What mantras do you use?

(Bev Anne Moynham) #21

This is my favourite – it gets me through all kinds of things that life throws at me.

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(Brian) #22

At the risk of being a party pooper, I don’t have a mantra. Occasionally, I’ll end a post with “KCKO” but that’s mostly just a formality. I don’t feel like I need a way to talk myself into eating this way. I just do. And I enjoy my food a lot. I eat really well. When we go to the grocery store, we buy stuff that’s keto friendly. When we go out to eat, we order things that are keto friendly.

Maybe it’s become a habit. But we enjoy what we eat. Maybe if we didn’t truly enjoy what we do eat, we’d have a hard time sticking with it. Maybe if the carbs were things we were craving and could think about nothing but them, it would be different. Most of the carby stuff, we’ve either left behind or replaced with keto friendly stuff. Most of the stuff we left behind I’ve pretty much forgotten. I never think of what kind of potatoes I’m going to have with a meal because I don’t eat them anymore, and if I do, I only eat a tiny portion and that’s all, usually to be polite. (We’re talking golf ball size.) We made tomato sauce this week from scratch, with our own tomatoes out of the garden. Dang, that stuff is good. Instead of pasta, it’ll go on things like eggplant parm… which reminds me, I’m making some for guests for dinner tomorrow. The eggplant needs picked! Doesn’t get any fresher than that. And the sauce was made last night. We’ll probably make some green beans, some deviled eggs, and I know they’re bringing a salad. (They’re vegetarians so we’re trying to make them comfortable.) Oh, and there are an assortment of keto desserts that we’ll share with our guests, too… lemon whoopie pies, peanut butter bars, and chocolate pecan pie muffins.

Suffer all you want and talk yourself into eating this way if you have to. We eat like kings and enjoy it thoroughly. Why not? It’s GREAT food!!

P.S. if you saw my other posts today about the scale victory, that makes 70 pounds down and still slowly losing. Who’d have thought I could eat so well and still lose weight?!! And I refuse to apologize for eating well. LOL!!

#23

LOL this totally reminded me of Rogue One.

The Fat is with me, I am one with the Fat.

#24

I don’t think a mantra (as people are defining it here) is about a way to talk oneself through any great suffering brought on by keto. I feel like many of us sometimes need a succinct reminder not to overthink things too much and just trust the process and our own bodies. Beyond that, a mantra can just be a personal reminder of whatever, including of the joy that we feel over the fact that we’re fixing our bodies. No different than keeping a photo of our spouses or kids on our desk at work, so that we feel joy when we look at it.

(Raj Seth) #25

Im with @Bellyman on this. I quote the Fungisms for those that ask. As for myself - I agree with Brian: I don’t eat carbs, I don’t crave them, I don’t miss them, and I don’t feel deprived.

#26

Congratulations on your victory!!

Sounds like it’s now integrated as a way of life! I think as Newbies it isn’t always an immediate adoption. Some people are discouraged by side effects and have to remind themselves that at some point, it will all click.

I remember when I first started exercising daily, I had to motivate myself. Now, it’s intrinsically motivating. I still need an extra push some days, but I’m looking forward to being where you are now!

#27

That’s a great metaphor.

#28

Mine are:

“It’s about where I’ll be 1 year or 1 decade from now, not where I’ll be in 1 week or 1 month.” (inspired by Dr. Phinney)

“Fat cells fill up with water before they shrink - it’s a water process” (inspired by Nurse Cindy)

Aaaand:

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#29

Ooh, I just looked up Nurse Cindy. Looking forward to checking out her stuff! I wish I would have known about the water/fat connection a year ago when I first tried LCHF.

(Aimee Moisa) #30

Nurse Cindy saying it is the first time I’ve heard about this fat cell/water process and I have been studying about low carb for 17 years. Not to say it’s wrong, I’d just like to hear it from a physiology science source rather than a youtube channel for confirmation. Remember! Show me the science! :slight_smile:

#31

Well, it’s a well known fact that we are largely comprised of water, and the cellular and intracellular (interstitial) waters are quite a magnificent cycling in the body (esp in premenopausal and birthing women). The water & salt synergy plays a critical and transformative role in this too, in terms of cellular hydration and energy (don’t tell that to the energy drinks companies tho!).

It’s simple on one hand, and vast on another - considering the cellular body. Personally I think the ancient eastern/indigenous/aboriginal medicine sciences do much better with elemental understanding of the body and respect for cycles and non-linear equations - with a much longer history of inquiry, etc. :wink:

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #32

“What’s the goal?”

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #33

That’s a great mantra! Om . . . (or should that be Nom?) :bacon:

(Raj Seth) #34

Ohmmmmmmm. Maney Padmey Ohmmmmmmm

Chant it real slow. Drag it out. Each Ommmm should last 5 seconds minimum. It should be a deep chant with mouth closed. Very Zen. No wait that’s a different culture :joy:

#35

I had to Google that. This forum is very educational!

#36

Have been enjoying the Cindy videos. The wedgie stories were funny. That’s actually been happening to me… was quite a nuisance today, in fact… and I never thought that it might be due to fat loss, lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5McgfK-C6CA

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #37

My culture is the yoghurt people, lol! :grinning: :rofl: :grinning: :rofl:

Nommmmm, keep calmmmmmmm, nommmmmm, keto onnnnnnn!

(Troy) #38

I just say
“no more worshiping the porcelain Gods-IBS be gone 4ever!!”
Works for me🤣

(Sharon) #39

Thank you so much for the great advice

#40

Regarding fasting: “It’s not starving, it’s science!”

Also, not sure this is really a “mantra”, but something I heard early on that really stuck with me, Tom Naughton once said, “When I see an obese person, I see someone starving on the inside.”

I guess I share that because it motivates me to think that all the crap I used to eat did nothing for my actual hunger, it just made me hungrier. Now when I eat, I’m truly satisfied.