Looking at pictures of desserts

(Maha) #1

Last night, while sitting on the couch, I was perusing my collection of dessert recipes on my tablet. I was looking for keto or low carb desserts that I would be interested in making for my upcoming alone weekend. Of course, there are also many, many non-keto desserts I’d collected from before. Most with pictures. My husband joined me on the couch and asked, isn’t that pure torture for yourself to look at those desserts and not have them?

I explained to him, I still like looking at the pictures, because they are pretty, but when I see past the pictures and think of the ingredients, all I think is how poisonous those desserts are, with their flour, sugar, flour, brown sugar, flour, repeat. I no longer think how good they might taste because they actually make me sick. I told him that I now view desserts the same way I view alcohol: poison to the body. The only thing that I do feel is a memory of how they once did taste good, and I enjoyed them for too long of my life.

#2

What I’ve learned is the longer I go without eating certain desserts, the more I find they don’t taste good to me anymore. That’s what I think about when I’m being tempted. It’s not as good as I remember.

Now, I savor the taste of a good rib eye stake, and it’s even better knowing it’s good for me. :yum:

#3

You know… bourbon (whiskies) are keto-friendly. Desserts can also be keto-friendly, depending on your flexibility and creativity.

I really like this forum so far (I’m new) because there is a range of personalities and levels of experience. I’m 6 months into ketosis so far and was pretty much taught by my husband who’s been in ketosis for 10 years this year. I think part of being successful over a long period of time is learning to curb your ideas in extremes and controlling the desire to villianize different foods despite them being irrelevant to your new change in diet or lifestyle despite what other people say or how ignorant their questions at times. The psychology behind being at peace with your new change is really accepting yourself and accepting it in your life without feeling the need to create negative thought or space regarding other ways of eating. I think this improves mental health in the long run and also makes the transition smoother. You may even draw others into asking more questions and be a great keto educator! I used to think exactly like you and also had comments from family members like the one your husband made so I feel you. You don’t have to think badly of the things you see. Keep on it! Learn new ways of substituting those ingredients that are no longer relevant to you. Best of luck. It’s a great journey. :slight_smile:

(Maha) #4

Totally agree about desserts!

I will be having a ribeye this weekend and I’m totally savoring it already. Sous vide. With butter. Oh, yum!

#5

Yes! I know everybody has their own thing, and I was never a big drinker to begin with, but for the life of me I can not figure out why Alcohol seems to be pretty much accepted as okay. I mean even more than sweeteners or vegetable oil.

Tell someone you are having margarine (yuck, I know) made from vegetable oil and they will reach through the computer and smack you, tell them your having a whiskey and soda and it’s all “cool bro, have one for me”. :crazy_face:

(Garry (Canada)) #6

Gonna be a lot more fat asses up here in Canada chomping down on pies and brownies soon with Trudeau’s legalized pot.
Nothing but stoners and Eskimos up here now!

#7

Surely Eskimos and Stoners are going to be low carb ?

(Marilyn Cox) #8

Go Eskimos! :stuck_out_tongue:

#9

I respectfully disagree lol.

I was born in Edmonton, but then moved to Saskatchewan, so I’m torn between the two. Definately an Oilers fan though; well at this point actually I like any Canadian team.

(Brian) #10

For keto desserts, one of my favorite people is Carolyn Ketchum.

AllDayIDreamAboutFood.com

She’s on Facebook, too, and I follow her there. Lots of recipes popping up most every day, many desserts, not all, but many. She has a knack with putting out good recipes that are keto friendly. She eats keto herself so she can’t have a lot of carbage. (She’s T2D, I think, controlled by her diet.)

I know there are others but she’s my favorite.

I think my all time favorite recipe of hers is the Chocolate Pecan Pie Muffins. They are a regular around our house.

Good luck! You really can have wonderful desserts and be keto, too. I don’t feel like I am deprived of anything. Heck, I’ve even made keto ice cream a few times.

(Maha) #11

Same. After getting drunk on my 21st birthday ages ago and being too sick to Christmas shop as a result (my bday is very close to Christmas), I swore that was the only and last time. Since then, I’d gradually lessened how much I drank - like 1-2 times a year, and very small amounts at that, like less than a quarter cup. Now it’s been several years that I haven’t drunk anything at all. I don’t understand the draw to it either, but as you say, to each their own.

(Maha) #12

As it turns out, I’m making her lemon curd this weekend. Looks yummy!

(Maha) #13

Just to clarify, my post wasn’t intended to show that I feel deprived of desserts. On the contrary, my post was to show how I actually don’t miss them at all. I don’t crave desserts. I have started making a couple of keto desserts, but to be truthful, I haven’t really landed on one that I don’t find too sweet. I know with practice I’ll get it, but it’s not like I have to have them.

Also, in defense of my husband’s comment, he wasn’t being insensitive, but curious. He’s likely an insulin-sensitive person and has never had my weight-related experiences. So I think he’s trying to reconcile the person I am today with the person who a few years ago had a binge on ding dongs. I think he is just marveling about the changes I’ve gone through, and even if he can’t fully understand through experience, he’s very supportive and eats pretty much everything I cook and doesn’t complain about not having carbs, as I’ve read about some husbands doing. He’s quit his coke-a-cola habit, eats less carbs, and reduced his alcohol intake. I joke with him that if he takes up his coke habit again, then I’ll get all the money sooner. LOL.

(Maha) #14

I love the places I’ve been to in Canada: Vancouver Island and PEI. Love, love, love them. So much so, that after we visited Vancouver Island, we had a serious interest in buying some property there. I’m hoping we get to visit PEI again next year. When I retire, I want to spend at least a whole summer there.