christyj77“You need to understand that life isn’t what you’re given, it’s what you create, what you overcome, and what you achieve that makes it beautiful”
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According to my Keto Mojo tester I’m not in Ketosis yet, I checked three times today. That’s frustrating, oh well, maybe tomorrow will be the day. The most likely scenario though is that I blew it already because I had a bite, ok maybe a spoon full, of the cookie dough I was making today and I am back at square one. All over cookie dough. Ugh. I have to keep telling myself progress, not perfection is the goal. Just keep at it.
Today has been full of lessons for me. Some had to do with a snowblower and which way to point the chute and when, and the rest pertained to Keto. I learned that artificial sweeteners are discouraged on Keto. So diet coke isn’t ok and neither is the sweeteners I use in my coffee (picture me with a sad face here) I have to have coffee in the morning so I am going to have to figure this out. I just googled Agave Nectar to find out how many carbs it has in it, and it’s on the list of sweeteners not to use when on Keto. Stevia and Monk fruit are both on the approved so I will be ordering the Whole Earth sweetener that I have been looking for. I wonder if I can have one Diet Coke per day. I will have to ask my doctor about it. I’m sure her nurse probably thinks I am a little off my rocker because I have been calling them so much over the last week and a half. In my defense it’s not over trivial things, its been because my blood sugars have been all over the place. I have already cut my long acting insulin in half and I am pretty sure we will be cutting it down some more this week. That’s huge progress for me. So while I may not be in ketosis, my body is responding to the changes.
There are freshly baked chocolate chip cookies in my kitchen right now and I really want to eat one, but I’m not going to. The cookie dough scandal and not being in ketosis got to me. I know, I know, it’s best to clean all of that stuff out of your house before starting a diet to keep you from being tempted, but I have six kids. Six still growing kids, that eat cereal, bread, potatoes. Ugh. It’s not the kids fault, I promised to own up to my own bullshit on this endeavor so in reality I need to practice more will power.
p.s. If you want to check out the list or read the article about sweeteners here’s the link to it https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/keto-sweeteners.
