Mental attitude: long term keto vs a diet

(Alec) #1

I have dieted (unsuccessfully) most of my life, mostly low fat, sometimes just eating “healthy”, often linked to some vigorous exercise regime of some sort. I can’t remember ever having as clear an intention as I do now to stick to a WOE for life.

This mentality changes the game: last few weeks I have been on a stall, and last 2 weeks I have been gaining as I have had a cold and I have been feeding big time. But, for the first time in my life while “dieting” this is perfectly OK. I know exactly why I have gained, and I also know how I am going to lose it again.

Today is the first fast day for 2 weeks, and I am sooooo looking forward to that empty stomach feeling, then the buzz, then the fasters high. I am even thinking I might go long this week if I feel good… this could provide an interesting scenario of a big feast for 2 weeks (I must have taken in a LOT of calories!) followed by a big fast… the weight loss (or not!) will be insightful.

Just thought I would share my current thoughts.
Cheers
Alec

(karen) #2

I’m settling into keto as a WOE too, and remembering something I always have to re-learn when I start something new: in the beginning, everything is a Big Deal. When I’m doing something for ten days and something goes wrong, wow, that’s 10% of my effort down the drain! I start saving for a new car and I’ve got $300 saved up and I blow a tire, that’s 1/2 of my savings gone. The longer I do something, the more days or pounds or dollars or whatever get averaged together, the less I freak out over the day to day ups and downs, but in the beginning it’s really, really hard not to get upset or think every bit of work you did was worthless. I love feeling like I’m moving along with a keto WOE and leaving some of my first-days scale drama behind.

(Alec) #3

Scale drama… I love it. Great phrase!