Daily check in for Keto friends...
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »Keeping your metabolism active by eating constantly is a myth perpetuated by those wanting to camouflage the continuous eating caused by carb consumption as normal. (my 2 cents)
Interesting theory... Makes me think...0 -
Gah! I ate two cups of chocolate popcorn yesterday because I was so stressed this weekend. Why couldn't I have learned to go walking, running or do weights. lol Way too many carbs for one day. It makes me sick to think of putting it in my log...0
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Gah! I ate two cups of chocolate popcorn yesterday because I was so stressed this weekend. Why couldn't I have learned to go walking, running or do weights. lol Way too many carbs for one day. It makes me sick to think of putting it in my log...
But when you actually log it, it's almost NEVER worse than you think... It was one day, and probably way less than you would have eaten before!! (hugs) It is life...we're in it for the long haul, right? One day, one choice, was not what got you here. It was the series of huge steps and length of consistent application of these bad habits. Make today full of good choices, and the effects will become such a tiny blip that you won't even notice them AT ALL in the grand scheme of your life in reflection.0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »Gah! I ate two cups of chocolate popcorn yesterday because I was so stressed this weekend. Why couldn't I have learned to go walking, running or do weights. lol Way too many carbs for one day. It makes me sick to think of putting it in my log...
But when you actually log it, it's almost NEVER worse than you think... It was one day, and probably way less than you would have eaten before!! (hugs) It is life...we're in it for the long haul, right? One day, one choice, was not what got you here. It was the series of huge steps and length of consistent application of these bad habits. Make today full of good choices, and the effects will become such a tiny blip that you won't even notice them AT ALL in the grand scheme of your life in reflection.
Good morning everyone! Had a potluck brunch at work this morning. It's noon and I'm already off plan and over on calories. That said, in the past, this might have sent me into a tailspin, eating everything in sight. I'm drawing the line here today - back on plan as of this minute.
Agreed on the above. I logged it and it's not as bad as I thought or that it COULD be. Damage control now.0 -
Good morning everyone! Had a potluck brunch at work this morning. It's noon and I'm already off plan and over on calories. That said, in the past, this might have sent me into a tailspin, eating everything in sight. I'm drawing the line here today - back on plan as of this minute.
Agreed on the above. I logged it and it's not as bad as I thought or that it COULD be. Damage control now.
That, in my opinion, is a true NSV! Parties, treats and reasons to fall off the wagon will always be there. How you handle it when you get a taste is the true test of change... when you are able to stop your lapse from becoming a collapse.0 -
Checking in after my weekend away! I had a great time but went massively off plan - my coach down to the city was delayed by 2.5 hours, which threw out all my planning for finding somewhere nice to eat in the evening and ended up with me and my friend just getting pizza to eat in the hostel. It was already half ten at night and there was a pizza place just opposite where we were staying, so I didn't want to drag her any further looking for a more low-carb friendly takeaway
On Saturday evening we went to the Winter Wonderland, which was amazing but full of food stalls selling gourmet burgers, belgian waffles, pretzels and other delicious but terrible things! I overindulged there, which I'm not beating myself up about as it was a one-time thing and I had a lovely evening with my friends. I'm NOT happy about Sunday as I spiralled down into one long binging session while I was waiting for my coach back 
It was a pre-keto level of binge! Since I've started eating this way consistently in September and exercising I haven't had a single huge binge, whereas before keto it used to be happening once a week. Now I remember why I used to feel so unhappy and hate myself! I felt absolutely dreadful the whole time I was doing it and felt bad yesterday too - my housemates even commented that I was moodier!
Weigh-in was 12st 3lbs on Friday, which is the lower end of where I've been hovering for a while and I was reasonably happy with. Weigh-in on Monday was 12st 10lbs!
I know it's mostly water weight but still, that was a nasty shock. So, onwards and upwards - I wish I hadn't done it but I can do damage control this week and stay on plan before my birthday at the weekend. I didn't really have anything yesterday except my BPC (and some advent calendar chocolates... I didn't get myself one this year but my housemate bought me one as a present and I didn't want to just throw it in the bin. So I ate them all in one go... because apparently that's a better idea!) and I just wasn't hungry after eating all that carbage over the weekend. I'm going to wait until I can feel actual hunger and fat fast today and tomorrow (cream cheese and BPC at ~1200 calories for the day) and then transition to egg fast on Thursday and for most of Friday. Hopefully I'll be able to get back into ketosis quickly and stay on plan!
