HELP!!! i'm gaining after a cheat day
corinna_corinna
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so i made the apparently tremendously stupid mistake of having a cheat day on july 29th for our anniversary. i started HFLC 16/8 IF july 11th. weight loss was going great before the 29th. i fully expected a gain on the 30th, it was 4 pounds. i however did NOT expect a gain on the 31st of .6 pounds and a gain this morning of .6 pounds. i'm eating exactly as i was before the cheat day. what did i do to my body??? how can i fix this?
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Keep swimming! Just keep swimming!9
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dang it, dang it, dang it, i'm trying not to be so angry with myself! *resumes swimming*4
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Don't be angry at yourself - logically you cannot gain 4lbs of fat overnight - it's water weight (common after a heavy carb intake) and it will come off - it's interesting to see how much your body protests once you go LCHF and then have a cheat!!4
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There's so much good food that fits Keto. No need to cheat.
Kinda gave away that I'm not a fan the idea of cheating huh? Lol
But seriously, especially in the beginning... You're trying to teach your body to become a fat burner. It's going to be a fairly big set back, but you just have to get back to the teaching and expect to get some resistance.
It's certainly not the end of the world. Just get back into the groove and more importantly, learn how to celebrate with foods that don't derail all your efforts. Special occasions aren't about cake and bread. They might feel that way to our sugar addicted past selves, but if the food is what makes stuff special, that's a damn shame.
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I know exactly how you are feeling. I went on a short vacation this past weekend to Chicago. Went to a cubs game and went to the cheesecake factory on national cheesecake day... lets just say I'm not going to weigh myself for at least a week.
I don't even want to know what damage I've done on the scale.
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It will settle itself out. Keep calm and keto on.2
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Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »There's so much good food that fits Keto. No need to cheat.
Kinda gave away that I'm not a fan the idea of cheating huh? Lol
But seriously, especially in the beginning... You're trying to teach your body to become a fat burner. It's going to be a fairly big set back, but you just have to get back to the teaching and expect to get some resistance.
It's certainly not the end of the world. Just get back into the groove and more importantly, learn how to celebrate with foods that don't derail all your efforts. Special occasions aren't about cake and bread. They might feel that way to our sugar addicted past selves, but if the food is what makes stuff special, that's a damn shame.
I like truth. This is it.4 -
thank you everyone for helping calm me from the panic i was in this morning. i was torturing myself thinking there might be something i could be doing to stop from gaining again tomorrow. control freak here! before low carb i knew what to expect at my weigh in the morning after a cheat day, a 3-5 pound water weight gain that i'd spend 3-5 days losing. instead i continued to gain days after returning to low carb like i was on some unstoppable pendulum swing. not cool at all. the good news is that this broke me real fast of wanting another cheat day. no way, no how, no thanks!2
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and now i know there was no need for panic, i was down 1 pound this morning!7
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I like the way Dr. Bernstein puts it: Something like,"It's not about the blip on the radar from going off plan for an evening. It's the fact that the human species is ill-equipped to do it just once."10
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Happy anniversary! My husband and I just celebrated our two year anniversary as well! We went to a really fancy dinner where they serve you bite sized hors d'oeuvres on big plates "compliments of the chef" style. I let myself enjoy two freshly baked rolls with fresh creamed butter. In spite of trying to remain keto for dinner, they gave us their famous creme brûlée on the house. It was amazing.
All in all, it turns out I had about 150g net carbs that day. Haven't stepped on the scale since then but I know whatever I managed to gain will fall off again in a few days.
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happy anniversary to you as well, LolaDeeDaisy23! we got all dolled up for reservations at our favorite special occasion restaurant and also enjoyed creme brûlée. to die for!1
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_tierachanel wrote: »I don't even want to know what damage I've done on the scale.
Better to do damage TO your fickle scale - preferably with the help of a sledgehammer or the jaws of a garbage truck...
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