Advice for attending monthly wine club for the first time since Keto?

#1

I haven’t had any alcohol in a month, but tonight is my monthly wine club. I already committed to being there (we all place individual food orders… they’ll be eating pizza, I’ll be eating roasted chicken!). I’m worried about the effects of the wine and undoing my progress. Getting into keto is HARD and I don’t want to slow it down any more than I have to.

My thinking is to limit myself to 3 1-ounce pours and not have any glasses. Usually, everyone has 5 1-ounce pours and then we all pour a glass of whichever we liked most, which equals 2-3 drinks per person.

Another idea is I could say I have a headache and just chat, eat some chicken, and leave. For people who have made the transition, what do you recommend? If you drink or used to drink, what do you wish you would have done differently w/ alcohol during your transition months?

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #2

I wish I’d worried a bit less about it and just enjoyed my life. I went to a big tasting with 15 wines and cheeses about two or three months in. It was fine. Have 3 pours or 5. Keep it keto the rest of the way, and if you’re out of ketosis for a few hours, life goes on. You sleep it off, wake up and keto on.

I find alcohol is more effective while on keto. Whether that’s weight loss, or less carby blood, or just cleaner blood in general, I dunno. But I find the buzz doesn’t last as long. Cleaner liver is my guess on that.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #3

Have a designated driver. Being on Keto usually means alcohol affects are stronger. I used to drink 2 glasses of wine a day, almost every day. Now I will drink 2 days in a row (to empty the bottle) and not do that again for 1 to 3 weeks. It does not knock me out of ketosis. Apparently you don’t burn fat for the couple of hours that the alcohol is in your blood. Watch for hunger for snacks. And stay away from the sweeter wines. I stick to dry reds.

I want to snack if I do this at home. If I’m at a restaurant I eat what I ordered.

Good Luck.

(Aimee Moisa) #4

Drink a little and spit the rest.

(Annette) #5

What are your long term goals? Do you want to stay on keto long term or reintroduce carbs when you lose weight. In other words will alcohol be a desired part of your lifestyle? Personally alcohol doesn’t agree with my digestion or metabolism - I get mildly nauseous and get a burst of energy then a crash like a kid on sugar. That sort of sensitivity is why I need keto I guess.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #6

Sounds like you’re saying you have to chose between being Keto for life or being able to enjoy some wine.

I fully plan on doing both.

(Annette) #7

Everyone is individual, some people can, some people can’t. Whatever I might plan in my head, my body might tell me differently.

#8

Well, it didn’t make me feel tipsy at all. It made me flushed, dizzy and nauseous. It drove my blood sugar down to 62 and blood ketones stayed at 1.3 mm. My typical reaction to wine is to feel very hyper and semi-euphoric, followed by a crash later that evening or the next morning.

Nothing about this was fun. But my body is still adjusting, so I don’t know that it will always provoke such a strong reaction.

I don’t have clear ideas about how I want to be with alcohol in the long-term. When it’s not around, I don’t miss it.

(karen) #9

Spit!

… oh. too late. Well next time, spit!