Rant over - hope everyone else had a lovely weekend and is getting into the Christmas spirit! After seeing all the decorations in Hyde Park and all of the shop displays I'm feeling very festive now
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Okay! Got my one pound loss this morning!! I needed that. So I should be able to put together a couple more good keto days before Friday's alcohol outing. I'm dreaming of a "getting down to 159 pounds" Christmas!" It could happen, but its a bit of a stretch by Christmas. Maybe New Years! Dreaming big...
Today is a day off for me and while I am trying to pace my energy expenditure to be rested for work, I want to try to paint something. Need to feel a little joy in the soul. Nothing like messing around in the paint pots to do that for me. Have a good one, pals!
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Just popping in so as not to lurk. I've been around and keeping up on the thread. Feeling yucky. I have an evil kidney infection. So I'm on antibiotics, waiting for them to work. I've been having fatigue return for months now even before that. More yucky. With the stress I've been under, I caved and had a carbsplosion Friday night. I've been back on-plan since Sat morning. But between my normal fatigue, the antibiotics, and keto-flu... I'm just all-around BLURGH! And my laptop woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. As in it wouldn't boot. Jiminy Cricket! These past couple weeks!!!
Please forgive typos. I'm on the tablet, and it is worse on the autocorrects than my phone. Ridiculous.0 -
I don't feel as alone now @baconslave, seems like things just keep piling up. I am grateful to this WOE though as even though I'm having some terrible days the high carbs days are still not as high as what used to be normal. And the scale is still staying in the same range although I feel bloated and fuzzy from the carbs. I'll get back on track, I can't let myself stress about the bad impulses when so many other stressors are out there. Glad I have a place to share and people that care to listen!!
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@UMDavies those Christmas markets are hard to resist....there's one near my work and it smells SO good! Hopefully it is all water weight, there's no way you could put on half a stone in 2 days.0
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Yeah, my friend took us for Mexican Saturday, and I hopped right off the wagon from being strictly back on for over 10 days, and now my "can't be bothered to cares" are back in full swing. I hate how i feel this time of year. BLECH0
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Checking in after my weekend away! I had a great time but went massively off plan - my coach down to the city was delayed by 2.5 hours, which threw out all my planning for finding somewhere nice to eat in the evening and ended up with me and my friend just getting pizza to eat in the hostel. It was already half ten at night and there was a pizza place just opposite where we were staying, so I didn't want to drag her any further looking for a more low-carb friendly takeaway On Saturday evening we went to the Winter Wonderland, which was amazing but full of food stalls selling gourmet burgers, belgian waffles, pretzels and other delicious but terrible things! I overindulged there, which I'm not beating myself up about as it was a one-time thing and I had a lovely evening with my friends. I'm NOT happy about Sunday as I spiralled down into one long binging session while I was waiting for my coach back It was a pre-keto level of binge! Since I've started eating this way consistently in September and exercising I haven't had a single huge binge, whereas before keto it used to be happening once a week. Now I remember why I used to feel so unhappy and hate myself! I felt absolutely dreadful the whole time I was doing it and felt bad yesterday too - my housemates even commented that I was moodier!
Weigh-in was 12st 3lbs on Friday, which is the lower end of where I've been hovering for a while and I was reasonably happy with. Weigh-in on Monday was 12st 10lbs! I know it's mostly water weight but still, that was a nasty shock. So, onwards and upwards - I wish I hadn't done it but I can do damage control this week and stay on plan before my birthday at the weekend. I didn't really have anything yesterday except my BPC (and some advent calendar chocolates... I didn't get myself one this year but my housemate bought me one as a present and I didn't want to just throw it in the bin. So I ate them all in one go... because apparently that's a better idea!) and I just wasn't hungry after eating all that carbage over the weekend. I'm going to wait until I can feel actual hunger and fat fast today and tomorrow (cream cheese and BPC at ~1200 calories for the day) and then transition to egg fast on Thursday and for most of Friday. Hopefully I'll be able to get back into ketosis quickly and stay on plan!
Rant over - hope everyone else had a lovely weekend and is getting into the Christmas spirit! After seeing all the decorations in Hyde Park and all of the shop displays I'm feeling very festive now
Wow! Sounds like you've had a lot going on. Congrats on having a plan to get back on track.0 -
Okay! Got my one pound loss this morning!! I needed that. So I should be able to put together a couple more good keto days before Friday's alcohol outing. I'm dreaming of a "getting down to 159 pounds" Christmas!" It could happen, but its a bit of a stretch by Christmas. Maybe New Years! Dreaming big...
