Got on the scale and I had gained 3lbs since yesterday morning. On top of that my BHB was down to .4, I was out of ketosis. Equally shocking was that my blood sugar was at 98. Apparently heavy whipping cream and cream cheese need to be carefully watched. My carb calories were way off for yesterday because we mistakenly assumed the calories and neglected to properly add up all the actual carbs.
To say I was pissed would be a giant understatement. This feeling didn't last long. After a few minutes of kicking myself for being so careless, I remembered something I read yesterday. Failures teach you to be successful. Lesson learned, now it's time to get back on track. In the grand scheme of things, this was only a temporary setback and considering the success I've had thus far, it's an acceptable failure. It has to be acceptable, it's done and over with...
I had a easy ride scheduled with my buddy at 8am. It was 6:00am and I had some time till we met up. I wasn't hungry and since we were riding easy I wasn't planning on eating but figured I should eat something. I had small piece of cheese and a piece of pepperoni (about 300 calories total.)
I still had a lot of time before I meet my buddy. It was still dark outside so I figured I'd jump on the trainer and get some time in. Off to the lab I went to get in an extra hour of zone2 penitence.
Prior to getting on the bike I took a shot of Ketoforce to try and jump start the ketosis. I've read several articles/posts from people who have used ketoforce or other types of synthetic ketones to help get in to ketosis quickly. I don't know how true this is, I simply knew I needed to get back and I had the stuff so why not.
After an hour of zone 2 riding I changed bibs, filled some water bottles, and got ready to meet my buddy. I also did a quick blood glucose check. I had dropped to 88 - still a little high but back in my new "normal" range.
Before leaving I took a serving of UCAN just in case our pace went up. Looking back I don't know why I did this. It was not necessary and it definitely didn't help my blood sugar issue I had at the moment.
After 2 more hours of easy zone 1 & 2 riding with my buddy I came home and rechecked my blood sugar and blood ketones. It had been almost 3 hours since I took the UCAN and 4.5 hours since taking the ketoforce. Blood sugar was 102 and the ketones were back to 1.0. The blood sugar was a little high but I did take in a full serving of UCAN and didn't ride very hard.
Afterward I was not hungry. I had a cup of decaf coffee with a tablespoon of butter. That held me over till about 1pm when we had lunch. We'll see how the numbers read in the morning, hopefully my setback was brief and temporary.
A couple of takeaways from today:
- Watch those carb grams when you start getting cute with the advance "keto-treats". They can and will sneak up on you.
- Listen to your body. Yesterday afternoon through bedtime I was drinking a LOT of water. I was thirsty but I hadn't really done anything. Also I was drinking a lot of water but I wasn't urinating. I thought that was funny. I have a feeling that as the glucose started flowing (from the carbs) my body started storing it again which requires extra water. This is the opposite process of what happens the first week when you start the keto diet.
- If you screw up and eat crap that you shouldn't or blow out your carb count, don't dwell on it, simply get over it and get back on the wagon.
Again we'll see what the numbers show in the morning.
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