I used to track every single thing that I ate and could not have made it here without that. Recently I changed so that I don’t track as long as I am eating the same stuff I have been. My go-to meal is an egg, some bacon, and cheese. I make sure the bacon doesn’t have a sweet taste. I can eat this over and over and always feel “safe” that I am making a good choice. Just as with tracking, when and how many times I eat is very different 17 months in than it was a year ago. It was important to me to focus on just a few things because those alone were restrictive enough. I tracked everything and stayed strictly under 20 carbs, closer to 10 because I don’t end up eating a lot of vegetables. I boil a half dozen eggs and bake a big pan of bacon and have these and cheddar cheese always available at work. Whenever I could follow that, I had success. When I ate more treats, even keto ones, I tended to overeat and feel out of control. I have been learning that I LIKE feeling in control and DISLIKE feeling out of control. The more that I eat things I don’t feel good about, the less good I feel about me. Then I go back to my “safe” meals for two or three days and everything works. Cravings greatly reduce. I am in ketosis and don’t gain. In the last couple of months have I been trying restricted eating times and similar. But when I tried these things earlier in my journey they really threw me off. I either restricted too much or went the other way and overate and again, felt out of control and pulled by strong urges. Everyone is different but I am going to talk for a bit as If you are like me… My suggestion is to go to the basics, pick some things to eat that are very low carb. Eggs and bacon and fatty meat. Some hard cheese. A bit of cream and butter but not adding extra fat to meet any certain macros. Have these things always available and eat them as much as you want but DO NOT eat carby junk or it is a big setback each time. And simply DO THIS. For a while. A few weeks. A couple of months. Be successful! If you want, then adjust one thing at a time and see if it works for you. However, FEELING THINGS WORK is so important. Feeling overwhelmed and confused and unsure is very stressful. If I stay under 130 forever that will be a good place to be.
Unable to stay at goal weight
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Knowing self and designing a system that caters to how you are (rather than how you wish you were) is the key to success in life.
My lifestyle, my physiology, my inclinations, make it much easier for me to control when I eat more strictly than what I eat. Optimizing my health requires that I maintain a state of ketosis. Since I’m no longer overweight, I use GKI as a marker. I adhere to a fasting regime that is adjusted based on what I eat. If I eat under my personal carb threshold, I can eat every day. When I eat above my threshold, depending on degree (amount, frequency) I may need to fast from 24-72 hours. This is my guide, not my bible. There are periods of time and occasions that override what my marker indicates.