On the Struggle Bus!

Well its more than half way through May and it’s been a minute since I’ve written anything. The grass if green, the flowers are in full bloom and spring is among us. Even if it has been very wet, we still love this time of year. This household is not one that enjoys cold weather in any form. To my wife’s chagrin, anytime it snows, I’m always yelling, “I HATE SNOW.” If we have anything to do about it, we will live in the south close to an ocean one day. Hopefully sooner than later!

I’ve been following this Ketogenic lifestyle now since October of 2017. I’d love to tell you it’s all been rainbows and sunshine but, as many of you know, life doesn’t work that way. I’ve had struggles and I’ve had success. Both coming in waves and sometimes offsetting each other. There are days that I truly have to have full on conversations with myself about my goals. Then there are days that it’s not even a thought.

In December, around the holidays, I got a little lax on my eating. I didn’t go completely off the rails, but I did allow myself to have a few carb-laden foods. I mean, who doesn’t love a good buckeye or some chocolate? As we progressed into the first of the year it was back to business as usual. However, over the next few months I found myself stalled. I’ve been up a few pounds and then down a few. Each time one was undoing the other. I’ve done my best to stay the course - To keep eating the foods that I know are good for me. The one thing I’ve struggled to do though is stay consistent. Consistency is the key to any lifestyle and for whatever reason, I’ve had a hard time keeping it. I guess even with almost 2 years of experience living this way, I, like many out there, struggle with life. The sheer amount of bad food at our fingertips makes it so easy. It’s important to remind ourselves daily of what we are working toward.

So, as we move through the rest of this month, I find myself slowly regaining momentum. I remind myself regularly that I’ve come so far. No amount of struggling can take that away. I also firmly believe that one meal, or one day of bad eating, will not take away my progress. I didn’t lose it all overnight and I won’t gain it overnight either.

So to anyone out there struggling, just know that it happens to everyone. Nobody is impervious to it and if they tell you they are, they’re lying. The most important thing to do is not let it snowball out of control. Don’t let today’s missteps interrupt tomorrow’s success!