Keto Challenge – July update

So I know its been a long time since I provided an update on my keto diet, but lets just say I completed July fairly successfully however was met head on with a cake challenge and lowered resistance on my birthday week; which as usual for me then led to a weekend of non keto eating (not terribly high carb , maybe a moderate carb diet opposed to low carb) .

Sadly as usually my weight scored up that week ( I think something crazy like 7-8lbs) and it was a difficult next two weeks as I tried to reduce that water gain and maintain any sort of loss which I may have had in the first two weeks of my eating.

I was back on track shortly thereafter on the Monday following (third week of July) however to be honest I did fall off track once more again before month end. I contribute my fails primarily to this “lazy keto” lifestyle I’ve inherited over the past two years after I lost a chunk of weight however “lazy keto” works great for maintenance but not so great for breaking any stalls or helping with any new loss.

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For the month of July I would say a surprise for me was that I was actually able to “mostly” maintain a diet of 20 base carbs instead of 20 net carbs and it was actually not as hard as I thought it would be, as a vegetarian. Its certainly much easier to eat a net carb base as I usually can have at last another 8-10 carbs of fiber to help me buffer my carb cravings , however in terms of my first try at 20 base carbs as a challenge I feel I was successful. Overall in terms of weight for the month of July I feel as though I could have done so much better and will continue to move towards my goal of losing more weight.

TTFN

Corrina