I took keto for granted šŸ˜¢

#1

For Anyone thinking about cheatingā€¦ this is just my experience.
Iā€™ve been doing keto for the last few months. I was finally feeling fat adapted, my mood was great, felt really happy, skin was clear, weight coming off steadily, no cravings, no anxiety, steady energy, unintentionally fasting 24-36 hours with ease.

Iā€™m not sure why ā€¦but I had some chocolate the other day. I wasnā€™t craving it, it was just ā€¦there. So I had some. Slowly I started to panic a bit and thought, ā€˜well Iā€™m definately out of ketosis nowā€™ So I kept eating. I must have ate maybe 12 chocolate bars. In a row. I wasnā€™t even hungry. It was like my old bingeyways took me hostage!

That was 48 hours ago. The last 2 days have been awful. I woke up the next day (briefly forgetting about the binge) I couldnā€™t understand why My whole body hurt so bad even to touch. Like I got hit by a chocolate truck.
My muscles ached, headaches, I felt depressed. I felt agitated. Iā€™ve been so hungry since. Iā€™m so tired. I feel like my head is back to being foggy and I canā€™t think straight. My skin had a break out. Obviously I gained water weight back.
I still feel horrible.
Basically the polar opposite of how was was feeling before the binge.

Itā€™s been 48 hours and Iā€™m now beginning to show ketones again. Longest 48 hours of my life!!!

Moral of my story: I had taken how I felt on keto for granted. I became complacent. How I felt on keto was my ā€˜new normalā€™!

I canā€™t believe now that thatā€™s how I ate all the time before keto! Not surprised I felt like shit everyday!!

Obviously Iā€™ll keep calm and keto on and chalk this one down as a lesson learned.

Iā€™ll never take Keto for granted again.

(Running from stupidity) #2

:joy:

(Toywa Moore) #3

Hi there!
I feel your pain. Today, popcorn came back that I ordered 8 weeks ago from a coworker (her daughter was having a fundraiser). 2 weeks after I ordered the popcorn i started keto. Fast forward 6 weeks, 17 lbs later to today. My popcorn came back! :weary::weary::weary:. I dove into that bag and couldnt stop. Immediately feelings of guilt shame and remorse. What will i do? Get back up and try again! Although I will probably wake up in the morning 3-4 lbs heavier (water weight i know lol), i wont concentrate on that. I will concentrate how far I have come and let that be a motivator that tells me i know this WOE works- i just got to work it! Hang in there sis!

#4

If there was 13ā€¦Iā€™d probably have eaten 13! :weary:

#5

Oh i hear those feelings of guilt and shame :raised_hands:t2: Wow well done on 17lb loss!!! whatā€™s bad could be worse. We couldā€™ve let it turn into a cheat dayā€¦then to a cheat weekā€¦etc. to be honest Iā€™m glad those bars are gone now. No more thinking ā€˜wow I could eat those if I wantedā€¦but I donā€™t want themā€¦look how great I am for resistingā€™ :roll_eyes:

The only person I cheated was myself :woman_shrugging:t2:

Thanks for sharing :two_hearts:

(Heather~KWOL for life!) #6

Wowzers! Advice taken and heeded! Thank you for sharing that and I will remember your experience if I feel tempted. :grin:

(Garry (Canada)) #7

Next timeā€¦ just have one of these instead. You wonā€™t feel as guilty eating only one! :joy:

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Thanks for sharing your story. :slight_smile:

#8

Ummmm. Iā€™ve eaten one of those in a sitting at one point in my lifeā€¦sad but true.

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

Now, if it had been Bakerā€™s unsweetened chocolate . . . thatā€™s some tasty eating! :chocolate_bar:

(Running from stupidity) #10

ā€œWorldā€™s largest HERSHEYā€™S barā€

Yeah, and? Kinda limited claim, really.

Much like the ā€œWorld Seriesā€

(Terence Dean) #11

Thatā€™s exactly the right attitude, feeling like crap when you fall off the wagon is a re-enforcement that Keto is good for you. Keep doing the basics and youā€™ll be back to where you were in no time. Thanks for sharing. KCKO!

(Ken) #12

Hereā€™s the Heretical view. Based on nearly two decades of experience. Youā€™re misinterpreting what actually happened. What you really did was merely temporarily suspend lipolysis. You kicked up your metabolism a bit, and were actually able to burn a little more energy, causing a ghrelin secretion. While you possibly overdid it on the chocolate, the overall metabolic results were positive, and you dropped back into lipolysis fairly quickly. Your ketone levels dropped, which was fine, as there was dietary glucose available for your brain instead. All in all a positive metabolic effect.

(Running from stupidity) #13

I think weā€™re pretty certain about that point :slight_smile:

#14

Thanks everyone for your responses! Although I havenā€™t been dwelling on it, I was surprised I even ate the chocolate. I think I know what happened thoughā€¦
My sister bought me a zero carb coffee syrup. I had cut out all sweeteners ages ago But I had some in my coffee that morning. It was unbelievably sweet :nauseated_face: Iā€™ve gone so long without any kind of ā€˜sweetnessā€™. I completely forgot about having the syrup a few hours before the binge. I only remembered when she mentioned it to me this morning if I wanted some in my coffee. (NOOOOO THANK YOU!!) I think thatā€™s what triggered me reaching for the chocolate :thinking:

#15

PHEW!!! ok thank you for explaining that!! I donā€™t feel as bad now!

#16

:joy::joy::joy: that was funny. Glad your back on the wagon :blush:

(Ken) #17

Youā€™re welcome. A similar thing happens to me when I decide to eat a gallon of ice cream and a whole pecan pie in one day.

(Roy D Rushing Jr ) #18

Confession: Iā€™ve got like a dozen boxes of oreo pudding sitting behind me that I ordered just before I decided to go keto however many months ago that was. Theyā€™re still here at work because I canā€™t actually prepare them here. If they make it to the house they become a real source of temptation.

Iā€™d have thrown them away if my fiance would have let me, but she canā€™t stand the thought of ā€œwastingā€ them. I wonder how many people are obese and diabetic because they couldnā€™t ā€œwasteā€ foods. Food for thoughtā€¦

(Frank) #19

If theyā€™re at work how would she know you gave them away or threw them? Go on. Toss em.

(Roy D Rushing Jr ) #20

She works with me! :open_mouth: