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For 9 months now, I have been following Keto and Intermittent Fasting as my way of eating. It works well for me and I have fine-tuned my nutritional needs to an art form. I know now what certain foods do to my body, how much I can tolerate, and how I can recover. As I stated in a recent post, over this time frame, I've learned to cope with and participate in weddings, birthdays, holidays and pot luck dinners without sabotaging my health or sacrificing fun times with family and friends. Yesterday was one of those "life moment" days that made me realize that THIS is why I've gone through this period of weight loss, learning, and healing.
Yesterday, I had a holiday luncheon with a group of coworkers. Our department has been fragmented over the past year and we are all working in various satellite offices rather than together like we have been for the past 10 years. So this lunch was pretty special. We haven't seen each other but maybe 3 times during the year and we really like one another so we all missed our friends. We had a big (company paid) spread, and a gift giving time.
Also yesterday, and just as special, was my father's 80th birthday. All he wanted for his birthday was to go out to dinner with his wife and children. I am so blessed to still have both my parents, healthy and alive. My brother and I took Mom and Dad to his favorite restaurant and had a lovely evening.
So I started thinking ahead and planning for these two celebrations. And that's when I realized that, for the first time in my life, I am prepared to enjoy this celebratory occasion to it's fullest, without guilt or fear. I can always get back on track the next day. And if for some reason, I am not granted "the next day", then it won't matter what I ate the day before, but it WILL matter that I had fun and good memories with family and friends.
So, with that said, I blew the top off of it yesterday and I don't even care! I fasted for 24 hours from Sunday night to Monday night, then ate breakfast and lunch on Tuesday (regular Keto meals) and fasted again from Tuesday lunch to Wednesday lunch when I pulled out all the stops. I ate chili and cake and candy and fudge and burgers and ice cream--with hot fudge! By my calculations, I had around 1800 calories and 160g of carbs. Yep, blew it up.
But you know what? I didn't suddenly morph back into my old 235 lb self and I don't feel that I've damaged anything permanently. I got dressed this morning in my same size 12 pants with no extra strain. I might have acquired a lb or two back, momentarily, but I know how to make them go away again. And life was lived to the fullest yesterday. I laughed until I cried, I loved, I celebrated, and dang it, I ate FUN food. I'll do it again sometime, but not right away. After all, this is real life. True celebrations don't happen every day so you should embrace them when they do.
Happy holiday season to all!
View Diet Calendar, 13 December 2018:
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1119 kcal
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Fat: 100.02g | Prot: 46.74g | Carbs: 15.42g.
Breakfast: Cream Cheese, Thinslim Foods Love-the-Taste Probiotic Bread, MCT Oil, Stevia Sweetener, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, Green Mountain Coffee Breakfast Blend K-Cup, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter. Lunch: Fiorucci Hard Salami Panino. Dinner: Great Value Deluxe American Cheese, Johnsonville Sausage Patty, Fathead Pizza Crust. more...
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