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I am a noob to this forum...can someone tell me what they mean when they reference "gray" ??0
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I believe it's Typonese for "great."4
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I'm just determined this time. I have health reasons: really high antibodies (thyroid, hashimotos diagnosis), vitamin d deficient and slightly higher cholesterol and hemoglobin.
I do drink. Which is why I find keto so successful for me. I eat about 900-1100 calories/day with intermittent fasting, and then I have a couple cocktails several times per week. I either drink vodka and soda water or red wine. I have a tendency to overdrink the wine, so that's a treat.
I also have the energy and lowered inflammation, so I find myself WANTING to work out. Mind over matter.
I think back to what my dr said last year, far before I committed to this fully, "the American diet is so perverted. We eat like we think food is supposed to taste so good. But it's really to nourish our body."2 -
ConstantStruggle wrote: »I have fallen off the keto wagon....I was doing really good (lost 6 lbs, which is good for me, only had 8 to go) and then I started a new job where lunch is catered in everyday. I'm still taking my lunch to work but I've been making worse choices away from work and I think it's cuz the food I am seeing at work is making me crave carbs more and then I say "oh I can have 1 or 2 pieces of this chocolate/bread or whatever", then it turns into, "we'll I just ruined the whole day so f### it!!
I drink alcohol also but was doing great at figuring that in. Gin and diet tonic has 0 carbs so that is my go to but I can't seem to keep the calories down along with carbs. I know this will work if I stick to it but I just can't stay within perameters. I envy all of you that have done any kind of diet and stuck to it. I've been trying to lose the same 10-15 lbs for 2-3 years and I lose 6 and gain it back.....it is just so frustrating. I'm really not looking for any sympathy I just wanted to vent. Thanks for listening! Lol
@ConstantStruggle - To me, it seems like you really need to get back in touch with your whys. Why are you doing this? Why keto?
Also, figure out if you really feel like you deserve this/that you CAN actually do this. Leanne Vogel asked that really hard question of someone else who struggling on a recent podcast. (healthfulpursuit.com)
It was like a sucker punch as I sat there and mulled it over. I realized that for me this whole journey to health is full of "impossibles" "lucky" and "disbelief." Like I can't believe that I did something or that I deserve something good.
Don't get me wrong, I'm really working on my positive self-speak, and it's hard...but it does help.
So, personally, I think that until you put a hard definition to your whys and other questions, you'll never have that backstop of determination to lean on when temptations are in your face...
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I agree so much with @KnitOrMiss
The why is really the foundation of it all right? If you don't decide why, then it's too easy to make compromises.
See if this little pep talk helps. It's only a few minutes to listen. Maybe 5..
https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-1-start-with-why/1 -
What they both said. The Why is so important.1
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I totally agree with @KnitOrMiss and @Sunny_Bunny_ The WHY is what keeps me motivated. Once I got the confirmation that this WOE has significantly improved my diabetes and hbp, I thought why go back to what was making and keeping me sick? Am I perfect?, no by no means but I look at this WOE as a permanent , preferred, rest of my life choice. I want to be healthy, I want to live to see my grandkids (which prob won't be till Im in my 70s lol), This wants far outweigh I want to eat that sugar/carb laden thing. Get to the why
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I go back time and time again to the healing words someone provided me when I was in an abusive relationship. Many friends and family demonized my partner, which prompted me to come to his defense rather than advocate for myself. Never ask an abused person "why do you stay?" because that most often triggers justification/rationalization of the action whether it makes sense or not.
A very wise person used three magic words..."you deserve better"
When I am not doing what I should, I view it as me abusing myself...who would abuse themselves? All of us. But those three magic words that have become my mantra always return me quickly to a path of self love and self care.
Continue to remind yourself that YOU DESERVE BETTER1 -
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mwhahahaha....damn typing on a phone...why do I even try?0 -
