Day one of keto was pretty smooth. There's a lot going on, emotionally, around here, since we lost our very best friend ever back on 10/20. I don't have words. Yesterday, the vet's office called to let us know that Dio's remains were back, so we could pick them up at our convenience.
I haven't quite figured out how to be without him.
So, today, Nettie and I took a field trip and went to collect our beloved boy. Nettie, not really knowing why we were going anywhere, was just happy to ride in the car, and whimper at all the assorted horses and cows along the way.
Nettie, from a previous outing, but same face ensued
If you joined me
yesterday, you'll recall that I created my plan for the next 12 weeks. (
If not, click on "yesterday," and catch up.) Something just occurred to me, though ... If I'm going to stay below 20-30 net carbs per day, how will I know if I actually am? Well, that's where past experience comes into play, and will mostly relieve me of the need to partake in that tedious, soul-sucking thing called tracking.
I just don't care what The Theys say, I'm not doing it. I did it before. It was not good. IF, down the road, I want to use keto as a major way to lose weight, THEN, maybe I'll track at least for a day or two, just to see where I'm at, but it's not going to be control my life. Nope. I know enough now to know what TO eat and what NOT to eat.
I also know that my body has physically adapted to a burning fat rather than carbs, as a whole, because in less than 24 hours since the last carbage-filled foodstuffs, I already had ketones formed, or Peetones, as I call them, since I only measure that occasionally by using test strips. No, it's not 100% accurate, but also no, I am not going to buy a blood ketone meter.
Why, you ask? Let me tell you. I bought a blood glucose meter back when I got the diabetes diagnosis, and I tested religiously, and nearly obsessively until I ran out of 100 test strips and lancets. I was everything from pre-diabetic to near death in the span of two days. Puh.Lease. Just no.
You know how I can tell it's working, already, with only one day under my non-existent belt? I woke up at 4:15 am, before the coffeemaker, and proceeded to accomplish more in the three-plus hours before my beloved woke up than I had in the previous day. THEN, when he got up, I got up from the desk, did dishes, made his lunch, and then got ready and left to go pick up Dio's remains, left, drove to the vet's office, left there, drove back, and proceeded to do some more stuff til my daily meeting at 11:00 am.
There's another way to tell when it starts working - you start flushing, purging, and otherwise ridding your body of the crap. As you'll see, I'm down three pounds since yesterday. Don't get excited. Once the body is done flushing out whatever lingered, it will slow down significantly.
As you can see here, the first time I did keto, it took nearly a year to lose 50 pounds:
This time, I don't care how long it takes, because weight loss is NOT the main focus. Staying away from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies is the NUMBER ONE goal. Remember that old adage about watched pots never boiling? It applies. The more you obsess, the less you'll see results. If I can't live my life, do my work, and do what makes me happy while I'm doing this, then I'm not really living, am I?
You'll see a magical metric ton of people on YouTube bragging about how they lost 10-15-20 pounds in the first few weeks of their own keto journeys. Go them. None of them probably made such loud pronouncements once it ceased. Or they spiraled down the water hole trying to find out why they "stalled." I know because I did the same exact thing.
This time, all I'm bringing with me is the memory of how much better I felt, the less I weighed, and the less I consumed all-out junk. This time, I am in a different frame of mind, and this time, I know what works and what doesn't. We'll call that first round a trial run.
Oh, and just for context, when I got that diagnosis, I was near 230 lbs. My waist was over 50" and my legs were constantly swollen, complete with canklage. That's the only reason I knew something wasn't right. Otherwise, I had no symptoms of the diabetes that I could tell. Most of the 15 pounds that I cut out before yesterday was due to eliminating the artificial sweeteners, the diet pop (more on that later), and eating mostly low carb.
However, I know there's more work to be done, and more to improve upon, so here I am. While I will see elephants again, and again, I refuse to go back to this shape:
I have things to do. I have places to go. People to meet. A life to live. I will not be shackled to any chair by my own skin suit. With that, here's how day two progressed.
Day Two Progress
Weight: 212.6
Waist: 44.5
What I Ate:
- Coffee - huge cup - with HWC
- Less than one gram of Muenster cheese. I weighed it. It said 0.
- One single Sour Cream and Onion Popcorners chip
- Factor Peruvian Shrimp
Food Stylist Reality
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My Reality
- Chip Dip
- Later, but before dinner, another half cup of same coffee, but no collagen
- Butter chicken and two chaffles ... (At some point, I'll write a recipe and share it)
Honestly, I should have stuck with one chaffle. I am now overly full, even an hour later. Lesson learned. Eyes always bigger than what stomach can handle when it comes to keto foods.
If you made it this far, thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to read. Seriously!
See you tomorrow!
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