Canada day

(Janet Smith) #1

So yesterday we went out to canada day celebrations and my husband and I after 5 weeks of keto decided to have a cheat day. We had funnel cake :no_mouth:. In the middle of the night I was soooooo sick. Do you think it was because I was not use to the carbs/sweetness? Or something else.?

(Karen) #2

Might be the combo of fat and sugar, or they might be using unhealthy oils.

K

(Kirk) #3

Happy Canada day from a fellow Canuck, eh?

(bulkbiker) #4

Its the keto gods telling you not to do it again


(less is more, more or less) #5

I’m not picking on you, but the idea of “cheat days” drives me bonkers. When I started this WoE, my wife was incredulous there were no cheat days. I responded, “What about recovering addicts? What would they say about cheat days?”

Sugar is highly addictive, at least it is for me. If someone were to slip me a sugar pill, I don’t know how my body would react. I try to keep that poison out of my system.

(Janet Smith) #6

That’s right! Ontario! :canada:

(Janet Smith) #7

I too the 5 weeks kept telling him no to cheat days. I guess the "peer pressure " got to me with him bugging about it. I felt so crappy afterwards!

(CharleyD) #8

I think your gut microbiome has shifted enough that the bug families that normally would have helped digest that funnel cake aren’t there in sufficient numbers.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #9

My problem with “cheat days” is not so much what I eat, but the number of occasions that will likely present themselves as cheat days. I’m currently doing no-dairy, and so had to turn down cheese and chili tamales for the 4th. Oh well, my husband will be grilling burgers instead. All holidays have special food involved, but if I decided the 4th was okay, then that would probably devolve into every holiday on the calendar. I personally love meat, so there really isn’t ever a holiday that does not involve meat in some way. And some day I might eat cheese again - just not until August - maybe. Consistency is the key - I am trying no dairy for a full month. Slipping up for one day would confound the experiment.

(Aimee Moisa) #10

Sugar make me want more sugar, ergo, no sugar.

(Alec) #11

Why would anyone need cheat days from bacon and eggs??? Does not compute


(less is more, more or less) #12

I know Paleo is anti-diary, but are there studies or trials as it relates to diary products and ketosis?

(Danielle) #13

Happy Canada Day from Edmonton!

(Empress of the Unexpected) #14

I don’t know but would love to see some. I am trying the no dairy experiment for three reasons. First, it is a trigger food. I was drinking around eight glasses of milk pre keto. On keto I found that I was chugging hwc to get the same milk “high.” Basically was dairy binging. Also, was having issues with diahrrea, which seem to be resolved. Finally many people have mentioned on this forum that dairy can be an issue with weight stalls-I think the explanation was that some people are sensitive to casein, but don’t quote me on that.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #15

Oh, and the carb creep factor.

(Jane) #16

To me, the term cheat day sounds too much like a diet and I am in this for life.

I’ve never had a sweet tooth so sugar has no big appeal to me, but I love bread and potatoes.

My son and gf visited me for the first time since I finished the house so we grilled burgers and I deep-fried some French fries. I had the bottom bun only and could only eat half. Had maybe 7 or 8 fries and I was stuffed.

Definitely over my 20 carb limit but it was a conscious choice and today back on strict keto. No biggie.

(Jane) #17

To the OP - if I ate a funnel cake now I am sure I would be sick also! Sorry you feel bad but you should be ok in another day once it is “out of your system”

(Donna) #18

Funnel cake would make me sick at this point, too. For me, though, too many carbs or too much sugar causes migraines, fatigue and the return of the aches and pains.

My two cents about “cheat days” - I feel like this WOE is for life, not just for a short period of time. And life will happen - birthdays, holidays, eating out, special situations. My goal is to make the best choices I can. But if I choose to eat something carby I’m not going to beat myself up over it (old behaviour). Instead I’m going to get right back on keto/lchf (new behaviour).

(less is more, more or less) #19

^^^ this, times infinity.