Weight-loss jumpstart

Ok, I promised info on how I get a headstart to get back into ketosis after a slip. A day turned into a few, but here we go!

First off, it's not my way to take planned binges. I can't seem to do them correctly. So, when I binge it's because I had a moment of weakness. My moments are usually followed by several more moments give or take a day or so. The best way to get back on track is to eat. Yep, eat alot. Eat to your hearts content. Find your favorite low carb foods and USE them.

Now, eating alot while low carbing doesn't always work for everyone in the weight-loss stage. Many still have to pinch their intake a little bit which is pretty easy since most don't get hungry eating as such. But that first day back in the saddle is not about losing - it's about about breaking the cheat cycle. For those of you who may binge like me (at least 2 meals in a row) it's a difficult task to get going again.

Now, after I've had a day to satisfy myself and start eating the right foods again I reinduct myself. Sometimes for a week - sometimes longer. As tmy appetite comes under control, I'll eat less and less for the first week and then continue that for the second. Then I adjust my caloric and carb intake so I lose at a decent speed.

It's been my method since way-back-when I weighed 385 pounds, and it's not failing me now even though I screw up from time to time.

Later in the day, I'll post my cheesecake recipe! I should have thought of that myself... shame on me. Now where is my recipe pile...

Things to say to your server when you eat low carb

For anyone that has braved eating out when low carbing, you are well aware of the confusion that is evident on the faces of some servers when you make special requests or refuse things that seem innocuous to some people. Here is a compact list of handy responses that you can keep with you when eating out, in case you meet with some resistance from your server.


1.) I'm Diabetic. If you give me sugar I'll go into a coma immediately after stabbing you with my fork.

2.) Keep your croutons to yourself, mister.

3.) I just ordered a hamburger wrapped in lettuce. If you offer me fries one more time, I'll order them and insert them into your eyes.

4.) Yes, that's all I want on my plate. If it makes you feel better you can put a potato there for me to toss at your other table.

5.) So I eat butter with a spoon. You brought me a loaf of bread. As I see it, you tried to kill me and I'm trying to butter away the pain.

6.) You're right, it's not a balanced diet. That's why I eat Vegans.

There it is - six things to confuse and frighten uncooperative servers.

Thanks for reading! Remember, print this out and practice - sooner or later you'll find the perfect opportunity to make your server understand the depth of their ignorance. Or you could just get arrested. Either way, it's sure to be fun.

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