Under pressure

(Randy) #21

You’re allowed to make choices for yourself.
Be firm, but kind and just tell them you’ve cut out all sugar and refined grains from your diet for health reasons. If you’re in this for the long term, you’ll have to tell them some day. May as well get it over with now. There will likely be some kick back. Eating bad food brings with it a herd mentality. We justify bad food choices because “everyone is doing it”. They want you to eat it to justify their choices.

It gets easier over time. You can do it. You HAVE to do it. :slight_smile:

Your wellbeing > other peoples feelings.

(Britt) #22

Luckily I only see most of those people two or three times a year and not usually in an “eating” situation. The couple that are closest know generally that I’m trying to eat more healthy. Even though I’ve explained it’s to better my health the answer and mindset is always the same - why are you trying to lose weight/ you don’t need to lose weight that’s unhealthy. I’m convinced this is simply because one person in particular would rather focus on what I’m doing rather than fix their own extremely unhealthy habits and it makes them feel “guilty”. I can’t change this so I just try to avoid the subject and not draw attention to my eating habits as it always leads to a pointless conversation. As someone noted before there’s no point in having this conversation with someone who is antagonistic or closed minded. Thank goodness I don’t feel most people are this way :blush:

(Karim Wassef) #23

I’m a lot more abrasive on the topic…

When someone tries to push, I ask them if they know their insulin levels and whether they know if they have metabolic disease. If they have any excess weight, I ask them if they know their fatty liver state. If they ask about cholesterol, I ask if they know how statins actually work and how they destroy normal functioning and accelerate muscle and hormonal atrophy…

There is so much science that even doctors are ignorant of.

Be informed and educate the masses… their ignorance will cause them pain and disease.

#24

Hooray! That’s great!

(Britt) #25

When I’m a little more educated this would be a good approach and one I would have welcomed myself if I had asked questions. It’s always so much better when someone is able to back their way of eating with science. When I first heard about keto I thought this was another fad diet. It seemed like everyone I knew was suddenly trying it- not because they wanted to adopt it as a permanent change to their diet but because they wanted to lose weight quickly. Then I watched almost all of them lose weight quickly within several weeks to a couple of months. Then I watched them all quit the diet and gain back all of the weight they lost and some gained more in addition to that. I was highly skeptical until I knew I needed a dietary lifestyle change. I knew I needed something permanent that was sustainable and reasonable for me. I researched but found so much info that was contradictory I didn’t know what to believe so I just decided that all other diets I’ve tried in the past didn’t work for me but I’d Never tried a low carb diet. I decided I would just try to limit my carbs but not as strict as keto and see what happened. Within 2 weeks I had progressed into full keto low carb because I was trying to eliminate processed foods and sugar. The proof was in NOT eating the pudding so to speak😁.

I understand when people meet this way of eating with skepticism and it may not be ideal for every single person but I do believe it’s a healthy way of eating and more science and research are progressing towards that realization. I think if someone wants to believe it’s unhealthy then they will probably find enough research from nay-sayers to convince themselves so I’m not going to argue with them. They can believe the world is flat if they want😁. I choose what I know is healthy for me- debating is not my thing but I’m grateful for those who DO love to debate so they can spread the knowledge.

(Karim Wassef) #26

True.

I’ve had to fight off bad understandings comparing Keto to Atkins and faulty beliefs about kidney failure and poor metabolism and muscle loss.

Frankly, I’m doing this because of longevity, not weight loss. If people understand that their way of eating is driving disease… it changes the conversation from a fat loss to a disease prevention and longevity discussion.

(Khara) #27

I wish you the best. You have a healthy and realistic outlook. I too run into those people who somehow make me feel bad for my own health choices. I’m learning to let that go. It’s my body, my life. I’ve been Keto on and off since 2015. I actually had a hard time finding info about it. Then after a couple years of no one knowing what I was talking about and thinking I was a kook, it exploded and now it’s all you hear about. So now, people think I’m just part of the fad. At this point I don’t say Keto unless I know someone else is and I sense they are serious about it and not just trying the new weight loss scheme. I guess it’s important to me and I don’t want it mocked so I’m selective about who I reveal it to. Lately I’ve been wording it as I’ve cut out sugar when someone is pushing food. It seems the food that is pushed is usually a sweet so it’s easy to use that comment. It also seems to get a positive response and I don’t have to deal with comments about the new fad keto diet from people who don’t understand it. Anyway, best wishes!

(Britt) #28

That’s an excellent idea about saying you are trying to eliminate sugar. It doesn’t elicit the same response as “keto” and how can one argue that’s unhealthy in any way? I try to save “keto” for when I feel like having a conversation about it- which is not that often unless it’s with like minded individuals :wink: