(Lee) wrote in message . com...

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As far as your carb indulgences go...regularly, are you in ketosis? I
mean, when you're not cheating? Reason I ask, is that this meal is
going to kick you out of ketosis, regardless of the amount of high
carb stuff you eat. That one piece of bread, or that meat & potato
pastry thing will do it. So, if it were me, I'd just eat whatever the
heck I wanted for your special meal and jump back on the wagon the
next morning. The diet I used to follow had one "cheat hour" a week.
It would kick me out of ketosis, but I'd be back in within 36-48
hours. I say go for it, and enjoy the cuisine as it was intended to be
eaten...over rice, with bread to soak up the yummy sauces...whatever.

Thanks for the comments. I am probably not in ketosis, or in and out
of it from time to time - it's not something I monitor. So I am not
too concerned about eating more carbs than usual for that reason -
only to the extent that for me, eating more carbs usually means eating
more calories. I think I can have just as good a time tonight eating
an 800 calorie meal as I could if I ate a 2000 calorie meal. The
former is more or less within my plan, even if it includes some items
that I would not ordinarily include in my dinner choices.

Everyone's relationship to food is different, but for me, getting
control of my eating means learning not to "go for it" even when the
food is good and the occasion special. I can always find excuses to
overeat or to eat calorie-dense, nutrition poor foods. The key for me
is to train myself to eat with restraint even when there are perfectly
good reasons not too.
To put that another way, I don't want to have to jump back on the
wagon in the morning - I want to stay on the wagon the whole time -
the wagon I would like to be riding, that is, which is not
"Atkins/ketogenic/certain carb limit," but rather "moderation in all
things."

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carla
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