It has now been well over a month since my last inactive day. I’ve been in the gym every single day in the month of November and I do not go easy on myself most days.
I work out until my T-shirt is soaked with proof of work. Every day.
Yet my weight has gone up 2kgs in the last month. This is kind of remarkable — you cannot outrun a bad diet.
I’ve now gone over 2 weeks without any store bought sweets or junk food of any sort.
Well, ok, I had one burger. With leafs instead of bread buns. Before eating, me and my wife deliberated if this breaks my junk food rule and decided no. As it was basically beef, bacon, cheese and is keto compliant.
As far as the major problem, which I think is the root of the weight gain — I make probably the best cheesecakes in the world. They are the only sweet I have eaten in the last two weeks. They are very low in sugar to the point that when other people try them, they don’t taste sweet at all. But they are insanely high in fat and still throw me out of keto due to carb content in the base and the little sugar there is.
Weight gain… With all this work? It’s kind of disheartening, but also a pretty major eye opener. Keto is not a toy and keto takes no shit. It does not forgive.
I really need to reconsider my diet and try some keto-compliant cheesecake recipes, as it seems that even this one sweet thing really tanks all the hard work I’m doing.
On the bright side, I have become much more resilient to temptations. There was a time when it would be impossible for me to not eat sweets if they were laid out in the office. Now it’s normal for us to always have some candy or treats available on the kitchen table and I walk past them as if they weren’t there.
The routine drive to have pizza or breaded chicken is gone. I am much more selective in the food I eat and this is now second nature.
The commitment to the challenge is a commitment to growing a backbone and not giving up. 15 days in, it’s harder in some ways, but also much easier in others, some of the routines are becoming very natural and effortless.
The way I look at it now is that I’m not just trying to shed the weight, but I am becoming a person, who solves problems through consistent action and discipline. Whether they’re weight related or any other self development goal. I now look at it with confidence. I will solve it, there is no question about it.