Good evening, and thank you all for the opportunity to check in here! I'm taking everything I'm learning from lots of reading and working on my action plan. Today, I only ate one piece of cheese and some homemade bone broth before 3pm, a sort of semi-fast. I ate my real meals between 3pm and 7pm and consumed 1200 total calories with 20 grams net carbs. I had a little brain fog and hunger when I first woke up this morning (hence the early morning ounce of cheese) and staved off a headache with two cups of salty bone broth. I am going to check my blood sugar 2 hours post-prandial (after a meal) at 8pm tonight to start monitoring the effects of this way of life on blood sugar. It can only get better...:)

Have a great evening, everybody.

Rosey

Might as well confess here too, since I already have on my wall. A while after posting my food here I proceeded to binge on about 3000 calories (not over exaggerating). I had this insane sweet craving. And I just ate...well, everything.

I even took an extra magnesium fizzy because it's strawberry flavoured. And an extra serving of protein powder, also strawberry flavoured. Then it was ham and LC bread, cheese and I can't remember what else. It all was low carb, although I doubt I stayed within my keto limits.

I don't know if the Lindt chocolates set it off or what, even though they fit into my carb goal at the start of the day. I can't say that it's the keto gingercookies, they really aren't that sweet.

Today I'm sooo tired. I just want to sleep all day honestly. And you'd think I'd have a ton of energy after that....feast.... And I'm STILL craving sweet stuff. But I'm setting limits for myself today. 3 meals and that's it. Meh.

Shadowmf023 wrote: »

Might as well confess here too, since I already have on my wall. A while after posting my food here I proceeded to binge on about 3000 calories (not over exaggerating). I had this insane sweet craving. And I just ate...well, everything.

I even took an extra magnesium fizzy because it's strawberry flavoured. And an extra serving of protein powder, also strawberry flavoured. Then it was ham and LC bread, cheese and I can't remember what else. It all was low carb, although I doubt I stayed within my keto limits.

I don't know if the Lindt chocolates set it off or what, even though they fit into my carb goal at the start of the day. I can't say that it's the keto gingercookies, they really aren't that sweet.

Today I'm sooo tired. I just want to sleep all day honestly. And you'd think I'd have a ton of energy after that....feast.... And I'm STILL craving sweet stuff. But I'm setting limits for myself today. 3 meals and that's it. Meh.

Please, please dont beat yourself up!! I think sometimes we are so strict with ourselves that its almost inevitable to fall off the horse!! I try not to deny myself anything, yes even crisps, chocolate and wine!! As soon as I say no to myself, then thats it, I go into overload and stuff my face stupid and feel so guilty afterwards (Please see Sundays post! ooops!!). This is not good your mental health!

You are probably having a sugar crash!! But please, do not dwell on yesterday, it was a blip and something that is not permanent. Focus on what you have achieved and keep looking forward. Try a berry smoothie with unsweetened almond milk or perhaps a chocolate smoothie made with 2tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened almond milk, cream and 2tbsp coconut flour and sweeten to taste to fill you up - that is soooo satisfying!!

VictoriaEllis1984 wrote: »

Shadowmf023 wrote: »

Might as well confess here too, since I already have on my wall. A while after posting my food here I proceeded to binge on about 3000 calories (not over exaggerating). I had this insane sweet craving. And I just ate...well, everything.

I even took an extra magnesium fizzy because it's strawberry flavoured. And an extra serving of protein powder, also strawberry flavoured. Then it was ham and LC bread, cheese and I can't remember what else. It all was low carb, although I doubt I stayed within my keto limits.

I don't know if the Lindt chocolates set it off or what, even though they fit into my carb goal at the start of the day. I can't say that it's the keto gingercookies, they really aren't that sweet.

Today I'm sooo tired. I just want to sleep all day honestly. And you'd think I'd have a ton of energy after that....feast.... And I'm STILL craving sweet stuff. But I'm setting limits for myself today. 3 meals and that's it. Meh.

Please, please dont beat yourself up!! I think sometimes we are so strict with ourselves that its almost inevitable to fall off the horse!! I try not to deny myself anything, yes even crisps, chocolate and wine!! As soon as I say no to myself, then thats it, I go into overload and stuff my face stupid and feel so guilty afterwards (Please see Sundays post! ooops!!). This is not good your mental health!

You are probably having a sugar crash!! But please, do not dwell on yesterday, it was a blip and something that is not permanent. Focus on what you have achieved and keep looking forward. Try a berry smoothie with unsweetened almond milk or perhaps a chocolate smoothie made with 2tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened almond milk, cream and 2tbsp coconut flour and sweeten to taste to fill you up - that is soooo satisfying!!

Thanks so much, but actually I'm not hungry today. Lol. Which is all well and good. I'll just fast until I get hungry enough to eat. I do think my body could use a break anyway after last night. It certainly seems to hint at it.

Thanks a lot for the smoothie ideas! They both sound delicious. Definitely trying them sooner rather than later.

I don't know about the sugar crash, because I didn't actually consume any sugar yesterday, except for the Lindt chocolates. Which I thought would be fine because they were right after my workout. Guess not. Lol

As for the strict part, I'm usually not so strict. Well, I am with actual sugary things. All things to avoid on keto. Yet I do make keto versions of all my favourites for myself, and have at them whenever I want. (I had 8 keto gingercookies for dinner last night, Lol, they're fatbombs meant to help my digestion, but they were darn delicious too)

Would like to join. Been keto since july 11 lost 23 lbs. and i need a support till Christmas for sure!

This is an inspiring thread!

I was really stoked to discover that my 2 hour post-meal blood sugar was only 98. That's pretty good! (That's after a few days of net carbs up to 20gms.) It means my system is repairable!

Woke this morning not hungry, despite beginning nighttime fast at 7pm. (Usually need a bedtime snack.) Made coffee with coconut oil in my Ninja, and it was good! I have a long day away from home (won't be home until 9pm or later) and very physical day. I just made a huge salad with avocado, canned red salmon, olives, some roast chicken, and olive oil and apple cider vinegar to bring with me. Also two cups of salty bone broth. I will bring some almonds with me in case I get really hungry. I am intending to eat my first food around 1 or 2pm, making for an 18 or 19 hour overnight fast (except for the coconut milk in the coffee).

It's been a week of low carb, and I feel great! Does the low carb flu hit after a week? The only symptoms I have had was yesterday, day 5, when I was painfully hungry and headache-y, and that went away with two cups of very salty bone broth and some mineral water, along with an epsom salt bath.

Could I possibly be through the worst of it?

Rosey