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Dancing Queen
Hey all!
I'm still clinging on to my plan by my fingertips.
Got a bit dicy on Saturday night when I experimented with some low carb mulled wine (same as normal mulled wine only with artificial sweetener instead of sugar). I found I couldn't get the "right" kind of sweetness with just Hermesetas, so I caved and added a teaspoon of real, actual sugar to it. That pushed me up to nearly 60g of carbs for the day, so I was chancing getting kicked out of ketosis, but it appears that I got away with it. I had my mini mince pie with the wine and enjoyed it, but don't think I'll do it again because the booze-plus-sugar hit made for quite an uncomfortable evening cravings-wise. :/
Saturday 22nd is the day I'm properly going off plan, and if I'm honest it's scaring the whatnot out of me. I do believe the only way I'm going to cope with it mentally is to still have a rule or two of some kind - no bread would probably be the best one (I'm conveniently ignoring the fact that there is bread in both stuffing and Xmas pud, btw ). If I can stick to that, then at least I will have retained some semblance of control.
Yesterday's Bad Thing was a mint-choc ice cream, but I can't say that I enjoyed it all that much - might donate the rest of the box to OH who not only likes them but can hoover up that crap till the cows come home and not put on an ounce With hindsight I'd rather have had some potato with my dinner, but eh, too late now!
Today I'm having another mini mince pie and a Lindor choc truffle alongside my usual low carb fare of a flax muffin, tinned mackerel, gammon with cauliflower cheese, leeks and a small amount of carrot. I've taken a serious look at my caffeine consumption and realised it was getting way out of hand, so I've cut back to one mug of coffee (with cream) and one mug of tea (with soy milk) per day and replaced the rest with water (my water consumption had seriously slipped!) and the occasional decaff coffee and peppermint tea. I have some pretty decent food habits these days, but what I drink is still an issue it would seem :/
Anyway hope everyone's keeping well and enjoying the festive season...
I'm still clinging on to my plan by my fingertips.
Got a bit dicy on Saturday night when I experimented with some low carb mulled wine (same as normal mulled wine only with artificial sweetener instead of sugar). I found I couldn't get the "right" kind of sweetness with just Hermesetas, so I caved and added a teaspoon of real, actual sugar to it. That pushed me up to nearly 60g of carbs for the day, so I was chancing getting kicked out of ketosis, but it appears that I got away with it. I had my mini mince pie with the wine and enjoyed it, but don't think I'll do it again because the booze-plus-sugar hit made for quite an uncomfortable evening cravings-wise. :/
Saturday 22nd is the day I'm properly going off plan, and if I'm honest it's scaring the whatnot out of me. I do believe the only way I'm going to cope with it mentally is to still have a rule or two of some kind - no bread would probably be the best one (I'm conveniently ignoring the fact that there is bread in both stuffing and Xmas pud, btw ). If I can stick to that, then at least I will have retained some semblance of control.
Yesterday's Bad Thing was a mint-choc ice cream, but I can't say that I enjoyed it all that much - might donate the rest of the box to OH who not only likes them but can hoover up that crap till the cows come home and not put on an ounce With hindsight I'd rather have had some potato with my dinner, but eh, too late now!
Today I'm having another mini mince pie and a Lindor choc truffle alongside my usual low carb fare of a flax muffin, tinned mackerel, gammon with cauliflower cheese, leeks and a small amount of carrot. I've taken a serious look at my caffeine consumption and realised it was getting way out of hand, so I've cut back to one mug of coffee (with cream) and one mug of tea (with soy milk) per day and replaced the rest with water (my water consumption had seriously slipped!) and the occasional decaff coffee and peppermint tea. I have some pretty decent food habits these days, but what I drink is still an issue it would seem :/
Anyway hope everyone's keeping well and enjoying the festive season...