Is the sweets the primary thing here, or was it just the hardest part of an overall keto diet?
I’ve had several friends try keto, and on the 2-3rd day say “woah this feels so amazing I’m so energetic life is great!” and then a week or two later go “oh god this sucks everything is terrible.”
I haven’t made an attempt to control my diet so far. For the past few years I’ve been incrementally doing more exercise, but if that’s had any effect it’s been (har har?) outweighed by the effect of, dunno, getting older or metabolism slowing down or something.
Re: Primary Thing—kinda lo dayenu? If I’d only quit being quite so sweets-obsessed, and hadn’t started the diet, that would still have been a huge win.
The Keto Diet: I’m not an expert and everyone is different, but there is a thing called “Keto Flu” which I am fortunate enough to not get. I believe that for some people when they switch into ketosis, they may spend as much as a week experiencing fatigue, headaches, and other symptoms until their body adjusts.
I think of exercise and diet as two fairly separate pillars of health. Like, as separate from each other as getting good sleep is from dental hygiene.
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Is the sweets the primary thing here, or was it just the hardest part of an overall keto diet?
I’ve had several friends try keto, and on the 2-3rd day say “woah this feels so amazing I’m so energetic life is great!” and then a week or two later go “oh god this sucks everything is terrible.”
I haven’t made an attempt to control my diet so far. For the past few years I’ve been incrementally doing more exercise, but if that’s had any effect it’s been (har har?) outweighed by the effect of, dunno, getting older or metabolism slowing down or something.
Re: Primary Thing—kinda lo dayenu? If I’d only quit being quite so sweets-obsessed, and hadn’t started the diet, that would still have been a huge win.
The Keto Diet: I’m not an expert and everyone is different, but there is a thing called “Keto Flu” which I am fortunate enough to not get. I believe that for some people when they switch into ketosis, they may spend as much as a week experiencing fatigue, headaches, and other symptoms until their body adjusts.
I think of exercise and diet as two fairly separate pillars of health. Like, as separate from each other as getting good sleep is from dental hygiene.