keto for a beach wedding

My fiancé surprised me with a mini vacation in Tampa over Valentine's Day weekend. I had to allow myself some carbs ;) Dim sum is extremely hard to pass up for me. Especially when I can get it to-go and just collapse in my hotel room whenever I need to LOL Also, these adorable Girl Scouts were outside of Publix when we went for a supply run, so naturally we got some Samoas and Thin Mints. So when I got back home, I started at a NEW high of 184 ☠

Good news is.... I started on the straight and narrow again yesterday. I'm tracking stuff again in the Carb Manager app... drinking hella water... abstaining from midnight snacks... I woke up this morning to 179! I feel less squishy if that makes sense. I might even say that I feel less bloated and inflamed. I knew to expect this water woosh, but it always feels good, you know?

Also, having a keto partner is so nice, guys. My fiancé decided to keto with me for a while. He wants to gain some muscle, while I want to lose weight and exercise more. He tracks his stuff religiously, so it feels good to have someone who knows what it's like. Having a partner in this makes me want to do everything I can to not have a midnight snack or skip tracking. I don't want to let him down!

My issue is finding physical activity that I enjoy and am willing to go out and do. I am as sedentary as sedentary is. I hope this pandemic’s forced cabin fever helps me want to get out of the house and go for walks or bike rides. I need to stretch more too; I pull muscles left and right doing normal tasks, guys. It’s farkin sad lmao

Since a week or so before Thanksgiving until now, I have gained probably 25 pounds. I’m currently at my pre-keto weight. I remember what it feels like to eat carbs without self-control. I’m breaking out, my clothes don’t fit, and I just generally feel like garbage. It makes me feel bad about myself. It’s a dangerous thing to keep telling myself “it’s just for the holidays” and continue to consume an excess of carbs just because I told myself I could. I am at a point where I feel unwell, pickled from all of the sugar, and to the point where I have to force myself to finish all that I’ve bought. I was raised not to waste anything and that surely doesn’t help the situation.

This January, I plan to get back to it. I’m done making myself feel sick. I want my body to not hate me. I want to love myself again. My fiancé plans to keto with me to kick off the year with wellness. Plus I need to fit into a wedding dress soon lol I’m thirty now, I don’t need to be on this bullshit for too long.

Best of luck to everyone on your new or continuing keto journeys. It works, when you stick to it.

This weekend I am on vacation in St. Augustine, FL and have made it a cheat weekend. My SO has been keto with me for the past three weeks. He said, “It kinda sucks that we will be cheating this weekend. I finally had that metallic taste in my mouth yesterday.” Keto is working :)

It’s a good feeling when someone asks you about your diet and wants to try it. It’s a better feeling when you coach them through and they succeed.