Living it up for 2 days
MKknits
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Now my stomach is reminding me why I'm doing this. Don't regret my choices because I need a few of these "cheat days' to make this work for a long time ...but ready to be back to keto tomorrow. I'll be interested to see how long it takes me to get back to ketosis this week.
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Right there with ya!!!!!! Back to keto tomorrow hoping it doesn't take long to recover, ugh0
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Me too !! I hope its just water weight but I'm up 3 lbs
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sceleste54 wrote: »Me too !! I hope its just water weight but I'm up 3 lbs
More than likely, especially if there was a fair amount of carbs and liquid involved. I'll likely pick up close to ten pounds on my refeed next Saturday, though I'll also be doing a tension lift prior to it to be completely depleted. Glycogen supercompensation can get ridiculous on the scale, when you put close to 1000g of carbs into yourself within 30 hours. xD2 -
How long does it take you to get the 10lbs off, @gallowmere ?
There are always people on low carb forums talking about how they had a massive cheat day and broke a stall/dropped 2lb the next day - it never happens for me. A cheat day means a 7lb gain and a week taking it off again. It's one of the more frustrating things about this diet through conversely it's helpful to keep me on the straight and narrow as I know what the consequences of cheats are.0 -
moonlights wrote: »How long does it take you to get the 10lbs off, @gallowmere ?
There are always people on low carb forums talking about how they had a massive cheat day and broke a stall/dropped 2lb the next day - it never happens for me. A cheat day means a 7lb gain and a week taking it off again. It's one of the more frustrating things about this diet through conversely it's helpful to keep me on the straight and narrow as I know what the consequences of cheats are.
It depends. If I maintain carb intake (which I will after this refeed, as I'll be moving into a maintenance level diet break), it doesn't come back off. This is by design, not a consequence.
However, if/when I resume a sub-20g diet, it's gone within about three days.1 -
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annalisbeth74 wrote: »
Same here...the sugar is what bothered me the most, the carbs (like stuffing) didn't seem to bother me as much.0 -
Yep Cheat with refined sugars/high carbs makes me SICK!0
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This can happen even if you don't eat the high carb foods.
I normally aim to be zero carb/carnivore. I "cheated" with a big plate full of cauliflower loaded with cheese and a leftover plate the next day too. Plus some low carb cheesecake I made that had a pecan and coconut flour crust.
All this fiber doesn't agree with me.
I'm sure I stayed in ketosis and I still have a 4 pound gain from simply overeating and a grumbly tummy from all that fiber.
Oh. I also may or may not have drank a bottle and a half of wine...1 -
annalisbeth74 wrote: »
Same here...the sugar is what bothered me the most, the carbs (like stuffing) didn't seem to bother me as much.
That, I can definitely appreciate and back up anecdotally. I tried to do a refeed once with a bunch of sugary cereal and fruit. I felt like utter dogcrap for an entire week. The following week I switched to bagels, potatoes, and plain Rice Chex, and with the same quantities, all went as planned.1 -
I actually feel better today than I thought I would after eating All The Food on Thursday and had lots of adult beverages with it. However, I have not braved the scale yet. I'm being (mostly) good today, so I might get on the little menace tomorrow. Off to a Beer Advent Calendar party tonight.
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Ha. My "cheat" was a sole bite of the beautiful German potato dumpling I left on my plate, sitting on a bed of (strangely) sweetened sauerkraut I also left on the plate. The pan sauce on my pork roast might have had a starch binder, but there was so little I ate that too. The next day, heating pierogis for my partner, I felt the first "want" for an offplan food since I started keto. I told myself no... But my slight foray into "a bite" only 6 weeks in is perhaps too soon, and too slippery a slope. So I'm here with empathy and a bit more awareness of my own potential to go offplan before I'm ready.1
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@40DayFit... the strangely sweet sauerkraut is traditionally made with apple juice (Bavarian style).1
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That's right, @canadjineh! For some reason, it was just much sweeter to taste than I remember. I think my taste buds are changing. I LOVE sauerkraut, including this meltingly-cooked style, and was so sad to leave it behind.1
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3 days off keto and gained 4 lbs....can't wait to see how long it takes to get back to ketosis and lose that weight. Pee sticks confirmed not in ketosis this AM.0
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3 days off keto and gained 4 lbs....can't wait to see how long it takes to get back to ketosis and lose that weight. Pee sticks confirmed not in ketosis this AM.
I want to ask a question but really, truly want to emphasize that I mean absolutely no judgement or snark. You might know that I'm fairly new to keto, approaching my 2nd month. I'm wondering if your choice to go off-plan was planned? Do you feel that the carb foods you enjoyed was worth the work needed to release to additional lbs and re-enter ketosis? I'm guessing some of the scale weight is water, but the question remains.
