The fall of 2017 involved a pause in typical daily activity
while I focused my time and energy on recovery from surgery. I encountered several speed bumps along the
way and am still dealing with some side effects as a result. By the beginning of March, I had reached a
point that I was willing to try anything, see anyone, or do anything that might
press the reset button and put me back on the path of health and wellness that
I enjoy.
Over the past several years, I have worked through a
nutrition transformation going from heavily carb dependent, to a balance
utilizing the theories of metabolic efficiency, pressed further to Low Carb,
High Fact (LCHF) bordering on Keto.
Through the transformation, I saw changes to my body composition and my
athletic performance as well as a substantial increase in energy and overall
wellness.
In the process of feeling bad, I had lost my motivation to
train and to embrace my nutrition. I
weighed more than I had in a while and overall felt sluggish and had a
tremendous lack of energy. In addition,
I was experiencing bloating and inflammation in areas throughout my body.
So, when March arrived I decided that in addition to all of
the outside efforts to figure out my ailments that I would attempt to press the
reset on my metabolic and body systems.
Through my exposure to Pruvit and Exogenous Ketones, I had been watching
posts about the Keto Reboot and decided to jump into the group. I ordered my Reboot Kit and waited for March
11th to arrive. You mind
plays lots of tricks going into a Reboot such as this. Your last meal, will I make it, what will I
feel like along the way?
Mike decided to join me on this journey. It was nice to have someone close
experiencing it at the same time. We
were able to compare and contrast and support each other when we felt ready to
give in.
The journey began at 8 p.m. on Sunday night. After eating a normal dinner and dessert we
drank our first Keto Tea. Upon waking
Monday morning, we took our ketone blood readings and other basic metrics. I registered at 0.2. Mid morning was a bottle of ketones and 2
capsules. I felt fine throughout the
morning. I don’t typically eat until
later in the morning so was not uncomfortable.Around 11:30, I had the first bought of hunger pains. I was definitely hungry. This is the time that I normally eat and my
body knew that it was time. I drank some
water and pushed forward to 1:00 when I had the Keto Broth and 2 additional
capsules. The broth and capsules curbed
the hunger. I saved my second bottle of
ketones for my drive to the cycling studio.
I typically eat a snack on the way so figured the ketones would help to
cure the snack craving. Made it through
with no snacks and minimal hunger and returned home for Keto Broth for
dinner. The Keto Tea followed close
behind and then was off to bed. I was
actually full when it came time for tea and in hindsight probably didn’t need
to drink it.
Entering the second full day, I came off of a decent night’s
sleep. We did our blood readings and today I registered at 1.3. I
went through the day as yesterday. I did
not feel my peak hunger today and in fact had a lack of appetite when it came
time for ketones so I ended up skipping a few.
I was a bit nauseous and kind of felt junky although my energy was very
good. Day 2 was definitely easier than
day 1 and little overall discomfort.
I did not sleep well overnight. Kind of restless and the nausea
continued. The blood reading on
Wednesday morning was 3.6. A big jump
from Day 2 and a really big jump from Day 1.
I was feeling pretty good.
Stomach was still a bit unsettled but overall energy was good. I was down approximately 7 lbs – some of
which was water – a lot of which was inflammation. My neck and body felt the best that they had
in months and other than my stomach settling a bit overall I felt great.
I took the two capsules on Wednesday morning and then had
eggs and avocado about 9:30. I had a
lunch appointment at a Mexican restaurant that would typically mean a pile of
chips but I did not eat any. In fact had
½ of a salad with avocado, tomato and chicken.
I had a bottle of ketones in the afternoon and then I ate the other half
of my salad for dinner. I did a decent
ride workout, had good energy for the ride and felt good heading to bed.
In coming off of the Reboot – my goal was to see how long I
could keep things feeling good and pain controlled. I opted to stay away from dairy and gluten as
much as possible as perhaps they are the triggers.
After two weeks, I am still paying attention to what I am
eating although not quite as strictly.
My inflammation still seems pretty controlled and overall my energy and
pain levels are staying pretty good. I
am finding some food triggers and doing my best to make conscious decisions.
Overall, I see the Reboot as a success. I don’t think at this point that I will
repeat it monthly but will definitely continue to monitor and follow my LCHF
way of eating to the best of my ability.
I will keep the Reboot and use it as a reset periodically to continue to
stay on the journey. #OneDayOneStep
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