Running after the wagon again

(IP) #1

I need tips to get back on the keto wagon. I was on it back in the spring for about 6 weeks. I had started to feel better and even in the last 3 weeks of it had lost 10 lbs and then…life happened and summer came and a layoff happened and a move happened and I wasn’t able to be keto this summer. Now in looking to start again. I’ve had a few false starts in the last couple weeks and I haven’t been able to stay with it so I need tips and tricks or motivation to stay with it again.

I am also looking to make keto more family friendly as well. The last time I made myself meals separate from the rest of the family while I didn’t mind it would be more convenient if I don’t have to make myself the second meal.

I’m a side note I did not gain the 10lbs back! I was very surprised when I didn’t

Thanks for all of the your help

#2

Good Luck.

I make a keto main meal and vegetable and add a carb side dish for the kids. Potato, corn or rice. If they do not like it, they can have a peanut butter sandwich or make themselves some eggs

(Crippie) #3

BACON AND EGGS!

for real though, when I have fallen off the wagon I just had a few meals of bacon and eggs, or bacon and something. Just the fattiest tastiest meals i can think of without carbs and enjoy those meals. After a little while your back into ketosis and in good shape again.

To make keto more family friendly you could always make “normal” meals a meat, a veggie, and a carb. Then just pass on the carb, and add butter/fatty sauce to the rest of your meal.

(Brian) #4

I think about the best thing you can do is to plan on meals that both you and the rest of your family can eat without a problem. If there is a particular meat that works for everyone, go for that. Could be a lot of different things. If there are particular veggies that work for both you and everyone else, stock up on them. If there are some substitutes such as cauliflower “mashed potatoes”, could you make them well enough that the rest of the family would enjoy them, too, in place of the real thing?

Making totally separate meals would be a total pain in the posterior. Plan for as much overlap as you can and then if there is something you need on the side which they don’t care to eat with you, deal with that. Or if there are things that they really want that you don’t, go ahead and make them the things they want so badly. Still, put some effort into the overlap of foods that everybody eats. I really think that would be helpful.

If there are some desserts that work for you that they would enjoy, too, figure those out. Or if you can’t get them onboard with that, make sure you have some of your own stuff that you can use while they’re munching on stuff you don’t want to eat.

That’s what comes to mind. Hope you can get back to this WOE if that’s what you really want to do. I find it easier to think about all the stuff I CAN eat rather than all the stuff I CAN’T eat. There really is quite a lot that I can eat that I really enjoy! Hope you’ll be able to find the same.

Good luck!

#5

I struggle with feeding the family also. I do a lot of what the others suggested - make the carb to go with meet and veggies, serve it to the fam, and skip it myself. I also do things like make marinara with meat balls or something like that. The family gets that served over noodles, and I add broth to eat as a soup. Same with chili - I make the base with meet, seasonings, veggies and then pull out my portion or two and add the beans for everyone else.

(Darlene Horsley) #6

Same here.

(Mike W.) #7

It’s also important to get back to your, “Why?”

#8

With meatballs you can do them over shiritaki noodles or zoodles. Both are great alternatives. There is a whole recipe to making shiritaki noodles palatable (takes 5 mnutes, drain, rinse and then either boil or dry or oil fry)

(Karen Fricke) #9

I made lasagna with pasta on one end and lengthwise sliced zucchini on the other, was just as quick as all pasta. Most of the time I didn’t bother with a starch for our non keto son. He was fine with just the meat and veggies. At Christmas the grandkids didn’t notice the difference. They ate the cheesy cauliflower as if it was mac and cheese.

(Lauren) #10

I just cook keto meals for the whole family. They will be just fine without the pasta/rice/potato, and I don’t have the temptation in the house.

As for getting back on, I don’t know. The only thing that worked for me was a 36hr fast, then bacon and eggs for 2 days. It was a hard reset.

(Ernest) #11

I might come off as an asshole but it comes down to WILL POWER!
How much do you want “IT”

Now go on and jump back on that wagon.

(Gail DeLuca) #12

Me too, after a summer of being away from home for about one week a month over 4 months. At first I thought I could have a “special occasion” food or two, and eat what was served within reason, but cravings kicked back in with a vengeance, and I found I couldn’t keep keto (or fast) in between trips. I am listening to 2 Keto Dudes podcast #48 right now and they mentioned a few things, one of which was just eat when I am hungry, eat keto, eat until I am full and satisfied. Snack if needed, but keep it keto until you don’t need to snack anymore.

Anyway, this episode is giving me some help today, and I have also written down my goals and am trying to focus on the outcome.

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(Brian) #13

I don’t think a keto diet lends itself well to on-again-off-again. Either do it or don’t do it. Eating a high fat diet for someone eating low carb is fine. But eating the high fat diet and then, for whatever reason, going ahead and loading up on the carbs all the time isn’t good.

There are people who are healthy eating a pretty varied diet, all the way from Atkins to Ornish. The Ornish people don’t get to eat fat bombs all day long and continue to be healthy. And the Atkins people don’t get to eat lots of carbs all day long and continue to be healthy. If you have a particular body type that works well with one or the other, go with it. Wavering back and forth between diets isn’t likely to be doing you any good.

Good luck!