Today is Day 26 of keto.
I woke up early, drank some black coffee, went on a 4hr30min/22-mile run fasted, sat in a sauna for 30 minutes, bought healthy groceries patiently while listening to the 2 keto dudes podcast, made dinner, ate dinner, it was delicious and nutritious, and now i am chilling out in bed reading the forums and i feel full and devoid of binge urges. Who knows what tomorrow brings but today is a victory.
I’m starting week 16. You are definitely on your way, but I am still experimenting with what works and what doesn’t for me personally. Four months and I have never thought of turning back. (Turning back to what? Junk food?)
I have so much to learn as well, and am only beginning to feel out how to let my body show me they way.
Why is it that every ounce of information the body sends us is useful info and most every gram of information the mind sends us is rubbish and yet I tend to be deaf to my body and a guppy to my mind?
Like I said, I’m learning. You want to hear about rubbish mind? I learned early on that drinking HWC and eating sour cream out of the tub was, ahem, not exactly what my body wanted. So I switched to “healthy fats” like avocado, olives, olive oil and vinegar dressing, etc. Today, I piously entered into chronometer: Olive oil and vinegar dressing, one serving (one tablespoon). I confronted my two cups of spinach and thought: “No way one tablespoon is going to cover all that.” Took the bottle and put enough oil on the salad to lube a piece of farm machinery. Eating it, I realized I had way overdone things. Five hours of GI agony later… The dinner I was looking forward to ain’t happening. And, I exceeded my fat limit for the day by 50%. All things in moderation… 
Feeling better - but for the first time in four months realize what “Eat fat to satiety” means. I have enough rocket fuel to not eat tonight and get exercise in tomorrow morning before breakfast. Hell, maybe even skip lunch.
But after feeling like crap all afternoon? IDK. We’ll see how I actually feel tomorrow morning - will I be hungry?
So true. I read this book about focusing, it’s about getting quiet and listening to your body and how it responds when you ask it questions (OK, I’m not explaining it well and I’m making it sound kooky). ANYWAY, I think the body, your cells, what ever, all have an inate wisdom. Now if only I would practice what I read.
My mind is telling me to go eat more keto dessert. My body is telling me I’m on that delicate verge of getting I’ll if I indulge.
Ha! Nathan, great philosophers have wrestled with this for thousands of years.
We all “live inside our mind” to varying degrees. Not saying any certain amount is good or bad, it just is, as far as us individuals, and I think our satisfaction and happiness depends on adapting to it, in large measure.
Your description of your day is amazing. I once ran 23 miles, while in high school. Then for most of my life, eating and drinking was my recreation. There are those of us who are compulsive, by nature. Better to be compulsive about the good things than the bad. You had a great day.
Oh man, truth. I ask myself this every day. But being aware of the very fact is hopefully a start…
