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2018 MAY 1 -- Day 20

I do not believe in or condone "cheat day." I know that there are a number of people who have a cheat day, and it works for them. I am very strict when I change my diet and with anything concerning my health. I'm in it to win it, and I don't go half way on anything. This is something I am doing for my health and my body and my enjoyment of life. If I have a cheat day, who am I cheating? Just myself. This is not a diet; this is a lifestyle. Since it's not a diet, there is no cheating. There is either eating carbs and sugars or not. I choose not to.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 368.8 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lb

I have a slight up-blip today. It's just .2 lbs, so it's not major. Also, I am not relying solely on the scale to determine whether or not Keto + IF is working or not. That would be insane. As I
lose the weight and the fat, I am also building muscle mass. This is why the ratio for the macros includes 20% protein. This is essential to build muscle.

While I didn't lose weight today, I did have a non-scale victory (NSV). I have this tunic top that I bought many moons ago. Today when I put it on, I could clearly see a change in my body shape. My dimensions are definitely smaller. I'm not at the point yet where I am comfortable measuring myself, but I can visually see the improvements, and that's enough. This tunic is knee-length now. I could wear it as a dress!

I will soon be at my next weight goal of 359 lbs, and I will take a picture of myself then so hopefully you can see what I am seeing. I am changing for the better, and I am super excited about it.

Someday I will look like the model wearing the top. i will be 145 lbs, and I will have to buy a new one of these so I can wear it like she is. I am fully confident that I can achieve this goal!

So why am I so down on the "cheat day" thing today? Well, I just read a post in the Facebook group I follow, and someone noted that there was a post made by another person outside of the group extolling the virtues of sugar and carbs. In that person's post, they had discussed how unsustainable a "diet" is that deprives you of the things you love the most. And that saddened me.

First of all, the thing I love the most (besides my husband) is me. I don't put food above me. it's just not that important. I want to live life to the fullest, feel great, and experience all the things my fat and my size limits me in doing. I think that's more important than eating a pizza or having chips and chocolate cake when I want. I don't need those things, and I don't crave those things.

The other major flaw in that person's view that I could see is that they didn't seem to properly get into ketosis in the first place to experience all of the benefits -- one of which being losing the cravings for the sugary and carb-filled foods and losing the hunger that makes a person want to binge. The issue with this person was binge-eating. They felt that after 1 week limiting carbs and sugars, they needed to binge on carbs and sugars. They were "starving!" Well, you have to give it time to work. According to Dr. Berg, it can take up to 6 weeks or more for the more carb-addicted to adapt and lose the cravings and hunger. It seems like this person didn't even give it a week!

I tried the Shangri-La diet. That was a diet. it was a fad. And while it worked, and it would have likely continued to work had I stuck with it, it was designed in such a way as to be a time-limited thing. It was not sustainable in the way the Keto lifestyle is. I'm so happy I found this. I will stick to it for life... for  my life!

With a "cheat day" if you are not fully adapted so that you have a flexible metabolism, you will get kicked out of ketosis and have a hard time -- a long while -- to get back in. And a week is generally not enough. What I see a lot is people having 1 day a week as a 'cheat day." Doing this will never put you into proper ketosis, and it will not work. I have power over my food, and it doesn't have any power over me. With others, the food has the power, and that's why a "cheat day" is needed.

I love the Keto life graph:


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