Keto is Freedom

(Candy Lind) #61

Hmm! Maybe we should lobby for more keto emojis and ban these??? :thinking::crazy_face:

(Candy Lind) #62

I’d love getting this on camera - especially people’s reactions! :rofl:

(Lauren) #63

I’ve been keto (with a few slips) since April. I am certain I am sugar and grain free. “Legal” sweets don’t cause any blood sugar responses for me, they just trigger the cravings for the real deal. It’s not even the taste I miss so much as the feeling of eating some of the foods. I don’t grocery shop alone b/c I have the impulse control of a toddler around bread.

I enjoy the simplicity of my grocery list. I love the weight loss and the clearer skin. So, those are freeing.

I’ll get there eventually. It’s fine at home b/c none of that crap is here. At least I have my safe space. I don’t know what will help out in the real world.

#64

Yeah, its pretty hard when my kids are always eating candy and bread and cookies and waffles and donuts and then they beg me for homemade pancakes or French toast so I make it for them.
It sucks
Oh and all those grain based emojis make me hungry. I think I will go eat some butter right this minute.

(Dave Smith) #65

I do! I still will eat grab some candy or chips on a rare occasion but I do have mastery over it now. Took a few solid months of avoiding sweets but, yeah, when you realize you aren’t frothing at the mouth over the sight of a pint of ice cream it’s pretty encouraging! Good for you!

(Liz ) #66

The addiction thing is real & painful! I’ve been low carb since 1/1/2003. But I let carb creep happen while trying out Paleo just before I went Keto almost a year ago. I fooled myself “just a little” honey or maple syrup or fruit or sweet potato would be fine. It was definitely not fine. I kicked & screamed when I admitted I needed to go cold turkey again like when I did so well on Atkins all those years ago. I felt bereft. I missed the things that used to torment me. That’s addiction. It’s so mean. But I haven’t had real pizza or popcorn or cookies or bread or any of that in 15 years & it’s not a struggle. It does become a way of life if you hang in there long enough. I’m not saying it will take 15 years, I just know it can get easier, and it is sustainable. But I really did have to acknowledge the grief of losing my carbs & process it.

#67

AMEN. (I gave mine away to a friend who apparently does not have that reaction
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#68

It sounds like you have all the components of success
you know ‘program talk’ - it’s just a matter of walking it. You know your personality, and you admit it, so you know your weaknesses. You know your strengths too. I’ve learned alot of the 12 step programs having been blessed with a family member who bravely keeps moving on past the illness of certain addictions.
Whatever “it” is, it is a gift. So, as you know from the prayer, it’s Just For Today. You only need to deal with today. You have no control over creators and sellers of lab created crap “substitute food”
I found that if I had a couple handy and very fat items close at reach (make bacon in advance, slather with mayo or guac; pork rinds covered in cream cheese) I could get through any temporary weakness based on visuals or smells of crap I do not want in my life or in my body. Take care

(She had one feck to give and that feck is gone.) #69

:joy:

(She had one feck to give and that feck is gone.) #70

@Carl and @Richard say eat fat for carb cravings. I always have salted macadamias and coconut butter on hand. It really works!

(Vincent Hall) #71

Keep on Keto’ing
 It does get easier. Our house is full of crisps (chips) chocolates, biscuits (cookies) hi sugar cereals, etc. My wife and 14yr old daughter are sugar addicts and ignore my preferred WOE.
Much as I can now ignore all the rubbish they eat. Im hoping my WOE will rub off somewhat on my daughter before it’s too late. But as long as you stay true and on path it will get easier to walk on by snd ignore the poison foods.
It just may take a few months. I would say try and keep away from “Keto treats” sweetened cakes and desserts as that most likely will slow your addiction withdrawal from the sweet stuff.
When your happy you can handle a sweetened treat, then maybe later but I suspect you’ll not bother. Savory treats, cheese, nuts etc is a good replacement.
\v/

(Darag Rennie) #72

Absolutely., and hey, I was brought up in a bakery;).

#73

Nice!

#74

You definitely know the ‘inside story’!
No offense to your family but maybe someday 2 things will happen -

  1. Bakeries will change (and be like bars saying “hey, you’re having one too many”)
  2. Bringing a child up surrounded by (or pretty much force fed) sugar will be considered abuse.
(Arlene) #75

I had the opportunity to visit an old favorite breakfast place today, where I always ordered stuffed french toast. This was basically dessert for breakfast; right up my alley. In the past I would not have considered passing up an opportunity to indulge at this restaurant. Today I passed up the opportunity. It just wasn’t a positive choice anymore. Like you, when I considered the ingredients it just wasn’t worth paying for such a meal.

#76

YAY - a NSV for sure! Once we stop and think for a second, it’s not too difficult!:blush:

(Denise Mackenzie) #77

I can quite easily do this. Problem now is when I am in the organic supermarket and I see someone who is obviously over weight and has come thinking she can find better things to eat in this type of store. So here I am at the check out and see this person looking at a bottle of apple juice, hesitating and then putting it in her basket. I am staring at trying to say NO DON’T BUY IT!!!

(Sophie) #78

I completely understand that impulse because I think it all the time too, then I remember how pissed off it makes me when someone has the audacity to make comments to me about what I eat. It balances out in the end.

#79

That reminds me of the time I was in line at the grocery store and all I was buying was 5 big trays of t-bones (so beautiful) and this older man behind me said, “Looks like that vegetarian diet is working out for you.” So I replied, “Oh yeah, it is.” Then he said, “I’m doing paleo.” So I looked at what he was buying - 2 bags of granola and 2 boxes of oatmeal (certainly NOT paleo). So I told him, “Yeah, well plants are poison.” Then he said, “Well those animals eat plants!” To which I answered, “Yeah, but they filter it for me.”
His jaw dropped and he didn’t know what to say, still makes me laugh hahaha :laughing:

(Greg Hollingsworth) #80

Not only that - think about all the money vested interests that lose out on when a Type 2 diabetic no longer buys medications and all the other things T2D treatment requires.