Failed Explanation

(Lauren) #1

My mom calles this morning b/c she noticed I’d lost weight. She wanted the details on what I’d been doing. I took a deep breath and tried, but I’m still so new to this. She acted like I told her I had flying yetis coming out of my butt. By the end I felt like this guy:

(Allie) #2

Maybe just say you’re doing low carb as that’s more accepted it seems, though I never bother explaining to anyone. The closest people get to an explanation from me is “hard work and dedication”.

(Dustin Cade) #3

I know exactly what you mean… people come to me and ask “so what is this keto thing you’re doing?” I should really just keep it simple and say, its about removing sugars and other carby things from my diet… but no… I’m way to long winded for that… the devil is in the details and they are sometimes like yeah… no that’s to complicated, or they can’t give up whatever… or if i go into the history of why our diet is so bad i sound like tin foil hat wearing dude…

(Thomas Yates) #4

“I’ve cut out all sugars, grains, and fruit. I eat protein and veggies and I am not afraid of fat because it keeps me from being hungry. When I eat like this it naturally helps me to drop the pounds.”

Then send her the acceptable and not acceptable food lists.

I would say stick to something like this, save the science for when or if she tries it and has more questions on why it works. don’t waste your breath unless she shows interest.

(Lauren) #5

When other people ask, I do just answer “low carb.” My mom wanted more details. Luckily, she won’t try to convince me to change it, she’ll just bug me with questions until one of us dies.

(Lauren) #6

Yeah, that’s basically how I started. Then she starts asking ridiculous “what about x?” “what if y?” “but maybe z?” questions.

I finally told her that IF I gain 30lbs in a week, have a heart attack, and drown in the pool, she is welcome to put “killed by keto” on my grave stone.

Her “what if?” scenarios and questions are going to kill me first lol.

(Thomas Yates) #7

I explained keto to my uncle in quite a lot of detail, and when I finished all he could say is…“but you can still eat bread, right?” He only wanted to hear what he wanted to hear :slight_smile: