Just One More Diet

I will save this list in the sidebar if I can figure out how. Blogger's not as easy as they make it out to be. :) YouTube - not in any particular order except A.D. Keto makes me laugh, that's the only reason he's on top A.D. Keto Keto Connect Cooking Keto with Kristie Highfalutin' Low Carb Ally McWowie Losing in the Forest Diet Doctor (most of the content is behind a paywall, but it's good content) Dr. Jason Fung Dr. Ken Barry Websites : Ketogenic Forums  - Great forum, good people I Breathe, I'm Hungry Keto Connect Diet Doctor I stay away from Facebook groups, mostly because those people can be crazy go nuts, I find Instagram is a "kinder, gentler" place. Here are all the keto peeps I watch on IG (Sorry they're not links. So sue me, I'm lazy.): _ketocarlie _ketomom a.d.keto baconand_megs bipolarcarnivore bmills_ketodude breathingketo brickreate californiacountrygal choczero chunky_to_hunky2018 dailyketo

So much to say, I don't know if I can say it all. I was in an intensive binge eating disorder program last year and worked through my outer layers down into the deep cause of my emotional eating. It was stuff that I knew about my childhood but that I hadn't really understood as the cause of my eating. The food is the symptom and the crutch, the arrow pointing to what is going on inside of me. At the beginning of therapy my therapist gave me specific advice: trust the food, trust yourself, don't restrict. Don't take away the only thing you have that helps keep you emotionally stable. If you are craving or binging go ahead and accept it, and accept yourself. While doing so look inside yourself for what you are feeling, don't just bury the feelings in food, but primarily don't restrict. Yeah, you may eat more at first but if you learn to trust that the food is there for you you can use it to "hold your hand" while you work through whatever is going on i

Last post I discussed how I wasn't going to be able to sustain all the "extra-curricular" keto activities I was doing, like blogging, reading forums, watching YouTube, etc. Most of that has calmed down, and as you might have noticed I took a break from this blog, but my eating hasn't suffered at all. Since my first weigh-in in May I have lost about 34 pounds. After tracking almost everything I was eating for the first month, month and a half, I got into a rhythm and now I don't track anything but I'm still losing weight. Don't get me wrong, I don't go hog wild. I read labels, check restaurant nutrition websites, make sure I'm getting large quantities of healthy fats, keep my goals in mind at all times, and I don't eat carbs. I've found a couple sugar-free (mostly) ice creams that satisfy the (much less frequent) sweet tooth, a great sugar-free dark chocolate brand that manages the emotions during times of stress, and I make sure to eat a