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Keto Challenge Update- Day 6

08 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #keto #challenge #lowcarb #diet, #ketosis # weightloss

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Well its been just under a week and I’m so happy to report that I have maintained an eating regime of consuming 20 total carbs a day or less for the past 6 days.

So far my weight has dropped drastically in the past 6 days however I can not count my start weight as the beginning of last week as the week prior to my challenge I was on a high carb diet for 5 days which caused my weight to soar up 10lbs in 4-5days.

I will be calculating any loss I have based on my weight prior to that gain which as of today Ive lost 3lbs above the 10lbs gained in days 2-4 which was likely just water gain etc. . or high carb shock, lol, I dont know why it happens however anyone who goes off keto will tell you the same( boom, an explosion of temp weight gain) . so if you wan to add in that silly water gain then in total I’ve lost 13lbs.

However 3 lbs down in 6 days is still amazing. I cant wait to see what this next week will bring me to.

Im very proud of myself for two reasons, 1) I’ve never tried nor did I believe I could maintain 20 total carb or under day as a vegetarian & 2) I’ve been cheating my way through weekends and restarting a low carb week every week now for likely more than a year, so I didn’t even believe I could get out of this bad habit, which of course I still feel very high risk of, especially the week of my birthday which is coming up on the 13th.

Overall though my hunger has decreased, my motivation increased and most importantly my inflammation has been eliminated when comparing to last weeks pain.

Cant wait to see if this week I will break my stall, even with this loss, Im sorta back to where I was at Christmas, but Im reaching to get back to where I was before the New York gain last Oct which brought me to today’s current weight. So while successsful , my true determination for the month will be to get back to or under my New York weight which will be a total of 8 more pounds, so I hope I will do it.

More updates to follow..

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Keto Challenge – Day 4

05 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #keto #lowcarb #highfat #challenge #diet

Image result for hungry cartoon Okay, so here I am at day 4, my fourth day of intermediate fasting within a 24hr window, and my fourth day of keto eating (under 20 carbs).

Today’s hunger, hmmm, well its definitely much less than yesterday however at this moment it is only noon, so its hard to say how the afternoon will go.

I’ve been tracking my macros on the My Fitness Pal app and of course have been utilizing some face book online groups to stay motivated. I dont remember feeling this challenged the first time however its likely because I now know how to cheat and maintain (mostly) whereas before I had no idea what I was getting into and the weight more or less jumped off me, or at least that is how I felt at that time 3 years ago.

This July challenge in actually from one of my keto groups on facebook and the challenge is is to count full carbs instead of net carbs (which is the carb minus the fiber) and as I a vegetarian Im finding this to be the hardest part of this newest challenge. As I have been living in the lazy keto and net carb world for 3 years (lazy keto maybe last 1.5yrs), my normal go to foods cannot be consumed as I will easily blow over on my carb macros (5% of my daily food intake) , and finding the right protein (45%) that doesn’t boost up my carbs is by far the most difficult thing as an ovo lacto vegetarian. Yes I can easily use cheese to boost my protein, so I thought, however eating too much cheese will increase my fat macro which I am doing my best to keep at 55% , so Im not sure how to work this one out yet, details will follow when/if I find out how to manage this issue.

I also realized this week (while getting back into a tracking carb routine) I’ve been living in the “moderate” carb world instead of the low carb world and fooling myself with believing I was still eating low carb, which I now realize I was not, although I have still practiced several windows of Intermediate fasting. I do plan on going back to net carbs after this month but I will SUCCEED this month at the 20 total carb… I will, I will, I will ( voice inside needs to be told this hourly).

In terms of my weight, I went down just 0.3lbs since yesterday, so Ill take it!

Written by: Corrina Leblond

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Keto Challenge – Day 3 of 31

04 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #keto #intermediatefasting #drfung #dieting, #lowcardhighfat #lowcarb

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So I had initially hoped to start my keto challenge on July 1st, however instead of starting on July 1st my plans detoured a few days earlier when we decided to go for dinner after my sons high school graduation. The choice of restaurant was not mine however we ended up at one of my favorite restaurants which I hadn’t been to in quite sometime. As the smell of food hit my nostrils, my mouth watered, my excitement and likely food addiction soared as my ability to resist diminished immediately. My old myself appeared again, hungry, excited and lying to my keto self as I whispered under my breath “just one meal wont hurt.” However knowing I had another 4 days off and a fun filled weekend planned, a keto challenge ahead and company who loved carbs, well deep down I knew was lying to myself about that one meal.

