Adjustments from Low Carb to Low-ish Carb

In 2022 I dropped my weight from 142 pounds to 117 pounds on a low-carb diet. I stayed there for many months until I decided to add a few more carbs to my diet, and see what would happen. What happened was my weight actually dropped a little more, hovering between 112 and 115 pounds. And that is where it has remained. Today, for instance, I weighed in at 112.6 pounds.

So I can eat some pasta, potatoes, basmati rice, wild rice, and the occasional fast food meal without any impact on my weight. I can also eat more dairy such as high-fat yogurt. And even some fruit like frozen blueberries and pomegranate seeds (arils). I can also put a little sugar in my tea to improve the flavour, while still using stevia as my main sweetener. However, I am under no illusion that I can eat these foods with abandon!

I also have found that eating two meals a day can work for me long as the second meal is small.

I still weigh myself every day, keep trigger foods out of my house (for the most part) and check product labels carefully.

I now feel that I can stop "keto-izing" everything and use more standard items instead. So, for example, instead of using ground pork rinds as breading for fish, I bought some panko. Little things like this make life a bit easier and don't seem to impact my weight.