I've been lurking for about a month, reading everything I can and getting educated and inspired. I have a lot of weight to lose north of 250 pounds. I'm going to my families Easter dinner in about a hour and that will serve as the last carb heavy meal before I begin tomorrow.
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Thank you all for your inspiring posts. I'm going to beat this thing
Posted Mar 31, 2013, 5:35 PM UTC
You can do it dude, it's all in the mind. My "last meal" was double whopper with large fries + cheesy tots at burger king + large mcdonalds fries + mcflurry December 31, 2012. Make it count!
After that, gotta go cold turkey. I'm tagging this post and saving it. I'll be checking back in a month or 2 to see your progress. Good luck!
December 31, 2013
Ah, so you haven't started yet? ;)
Oops lol, I'll edit that
Thanks man I'm sure I'll need the support
Why is it always tomorrow? Why not now?
Mostly wanting to go out with a "last meal" i just came in from finishing up my Keto shopping and i'm loaded down for the next 2 1/2 weeks. Im making my breakfasts for the week right now
Because people tend to make these decisions around holidays/family gatherings. "oh man I'm fat, I should work on that so I look better at these things. But the food is sooooo goooood"
That said, I totally get it, and wish OP the best of luck. This is a great community for help and motivation.
Go get em man. When i'm done, I will have lost north of 230 lbs, and I'm already 103 lbs down. You CAN do this. Stick with it. You will have ups, you will have downs, and you'll have times where you see little to no results. That said, it's all part of the process. You WILL succeed if you stick this out. Keep calm, Keto on. Following you, and I will be available for ANY questions/advice you need.
We're in this together man, you got this.
Appreciate it
I have about the same amount I want to lose, just got my scale in the mail yesterday to track progress, lets do this!
Just looking back on my first post. Hope you are going strong
I read your username as futureless fat guy.
haha
Best of luck to you! This will be one of the best decisions you'll ever make. You'll feel AMAZING and watch the weight melt off. Cheers!
Thank you
My last meal before Keto was a crab dip with bread, a seafood pasta, and beer. Even by my old habits carb heavy but my thinking was "Last meal, go big or go home." I felt so over-full and bloated!
I love your approach, by the way. When I first started I didn't understand all of it but my husband was helping me through it and so I just did what he said. Which is odd, since I never usually listen to him. But anyway. You've taken the time to educate yourself before you started. That's an accomplishment right there. You know what to expect. You know what to do. But more importantly you know why to do it. This puts you in a great position to succeed, in my opinion.
The hardest adjustment for me, at first, was embracing fat. I was raised in the low fat high carb mindset. I ended up feeling really sick one day so my husband loaded me up with fat at dinner. I felt better and it clicked and I've been doing fine ever since.
Stock up on sugar free jello. It helps me through fruit cravings, if you can believe it! It can also help with cravings for sweets. Another good thing for the sweets cravings are fat bombs. Oh my sweet baby jeebus they are good. Sometimes I eat one for breakfast and am good until lunch.
TL;DR Best wishes on your journey, you can do it! See you on MFP!
appreciate the advice & encouragement!. I'll pick up some sugar free jello some time this week
A couple of weeks from now, if not sooner, you'll be wondering "why did I ever eat all that carb-laden crap? It's mostly flavorless and I didn't really enjoy it anyway." Welcome to the c[lub|ult]!
i sure hope so!
I just drank my last glass of sugary juice. I'm with ya.
lets roll man
Begin tonight. Anything else you eat after this meal make it low carb. Don't start off with the 'tomorrow' mentality. Starting immediately after that meal will help you, trust me. Also, do you have myfitnesspal? You should post your screen name so the folks here can add you :)
Im going grocery shopping with my KETO list tonight (the house is empty of all carb heavy food already)
Good for you! :) That's the way to start it.
Thanks :)
^ this 100%. My friend was happy to take all my 2min noodles!
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