How to Fast through holidays?

(Heather Meyer) #1

Just wondering… how do I fast through the holidays. Since ive shown up to my familys house…its just been eat eat eat eat and its making me feel lethargic and blah!! I felt so much better fasting 20 hours per day… but there is just soo much food all around me!

(Running from stupidity) #2

Decide not to eat it and then don’t.

Or do.

If you eat the “keto food,” you will be fine.

If it’s the stuff you’ve been making substitutes for, you won’t be. And even if you do this, theoretically it’s just a blip for a couple of days, but I suspect with you it will be more difficult than that, given how long you’ve been doing this for, and how you react to them, so I’d bear that in mind.

Drink lots of water, get your salt/electrolytes in.

Basically, I’d be eating plenty of “keto food” rather than trying to fast, in short, if I was you.

Others will probably have nicer answers :slight_smile:

(Laurie) #3

I guess we have to resolve the conflicts within us. What’s more important–enjoying sugar, giving in to pressure, or sticking to our food plan?

If someone doesn’t eat pork or is allergic to nightshades, they have no problem saying no. Why is it hard to say no when it’s “just” that we’re on keto? I’m not saying I have the answer, but I think the question is worth considering.

(Running from stupidity) #4

See? Laurie was nicer, as I predicted :slight_smile:

OTOH, we said pretty much the same thing :smiley:

#5

If it makes you feel better, I’ve been eating garbage, can barely stay conscious and I just want to either puke all over my feet or pass out until all this crap burns off! I can’t friggen wait till it’s all over. I used to do week long fasts and haven’t been able to get back into that mindset in a while… IT’S COMING!

(Heather Meyer) #6

As someone who has had several major food allergies… i know that it was easy to say No to foods that people offered BECAUSE i knew the consequence for eating it far outweighed the temporary plesure(think needing ER for pain and nausea bad)
Whereas… with Keto…if someone offers you a treat that isnt Keto…its easier to give in to it if the adverse effects are less than the temprary pleasure.
In Psychology, this goes back to operent conditioning by which we engage in behavilr that is learned based on the merit of it. is there a negative consequence? Okay we learn to stay away from it. Is there a reward? Okay we are motivated to keep earning that reward…

In my experience…when ive gone off Keto, I havent experienced what others did. I never got sick to my stomach or had lots of pain. Quite the opposite… carbs are like a drug… I mellow out…less stressed…more relaxed… calm…temporary happiness… so its eaay to say yes to carbs again.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #7

You said it, carbs are like a drug. Do you really want to feel drugged out? I would tell myself and others around me that that looks great but I will not feel good after eating it. Please enjoy it yourself.

We went to see the holiday lights at our city center last night. A sweet young boy came up to me and had a tin of cookies and was offering them to me as a present. I bent down to his level and said “please keep these for someone who can eat them, they will make me sick if I do, but thanks for your kindness.” He smiled and said “I would never want someone to be sick because of me.” He went off and found someone else to gift them too, he was having a great time.

(Drew Boxrud) #8

I had the same problem!! I just went with it and I’m being good for a few days now followed by an extended fast to shed what I put on.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

Speaking for myself only, a blindfold and noseplugs help. . . . just sayin’ :grin:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #10

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me. :rofl: :rofl:

#11

With me, nothing is written in stone, it’s always subject to change… But that said, my plan was to eat our traditional holiday food on Christmas eve and Christmas day then fast until New Year’s and then eat our traditional New Year’s day food. Then resume my normal eating pattern.

(Heather Meyer) #12

It sucks but in some ways i like the drugged out feeling i get only cause its a temporary reprive from my own mind. lol…