I am pretty well in line with everyone else. I just don’t really get the cravings any more. When I do, I tend to make an alternative or just do something completely different that is nice for me and not necessarily food. There are very few things that I do genuinely crave that would actually taste good anymore anyway. I also know exactly what happens if I do head that way and the carbs creep up - my depression and migraines come back with a bang - and it’s not worth it.
I do have a few things that I do occasionally that are off plan if you want to be brutal about it but actually are on my plan because they don’t send me into a downward spiral or anything like that. They also make this woe sustainable - for me. If I am out and mates have ordered chips and they are good chips (fries if you are American!), I will have a few. Yum! Happy with a few - genuinely! I go out to nice restos occasionally with a mate and I will either have a small bit of his dessert or eat a small bit of mine and leave (or usually give him!) the rest. I will also have some wine more often than not with the meal - luckily, my preference is dry and lights so that works. And that is the extent of my off plan forays really! Chances are TBH that the amounts I have fall just within the top end of a net carb range anyway as I usually opt for total.
Some people will go all out and have a carb day or whatever regularly once a month or even a week. That would be a total disaster for me - I would feel rubbish and probably wind up on a downward spiral for a while. It takes all sorts and only you can know (and find out by experimenting) what your sustainable is. Personally I also find carb creep has the same impact - so just little bits here and there, the sneaky ones!
)… what’s the Reese’s recipe?