Today is a day off for me and while I am trying to pace my energy expenditure to be rested for work, I want to try to paint something. Need to feel a little joy in the soul. Nothing like messing around in the paint pots to do that for me. Have a good one, pals!
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I'm for sure not happy to hear that anyone is struggling, but I have to admit that it does make me feel a bit better to know that I'm not the only one who's been on and off the wagon since beginning this WOE. For awhile I was feeling like I just didn't have it in me to stick to it when everyone else seemed to have it together with piles of weight lost... Now I'm realizing that It's not just me and all I have to do is keep getting back on the wagon...0
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »Yeah, my friend took us for Mexican Saturday, and I hopped right off the wagon from being strictly back on for over 10 days, and now my "can't be bothered to cares" are back in full swing. I hate how i feel this time of year. BLECH
I think BLECH is the exactly right word! At least one good thing is eating carbage again is making me realise how much I'd started taking for granted on keto. I made a list a couple of weeks ago of all the positive changes I've experienced since starting this WOE. It sounds like all of us are feeling a bit down and could use some motivation, so here it is:
What I've noticed on keto
* The main one first! After coming off the pill in Jan 2014, I didn't have any periods for six months. Went to see the doctor and was diagnosed with PCOS. Started eating keto in June 2015 and had a period within a month I'm now almost regular again and am more hopeful about being able to have kids one day! This is by far and large the best thing about keto for me - the weight loss is great but this just shows what this WOE is doing for my health as well 
* My hormones are much more balanced and I don't have any more violent mood swings, even at that TOM. My poor mother used to get a tearful phone call at least once a week where I'd be stressing about ridiculous things and getting myself into such a state. I feel like I'm in a much more balanced and stable place now.
* I've suffered with mild depression and panic attacks for a few years, and keto is definitely helping with this. It's been months since I felt that worthless, useless, helpless feeling where I couldn't even get out of bed, and I've had fewer panic attacks. The ones I have had have been much milder than previous ones too and I've been able to manage them. Yay for better mental health and feeling more in control of my life!
* No more brain fog and trouble focusing, much better mental clarity and motivation to do work or go to the gym
* No more 'carb crashes' and quite literally falling asleep in lectures or meetings!
* Loads of energy all day! I wake up and am raring to go straight away, even before coffee
* I sleep so much better. I used to take hours to get off to sleep, but on keto I'll drop off in half an hour, max. I noticed this last night after eating rubbish at the weekend, my old sleeping troubles are surfacing again
* I had eczema on my foot which has completely cleared up
* I've managed to reduce my metformin prescription and am hoping to be completely off it by the summer
* My hair, nails and skin are much healthier - I hardly every get spots and all my friends are jealous!
* And of course, the weight and inches lost... despite my lapses this weekend I really feel like the weight I've lost on keto is sustainable. It's coming off at a slow rate, but it is staying off week by week when I stick to plan. I'm trying to focus more on what my body is capable of (running X miles, cycling X speed, swimming X many laps in an hour, lifting Xkg, walking for X minutes etc) and what the mirror shows rather than the scale!
Phew! That's everything on my list so far - writing it out I wonder why I thought that binging off-plan would be worth giving all that up for
What are everyone else's keto benefits?0 -
@UMDavies wow! I haven't had a very big weight loss yet but many of the other things you mentioned sound familiar. Now that I think about it, your list is making me think I should try to get my kids to eat this way as well.0
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I woke at 5:30 this AM very hungry. Like, growling stomach and all. What's that about? I didn't skimp on food yesterday. In fact, I actually went over my calories yesterday.0
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When this happens to me, I look at my carbs from yesterday....did I over indulge and /or What kind of carbs where they ? Lately, I've woken up feeling hungry, and for me it's those sneaky sweet carbs...mainly the chocolate covered pretzels my hubs keeps bringing home. I can't seem to walk away!4031isaiah wrote: »I woke at 5:30 this AM very hungry. Like, growling stomach and all. What's that about? I didn't skimp on food yesterday.
