Sunny_Bunny_ Good advice, I am going to start over to just to clean up my act, too high carbs - found that link you posted in the other thread about 21 days helpful, I would repost it here but I don't know how
Welcome back from vacation fellow starting overer : )

Thanks for the links!!

Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »

BaconSan2 wrote: »

Sunny_Bunny_ Good advice, I am going to start over to just to clean up my act, too high carbs - found that link you posted in the other thread about 21 days helpful, I would repost it here but I don't know how
Welcome back from vacation fellow starting overer : )

Here's the link to some motivational podcasts I found very helpful when I got started.
The one mentioned above was number 5 in this series.
Each one is only a few minutes to listen. I highly recommend them!

Ketovangelist

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-1-start-with-why/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-2-fat-loss-is-a-mental-game/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-3-the-secret-weapon-to-fat-loss/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-4-stop-pretending/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-5-winners-never-cheat/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-6-how-we-get-fat/

https://www.ketovangelist.com/episode-7-the-keto-diet/

These are great. Thanks for linking to them.

xosummerrainxo wrote: »

During the fast to try to get into ketosis are diet soft drinks and Crystal Light in Water allowed?

Some people are intolerant to the artificial sweeteners in diet soft drinks (usually aspartame which is just really toxic I would recommend to avoid anyways) and even water flavorings like Crystal Light/Mio/etc (which uses sucralose). Crystal Light has a product line called Pure where they use the natural sweetener Stevia which is okay.

I would say, only drink diet sodas and water flavorings that use ARTIFICIAL sweeteners if you KNOW it doesn't affect you or if you are willing to live with the affects. Ie: doesn't raise your BG levels and doesn't cause cravings for sweet or other foods. I love diet coke but I've given it up because the aspartame is so bad for you and also it makes me crave things like popcorn, candy, burgers, etc.

xosummerrainxo wrote: »

During the fast to try to get into ketosis are diet soft drinks and Crystal Light in Water allowed?

If you can use stevia water enhancers like some Mio varietys or Spur or Zevia soda, that would be best. If you can't fast without having the other things, I'd do it anyway. I do think they are slightly counter productive weather you are actually aware or not but I think the benefit of fasting is still worth it. Just it's even better without aspartame and maltodextrin...