IF you care to answer, I'd love to hear your reflections. I totally understand if you'd rather not.0 -
I did not cheat at all on Thanksgiving other than consuming more calories than I should have, but yesterday we went to the movies (my daughter is home for Thanksgiving weekend)...and I had a big old cheat day. It started with popcorn which I had no intention of eating until my daughter said she wanted some (I even packed nuts for myself, but when I smelled it, I knew I was toast). Then we moved on to dinner and she chose Mexican. I had margaritas, chips and salsa, and a tostada.
Once I decided to cheat, I did it with gusto and no guilt. Back on the wagon today and I'll weigh myself tomorrow. In hind sight, it was a good exercise because it didn't really do that much for me. Well, except the margaritas -
I think I'm good for a bit now.1 -
3 days off keto and gained 4 lbs....can't wait to see how long it takes to get back to ketosis and lose that weight. Pee sticks confirmed not in ketosis this AM.
I want to ask a question but really, truly want to emphasize that I mean absolutely no judgement or snark. You might know that I'm fairly new to keto, approaching my 2nd month. I'm wondering if your choice to go off-plan was planned? Do you feel that the carb foods you enjoyed was worth the work needed to release to additional lbs and re-enter ketosis? I'm guessing some of the scale weight is water, but the question remains.
IF you care to answer, I'd love to hear your reflections. I totally understand if you'd rather not.
Just speaking for myself, going off-plan for Thanksgiving was planned for me, but not to the extreme that I ended up doing. I had intended to stay mostly low-carb, but allow myself small portions of sweet potatoes and stuffing. To my dismay, I discovered that my willpower has an inverse relationship to the amount of alcohol I drink. I normally stick to one or two drinks a week at most, but being at the beach with family for four days. . . Well, let's just say our collective livers were put to the test. So my willpower was close to nil Thursday afternoon through Friday.
I ate LOTS of stuffing, then apple pie, then pumpkin pie. Then more of the same. Having some made me want more - a vicious cycle. Well, at least I learned a valuable lesson.1 -
3 days off keto and gained 4 lbs....can't wait to see how long it takes to get back to ketosis and lose that weight. Pee sticks confirmed not in ketosis this AM.
I want to ask a question but really, truly want to emphasize that I mean absolutely no judgement or snark. You might know that I'm fairly new to keto, approaching my 2nd month. I'm wondering if your choice to go off-plan was planned? Do you feel that the carb foods you enjoyed was worth the work needed to release to additional lbs and re-enter ketosis? I'm guessing some of the scale weight is water, but the question remains.
IF you care to answer, I'd love to hear your reflections. I totally understand if you'd rather not.
For me it was planned, enjoying food with my family is something I want to fit in my lifestyle. I've been doing keto 3 weeks now and knowing myself and my tendency to become obsessed with then eventually frustrated with "diets" I wanted to give myself this time to eat in moderation. And for the most part I did that. The foods I enjoyed were worth it in every way for me because they allowed me to not feel deprived, I want to live this WOE and for me that means planning in these days...Christmas will be my next
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You'll be fine. I went off keto for a few days with a ton of pizza, probably not too many calories over though, and my weight went up by 6+ pounds. It was gone within four-five days of being back on keto.3 days off keto and gained 4 lbs....can't wait to see how long it takes to get back to ketosis and lose that weight. Pee sticks confirmed not in ketosis this AM.
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That's right, @canadjineh! For some reason, it was just much sweeter to taste than I remember. I think my taste buds are changing. I LOVE sauerkraut, including this meltingly-cooked style, and was so sad to leave it behind.
OMG Dumplings, sauerkraut and bratwurst. They were staples in in our house when i was a kid
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Not Thanksgiving here in the Uk but I went off plan, drank 8 beers and ate a whole 12 " pepperoni pizza myself! I'm a bit cross with myself as I would not have normally eaten the pizza before I started keto! I was sitting in the pub guzzling my beer and all I could think of was grabbing a pizza on the way home. I did and I devoured it. Can't remember if I enjoyed it or not! Was a good blow out however and today im back on the wagon. Just hope I haven't done too much damage!1
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The reason to plan NOT to cheat next time everyone else is stuffing their faces - the risk of stirring up your carb addicition. (Not wagging a finger, I'm one too....)
I'm hoping that after the feast might be a better time to, er, digest this, than when the feed is just about to start.
Dr. Bernstein puts it something like this...
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10481941/an-everything-diabetes-guide#latestI get asked often, usually by parents, "What's so bad about having some sweets once a week/month?" The problem is that carbohydrate craving is an addiction, a problem that did not exist before high-carbohydrate foods became available. But now that they're here and people are exposed to them, they become addicted, so that they have cravings. As with other cravings, like cigarettes, you're off cigarettes for a year and you have one cigarette - you're hooked. And the same thing applies to carbohydrates.
Here's a recent thread on carb addiction:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10445274/carbohydrate-addiction-for-real
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