Keto Day 2

When I first decided to adopt a ketogenic diet I made sure to eat most of the foods I was going to miss.  These foods included special pastries from Solvang, See's candies, sushi, cookies, chai lattes, honey crisp apples, among others.  I was actually grieving as I was eating them thinking, "This is the last time I am going to eat this."

It's kind of silly when I think about it, but now that I'm on day 2 I'm not thinking of all the food I can't have.  My husband was sweet enough to bring home a couple of Tootsie rolls because he knows I love them (he doesn't know yet about my new venture - I haven't told him because of all the previous failures to stick to something).  The candy is sitting on top of a cabinet here in my dining room.

One thing, a major thing, I noticed today was that I had exactly two hot flashes.  For the past 3 months I have been suffering through severe hot flashes, they were more like sweat flashes.  I timed them once and they were averaging 3 times an hour!  I was miserable, hot, sweaty and the only time I didn't notice was when I was busting my ass at the gym.  Today, two hot flashes, one this morning and one this evening when I had a cup of tea.  No sweat, and they lasted maybe a minute.  Now if that's not enough to keep me going.

Oh, one more thing - I noticed before that they were worse when I ate SUGAR!

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 3 eggs, scrambled
               2 pcs Pederson's uncured bacon
               Tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Meal 2 - 2 large chicken drumsticks
               1 med. avocado

Meal 3 - 2 oz. hard cheese
               2 tbsp. peanut butter (not allowed but I had cravings)

Meal 4 - 2 Oscar Meyer select uncured hot dogs
               2 tbsp. regular mustard
              Tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Glucose level:  unknown (got my monitor today so I will try to take it tomorrow)

I had some cravings today like I said but they went away with the peanut butter.  No headaches, maybe a little bit of mental fog.  I have not felt any symptoms of low blood sugar.  Not really supposed to be weighing myself but I was down 0.6 pounds today.









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