Day 15: A tough day.

[Wordsworth2]

Evening all. I hope you are all having a good day and sticking to plans and eating healthily. Bit of a slip today for me, but I didn't listen to myself or learn the lesson that not eating for hours can lead to eating things you shouldn't. If you want to read about it, please feel free:

seanfit1973.wixsite.com/fat...

Please feel free to subscribe if you like reading about my journey or if it is helping you on yours. Will be doing a blog on breakfasts on Saturday or Sunday to hopefully give some breakfasts I have had and some that the kind people on here have shared with me and some I have found on the internet.

Stay Strong!

[Subtle_badger]

Are you really just having buttered toast for brekky? I do better fasting than a carby breakfast like that. That's normal me, not LCHF me. Doubly while LCHF.

Though right now I would kill for bread and butter.

[Wordsworth2 in reply to Subtle_badger]

It works for me, it's part of having something different as, obviously, I don't want the same thing every day. I normally have toast once a week and it keeps me going until lunch. It's when I don't eat again until 3pm that then heightens cravings and lowers resistance. When I eat healthily during the day regularly, I almost always stay on track.

[Subtle_badger in reply to Wordsworth2]

😎 (cool)

You do you, and all.

But I noticed years ago that if I skipped breakfast I actually did not get hungry until later in the day and - because I was buying my lunch - I knew I didn't eat more on the days I skipped breakfast, in fact typically I ate less at lunch if I hadn't eaten anything since I got up. Then I started eating breakfast every day, because it's the "most important meal of the day"

YMMV, but if you haven't experimented with extending your overnight fast, maybe you should.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Wordsworth2]

So what will you be eating tomorrow, and when?

[Wordsworth2 in reply to BridgeGirl]

I'll be having porridge at 6 30am, a banana and orange at about 10am; chilli with cauliflower rice for lunch with an apple and some almonds, a biscuit at tutoring (as they always give me one) and dinner at 7.30pm, once I get home.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Wordsworth2]

Are you planning around carbohydrates/sugar or just calories?

[Wordsworth2 in reply to BridgeGirl]

Just calories.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Wordsworth2]

You might find these interesting, then

psychologytoday.com/us/blog...

dietdoctor.com/all-calories...

blog.myfitnesspal.com/ask-t...

[amykp Visitor in reply to BridgeGirl]

Agree with bridgegirl. You are fighting a hard, hard battle! Way more miserable than it needs to be. IMHO. Try watching dietdoctor, at least.

[Wordsworth2 in reply to BridgeGirl]

I track them with myfitnesspal and watch the macronutrients.

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Wordsworth2]

One of the links I've given you, above, is from MFP

[Wordsworth2 in reply to BridgeGirl]

Thanks, I'll have a read!

[19sunflower]

Hi there

Don't get disheartened! You already appear to have converted it into a learning experience so now don't dwell on it and carry on being focused and aiming for those small, achievable goals 💪Try having a little stash of almonds or similar to hand in your desk drawer if poss and always have a bottle of water, you'll keep temptation at bay.👍

[Wordsworth2 in reply to 19sunflower]

Thanks 19sunflower,

I keep forgetting my water bottle...I shouldn't put it in the fridge and just leave it next to my bag! And almonds sounds like a good idea too!

[19sunflower in reply to Wordsworth2]

Just watch out for any possible nut allergy students. I don't want to land you in lumber🙄

[Wordsworth2 in reply to 19sunflower]

I eat them in the staff room and wash my hands before I go to lessons! 😁