Two days ago I binged on carbohydrates and now I am bloated and trying to get back in ketosis. My weight tonight is 139.8 and I feel extremely bloated and uncomfortable. I’m fasting 22 hours per day and exercising 1-2 hours per day. I need to fix this fast!
I’ve been eating bread the past few days. No sugar, no alcohol but bread has been my unfailing. So, now the weekend is over and it’s time to find my motivation again. 8pm a fast has begun, my night weight is 138, and I feel uncomfortable and bloated. I want to be in ketosis by Tuesday night.
Lunch Mushroom soup, home made.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 1.5 cups each
INGREDIENTS
1 lb. Button mushrooms
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Pinch salt & pepper
2 Tbsp butter
1/8 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups vegetable broth
1 cup water
1/8 tsp dried thyme
1/2 cup heavy cream
INSTRUCTIONS
Wash the mushrooms to remove any dirt or debris. Slice half of the mushrooms and roughly chop the other half.
Add the olive oil, mushrooms, garlic, and a pinch of salt and pepper to a soup pot. Sauté the mushrooms over medium heat until they have released all of their moisture, all the liquid has evaporated from the bottom of the pot, and the mushrooms become very dark brown.
Add the butter and flour to the pot. Stir and cook for about two minutes more. The flour and butter will form a thick paste and coat the mushrooms and the bottom of the pot. Keep stirring and don’t let it burn.
Add the vegetable broth, water, and dried thyme. Stir to dissolve all of the flour from the bottom of the pot. Allow the liquid to come up to a simmer, at which point the flour will slightly thicken the broth.
Stir the cream into the soup. Serve hot.
I’m going back to a ketogenic diet. I have a fresh pack of strips, and a willingness to pee on them. Tomorrow begins my adventures in ketoland.
I’ve been refeeding with baked potatos, sweet potatoes and lots of silverbeet. I wanted to replenish my reserves after my Lenten restriction. My weight is between 132-134, which isn’t too much up after my fasting. I don’t want it to go up any further, so am doing the tried and true method of lowering my carbohydrates in order to lower appetite.
Wow, the time flies when your not eating much. I’m 130-132 and was 138 when I started Lent. I’ve done a long, medium and am currently on a small fast, two days so far. I feel that all this self eating must be producing health benefits and I look forward to increased health and vitality after Easter.
133.4 today, I was 130.2 last week after fasting for 5 days, and my weight has bounced back now I have been eating a couple of days, but I’m ready to dial it back this week. I’m shifting to intermittent fasting and ketogenic foods when eating, plus walking 5-10km a day.
My carbs are in the 40-80 range. My weight was down to 132.2 a couple of days ago and today was 133.2. Both are below my fasting weight, so I’m hopeful I won’t gain it all back again like I usually do. Maintaining my program long term is key, and is the reason for my success. Usually I fast/binge/fast. Even when I eat more than usual, my calories are within the 1200-1400 range, tops. Not eating junk food is helping to break my addictive patterns of behaviour. Apparently the brain uses 130gms of carbs per day. I haven’t had that many carbs for a long time, so think I must be fat adapted by now. Certainly brain fog is a thing of the past, and that was something that I struggled with for such a long time.
I’m finishing Day 8, and am ready for day 9 of my epic fast. I just need to dig deep and find where this fast will take me. I’m feeling positive and whilst my energy ebbs and flows, overall its life as normal. I’m down to 133.6 from a weight of 138
I have stopped training whilst fasting. I’m aiming for 40 days, but will settle for however long I make it.
ketogenics 