Took a week off

(Greg) #1

I have been Keto for the better part of a year and a half and have had tremendous results. I recently decided to take a week off. The first few days I went on a stag camping trip with some guys. I enjoy cooking (primarily smoking meat) and the food was primarily keto oriented. Eggs and bacon for breakfast, and meat and veg for dinner. I did consume quite a bit of beer and some higher carb condiments (BBQ sauce/BBQ rubs) as well as a pair of buns with some hotdogs. Immediately following the trip we experienced a death in the family and plenty of folks dropped off lots of
Carby food to which I completely over indulged for about 3 full days. I stepped on the scale this morning fully expecting to see the scales much higher but to my surprise, I had only gained about a pound (I have a very large muscular frame… 6’5” 278lb 20% BF) which to me seems like nothing. I haven’t really noticed myself feeling more sluggish or any mental fog. I think the only real negative I have felt is that I am feeling bloated after a full meal which that feeling typically lasts a very long time after the meal.

I am looking forward to getting back on track tomorrow morning, but was pleasantly surprised with the lack of negative response. Anyone have any similar/different results?

(Robert C) #2

I think your situation is similar to (in reverse) what is said to a lot of newbies.

“It took you X years to gain this weight and derange your metabolism - why do you expect to fix it and melt fat away in the first few weeks?”

In your case it is “You’ve carefully adhered to Keto with great results for most of a year - why do you think you can undo that change in just a week?”.

If this same set of events happened after your first few weeks of Keto - I can imagine a very different outcome.

Instead (in both cases above) once inertia has built up, you have to work harder to change course.

(Rebecca 🌸 Frankenfluffy) #3

Sorry for your loss, @Peebs. :confused:

I love this! :slightly_smiling_face:

KCKO

(Edited later due to having inadvertently quoted a different section to the one I’d originally intended!)

(Ken) #4

Since you’ve been Keto for a year and a half you’re fully adapted. Your experience with minor carb intake was pretty typical for well adapted people, with a small amount of water weight gain that quickly goes away. It’s all about chronic patterns rather than short term deviations.

Sorry for your loss.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #5

Wow, you must be very muscular. I think that gives you a BG buring advantage.

Thanks for posting.

(hottie turned hag) #6

Just a drive by * swoon*
:star_struck:
:heart_eyes:

#7

If eating lots of carbs didn’t mean massive overeating, it’s logical you didn’t gain much (well I would expect more water weight especially with your stats but bodyweight fluctuates so maybe it’s that)… And one week… Almost no one can gain much in a single week. You body requires lots of energy too, I imagine it helps unless your appetite/hunger is even bigger. There are some interesting individual things too, not everyone can gain fat at a noticeable pace, no matter how they eat. I talk about a few months at least, not a week.
People are usually hungrier on a carbier diet. But if for some reason there’s no calorie surplus, the body can’t make fat reserves from nothing and be it a carby diet, low-carb or keto, we need lots of energy to function.

How we feel after high-carb days (or maybe low-carb but not keto), it’s very individual. Some people can handle it better, at least for a while.

(Susan) #8

I am sorry for your loss, take care =).

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

Our carbohydrate tolerance is related to our degree of insulin-resistance. The less insulin-resistance, the more carbohydrate we can safely eat without raising our serum insulin enough to do damage. Many people can safely eat a bit more than 20 g/day, but Carl and Richard chose that as their recommendation, because it works for everyone but those who are the most severely insulin-resistant, and who may have to restrict carbohydrate even further.

When I overindulge in carbohydrate, even if it’s not enough to inhibit ketogenesis, I feel crappy the following day, but the effect on the scale usually takes another day or two to show up, for some reason.

As a further inducement to avoid carbohydrates, however, I just watched a video of the cancer researcher, Dr. Colin Champ, who recommends a low-carb/ketogenic diet as a means of keeping our cancer risk as low as possible. Dr. Thomas Seyfried, another cancer researcher, advises the same.

(Eric - The patient needs to be patient!) #10

Paul

Any chance you can give is the link? tks

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #11

All you need to do is go on YouTube and search on “Colin Champ MD,” but here’s one to get you started:

(Bob M) #12

But I thought cancer was driven by meat eating, protein, and IGF-1?

Mark’s Daily Apple just had an interesting article about this and other “myths”: