Getting Back to Basics

By Skinny Farmer

My name is Skinny, and I'm a Carboholic.

As I told you a few days ago, I unwisely allowed carbs to slip back into my life, and they tried to take over.  Read about my struggles here.

I have found that giving up carbs can be difficult.  And I can't simply cut back.  I have to give them up completely.  I have to have fewer than 20 carbs a day, or they will be all I can think about.

Carbs turn me into a robot...a carbot, if you will.  I pick them up and are eating them before I even realize what I'm doing.  Has that ever happened to you?

Then, after I eat them, I feel terrible.  I have been feeling extra tired lately, I know carbs are to blame.

Not to mention, my pants and I are not on a speaking basis.

But I am turning things around and getting  the train back on the track.  The good news is, after just one day without significant carbs I already feel better.  I didn't think it would happen that fast.  I don't feel fantastic, but I can tell that there is a difference.

I working back to eating a ketogenic diet exclusively.  To help that, I'm going to attempt some new Keto recipes this weekend.  I'll let you know how they go.  If they are good, I'll share them with you.

I plan to keep these posts short, because I know you are busy.  But I don't want to end this without providing to you some actionable information.

How did I avoid carbs yesterday?  I'd love to tell you that it was my strong willpower and goal-oriented personality.  It wasn't.  I had to make sure I didn't have any carbs available to me.

And if you want to know the truth, I almost screwed that up.  I had started the day with the decision that I wasn't going to have carbs that day, no matter what.

At my place of work there is a little cafe.  They had a big sign announcing that they had a special treat: Crispy Cherry Tarts.

OMG!  They even used the word "Crispy!"  I could just imagine that flaky crust and the smell of the sugary-sweet cherries.

So I found myself in line to get a Crispy Cherry Tart despite my earlier vow to myself to not eat carbs that day.  My mouth watered as I stepped up to the counter.

No! No! No! The reasoning part of my brain was shouting.

I was next to be served.  Time to step up and have some self control!  You're the Skinny Farmer!  Just order coffee, I told myself.

The woman behind the counter smiled and asked, "What will you have?"

"I'll have a large coffee," I replied as I smiled at my self control.

It was then I was tackled by my inner CarBot: "And a Crispy Cherry Tart!" came out of my mouth.

My healthy train started to lean and the wheels started lifting off the track again.

"I'm so sorry," the woman said, "but we are already out of those."

Salvation!

The wheels of my train settled back down on the track.

Self-control won't do it for me.  I have to avoid the temptation completely.  You might have to do that too.

But only at first.  I promise you, once you get the carbs out of your system, it breaks the grip they have on you.  After I was Keto Adapted (more on that in a future post), I could see carb-packed foods and I had no desire for them.

What I do instead?  I had some cheese.  I love cheese.

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 So that made me feel good too.

You can feel good too.

Until next time,
-S.F.