Hello all -
I started keto October 2017 and after the first few days just rocked it. I’m at goal weight (still hate that people say “too skinny”), workout in various ways 5 days a week and usually do intermittent fasting. Today…my son had a cup of my worst nightmare - frozen choco custard. I decided to taste and then ate about a 1/2 cup. I couldn’t stop. I have always had ice cream issues and carb issues. It was fun while it lasted, but then there was a little bit of shakiness. I got a headache about 30 minutes later. I usually drink a lot of water and I pounded water after this. I’ve decided to fast the rest of the day to work out all that glucose. I know I’m gonna be thinking about carbs now for several days. How have you (if you have) gotten through this? I’m planning on going back to my standard of cooked bacon and hard-boiled eggs any time I feel a craving or hungry? I’d love some ideas.
Almost 2 years in and stable where I want to be, then I messed up today!
Welcome to the forum Mary =).
Many people have days where they make a Keto mistake, and eat non-Keto foods. It is not the end of the world, and it is totally fixable. There is no point in dwelling on it though, as it already happened.
Since you are not new to Keto and been doing it for 2 years, I would suggest a 48 hour or longer Water Fast, to clean your body of all the toxins and get back on track =). This is only if you are okay with doing Fasts, I know that they are not for everyone, but personally I find they are great for resetting your body if you can =).
If Fasting is not for you, then just continue back on track and remind yourself of how you felt after you ate it. Best wishes on your Keto journey and please feel free to post any other questions, etc you have! We are a friendly, helpful bunch around here, and I am sure you will come to love this place as much as we do =).
You just fight through it. You’re at your goal weight and been keto for 2yrs, who cares? The shakiness was because you’re not used to being sugar powered anymore, you incinerated that stuff almost as fast as you ate it. Nothing to worry about. You may not have those days of carb cravings. For both me and my wife we stopped getting the post carb shakes, headaches and hangovers after a while. We’ve both achieved metabolic flexibility at this point, which on top of letting us mess up more often without being punished for it also seemed to fix the couple days of your brain trying to sell you out as well. Don’t feel guilty, keto is the way we eat, it’s not our religion. Congrats on hitting your goal!
Don’t beat yourself up. You know that the next meal can be right back on track. Don’t make a big deal causing guilt and stress. That is not productive.
Breathe. You know what your trigger food is. Just climb back up on that horse. You’re fine
I just walk on. It was one meal, not a month of carbs. I hope you enjoyed the ice cream. So I sugest you just walk on, no need to be sorry. This is a part of life , you can’t beat up yourself for every miststep or planned carb meal.
When you wake up, eat a keto meal when you are hungry. And continue as you did the last two years.
I have no cravings after just one meal, a weekend, that is worse.
I agree with everyone else. Just get through the bad period and go back to eating right. Chalk it up to experience, and remember how you feel, the next time your son waves temptation under your nose! 
Haven’t been on this as long as you (7 mo. - congratulations by the way!!!), but the only slip I’ve had was at a wedding we went to in July. I was good up to and all through dinner - no carbs except salad and sauteed mushrooms, both of which were delicious. Served the wedding cake and left trays of bon-bons on each table. Many people didn’t eat their cake and left the table and went off to the bar, dancing, etc. I decided to “try” a “bite” of cake. That was it. Finished my cake and proceeded to eat my husband’s and two of the other uneaten pieces on the table. From there, got into the fancy bon-bons and ate a bunch of them. They were good sized. I would have eaten waaay more of both had I not been self conscious that people might notice.
The next day, I got right back on track, full keto. Apart from a few unpleasant side effects, the thing that bothered me most was the emotional aspect of it. Horrible. I felt the same shame as I had about food and eating before keto. I also felt very anxious about how easily I had rationalized a cheat (like an addict), and how insidious any addiction can be. I worried that it was just a matter of time before that one slip caught up with me and might cause me to start bingeing again. It was really terrifying and hung over me like a pall for many days, kind of like whistling in the dark.
I am even afraid now to make fathead pizza or some of the delicious keto things I see people here posting/eating. I am so fearful of reawakening that sleeping giant and bingeing on even keto food, that I pretty much confine our meals to eggs/bacon/meat/veggies, simple foods.
The good news is that eating satisfying ketogenic meals does help in dealing with the cravings, although it doesn’t eliminate them. I am fortunate that I haven’t actually gone on a sustained binge from overeating carbohydrate, the times it’s happened. I suspect that’s for two reasons: firstly, my carb tolerance seems to be somewhat higher than some people’s, and second, satiety seems to interfere with the pleasure I get from sugar. And the physical aches and pains the next day don’t hurt, either.
But, like you, I worry that if I were to keep on indulging, it would only be a matter of time.
@Maryserv When you’ve been around the forums a bit longer and can see the Health forum, I’d be happy to move this thread into that forum, which is locked to protect it from Internet searches, and where people might feel freer writing about their experiences with addiction in its various forms.
Good idea. Do not restrict yourself calorically or feel the need to ‘make up for’ going off plan! If you are hungry, then eat keto foods and you will be back to normal in no time.
You had one moment off plan–this does not make you a bad person, nor is what you did bad. Just get right back to how you want to be eating.
Maybe write down how you felt (physically and emotionally) before, during, and after eating the custard. Was it worth it (perhaps it was)? Save the notes and consult them the next time you are considering a not normal meal and use the notes to make a decision.
No crazy carb cravings today but earlier hunger than I’m used to. I worked out and stuck with my 16 hour fast this am. I am an ice cream fiend. My nick name was the ice cream monster. It was good, but I didn’t like that I didn’t want to stop eating it or how I felt right afterwards. I have been in a position where I’ve had a bite of bread and I got sick (like pull over the car sick) and had bad cravings the next day. Clear I don’t need grains/wheat in my diet. Thank you all for contributing.
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That will fix you right up. I’m betting frozen custard is not sounding all that great to you right now.
We are not perfect, if we slip up, just go back to the foods you know work for you. You will be fine.
“Don’t feel guilty, keto is the way we eat, it’s not our religion. Congrats on hitting your goal!”
I love it. That’s how I feel about it too and I have to remind myself of it occasionally because I can at times be obsessive. I do not want to be a slave to my keto way of eating any more than I was a slave to carbs and low-fat in my previous way of eating.
Carry on and don’t sweat it!
Remember how you felt when you went off track. It will help you avoid temptation next time. Personally I’ve experienced severe chronic pain episodes after eating carbs.
We most likely be out of ketosis and experience cravings for 72 hours if we are fat adapted so I don’t think that is the best time to fast.
Lastly congratulate yourself for how well you are doing. You made a choice to eat something, experienced it and the physical consequences and then got right back on track.