I cheated..... and now I just feel lousy.

sikanos07

I started off thanksgiving day strong an prepared... I was not going to give into temptation. Then; the strawberry swirl cheesecake was brought out. "One small slice without the crust will not put me over the edge", I thought to myself..... and just like that the rest of my four day weekend holiday from work was sabotaged. I felt so guilty and so much like a failure; and bc I have a tendency to eat my emotions, I gorged.. By yesterday I felt sluggish, i gained back 4lbs I had lost and have a nasty acne flare up. Though I was only into my third week of keto my body feels the consequences. Today I have my keto meals packed and I am going to try to pick myself up again. Did anyone else out there have a slip up? How do you refrain from the temptation??

Juliegray1963

Sounds just like me. I started eating sugar last Tuesday. I had planned on getting back on track yesterday. Made a healthy dinner, logged food and released diary and then ... boom ... went downstairs and ate pumpkin pie and then cereal. I had done keto for 5 weeks. I lost weight and now weight is back up and Im worried that I cant get back on track. Ughhhh!

sikanos07

I am glad to hear I am not alone. I just keep telling myself not to beat myself up over it. I am still new to this (even you for only 5 weeks) and that it is not going to be a change that will happen over night. I have spent my life eating carbs and I am not going to suddenly be able to stop. We are going to have hiccups along the way. We just need to remember how we feel after a cheat and try not to give in next time. We can do it! I am having a hard time today. I am already at 14 grams of carbs today and it is only lunch time. I am trying to stay at 20 for the day and try to keep it up to get myself back into ketosis. It is so disheartening to see the scale drop and then step back on after a mishap and see it right back up there

Juliegray1963

I agree it is disheartening. I just get scared I wont stop the cycle. It took me a year to clean up my diet. I love sugar. Actually, I am addicted to it and I found the only way to stop eating it is to stop eating it. My advice is dont b so hard on urself about ur carb intake. I think if u eat a little more than u want at least u r working ur way back to keto. We can do this and yes remembering the dreaded feeling helps!

gwenmf

I'm right there with you. I'm just trying to stabilize and get through to January....holidays and family celebration, family in town, etc is tough