Recovering from Thanksgiving

AlyssaP1987 wrote: »

pinggolfer96 wrote: »

I’m going to enjoy it for what it is....a day out of the year where we celebrate with loved ones and eat good food. No need to fast...bad mindset imo

I have been on keto for 6 months. Don't necessarily consider it a bad mindset. Just asking questions. Relax ♡

I’ve been doing keto since the first of the year, but I’ve taken breaks before and I will again. I ate what I wanted to eat on Thanksgiving, woke up the next morning and went back to normal. I’m fat adapted, so I was back in ketosis by noon. I’m using whatever leftovers I can adapt into my regular way of eating, and I’ve managed to give away most of the rest.

I’m not really sure what else a person would do, honestly. If you want to be on keto and you go off, go back on. It’s still there.

Since I had to work I just ate normally & have nothing to really 'recover' from.

Since I had a large deficit from working the sale on Dark Thursday & some of the other days this weekend I allowed myself to eat a whole pint of ice cream since it fit in my maintenance calories.

Even if I did go over a bit for the holiday I'd either just chalk it up to not losing weight this week or just lowering my calories a bit to compensate without feeling deprived.

I don't particularly think of it as a carb fest...we had a couple of charcuterie boards and shrimp cocktail for appetizers. I had a plate of turkey, sausage stuffing, mashed rutabaga, green bean casserole, and a slice of pumpkin pie for desert.

At any rate, Thanksgiving is a day...I don't celebrate Thanksgiving all week. Most of my week was business as usual...went to the gym on Monday, trail ride on Tuesday, gym on Wednesday, 15 mile road ride Thanksgiving morning while everyone else did the turkey trot...Friday we went to Santa Fe and walked around the plaza with the family all day...gym Saturday and went and picked up our Christmas tree Sunday and started decorating.

I tried to just enjoy the holiday weekend, ate as my heart desired! A bit slow getting back into working out this week, but I always ebb and flow there. I need that balance.

I didn’t track calories those days, so back in that 100%! Skipped a weigh in last Sunday!!!

Hope your feeling back on track!