Sabotaged my LCHF eating

[Peanut31]

Hi

I don’t know what’s going on at the moment with me, but, it seems all I want to do is rebel against LCHF.

I appear to have got in a rut with eating, I’ve started to have strawberries and cream after my main meal as I just don’t feel full, in the beginning I ditched the puddings.

Now I’ve discovered the low carb, sugar jelly I’ve been having this with double cream, not just for dessert, but, snacks as well. I brought 6 the other day and they have nearly gone.

I don’t feel full with meals, and at the weekend I went on a path of eating any sugary 💩, I could lay my hands on including bags of crisps.

I’ve also discovered I have to be very careful on the amount of fat I have otherwise I pile the weight on.

It appears I can’t have anything in the house, even cream as I eat it all in one go.

When I first started LCHF in March, I found it quite easy, I ditched the fizzy drinks, gluten free cakes etc, but now I just feel deprived and fed up with the same meals.

Sorry for the rant, but I’m so cross with myself. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🙄.

Best wishes

Peanut31

[TheAwfulToad Ambassador]

Try not to get too upset - it may be you just need to change your recipe book and find a new repertoire of regular meals.

If you're feeling deprived it's almost certainly because you're artificially limiting your dietary fat, or perhaps just not eating enough (because you don't enjoy your meals...?)

It seems a bit unlikely that fat would cause you to "pile the weight on" - apart from anything else, it takes several weeks, or even months, for such an effect to become truly visible (which is why fat people get fat without noticing). Are you sure this isn't just a subconscious fear of fat jumping up and down in front of your psychological window and screaming "Oi! You there! Peanut! I can see what you're doing!"?

If the effect is genuine, it may be that you've got some carby miscreants hiding in your meals that are triggering an insulin spike. A high-fat meal with some hidden sugar in it could indeed cause creeping weight gain. Remember, for example, that cream is not entirely sugar-free, and the fructose in fruit is pretty potent.

I was just about to do a rant about the new crop of fake food in the supermarkets, which has a whole load of rubbish in it (or good things taken out of it) that the manufacturers apparently don't have to declare anymore. If you're buying anything at all in packets, it could be that the ingredients list is simply false.

If you're really feeling carb-limited, why not try re-tuning your meals with a more low-GI theme rather than low-carb? Hidden could probably offer some ideas about that.

[Peanut31 in reply to TheAwfulToad]

Thanks for your reply.

I’m going to have to look at the hidden carbs, I was thinking that my double cream was not too bad, obviously I was wrong 🙄.

Best wishes

Peanut31

[Vale57 in reply to Peanut31]

Hi Peanut. I think this is a slope that a few of us must face. I started in march too, and have been finding it very easy to stay with it, until about three weeks ago. When i had a little camping break and a few treats. since then it has been a little bit harder, with one or two little slips. Fortunately my previous experience (of losing 5st and then putting it all back on) stopped me form letting it go crazy! but once you get the cravings back and the naughty carbs are back in there it is murder to stop yourself wanting them ... and to get yourself feeling full on fats again!

My solution was to give myself a talking to, about deciding if I really wanted to blow all the effort and put it back on. So I picked a day when I did a LOT of jobs, cleaning, gardening, going helping other people with their jobs etc. I kept really busy all day, no time to eat, just coffee or water breaks, and fasted! Next morning I felt back in control and had got some jobs done that I had been putting off!

I followed that up with going high fat the next day (no counting!) all my favourites, cheese, cream butter fried veg and, if hungry, cooked meat with cream cheese and mayo and a coffee with double cream! That did the trick! I am back to 'normal' now.

I hope your glitch is soon passed. Come on peanut! haul yourself back up here!! ❤

[Peanut31 in reply to Vale57]

Hi Vale57

Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement.

Best Wishes

Peanut31

[BridgeGirl in reply to Peanut31]

I think the suggestion wasn't that the cream is particularly bad, it's the combination with the sugar-rich fruit that causes the problem. I know I've been overdoing it on strawberries and cream while they're in season and I need to rein it in

[Peanut31 in reply to BridgeGirl]

I’m learning I can’t keep things in the house, otherwise I eat them all at once.

Strawberries and double cream especially.🙄

Best wishes

Peanut31

[Lillykim]

I’ve cut out rubbish but need my oats and a bit of bread pasta and rice. Can’t bring myself to eat lots of good fats but lost 10 lbs slowly so I think this way will do me unless I start to regain weight again 🐷

[Peanut31]

FOR Londinium

I’ve tried to reply directly to you a few times, but it will not allow me.

I know the reason your post is dated YEAR 2020.

Thank you so much for your reply, didn’t want you to think I had not acknowledged it.

Best wishes

Peanut31

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Hi Peanut31 I totally relate to your post. I've not had the easy peasy transition to lchf that others seem to have.

My main issue is that similarly to you I'm not feeling full after my meals. And that's what I was promised I would feel with all the high fat.. But I think it's the major drop in fibre content of my food... I used to eat a quite highly plant based, high fibre diet with a fair amount of 'healthy' grains like wild rice, quinoa, sweet potato. Those things give my stomach and gut that stretched feeling that high fat just doesn't do. For me the fact that I keep slipping up really obscures my ability to judge if this lifestyle works for me or not. My slip ups are anything from - like you - majorly overdoing the berries and double cream after a dinner that could feasibly feed 3 and should not need following up with anything 🙄 to 2 week high carb blow outs eating things I NEVER entertained previous to lchf attempts like white pasta, cheap noodles, sweets and cheap processed junk.

Obviously it's impossible to know if lchf works if I a) don't do it properly and b) don't let a good streak go more than a week or 2 without a huge rebellion.

OK so!!!! Here are the things that have worked /been working for me and seem to make lchf fit more comfortably into my life:

* OMAD. one main meal or short eating window in the day. Evening works best for me as I can resist all day knowing a great meal is coming. This works also because I'm so hungry that my food is majorly satisfying and delicious and I definitely get full quicker and more noticeably. Its the only thing that really keeps my carbs low enough too. Its easy to fit 30-60g carbs into one window rather than a whole day of food.

* Cupboard vigilence: I know now that I'm not the kinda girl that can have 8 packets of mie goreng instant noodles in the house and not eat them 3 at a time, from the pot, in my pajamas, til they're all gone. It's a sad day when one realises this fact about oneself 😂 I keep my cupboards clear. My old caveman brain sees fuel and wants. Its better to have nothing dangerous too close at hand.

* Small treats: I have little glass dishes that hold a good handful of frozen berries and a nice splash of cream. This is all I allow myself and when I stick to that size of treat after dinner it doesn't seem to spark carb lust the way a bigger bowl does.

* Trying to keep fibre up. I need a fair bit of veg with my dinner or I just don't feel satisfied. Kale, al dente broccoli and al dente asparagus seem to work best for me.

I'm planning to stick this out and make it work for me.. But I do relate to these issues you've had. And it's great to share these experiences and not feel like the only human who doesn't slip into the lchf lifestyle with total ease!