If carbs are in line, how was the fats ? Not enough fats can mean the hungries too0 -
. Love love reading all the benefits for you !!! Great work recognizing all of these !!KnitOrMiss wrote: »Yeah, my friend took us for Mexican Saturday, and I hopped right off the wagon from being strictly back on for over 10 days, and now my "can't be bothered to cares" are back in full swing. I hate how i feel this time of year. BLECH
I think BLECH is the exactly right word! At least one good thing is eating carbage again is making me realise how much I'd started taking for granted on keto. I made a list a couple of weeks ago of all the positive changes I've experienced since starting this WOE. It sounds like all of us are feeling a bit down and could use some motivation, so here it is:
What I've noticed on keto
* The main one first! After coming off the pill in Jan 2014, I didn't have any periods for six months. Went to see the doctor and was diagnosed with PCOS. Started eating keto in June 2015 and had a period within a month I'm now almost regular again and am more hopeful about being able to have kids one day! This is by far and large the best thing about keto for me - the weight loss is great but this just shows what this WOE is doing for my health as well
* My hormones are much more balanced and I don't have any more violent mood swings, even at that TOM. My poor mother used to get a tearful phone call at least once a week where I'd be stressing about ridiculous things and getting myself into such a state. I feel like I'm in a much more balanced and stable place now.
* I've suffered with mild depression and panic attacks for a few years, and keto is definitely helping with this. It's been months since I felt that worthless, useless, helpless feeling where I couldn't even get out of bed, and I've had fewer panic attacks. The ones I have had have been much milder than previous ones too and I've been able to manage them. Yay for better mental health and feeling more in control of my life!
* No more brain fog and trouble focusing, much better mental clarity and motivation to do work or go to the gym
* No more 'carb crashes' and quite literally falling asleep in lectures or meetings!
* Loads of energy all day! I wake up and am raring to go straight away, even before coffee
* I sleep so much better. I used to take hours to get off to sleep, but on keto I'll drop off in half an hour, max. I noticed this last night after eating rubbish at the weekend, my old sleeping troubles are surfacing again
* I had eczema on my foot which has completely cleared up
* I've managed to reduce my metformin prescription and am hoping to be completely off it by the summer
* My hair, nails and skin are much healthier - I hardly every get spots and all my friends are jealous!
* And of course, the weight and inches lost... despite my lapses this weekend I really feel like the weight I've lost on keto is sustainable. It's coming off at a slow rate, but it is staying off week by week when I stick to plan. I'm trying to focus more on what my body is capable of (running X miles, cycling X speed, swimming X many laps in an hour, lifting Xkg, walking for X minutes etc) and what the mirror shows rather than the scale!
Phew! That's everything on my list so far - writing it out I wonder why I thought that binging off-plan would be worth giving all that up for
What are everyone else's keto benefits?
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I know this sounds ... almost inconsiderate, but I'm seriously jealous of all you folks who have bad side effects when you go back on carbs. I don't have that. I wish I did, because it would help with the motivation reminder. All my stuff is far more subtle. I'd love some in your face kind of misery... 0
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When this happens to me, I look at my carbs from yesterday....did I over indulge and /or What kind of carbs where they ? Lately, I've woken up feeling hungry, and for me it's those sneaky sweet carbs...mainly the chocolate covered pretzels my hubs keeps bringing home. I can't seem to walk away!4031isaiah wrote: »I woke at 5:30 this AM very hungry. Like, growling stomach and all. What's that about? I didn't skimp on food yesterday.
If carbs are in line, how was the fats ? Not enough fats can mean the hungries too
I had 97g fat and 50g carbs...0 -
that looks good, moving on to the next step....what kind of carbs ?4031isaiah wrote: »
When this happens to me, I look at my carbs from yesterday....did I over indulge and /or What kind of carbs where they ? Lately, I've woken up feeling hungry, and for me it's those sneaky sweet carbs...mainly the chocolate covered pretzels my hubs keeps bringing home. I can't seem to walk away!4031isaiah wrote: »I woke at 5:30 this AM very hungry. Like, growling stomach and all. What's that about? I didn't skimp on food yesterday.
If carbs are in line, how was the fats ? Not enough fats can mean the hungries too
I had 97g fat and 50g carbs...
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »I know this sounds ... almost inconsiderate, but I'm seriously jealous of all you folks who have bad side effects when you go back on carbs. I don't have that. I wish I did, because it would help with the motivation reminder. All my stuff is far more subtle. I'd love some in your face kind of misery...
I hope THIS doesn't sound insensitive but I think it sounds funny that you wish for negative side effects... I totally get it... I just think it might sound funny to someone who didn't get it.0 -
that looks good, moving on to the next step....what kind of carbs ?4031isaiah wrote: »
When this happens to me, I look at my carbs from yesterday....did I over indulge and /or What kind of carbs where they ? Lately, I've woken up feeling hungry, and for me it's those sneaky sweet carbs...mainly the chocolate covered pretzels my hubs keeps bringing home. I can't seem to walk away!4031isaiah wrote: »I woke at 5:30 this AM very hungry. Like, growling stomach and all. What's that about? I didn't skimp on food yesterday.
