Holidays on keto

tcunbeliever

Yes, anytime I have a higher carb day, particularly if it's sugar or alcohol, then I know I'm going to have a giant rebound appetite the next day.

For me if I can stick to plenty of protein for the day, I will find it back to normal the following day.

CentaurusSoter

tcunbeliever wrote: »

Yes, anytime I have a higher carb day, particularly if it's sugar or alcohol, then I know I'm going to have a giant rebound appetite the next day.

For me if I can stick to plenty of protein for the day, I will find it back to normal the following day.

Yeah this feeling is something I haven’t missed for the past 4 months. Like waking up with a hangover. I’d assume I’d feel worse, but I got a hard push anaerobic 30 minutes in last night.

Today was gonna be the last of my carb days to be normal for the holiday.. but I can’t do it. My fat is melting and I have a muscle milk waiting for me to go with it. I didn’t realize just how good being in ketosis had felt.

gwendyprism

I went out to dinner for 1st time for Thanksgiving. It was OK, nothing great so that was a big help with my choices. They had homemade mashed potatoes (which is usually my favorite Thanksgiving thing) but since the gravy was so meh, I just had 2 small bites. Stuck to the Turkey and green beans so my highest carb item was probably the gravy.
Then I had a small bite of pumpkin pie, which is not a big favorite, but I have to say, it was delicious. I knew I had a keto chocolate pie waiting at home, so I stuck to the one small bite of pumpkin. Had 2 pieces keto pie over the evening at home and that was it - Thanksgiving over! I didn't track yesterday, but today I'm going to concentrate on simple keto; meat, veg, repeat.

shelbydodgeguy

For the most part I stuck to keto as close as I could for Thanksgiving and avoided the carb heavy foods but I did load up on Brussels sprouts in a bacon & balsamic reduction and had a bit of black forest ham. I took this year off from cooking and had dinner with some friends and since I didn't want to drag my food scale around I guesstimated my portions as best I could. Since my friends know I've changed my way of eating they also had a small casserole comprised of spaghetti squash with a sugar free marinara sauce, meatballs, and fresh grated Parmesan - it was delicious!

I figured around 51 total carbs and 43 net for the day as I didn't go crazy with portions. Hopped on the scale this morning and was surprised to see I'm down in weight; had a stall since the 8th of this month. I must have been fairly spot on and apparently no hidden heavy carbs yesterday as my joints aren't swollen and I've no skin rash on my hands from an autoimmune response.

tcunbeliever

Yesterday I had beer...and mostly ham/turkey but also plenty of carby sides in a single bite portion, and one very small piece of pecan pie with ice cream.

Today I was expecting to fight hunger all day, but it actually hasn't been bad. Not sure what helped...I did my strength training (glutes, super intense) in the morning before the beer and food...I did the beer before the food...and I had none of it after about 7pm yesterday, just plain water in the evening...I don't know if any of those changes to the routine kept the appetite down today, or if today is somehow just a fluke, but I will be back on plan today and today is a low calorie day, so that's a good thing to keep me in line.

rsclause

I had some sweet potato and pie along with some craft beer. I guess that caused me to start holding water and I gained five pounds. This morning I was down two pounds so I can only hope it comes off quick.