It’s the Most Wonderful
Time of The Year!
If you’re an
adherent to the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD), this holiday
season has come with many additional gifts, just for you.
In previous
posts, I’ve talked about strategies to navigate what I feel to be a large
stumbling block to sticking with the CKD as laid out in Body Opus, which is staying on track in the face of social
pressure. This social pressure ratchets
up during the holidays. A Thanksgiving strategy
is to shorten your low-carb time during the week and do the depletion workout
on Thursday so you’ll be set to start recomposition with the Thanksgiving
feasting. If you don’t want to sacrifice
one low-carb day, you could end the previous week’s recomposition early to get
in all your low-carb days.
Santa is
bringing you another gift in the stocking due to the fact that this year (2015)
Christmas Day falls on a Friday, so once you get that depletion workout out of
the way, you’re free to participate in the Christmas tradition of stuffing
yourself with all manner of carbohydrates.
New Year’s might be a bit of a struggle depending on how much
celebrating you do the night before, but you could always apply the
Thanksgiving strategy to New Year’s Eve.
The
overarching point is adapting the Body Opus CKD to fit YOUR needs. Is there a benefit to displaying the iron
will and sticking to the plan no matter what?
You have to answer that question for yourself. For me, because this was a lifestyle change,
not a diet, commitment over the long haul (again, for me) means navigating a
path that give me the freedom to adapt (within the parameters of Body Opus) the
plan in such a way that I meet the minimum requirements of CKD while not
throwing the rest of my life out of whack (“exploring the limits of slackness”). That means adapting my life routines to accommodate
Body Opus, and adjusting my approach to CKD when needed.
Body
Opus/CKD is a lifestyle choice, which means a radical lifestyle change. I’m in it for the long haul.
Feel free to
post questions. Let me hear from
you. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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