Today (22nd July 2018) I make a pledge to myself. I have made some great progress this year eating Keto (12kg and many cm lost) but I keep falling off the wagon. I have realised 2 important things lately: 1 I am addicted to flour and sugar. 1 taste of either and I’m gone. Like an alcoholic, I must abstain to heal and so I will. 2 I have never stuck with Keto long enough to become fat adapted. And so my pledge is this. For the WHOLE of term 3 (10 weeks) I will eat strict Keto and abstain from my trigger foods. Yes, that does mean no chocolate. Tomorrow morning (week 1) I will weigh myself but after that the scales are going away till the end of the term. I will take my measurements every week and hopefully see progress that way. My hope is that if I stick at it for 10 weeks I’ll feel so good that I’ll want to keep calm and Keto on!
A pledge to myself (but pasted here to make me accountable!)
I’m sending you positive thoughts and love. Keep on ketoing.
You can do it! Sometimes you just have to take it an hour at a time. You have made progress thus far so you know keto works for you. Plan ahead and be prepared with good fats!
Check out dietdoctor.com - lots of videos/info on sugar addiction. Its free to sign up for one month to full full length.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/?s=Sugar+addiction
Also if your easily triggered, stay away from sweetners of any kind. You may even consider going zero carb/carnivore for awhile to really detox from the carbs. Might be rough (keto flu) at first, but worth it to break through to the other side.
Hang in there! We’re rooting for you!!
I can relate to your addiction, mine are carbs and (gulp) alcohol. I try to limit alcohol to twice a week and carbs to 20g per day, don’t always succeed but try every day. Keep on!
Sigh! I am so frustrated with myself! I allowed myself to be derailed! I went to my mum’s house for dinner Tuesday night and while roast lamb sounds good in theory, I know it means potatoes, gravy and bread. And I ate the apple crumble for dessert. Not her fault, sometimes I say no to this stuff, more often I say yes but I can’t keep doing that. Megan Ramos talks about standing up to well-intentioned family and it’s time for me to do the same. What I’m most frustrated about though is that I allowed Tuesday night’s roast dinner to spiral into last night’s totally non-keto Pizza and garlic bread 
Fat head pizzza IS better!
Right, so today I start again. Weight is 121.3kg scales are going away right now and I am going to KEEP CALM AND KETO ON!!
Not well. I caved in to family stress and trigger foods. I can’t tell you just how much I appreciate you asking about me. No one around me “gets” Keto which makes sticking to it really, really hard. Thank you so much for being there for me. Today is a new day. My lunch box is packed with yummy Keto foods and I have everything ready for Keto burgers for dinner. Xxx
I know what a struggle the first few weeks can be. I’m on the opposite side of the world, just wrapping up the weekend, and planning my keto week. Good job planning ahead. My trigger food (peanut butter) is lurking in the refrigerator. It is organic/just peanuts and salt, and claims to have 2 net carbs (5 total, 3 fiber) per 2 Tbsp but I lose all control around it. My goal this week is to leave the PB alone!
I hear that! My trigger foods are bread and anything sweet but especially chocolate. I can keep the chocolate out of the house but since my husband and 3yr old daughter are not Keto there is lots of other stuff around!! Best of luck to you and thank you again so very much for caring!!
If you have trigger foods at home and they keep unhinging you, I suggest to get rid of it. That might mean hubby and daughter need to go out for ice cream or sweets. I used to be tempted by bread sitting out On The counter. Now I keep it in the refrigerator.
If preparing meals for your child introduces you to triggers, fix her lunch the night before, right after you’ve finished your evening meal and you’re not likely to cave to temptation. Handing her a prepared lunch is much less tempting than making a PB&J when you’re hungry yourself.
Best of luck to you!
Sending good vibes to you. We probably started about the same time; July 22.
I also am addicted to carbs. I would bet a lot of us on here were. My whole family and FB has been advised as to my being on Keto. So no back sliding for me!
I’m coming from a slightly different place, because I have celiacs and gave up wheat (and barley and rye, obviously) cold turkey to see if it would help. It did, remarkably and powerfully and almost immediately, and that got me a celiacs diagnosis and I haven’t looked back.
However, I used to walk through the entire bakery section of the grocery store before heading to get the groceries I actually needed. I would torture myself with the smells of bread and cake and pie, knowing I’d never eat it again.
After a month or so, I was still making my pilgrimage through wheat, but it wasn’t appealing any more. It started to become less and less like food to me. After six months, or a year, I began to find the smell of the bread aisle actually off putting! Now, after six years of being gluten free, and a few tries at keto or other low carb diets, I dont get even a twinge of envy when I see people eating delicious wheat based goodies. It truly doesn’t register as food any more!
So it’s hard. It is! And I imagine giving something up which you can physically eat without massive bloating and stomach cramps and mood swings for days is a whole lot harder than giving it up when it does make you ill. But it will get easier. Not just as you become fat adapted and find the cravings go away, but as you get further and further from the last time you had wheat pizza, or apple crumble, or whatever it is!
Good luck, and remember to be as kind to yourself as you would to your best friend! Be as kind to yourself as the nice people on this forum, who all support you!
I am new to keto and I also have severe addiction to food. I feel your pain! I tried keto for 3 days and then ate everything I saw! Then I started again and first day after I thought I was doing well I caved and that binge lasted four days. After that I started again which was seven days ago and have yet to cave! I am a serious binge eater. There is no control. And its not just junk food, it is ALL food. I was feeling pretty down about it. I just found this keto forum and it seems like a really good support system. Any tips or help for a newbie like myself would be awesome! Thanks and good luck!!!
I just took a test…after about 6 days of keto diet I am STRONG with the KETONES!!! YAY! Next step will be to do a fast. My sugar numbers are coming down and I do still feel a twinge for the donuts and cakes etc but I went shopping today and got all keto diet approved foods. I am having trouble finding bones tho! No grocery store sells beef with bone in anymore let alone bones separate!
I am so very pleased to report that I have stuck to keto for a whole week!! I am definitely in ketosis and my skin looks great. I had so much energy yesterday that after spending the morning doing washing, cleaning and vacuuming I sat down to watch some TV. That was great for maybe an hour but then I needed to move again and got the ironing done!!! To top off a great week we went to my mum’s for tea and I was easily able to stick to my plan!! Looking forward to keeping the momentum going this week!!! KCKO!!
Hi! Having a lazy Sunday morning with a sleep in and then bacon and eggs!! I’ve had a great week, well in ketosis AND I’ve lost a centimetre off each area of my torso this week!! Thanks for asking!! How are you doing?