.
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I am in. I hit my macros today at 75% fat, 21% protein, and 4% carb. Feelin' good about that.5
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Hi my name is Rose, I started keto after trying all the other methods. I could never stick to them.It took several starts with keto I must say. With my health issues I knew I had to do something. Ino longer have sinus headaches every day. I just don't get them now. I aslo don't have cravings. One thing that has happened to me twice is going to a restaurant at the urging of my son. I tried to stay true to keto but apparently there was hidden carbs. I had severe abdominal cramping just a few notches less than gallstones. My son likes one carb day a week. For me it is not worth the price. I also gained 3 pounds overnight (water). Anyone else have this problem?3
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Conclusion du jour:
I need to get a new crush fast!
Or, I need to find a way to want to be the kind of woman who cares enough about herself to follow through with chosen her choices as to the best way to live life, feel healthy, and look the way she wants to look...minus all the self sabotage drama.
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Okay, so today. Something positive about keto.
After a courageous weigh in, I discovered I'm up 16.4 pounds. While not great, I know that I can lose this by sticking with my food plan. There is no question about that. Having that knowledge is powerful, even though I'm backtracking. If you work it...it works.
This weigh in was surprisingly painless. I had expected another 10 pounds worth of damage beyond what was there; especially after the ex's unsolicited commentary. Although I have been slipping alot, I have also been putting together some great keto days, hence a little less damage. And that's good.
In my world 16.4 pounds is about 1 1/2 clothing sizes. So I can live with that for now and not hate on my body. Still have lost 110.6 pounds and I know I look good enough.
For now, I'm getting some things done at home, building up a happy social life, painting daily and trying to feel grateful for what I have right now.
I believe that I will find a direction to go in work wise if I'm just patient and open to changes.
Have a great weekend pals!
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Quality day today: 2 1/2 hours of hiking with the dogs, calories on point, 72/23/5%. I'll take it.3
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I am having such a hard time right now. I am dealing with some things that has really stressed me out. All I have been eating is beans and pasta. It is my emotional food. I have gained 6 lbs back and I don't know how to get back on track. I don't know what's wrong with me. I went from only having 10g of carb to having 100 a day.0
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First off, put down the fork! You're eating your emotions and that needs to stop. Try journaling that stress, and drink water, tea, or bpc when ever you want to reach for that pasta bowl. Exercise, go for a walk, anything to get you moving and out of the kitchen. Start fresh with your very next meal by going heavy on the fats, or if you can swing it try skipping a few meals til you're really hungry, then go for a heavy fat meal. Put the pasta and beans where you can't see them daily....maggiegbrown wrote: »I am having such a hard time right now. I am dealing with some things that has really stressed me out. All I have been eating is beans and pasta. It is my emotional food. I have gained 6 lbs back and I don't know how to get back on track. I don't know what's wrong with me. I went from only having 10g of carb to having 100 a day.
Remember you have a choice in how you react to this stress.....don't let it deifine you. We all have had stress and slip ups and high carb days for whatever the reason, the important thing is to get back on plan.
You are worth the healthy body you are creating !!!
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maggiegbrown wrote: »I am having such a hard time right now. I am dealing with some things that has really stressed me out. All I have been eating is beans and pasta. It is my emotional food. I have gained 6 lbs back and I don't know how to get back on track. I don't know what's wrong with me. I went from only having 10g of carb to having 100 a day.
@maggiegbrown something else, too, is too look at some stress support formulas. My life is insane right now with a move I can't afford and little to no help, etc. I could go on but...sigh. anywho. I'm actually managing more good decisions than bad atm, but it's mostly because of changing supplements. Gotta find some that work for you. I'm doing some that help with neurotransmitters and stress, cravings, etc. I feel how I swear most people must feel "normally." Whatever that is. Hugs!!2 -
putting the fork down is what I have to do. Damn this is so hard right now. But tomorrow is a new day and I will start my day without carbs. Thank you Lady's!3
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Epic fail. Same old reasons. No excuses. Ready to throw in the towel...but I will not.
Nothing much to say except.... shucks.1 -
@elize7 - if you have the funds, I'd seriously suggest you try the neurotransmitters stuff. I was faceplanting into ALL THE CARBS from the moment I was off work Friday, all weekend, every weekend. I could hold it together during the week, but no matter how level and great I felt on Friday leaving work, by the time i got home, I was a mess and most of the time i wasn't even hungry and eating crap!!!
Now, most carbs aren't appealing, like at all - I can still eat doritos and low carb wraps, and nothing makes me sick, but anything too sweet sends up BLECH responses. When I think of stress, all my normal comfort foods roll past in my mind, but the appeal is gone. I keep wondering if this is how the "normal" people feel who don't understand addiction...
But I had a BFO the other day. We eat comfort foods because we are low on serotonin and norepinephrine, right? So when we're taking the amino acids that are converted to neurotransmitters that FILL those receptors, the cravings are less, because those receptors are full. I was like, "WHAT?!?!?" How did I not see it before? It made so much sense.
