Ate bread and don't even remember it

(Liz Ellen) #1

So, on Father’s Day I drove a few hours to see my dad. My father is a carb-eating machine, with the waistline to prove it. He and my step mother also enjoy alcohol, something I usually imbibe in when I’m visiting. They’ve been proud of my progress and supportive of my new way of eating, but they’ve also made it clear they have no desire to come to the keto side.

I had planned to make dinner for him and decided on beef tips with a mushroom cream sauce, steamed green beans and mashed potatoes for the carb eaters. While meal prepping, I had a few glasses of wine. (Not unusual pre-keto but not at all common since I’ve converted to the keto way.) Whelp, I apparently completed cooking the meal, though I have NO MEMORY of it. Or anything else from that night. I’m not proud of myself, but I apparently got blackout intoxicated.

I sheepishly asked my husband the next day if I did anything embarrassing, argued with anyone (hopefully not my dad, gulp) or injured myself. He said he had no clue I was drunk, EXCEPT I picked up a piece of fresh bread that was on the dinner table, buttered it up and ate it like nothing. I’ve not had one cheat since I started this at the end of December and apparently just went for it. (I left the mashed potatoes alone, apparently.) AND I DON’T EVEN REMEMBER IT!

So, ya’ll were right: Keto makes you a lightweight with alcohol. And alcohol and restricted eating do not go together.

The scale was up slightly but not much this morning. I didn’t feel sick the next day, as some have reported. I’m ketoing on. But lesson learned. Gah.

(squirrel-kissing paper tamer) #2

Damn you, wine! Thanks for sharing and sorry you don’t even get to remember enjoying it!

(Carl Keller) #3

A bad day on keto beats a good day on the SAD. One piece of bread you don’t remember is insignificant. Your body has already forgot it even happened. :slight_smile:

#4

Nothing like a good blackout! With near no glycogen stores one roll would be incinerated almost immediately. It’s when you take in enough to fill everything back up in one shot that you feel like you just got backed over by a bus!

(Liz Ellen) #5

Doesn’t everyone enjoy long walks on the beach and the occasional blackout?

(Lazy, Dirty Keto 😝) #6

I know I do :joy: but yeah as Carl said: a bad day on Keto beats a good day on the SAD. Get back on the horse! I (vaguely) remember my first time drinking after starting Keto. One vodka club soda and I was a mess :rofl:

(Susan) #7

Do not stress out about a little accident, just “spilled milk” as it were, and Keto on… there is no point in being upset about it now, and no harm was done! It is great that you had a lovely Father’s Day celebration with your dad, we all have things that can happen at times!

(PSackmann) #8

KCKO indeed, this is but a blip. Reminder for next time, plenty of water with your wine, and try to get a bit of extra fat as well. It’ll slow down how quickly and hard it hits you.

(Bunny) #9

One strange thing I noticed about bread when I quit eating bread and have an occasional slice is that it is like trying to eat a piece of paper or a piece of card board box then I’m thinking this is like eating saw dust that has been mixed with something and baked.

It’s as if my teeth and the pressure exerted on the bread are telling me this is not food?

I wonder if any one else has experienced this?

(Susan) #10

I saw a youtube video of a lady that has lost over 100 pounds doing Keto that said she tried to eat her favourite potato dish at a Christmas dinner and; although it used to be one of her favourites, she didn’t enjoy it at all now.

(Scott) #11

Well, at least the butter sounds good.

#12

Although I do more Lchf, not really keto, I also find today that many breads taste like cardboard or leave some kind of chemical after taste.

(Jane) #13

One slice won’t matter but it really sucks you don’t remember and didn’t get to enjoy it!