If carbs are in line, how was the fats ? Not enough fats can mean the hungries too
I had 97g fat and 50g carbs...
Maybe it was the half tortilla I had last night. I knew I shouldn't have but I ran out of Keto tortillas and wraps were for dinner. I know I could have gone without but...
Maybe the carbs are too high but I don't really want to change that right now. I want to leave some room for the Holidays.
Oh, and the Keto stick showed second level small trace of ketones.0 -
I don't feel as alone now @baconslave, seems like things just keep piling up. I am grateful to this WOE though as even though I'm having some terrible days the high carbs days are still not as high as what used to be normal. And the scale is still staying in the same range although I feel bloated and fuzzy from the carbs. I'll get back on track, I can't let myself stress about the bad impulses when so many other stressors are out there. Glad I have a place to share and people that care to listen!!
So glad to hear from you guys that are on track!
Exactly.
I always say:
"No guilt, but no excuses."
Yeah we're human. What a surprise! We are going to mess up. But when we fall down, do we lay in the mud and wallow in "woe is me"? No, we get right up, clean off, and get back to work. Wallowing in guilt is pointless and distracts and stalls us. And hating ourselves just drives us to self-destructive patterns. We need to be focusing on what we can do right, and do that with dogged persistence. Life is always going to hand us trouble. We don't need to load another one on ourselves.
As the Chinese proverb says:
Fall down 7 times. Get up 8.
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Aughhh! I forgot about sinus problems! lol. Just a few days of eating sugary crap and now i have some sinus issues. One more reason to get back on track. I won't even wish them on you @KnitOrMiss even if you asked for them! lol
Or as the old Frank proverb says:
Fall down 167 times. Get up 168...
Or for any mathematicians on the thread:
Fall down N times. Get up N+1!
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Maybe it should equally be noted that I guess I'm not low carb enough in the right ways (despite eating keto levels) to see that much noticeable differences when I'm on plan and off! So strange.
Sometimes we all need that little extra nudge to stay on track, particularly when addictive behaviors and such take over...and for me, not having the negatives makes me super curious as to whether that would actually help, or if it would be another thing I manage to ignore when I already know better...0 -
For KnitorMiss: for me. When one of my addictive responses is triggered there is nothing on this earth that can stop me. Instant and total denial of reason and then pick up the pieces - hopefully sooner rather than later. My best bet is to keep myself away from triggers as I know them and to build my skills in the area of prevention. I have managed to make progress in that area, but..., only human sometimes.
Yesterday went well. Getting a little better at new work tasks. Can see a light at the end of the tunnel so tension level is coming down a little.
Sticking very well to keto plan for the moment. Trying to keep one eye open for emotional holiday triggers so i don't get blindsided and self sabotage.
Looks like I may opt out of decorating for this year since I'll be alone and I'm not really feeling it. Could just use that energy for getting my place better organized for the new year and call it a gift to myself. I do have an adorable Charlie Brown tabletop tree that i lind of love. Very simple, very sweet...
Have a good day, all!
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Hi! I'm new here
Happy to finally be seeing some ketones show up on the ketostyx (small-mod) which took 5 days - suprised me because usually only takes 1-2 but then I have never really tried keto - I used to think high protein, low-carb was keto. Anyway - yet to see any weight loss either which is also odd since last month I did my old version of low carb and lost 7 pounds in a few days (I know mostly water associated glycogen stores) ... I'm excited about this high fat moderate protein approach - the science makes a lot of sense and I love some of the yummy foods so it's easy for me. Plus I am very interested in fueling myself for exercise (as soon as I get this cast off my foot! lol) ...
Anyway - Congratulations Jess!
I used to homeschool my kiddos too.... but fell out of it around 3rd grade - I highly respect people who find it a fit for them and continue. Now my two dd's are 15 and 18... they made red velvet blondies last night with whipped cream on top - and I wasn't really even tempted... although I enjoyed the smell !
- Lisa
PS - JodiSW - the dietbet sounds fun! I'll have to check that out!0 -
Hi! I'm new here, and so excited to have found this group.
I have followed a ketogenic diet many times over the past 8 or so years beginning in college, but have chosen to derail myself many times.
I've committed to doing this though and am excited to lose the weight once and for all!
I have two kids (2.5 and 8 months), and am wanting to be a better example for them and a healthier person all around.
I'm so excited to get to know you all and plug in to an awesome support system!
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