In the past the longest I’ve gone with keto is typically 3 weeks before I screw up some. One time I managed to go nearly 6 weeks without many significant mishaps and what do you know, I reached a new low of the year. I derailed over the next few months and gained my weight again, just to repeat the cycle of losing 10ish lbs, then gaining.
All of those times have have one common variable, which was the reason WHY I was doing keto. My WHY all those times was “weight loss”. I’d bet the majority of people start Keto for weight loss, but the truth is MOST diets work if you’re strict and follow their protocol, but the reason why people don’t see results is because their WHY is weight loss, and if they aren’t losing 2-3lbs a week then they lose motivation then derail.
This time around my WHY is different and it’s been significantly easier.
For example last night I was making a snack which usually consists of Cheese and some other snack such as almonds, boiled eggs, etc. I was out of almonds and eggs and saw saltine crackers. For a second I thought about grabbing 3-4 to eat with my cheese but I instantly said NO. It was not because I thought I’d gain weight or retain water from the salt, it’s because of the innavoidable INSULIN spike that I know that would come.
Yup, this time around I’m focusing on my HEALTH primarily and not Weight loss. Now if I go a 3 days without weight change or even a week (which fortunately hasn’t happened) I don’t get discouraged because I think about how I’m still making progress repairing every aspect of my body due to the years if insulin spikes and inflammation.
I feel so much better and people don’t realize that if you focus on HEALTH first, 90% of the time weight loss will follow suite because your body is much more efficient.
Within 3 weeks of this thinking and avoiding anything that I know will impact insulin/inflammation I’ve broke my plateau of about 1.5 years.
Find a better WHY! If you’re doing Keto only for Weight Loss then your mind is not in the right place, Educate yourself on the other benefits and you’ll gain more motivation and discipline.