My Keto Recapitulation

Oatmeal

A short entry today just to log my breakfast experience.

I woke early feeling fine, but I had a craving for carbs; nothing in particular, just some type of high carb food. I decided to have a bit of oatmeal, since it's healthy and lower in carbs than many other grains, a quarter of a cup was well withing my daily limits.

Being early, I was feeling lazy so I just cooked the oatmeal in the microwave, then added some butter and heavy cream to provide the fats I need for ketosis. I enjoyed it, the taste was nice and it ended my cravings. Logging it in Cronometer, I was happy to see I had only reached one third of my calorie intake, my carbs intake, and my fats intake. I was very low for protein, but lunch and dinner would balance this out.

But, withing about an hour of eating, I started feeling tired and sluggish, and my stomach was a bit upset. I don't know if it was the oatmeal (eating that many carbs in one meal) or not. It's something I will have to look further into, but that's for another day. I'm thinking I want to try this again just to see if starting the day with more carbs is the culprit, so I will start one day with a quarter cup of oatmeal. However, I will restrain from having anything with it to ensure it is the carbs.

I will also, if this proves true, try a small amount of oatmeal for lunch or dinner on another day. I'm curious if eating other foods for breakfast and then having the oatmeal will be different.

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