Planned breaks - who takes them?
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I have occasional planned breaks, and unplanned IDGAF breaks. Today just happened to be one of those IDGAF breaks. I went to a retirement party where I indulged on a piece of chocolate cake and 3 cookies. (seeing it written out doesnt sound like much but it sure felt like eating a ton of junk food!) But this was after a 10 mile run this morning so I had an extra 1700 calories to possibly use. Even with that splurge and a dinner at Chilis, I'm still 1000 calories under my goal. So I probably kicked myself out of keto, but I'm still under for calories which is why when I saw all the sweets, those run calories were flashing through my head and said F it, I'm having some. I even had a few chips, a bite of my garlic bread and a few of my fries as dinner
But like all breaks should be, this one was short and not over-the-top excessive, and completed. Tomorrow morning it's back to my strict keto WOE (and another shorter run)3 -
Consumed 500 grams Carbohydrates yesterday in the form of oatmeal. Not enough to saturate muscle glycogen, not spilling over into fat storage. Doing this long term AND not exercising it off will lead to fat storage. Not recommended for everyone...back to Keto. Muscles feel tight/inflated today.
That was just enough carbohydrate to make me sick of carbohydrates again0 -
Not that there's huge value in comparing apples and orangutans, but if there are any T2Ds out there planning on breaking, I'd be curious how your BGs compare before, during, and after.
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Not that there's huge value in comparing apples and orangutans, but if there are any T2Ds out there planning on breaking, I'd be curious how your BGs compare before, during, and after.
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@RalfLott as a T2 diabetic I don't take planned breaks, but as a flawed human being who has a challenging relationship with food and a very chaotic life, I've had my share of unplanned moments of keto interruption.
I've been eating very low carb for a year now. In the first 3-4 months it took me about 2 weeks for my BG to recover from one carb-laden meal (meaning I had to increase my meds to keep my BG down). I've gone off the rails twice in the last couple of months and now my BG recovers within 2 days.
What affects me now far more than carbs is stress and illness. I've had to go back on meds a few times now for up to two weeks during some particularly stressful periods in life and when I had a really bad cold. Because I know the food isn't a factor, it's much easier to identify the probable cause. I always knew stress and illness raised my BG, but now I'm seeing just how bad it is. That's why exercise is so important to me, it helps keep the stress under control.
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I'm wondering if I am an apple or an orangutan.
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