Carolinebee999's Journal, 05 September 2014

Caroline please don't get despondent! Have you read the Keto Clarity book? I can recommend the book, it certainly opened my eyes. I'm pretty certain it will help you in lots of ways. 

Fantastic job on your loss! 

Thank you to both of you! I will look for the Keto Clarity book, though I don't like my chances in Malaysia. Might need to buy it online and wait for it to arrive.  

Often if you calories are cut too drastically your body will refuse to give up any fat because it thinks you are starving. I know it sounds ridiculous to say that you might have to eat more, but it is true. I try to make sure that I have my largest intake under protein, then carbs (only veggies, fruits or whole grains like quinoa, oatmeal or Kashi Go Lean cereal) and lastly fat (occasionally a little olive oil or mayo). It seems to work for me. I too tend not to eat 100% of allotted calories and I think that is why I do not show large losses. My best losses seem to be the weeks I eat the most calories!! 

In dieting days past, I would find having a high-calorie day wouldn't throw me off at all, in fact I would lose well in the week following. It's very hard to do on the ketogenic diet- I really can't increase my fat intake without increasing the carbs off the chart, so my calorie intake tends to be fairly consistent. So I'm thinking of having a day where I let my carbs go off the chart. Though some of the things I've read make me terrified to do so. Will my insulin and sugars be uncontrollable for days or weeks after, I wonder? Maybe aim for 100g carb for a day? Hmm. Willing to try anything now, after 2 weeks of plateau.  

nb girl, I bought a digital version of Keto Clarity. Still wading through the intro. Trouble with kindle versions, it's hard to flick through to browse. Anyway, looks good. Las Vegas Linda, I had a day of increased calories, partly because I was hungry beyond hungry and partly because we went away for Saturday night/ Sunday. So, 4 meals in Penang. We only chose foods we thought were the best choice for low-carb, but then there's the sauces. Hmmm. And we had two Baskin Robbins sugar-free ice creams. And some sugar-free sweets and chocolates. Pork ribs for Saturday dinner, no chips :( just vegies. Eggs benedict (no toast, obviously) for breakfast, but I think it was a manufactured sauce- argh, carbs. Lunch was chicken breast, prawns and vegies from TGI Fridays, and I confess I ate the 3 prawns that came unexpectedly crumbed, crumbs and all! One of the chicken pieces had a sweet sauce on it- I suspect quite sugary. That meal was worth the outcome- I'll get to that. Dinner was a small serve of mixed Chinese vegies and some chicken satays with satay sauce (once again the sauce possibly had carbs, though satay sauce doesn't usually have sugar or flour). So, all in all, I ate a lot but every choice was my best effort to avoid carbs. The outcome? 1.2kg gain. So now, in 3 weeks, I have gained 1.5kg. Well, it's Monday, so I'm back to the boring day-to-day grind of cooking 3 meals a day, being hungry all the time and not losing weight, but I don't regret the weekend. It was sooo good to have more than 24 hours of respite from hunger, and not a meal to have to cook. Maybe I'll lose weight this week? And I'd really like it if my husband lost some weight. I can't imagine there's anything much I can do differently, so I'll just hope for better luck.