Why oh why didn’t I take the blue pill? My interest with a Ketogenic diet is mostly to possibly control depression. I also have a few pounds to shed, which wouldn’t hurt. So my journey begins. I was particularly interested after watching a documentary on Netflix called “The Magic Pill” (2017).
One of the more interesting topics is regarding “fermentation” of cancer. I immediately thought this was a load of baloney until I found references to the Warburg effect. It *seems* that most cancer responds to reduced glucose as a method of limiting or reducing growth. I’ll take that with a grain of salt, thank you.
If you’re thinking about a Keto diet, allow me to share my experience so far. I woke up as usual, had a cup of coffee with some whipping cream. That turned out to be a mistake in the shade of diarrhea. Next I ate 3 large eggs with some Colby cheese and a little Salsa.
Everything went well for a while, until more diarrhea. Later I found out that Half & Half isn’t very high in carbs, so I’ll be drinking that with my coffee as usual. I pretty quickly began a headache due to a lack of glucose spike from avoiding carbs. I can summarize the overall feeling of today very well for you: it feels like fasting with a full stomach.
My goal was about 100g of protein, 30g of carbs, and 1900 kcal (calories). Unfortunately the first thing I ran out of was protein. Next I ran out of carbs. Finally I was only at 1350kcal and all that was left to eat was pure fat. I already know I can’t eat pure fat or I’ll just have more watering of the goose. HONK.
I’ve fasted before… no big deal, but I would consider my first day on Keto to be a failure since I never reached my calorie goal. It’s true I could have bent the rules a little and eaten more protein or carbs, but I’m trying to get the machinery turning before I fine tune things. Beware of foods that are particularly high in protein or carbs because most everything has *some* of either of those.
So did Keto help my mood/depression? I felt like I was in a daze all day long. My short term memory was very limited and I kept forgetting things when attempting grocery shopping. I don’t feel much of anything emotionally right now. I could actually liken it to my first day on Lithium in terms of “towel head”.
I believe part of the reason I feel so out of sorts is also due to candida die off in my body. All that said, I’m writing this at 3am and woke up around 9am. I had my usual day in terms of duration and also did my usual routine on the poultry farm. I’m not quite spinning with tiredness, but I’m getting there.
How was your first day on Keto? HIGH FIVE!!