So relieved!

(Artemis) #1

Beginning my 4th week on Keto. I have always been a really big eater; 4 large meals a day and snacking. Lots of pasta and bread.
These past weeks were difficult. But now I feel like a big fat :joy:monkey has jumped off my back. Iā€™m no longer controlled by cravings to drive thru fast food places, to cook 1/2 LB of pasta at 11 pm, to fry 3 large potatoes at 6amā€¦I was addicted to food and carbs.
I feel free. I can plan my day around what I want to do and not around eating. I can eat at 4pm and actually feel satisfied until noon the next day! Itā€™s like a new found freedom. Iā€™m very happy Iā€™ve started this journey and thankful to this forum.
:raised_hands:

(Aimee Moisa) #2

Congratulations! After a life of binge eating and four weeks on keto I reached that place too. Actually, now I have been keto for 8 weeks and it has just gotten better. It feels so freeing but strange at the same time. I have to figure out now who am I if not a binge eater and food addict. I am having an actual identity crisis.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #3

I thought it would be difficult to plan around my sonā€™s sporting activities, as they can be all day events and sometimes multi day events, but like you said, cravings and hunger control has made it a breeze.
Now I pack stuff ā€œjust in caseā€ and most of it ends up coming right back home untouched. It really is a freeing thing.

Great job by the way.

(Artemis) #4

Thank you for your support Annie and kindness in answering all my questions . I feel very empowered. :slight_smile:

(Artemis) #5

Aw ladylyssa, I hear you. For over 60 years Iā€™ve used food as a comfort crutch, a friend, a self destructive tool and to just escape loniless and anxiety. Iā€™m only 3 weeks in and no doubt I have more work ahead. A lot more to learn. Thatā€™s exciting to me. A new lifestyle of really caring about my body and what I feed it. Thatā€™s a new concept for me. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #8

This is a great non-scale victory! Look forward to many more . . . . :bacon::bacon:

(Artemis) #9

It truly is a non scale victory because Iā€™ve yet to lose much weight. Into my 4th week and Iā€™ve gone from 180 to 174. :disappointed:. Six. Pounds. Water weight. I just started IF a few days ago. 16/8.