Had a Cheat Meal with Carb Blockers Today: Here's what happened

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(KM) #81

:rofl:

If avoiding crunchy greasy fried bread crumbs dripping down my chin were that easy, I wouldn’t be here.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #82

I adapted a strategy from A.A.: avoid being around anything that is going to trigger my carb addiction. As a recovering alcoholic friend of mine used to say, “If you keep hanging around the barbershop, sooner or later you’re going to get a haircut.” :grin:

(KM) #83

Also :rofl: if you live with other people.

“How many calories are in a Cracker Barrel Southern fried chicken breast?

The Southern fried chicken offers 1,640 calories, 100 g fat, 23 g saturated fat, 78 g carbohydrate, 0 g sugar, 108 g protein, and 4,730 mg sodium. Dec 21, 2021"

(KM) #84

Just an addition, the point is that life isn’t entirely under our own control and even when it is, we are not always 100% under our own control. As I say, I don’t INTEND to eat carbs. Which means 99% of the time, I don’t. I also don’t have a superman cape.

#85

To lose fat or not to gain I suppose. Or maybe one can’t handle the amount of fat they take and get nauseous? Or that happens earlier, probably yet, okay, nevermind that second potential reason then.

It’s still weird to me to eat stuff we don’t actually want to use but humans do that…

Now that you say it like this… How we know the fat blocker doesn’t interfere with the very necessary amount of fat we do want to use…?
I rather wouldn’t play with such things but I readily admit I know nothing about fat blockers…

Yeah so if we eat fat in bigger amounts, it easily way too much. We don’t all get satiated and satisfied with the energy content of our food.

I think most of us here agree with you :smiley: But some people in some situations don’t want to limit their carb intake so much. I am sure than in very many cases they should think it over but sometimes it can’t be helped, for one reason or another (it’s basically always can be avoided if one is determined but a strong determination isn’t that easy to get). Of course if one feels clearly BAD when eating much carbs, they should have a big determination to avoid it but we know humans and card blockers offer some solution, fake or not but they are tempting for some.
But I guess you know people too…

Ouch, even that amount is too much for you? Not like I know how much and how carby chicken you want… But overdoing carbs due to a meat dish, wow.

Oh. My. God. Maybe it’s normal but I am not familiar with it…
I looked up some data. I found even worse numbers. Thanks heaven I am an exceptional Hungarian who doesn’t like that cooking method… I get my crunch elsewhere (and fought and lost but finally won battles with roasted peanuts connected to it).

I wondered about talking about my methods to avoid carbs more despite about zero defence against temptation but we all have our own weaknesses and circumstances… It’s not easy to have a big chance to win in almost all situations… I get that.

(Jane) #86

I hear ya, but still wouldn’t take something artificial to block carbs if I indulged. You will burn them off quickly and naturally once you go back to keto and be back into ketosis quickly.

My other concern with carb blockers is it could be a slippery slope and give you an excuse to give in to the cravings more often instead of learning to ignore them.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #87

I don’t care about calories, I care about my carb intake. And the more I stay away from dietary carbohydrate, the easier it is to stay away from dietary carbohydrate.

As for being compelled to eat carbohydrate, I am familiar with how addiction works, and how well the techniques developed by A.A. and the other Twelve-Step programmes work to help us abstain from whatever substance afflicts us.

(Robin) #88

This does not need to be complicated. Another AA motto: Keep it simple. Keto is as basic as you can get. Stay under 20g carbs, and keep it real. Rinse and repeat.

(Allie) #89

One of my friends tried something supposedly meant to stop her body digesting fat from her food, it made it drip down her legs instead… she binned it.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #90

An American food company tried to develop an indigestible fat, called Olestra, to use in its processed foods, but had to discontinue development because they couldn’t find a way around the “anal leakage” problem. :scream::grin:

#91

Well… this is all manner of grim :rofl:

(Megan) #92

I agree, so much goes into what we choose to eat at any given moment. No superman cape here either. And your 99% of the time is awesome!

I’m expecting a moment in a day will come where I eat something “way off plan”. My hope is I won’t beat myself up and I’ll just say “oops!” I know about me and slippery slopes tho. I was wholefoods only vegan for a while. One day I added some fish every now and then, then some chicken, and a few months later I bought 4 big tubs of icecream and a bunch of cakes and biscuits one day when grocery shopping. I have an all or nothing kind of personality, definitely not a moderator, so I really need to watch myself.

(Robin) #93

Yes…. Same here.

#94

It’s highly important to know ourselves… So we know what we just shouldn’t let to happen and what we can get away with.
It’s different for everyone.