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I find that if I drink on a given day, I'm very likely to drink (or at least want to drink) the following day. However, if I take just a single day off, its much easier to NOT drink the following day. String a couple days together; try to get in a groove. You may not stop completely but you should drink less.
pull out some old photos of yourself or some old clothes and remind yourself that you do not want to return. What seems like one weekend can become a slippery slope. What are the food items holding this power over you that make you consider changing your way of life? And remember, it is not a diet, it is your way of living that you are considering abandoning.
That's exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
Have your cheat weekend.
I was on diet once that was keto, but you could eat whatever you wanted for one hour a day. The hour was very strict. Did not lose weight on it, but did not gain any.
This is how most any diet I have ever been on starts to come unraveled. I understand what you are saying, and it seems innocent enough. Just a little cheat...reward yourself... Then it becomes "well, I did it last weekend and I survived OK, I could get away with it again." Before you know it you've reversed directions. The point is if you have embraced a keto lifestyle, it is not a "diet". There is no cheat. Is it the end of the world to eat something highly processed? something with a little sugar?? Probably not, but it is contrary to the lifestyle that has been embraced (and successfully so in Bender's case).
Right. My mantra is do whatever works for YOU. Bender has been strong in his no cheating belief, so I bite my tongue. It is working for HIM. But I am an advocate for cheats. One of the fittest and healthiest people I know diets/lives healthy 5 days a week and enjoys her weekends. She's done it for 25 years. It works. I cheat for quality of life purposes. I'm playing darts in the pool hall with my nephews having a great time and a big plate of nachos and guac is on the table, you bet I'll have some. I'd consider it dorky not to. Cheats can upregulate important metabolic hormones and aid in weight loss. Two things have broken my hard stalls. Straight fasting and carb cycling.
Ultimately this.Right. My mantra is do whatever works for YOU. Bender has been strong in his no cheating belief, so I bite my tongue. It is working for HIM. But I am an advocate for cheats. One of the fittest and healthiest people I know diets/lives healthy 5 days a week and enjoys her weekends. She's done it for 25 years. It works. I cheat for quality of life purposes. I'm playing darts in the pool hall with my nephews having a great time and a big plate of nachos and guac is on the table, you bet I'll have some. I'd consider it dorky not to. Cheats can upregulate important metabolic hormones and aid in weight loss. Two things have broken my hard stalls. Straight fasting and carb cycling.
Maybe it was "The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet"? I did this about 25 years ago, in my late teens. You could eat anything you wanted, in whatever quantities, for one hour per day. The rest of the day you ate no carbs. I was a fat kid throughout childhood and my teen years, did this when I was 19, and lost 60lbs in 3 months. Changed my life. As I've aged and some weight has come back on I've wanted to try it again, but family/lifestyle/work travel have gotten in the way.
Do you still bother peeing on sticks? For some reason, I haven't peed purple in a couple months, but I'm still dropping weight. I know my diet is clean. It's weird.
How about instead of having a cheat and eating a bunch of carbs that you instead pay for premium Keto items so you are still getting a treat but not cheating. Nice steak house or seafood place? Maybe an expensive scotch or bourbon?
Well keto is short for ketosis or ketogenic which is a metabolic condition where the liver produces ketones which convert fat to fuel. So you're probably not maintaining a ketogenic state with the smoothies, but you probably are keto adapted, meaning you are doing a bit of both glucose and ketone producing fat burning. It's a healthy enough way to go because of what you've obviously eliminated, so kudos. There's Keto sticks that test your urine for ketones to confirm ketosis (also not foolproof) but what you're doing with some routine carb cycling seems to be working for YOU.
Soooooo.... Liver is a bit of an issue for me at the moment. Is this good or bad for the liver?
Ok. The phrase "liver produces" scared me. I want my liver to rest and heal right now. Need to get them levels down so I can start drinking again. Sounds like you're saying what the liver is dong on Keto is good for it. I'll add it to my research. Thanks.
