Of course!
Who can live without samiches, pizza and pasta?
It’s a doable but very hard slog of self denial.
“Who can live without samiches, pizza and pasta?
“It’s a doable but very hard slog of self denial.”
Exactly. I did as close to zero carbs as I knew how for six months because a blood test for sugar was 108. At my six-month check-up - was disappointed that the number went down to only 104. I was expecting more because the diet had been so extreme. BUT I had lost about 20 pounds. No pizza, rice, potatoes, sandwiches. It was “doable”, but terrible.
That was in June, and I added some carbs, but hardly any rice, potatoes, or bananas. I may have gained back a little weight but extreme self denial was “a hard slog”.
I agree, it is a very hard slog.
Dietician: how’s it going?
Me: it is winter, Christmas and cold. Tell me how it is going!
I like my crockpot meals in the winter. Coming home from a cold morning of pet visits/dog walks to a hot lunch is rewarding. Now if I could just convince my clients to NOT LEAVE more candy/cookies for me! I am not a kid.
“Who can live without samiches, pizza and pasta?”
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I went back on keto the monday before last. Pizza is the one thing I miss most. mmmmm pizza.
Taking bread or buns off of sandwiches is also annoying, but that can be avoided if you plan or prepare meals.
I don’t miss beer much. Used to be a beer drinker way back in the day, and would have hated a low carb diet. It’s much easier if you don’t drink at all, but an occasional dry wine is fine, or a martini, or vodka soda, or rum&dietcoke. There are lots of solutions. You just can’t drink much. Your liver can metabolize alcohol into calories just like it metabolizes fat into ketones.
It’s not self denial if you get yourself out of the habit of indulging.