Our food is so messed up, our lives are so stressful from inside and outside influences, the world doesn't support healthy lifestyles in any regard, and so at some point, we have to do what our bodies need. I also think that in supplementing good nutrients that are lacking in our food, our hunger impulses are down some because hunger is driven by nutrients that are missing ... missing things so the body tells us we need food to get them, then we eat the wrong foods, etc., so we're still missing nutrients so our body tells use we're still hungry because we don't have what we need, etc.1 -
I'm looking into the one for sweet cravings. Thanks, Knit!
Today's positive keto thought:
I have never had energy like I have since beginning the keto life. I notice that even during this period of regular relapses, as soon as the sugar goes in, I fall asleep, almost like instant coma sleep, for several hours and I also have a nagging headache that lasts until I get back to keto for a couple days. Then it's like go go go! No naps, stay up late, feel alert.
Like night and day...now if only I could take advantage of it with an awesome daily workout....I'd be set. I keep threatening to, but so far my anti exercise genes are still in power.
One thing at a time.
Having been a sugar addict all my life, and consequently sluggish from so much
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I'm back and working hard at tracking this week. Aaaand guess what, a weight woosh! I thought that I had this keto stuff in hand and I could just count in my head and all would be good- but the weight was creeping back and I had to admit to myself I was letting carb creep in my life. Not a novel thing for this group, and I'd been warned. I have all the motivation to NOT let myself off of keto- tremors, pain, horrible job performance, not being able to be a true parent- yet there I was. Eating at least one cafeteria monster cookie a day for two weeks straight. The tremors weren't coming back, but the weight sure was. So now that I'm back at it, I've lost 5lbs in as many days. Keto wooziness is definitely there, but I'll work through it again and take my supplements. I've increased my dog walks and my pups aren't complaining. I plan on at least 3 martial arts classes this week. I'm working on adding daily pushups and situps to improve my martial arts training. I'm sitting at 150.6 now- the lowest I've been since I was 17. I had a glimpse of 130's when I was student teaching- but that was all the stress-induced gastrointestinal blech. But now? 149 is within spitting distance. Tracking is the key- I gotta remember that!6
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@kimbo8435 Great job refocusing! Monster cookies were one of my favorite treats as a kid, so I can see how easy it would be to rationalize having one. I hope you see the 40s in the next few days!
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I'm back and working hard at tracking this week. Aaaand guess what, a weight woosh! I thought that I had this keto stuff in hand and I could just count in my head and all would be good- but the weight was creeping back and I had to admit to myself I was letting carb creep in my life. Not a novel thing for this group, and I'd been warned. I have all the motivation to NOT let myself off of keto- tremors, pain, horrible job performance, not being able to be a true parent- yet there I was. Eating at least one cafeteria monster cookie a day for two weeks straight. The tremors weren't coming back, but the weight sure was. So now that I'm back at it, I've lost 5lbs in as many days. Keto wooziness is definitely there, but I'll work through it again and take my supplements. I've increased my dog walks and my pups aren't complaining. I plan on at least 3 martial arts classes this week. I'm working on adding daily pushups and situps to improve my martial arts training. I'm sitting at 150.6 now- the lowest I've been since I was 17. I had a glimpse of 130's when I was student teaching- but that was all the stress-induced gastrointestinal blech. But now? 149 is within spitting distance. Tracking is the key- I gotta remember that!
I don't know if you want to change one think out for another, but there is a killer keto "sugar" cookie recipe that @ladipoet posted, I think, that's a compromise. Used with Lily's stevia sweetened chocolate, it might be an option...
But I am the type, I'd better find a swap, because avoiding those things is NOT always easy. I don't know about you, @kimbo8435, but that's me.
That being said, the supplements (amino acids/neurotransmitters) have really been helping my mindset and being able to keep from diving back into carby habits...2 -
I really wish I was the type who could switch up recipes to low carb or keto. For me that usually backfires with overindulgence straight in to full on binge.
I really do better with a spartan, rarely varied food plan and then try to get my treats in non food form, ie, art supplies, dance night, new shoes or clothes, home improvement project, beauty treatment type things. Doesn't have to be expensive it just has to feel like dessert!
My positive keto thing for the day is:
I lost a pound!
Being able to recover from lapses in record time, and to have results that are based directly on the tried and true action of honest daily logging, weighing, and measuring ...has been real lifeline in a long history of diet storms.
Not that I have even come close to getting a handle on maintenance.... still, having the knowledge that this woe works for me (when I get it together to work it) is so stablizing and comforting.
I feel some of the desparation has lifted with the recognition that I can keep at it til I get it right. That I can trust that this is a real lifestyle that will last, and that I don't have to be perfect right away for it to work long term.
I can try, make mistakes, try again and not be afraid of being human. Clearly my weight is an area of my life that I struggle with.
Keto is like a trusted friend.
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That's awesome, @elize7 - hope is such a precious thing - and seeing that hard work pays off if you keep at it, that's awesome!