Boy meets Keto, Boy loves Keto, Boy loses a lot of weight, Boy gets tired of Keto’s constant nagging and her constantly saying, “you can’t drink beer”, Boy says #### you Keto - I don’t need you, Boy drinks glorious beer and eats pizza and French fries, Boy gets fat again, Boy tries to make up with Keto expressing his never ending love.....Chaos Commish said:
One weekend of cheat and then right back to Keto. It might shock the system and increase the weight loss.
My wife found this neat little thing to do with eggs/milk/omelette ingredients. Mix them all together, butter a cupcake tray and pour the contents in. Set the oven to 375 and cook for 20ish min. Perfect to-go omelette muffins.
If it's been mentioned, sorry I'm behind in here.
I make these often on a Sunday and, if my kid doesn't eat them all, have them available through the week for a quick grab. I usually throw a couple of jalapeno slices into the bottom of each, sometimes some diced onion. I then add a meat...breakfast sausage (browned) or ham. I then put some cheese into each...I mostly use Havarti but have tried several others. I add some sriracha to the eggs when I beat them. then pour it into the muffin tin. I don't use any milk.My wife found this neat little thing to do with eggs/milk/omelette ingredients. Mix them all together, butter a cupcake tray and pour the contents in. Set the oven to 375 and cook for 20ish min. Perfect to-go omelette muffins.
If it's been mentioned, sorry I'm behind in here.
I can say I often eat very little and certainly don't crave anything. You get into this zone at times. I still eat; sometimes by habit. I find that once I start eating something, like nuts, I will continue to pick at them even when not "hungry". How much weight do you want to lose?
What DropKick said above is me exactly. I am there right now and already at a low weight for me. I've eaten olives, walnuts and cheese today. No idea the calorie count, but it was one small bowl of all three. I'm not hungry. There's salad-in-jars made up for several days here and I might have one. Doubtful. I am getting a lot of comments about being so thin. Sort of like the Seinfeld episode where he isn't sure if the person lost weight or got sick. I just started killing myself last week with hiit workouts on a cheap vertical climber. What a great piece of equipment. Sleighs me in ten minutes or less and I am sore everywhere.
Man I really thought about it.
Best of luck with the divorce. Mine finalized in early June. I fell off the wagon a bit and it is hard to get back on. From my experience, eating the carbs made me feel more anxious, sleep worse, and just more lethargic. Continuing your eating pattern is going to be helpful.
Not trouble realizing, just cool constant reminders. Like putting on a seat belt on a plane and having a foot of belt to pull through instead of 2". Also, roller coasters.
Same boat. I am disinterested in food to the point we ran out and for the first time in my 19 year old's life she went out and dropped $80 on groceries. Good for her. Yesterday I had a big greek yogurt with nuts, sugar free walnut maple syrup, and peanut butter powder whipped up to the consistency of mousse... around 1 am to put me to sleep. Today I ate sliced avocado and cheese on these tortillas. I cooked chicken and shrimp on the grill last weekend, and haven't had a bite of meat since. As I type this I'm starting to feel a little hunger. haha Power of suggestion?
My initial reaction was "no big deal" as often I'm just not that hungry when doing keto. However, as this period of "no hunger" continues, my layman's opinion is shifting toward abnormal. But, I stress "layman" here...
Been on Keto 11 months, working out the last 2. I regret not working out from the beginning.
I have tried eating some carbs and working out, and, more often, working out having not eaten anything. I absolutely have better workouts if I eat first, but that's because I'm not immediately burning glycogen reserves, I'm working off the carbs that I ate prior. I work out usually 4-5 days per week. I'll usually do 20 minutes of sprints on an incline treadmill, then free weights for 30 minutes or so. As I mentioned a couple pages ago, I am definitely noticing gains in my chest and arms, and my weight is continuing to drop.
What are you eating for carbs before a workout? I'm working out a little more lately, and while I've never been very strong, I certainly am not performing very well during my workouts. I'm curious what kinds of carbs you find helpful.Tecumseh said:
In general, lifting without glycogen reserves is a bad idea. 20 min of sprinting may not put you on the rivet, but it will put you close.