For all of those who have followed a low carb/keto diet might be familiar with the weight gain that follows an off plan meal or two. Of course after 5 fun filled days off plan my weight sky rocketed up a total of 10lbs . Seeing the scale balloon up like this would likely cause many people a lot of stress, however as this is not my first “off plan” experience I knew to expect weigh gain.

The other part of that crazy jump in weight, is the knowing that as long as I get back on track I will of course reduce as quickly as I gained, however that comes at a price, a strict eating window for a few days usually helps, and so far it has. Today after practicing just 2 x 24 hr fasts my weight has already reduced by 7lbs, I realize most of the gain is in water retention, but this still leaves me with another 3lbs that could be actually fat I gained, so we shall see what happens in the upcoming days. Today is my 3rd 24 hr fast 9 so dinner to dinner) and Ive begun tracking my macros again so I can really make sure I meet the basics for protein, which as a vegetarian is my biggest challenge.

I also wanted to point out today on Day 3 of keto, Im so damn hungry and I feel like Fred Flintstone, argggg..its been a challenge today to keep the hunger at bay so I know that as of yet im still not in ketosis.

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Keto- July Challenge Day 2 of 31

03 Jul 2019 Leave a comment

by Katz in Fasting Keto & Health Chatter Tags: #keto #health #lchf #dietdoctor #lowcarb #diet #challenge

So it has been 3 years and 2 months since I began my first keto challenge in May 2016.

At the time I knew nothing about Keto and had very little hope or expectation that any “diet” would work for me, I felt trapped in a body that I could not undo with each diet ending in failure and a tub of rocky road ice-cream as penance for my “I knew it , I told you so” , ever ready self.

I had pretty much resided to the fact that I would be morbidly obese for the rest of my life. I had given up , especially emotionally, as my weight loss attempts were too many to list. So at the age of 48yrs I had settled into a body I did not love and a lifestyle of eating that caused me pain, indigestion, bloating and sleep apnea , just to name a few. With a near total loss of all my self esteem I contemplated my one more try.

Had it not been for one wish I wrote to God just a couple weeks before asking for direction and a prayer for just one solution, well I may have never bothered to read that article that stated boldly “Toronto Doctor finds cure for obesity!” But with the many other risks that came along with carrying an excess of 100lbs ,which my body, soul and bones did not need, I half hardheartedly committed to that faithful 10 day challenge with my then overweight 14 year old who agreed to give it a try.

At this point in my “tried all” dieting lifestyle I did not really believe I would succeed at any diet and had little faith that this new low carb fad would work or be effective for the stubborn fat that my body held onto. I dug deep and searched for some strength and faith that would perch me high enough to attempt one more swan dive into the pool of diet and weight management, ugh. I smiled with one last ounce of hope as I again prayed for this try to be the “magic” I needed so very badly.

Long story short, I did it!! FINALLY , Success, Wow, Whohoo, Woot Woot!

My first attempt was a 10 day challenge where I immediately lost my first 12lbs in 10 years. Yes I was in shock , such exciting shock , that I knew I just had to continue to try and see what else might happen. Within the next 7.5 months that followed I had lost a total of 80lbs, with almost as much ease as I found it to breath; it was so easy, so manageable and no matter what ( even when cheating) I just continued to lose weight each and every week for over a year.

I could NOT believe I finally found something that actually worked for me, the Low Carb Diet life-style, with a dash of Keto challenges and an intermediate fasting practice that really helped me surpass my stalls was i fact the diet to end all diets.

Fast forward to today’s date and I am happy to report that I’ve been maintaining a loss of 100lbs. I was initially successful in a bigger loss having scaled my weight down to a total loss of 115lbs. Recently however I sadly found a few pounds tha decided to stay after a weekend trip when 10lbs found me in New York City, no regrets really!

However due to these stubborn 10 lbs and my yoyo off again off again keto attempts I now realized I slipped into, what some call , the lazy keto lifestyle, and must challenge myself to be accountable to again decrease my weight and challenge myself to get off the lazy keto wagon and get on with losing and keeping these last few pounds off. So here I go…

Updates to follow.

Written by Corrina Leblond

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