And I agree - on some things. Like ice cream would be a gateway low carb drug for me. But fat bombs are fine - maybe because I never enjoyed cheesecake as a carb burner - it always made me sick?? But pizza? No gateway. I was never a crust person anyway... ???1 -
I'm back and working hard at tracking this week. Aaaand guess what, a weight woosh! I thought that I had this keto stuff in hand and I could just count in my head and all would be good- but the weight was creeping back and I had to admit to myself I was letting carb creep in my life. Not a novel thing for this group, and I'd been warned. I have all the motivation to NOT let myself off of keto- tremors, pain, horrible job performance, not being able to be a true parent- yet there I was. Eating at least one cafeteria monster cookie a day for two weeks straight. The tremors weren't coming back, but the weight sure was. So now that I'm back at it, I've lost 5lbs in as many days. Keto wooziness is definitely there, but I'll work through it again and take my supplements. I've increased my dog walks and my pups aren't complaining. I plan on at least 3 martial arts classes this week. I'm working on adding daily pushups and situps to improve my martial arts training. I'm sitting at 150.6 now- the lowest I've been since I was 17. I had a glimpse of 130's when I was student teaching- but that was all the stress-induced gastrointestinal blech. But now? 149 is within spitting distance. Tracking is the key- I gotta remember that!
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Great thing about keto is when my mind is set right, the food plan is so easy to follow. The hunger is manageable even at my low cal/carb level. Not saying that I don't feel hunger, but as long as the mindset is correct it's doable.
I wish I could find a way to separate my feelings from eating. It seems like such a simple, practical thing to be able to do.
When I am able to, I feel so good.
I'm most vulnerable to eating when I feel lonely. The other emotions like anger, frustration, happiness. boredom, sadness...those don't seem to pull the sabotage trigger. Loneliness, however, leaves me helpless in the face of it and I head straight for sugar based foods.
My next weekend strategy is to not end the dance night before 1 or 2 AM so there's no chance to eat. And also to make plans for Saturday night as well. Just being out of my house, with friends til very late might help. Seems like once Sunday arrives I'm not susceptible and can get back on keto no prob. Just the weekend nights are killing me. So that's my strategy for this week.
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Great thing about keto is I'm back on it, and there is always something new to tweak and improve. I have resisted cutting down on artificial sweetners, but now I'm ready. This month I'm letting go of Equal in my coffee. That's actually quite a bit. I may
See how that goes and look into cutting out my Chrystal light as well, after the heat recedes. Any good alternatives for what to drink besides water and tea?
I'm hoping that will help with my sugar cravings and keep my carb numbers a bit lower than they've been.
May have a fun trip coming up, but not counting on it this time...since I was sooooooo let down last time. And this same type of situation threw my keto off for months...for the moment I'm way motivated, and hoping to drop a few pounds before..
This time if plans fall apart, I will know it may be temporary and work twice as hard to be ready to roll when the bus comes by again!
Always a curveball coming at you. Trying to be steady for now and maintain my own goals, my own motivation, and my own dignity as well.
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Great thing about keto is I'm back on it, and there is always something new to tweak and improve. I have resisted cutting down on artificial sweetners, but now I'm ready. This month I'm letting go of Equal in my coffee. That's actually quite a bit. I may
See how that goes and look into cutting out my Chrystal light as well, after the heat recedes. Any good alternatives for what to drink besides water and tea?
I'm hoping that will help with my sugar cravings and keep my carb numbers a bit lower than they've been.
May have a fun trip coming up, but not counting on it this time...since I was sooooooo let down last time. And this same type of situation threw my keto off for months...for the moment I'm way motivated, and hoping to drop a few pounds before..
This time if plans fall apart, I will know it may be temporary and work twice as hard to be ready to roll when the bus comes by again!
Always a curveball coming at you. Trying to be steady for now and maintain my own goals, my own motivation, and my own dignity as well.
Yay keto!
Just keep plugging along! I know it will all come together for you.2 -
In spite of change and chaos around me, I finally survived a social weekend, a major disappointment and decluttering without a binge. Also stayed strict keto, and kept to a planned activity goal.
This is such a relief, and I've seen tbe scale dropping pounds again. Prolly like an initial water drop due to my extended on again off again eating habits this past 6 months.
I feel reinvigorated and so hopeful about the future, even with my latest romantic setback. Getting better at handling this finally. So difficult to begin dating and socializing again after so many years, but like I said, I'm handling things better than even 6 months ago. Had to get my feet wet, I guess. I feel like I still don't even know how to indicate availability, or express intetest....sooooo out of practice for so many years.
What helps is I know that I can make this work and keto can work along with me. Just trying to keep myself steady, and take baby steps.
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You have such a great head on your shoulders about this. That in itself is a major feat.2
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As for me. We just booked an extended family vacay in March. If a beach in the Dominican with 21 of my closest family members isn't enough to motivate me to get it together, nothing will. I have an appointment with a naturopath tomorrow and will be signing up for yoga Sept. 15. I'm hoping life changes will help with my attitude toward eating habits....
Starting again tomorrow.,, wish me luck!!!1
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