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<blockquote data-quote="jpscloud" data-source="post: 2023110" data-attributes="member: 232698"><p>I'm going to post a bit of an update here - things are definitely going well, but I'm stuck in the muddle of how strict to make my way of eating (or aim for anyway). I am tending to ramble on with myself trying to work through it and I don't want to hijack other people's threads.</p><p></p><p>For the past fortnight I've been OMAD with a few 16:8s but lapsing a little with carbs at weekends (still 16:8 though). I struggled with OMAD before but now it seems really comfortable. I've had lovely even moods, nice steady blood sugars weekdays with a few spikes at weekends, and steady but very slow weight loss - I'm now at 257 lbs. Not complaining at all, fast weight loss is historically disastrous for me.</p><p></p><p>I'm dithering a bit now, because I can clearly see that IF with keto is the most effective way to get and stay healthy. However, I just can't (yet) escape my carb addiction and my mind plays all sorts of games trying to get me to give myself permission to lapse.</p><p></p><p>It's Easter hols, so two weeks of less structure and high temptations... I do feel reasonably confident that I can manage without a complete relapse but I am afraid to give myself permission to lapse. Or should I shrug, say I've done really well and accept a longer term goal for eliminating lapses? I still can't make my mind up how to feel!</p><p></p><p>I've decided I will use artificial sweeteners (trying to keep to erythritol mostly) and have a go at keto breads to see if this helps me stay clear of a lapse into eating sugar. If I have to lapse I'll try to make the lower carb versions of everything.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to see this as a success or failure thing, just as an experiment. If my overall intake of carbs is reduced and sugar spikes are less dramatic, I think that's probably a win for a holiday. Just for reference, Christmas involved lapses eating entire boxes of pure sugar. An expensive brand of bittermints were on offer, I don't really need to say more.</p><p></p><p>I feel slightly ashamed that I can't just get off the fence and go full time keto, because I know that is where I feel fantastic. Maybe I can get there eventually. Things certainly seem to be gradually improving and now I can (dimly) see a future where sugar doesn't have me as its slave. </p><p></p><p>Later I'm going to have a brunch of sausagemeat burgers (home made) with peeled softboiled eggs and a heavily buttered keto bread or pancake (off to look for a good recipe now). </p><p></p><p>Dinner is going to be home made lamb burgers - can you tell I've just bought a burger press?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jpscloud, post: 2023110, member: 232698"] I'm going to post a bit of an update here - things are definitely going well, but I'm stuck in the muddle of how strict to make my way of eating (or aim for anyway). I am tending to ramble on with myself trying to work through it and I don't want to hijack other people's threads. For the past fortnight I've been OMAD with a few 16:8s but lapsing a little with carbs at weekends (still 16:8 though). I struggled with OMAD before but now it seems really comfortable. I've had lovely even moods, nice steady blood sugars weekdays with a few spikes at weekends, and steady but very slow weight loss - I'm now at 257 lbs. Not complaining at all, fast weight loss is historically disastrous for me. I'm dithering a bit now, because I can clearly see that IF with keto is the most effective way to get and stay healthy. However, I just can't (yet) escape my carb addiction and my mind plays all sorts of games trying to get me to give myself permission to lapse. It's Easter hols, so two weeks of less structure and high temptations... I do feel reasonably confident that I can manage without a complete relapse but I am afraid to give myself permission to lapse. Or should I shrug, say I've done really well and accept a longer term goal for eliminating lapses? I still can't make my mind up how to feel! I've decided I will use artificial sweeteners (trying to keep to erythritol mostly) and have a go at keto breads to see if this helps me stay clear of a lapse into eating sugar. If I have to lapse I'll try to make the lower carb versions of everything. I'm not going to see this as a success or failure thing, just as an experiment. If my overall intake of carbs is reduced and sugar spikes are less dramatic, I think that's probably a win for a holiday. Just for reference, Christmas involved lapses eating entire boxes of pure sugar. An expensive brand of bittermints were on offer, I don't really need to say more. I feel slightly ashamed that I can't just get off the fence and go full time keto, because I know that is where I feel fantastic. Maybe I can get there eventually. Things certainly seem to be gradually improving and now I can (dimly) see a future where sugar doesn't have me as its slave. Later I'm going to have a brunch of sausagemeat burgers (home made) with peeled softboiled eggs and a heavily buttered keto bread or pancake (off to look for a good recipe now). Dinner is going to be home made lamb burgers - can you tell I've just bought a burger press? [/QUOTE]
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