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Handling A Cheat day - Keto tips | Keto mom


Keto Mom here!

My name is Stephanie, and we're going to talk about how to handle a cheat day. The biggest thing is this, "What are you going to do the next day?". If you decide to have a cheat day "Do not beat yourself up". Mindset matters, the next day you're going to intermittent fast, drink water, get back on track. Get all the sweets off your counter, make everybody take them home.


Points to Ponder


01:30 How to handle a Cheat day

02:04 My Goals

02:35 Why I don't post my cheat days

03:46 Getting back on track

04:22 What is NOT OKAY

05:15 Cravings can turn into cheat weeks

06:12 Keep meals light and simple

06:26 Cravings, Sugar is like a drug

07:16 Coming out of a cheat day

08:27 You don't need to eat all the time

08:58 Out of Sight Out of Mind

09:53 Be Mindful

11:07 Mindset Matters

11:33 Diet Vs. Lifestyle

12:44 Doing the 24 hours fast challenge

14:01 The 60 hour reboot



Full Episode Transcript


Hey everybody! Welcome to the Keto Mom page. My name is Stephanie, and we're going to talk about how to handle a cheat day. The question has arise, the question came to me today a handful of times... And they said, "Hey, we've got a holiday this weekend". Or maybe you would say, "In the future, I've got a birthday coming up, we're going to a wedding, we're going to a party". Whatever the case may be, I want to have some food there, can you tell me how to handle a cheat day?


The million dollar question

This is the question. Does anybody else ever have this question, because I'm gonna give you an answer. I'm gonna give you an answer based on what I think. So welcome, this is what we're talking about. As you're tuning in, where are you tuning in from? How is your day? And what are you doing for Easter? Maybe you watch this after Easter and you're like, "It's not Easter time". So I'm curious, we are going to... if you're watching this currently right now, obviously you are.


We've got Easter in a couple of days, we're having family over, we're getting together with family and friends, different things. And we've got church and it's going to be great. So we're making steak by the way, I love steak, Tri-tip to to be precise. Everybody does a little different... What do you do, do you do Ham or Turkey? I'm just curious. or maybe you're not doing anything, and that's completely fine, too.


So the question was, "How do I handle a cheat day?" and I'm going to tell you from my perspective of what I do, and what most people just need to be aware of.

It's a lot of mindset, so I was talking to one specific girl just a little while ago and I said, "Hey, super great question". And she said, "Do you ever cheat?", and I said, "Yes, of course". We were with some friends, and I was eating some chips,