FALLING OF THE WAGON 4th Jan 2017

FALLING OF THE WAGON  4th Jan 2017
Or the 'well one won't hurt me' syndrome. This idea is one that also comes to us along with the wrong diet information we have been given for so many years. If we have changed our Way of Eating (WOE) to embrace better health then there is no wagon to fall off of. Because that is the way we have decided to eat. Low Carbs, Moderate Protein, High Fat. No rubbish foods. If we decide not to offend a hostess and eat her biscuit, or her lovely pasta supper dish, or even succumb to that bit of dessert, we know it won't be good for us but we can just step back onto the waggon the next day. Return to good eating. Perhaps limit our carbs a bit more for one day. Because this is the way we have decided to live for the rest of our lives, not just for the period of a 'diet'.

But has it harmed us? Yes and no. No because we have all eaten these carbs in our time, that's why we are either ill or fat. We won't die or be ill unless you ate the food that was your particular problem, like mine is wheat. But Yes, because you are working towards or are now a 'fat burner'. You have taught your body to use fat for its fuel source rather than carbs (glucose). It was hard giving up sugar in coffee, no biscuits, no bread etc. And you felt better and lost weight! If you wake up after a lapse feeling poorly, found your weight has gone up and have your pain is back, then you have been harmed. You body had to switch fuel source again because it had to use up the carbs you ate, the extra sugar cannot stay in your body.

But it is not like the old eating too many calories or not sticking to prescribed menu. That made you feel bad mentally. Don't beat yourself up about it but - get back to eating the LCHF WOE as soon as you can and don't be surprised if next day you feel hungry or desire carbs again. That is the down side of Falling off of the Wagon.