so normally i have my cheat meal as the last one on Sundays, but this a.m. i took an EC for the first time since last year on an empty stomach, went running in 90* weather (attempted to, at least), and was so incredibly nauseated/tried to puke but had no food in me so nothin'... couldn't eat anything during the day, felt horrible-lied down and couldnt move for like 5 hours, or get up without nearly passing out. had 2 or 3 perogies around 5 after I couldn't get down my chicken & decided i needed to just have my cheat meal tn....so i had 2 pieces of wheat bread, 1 blueberry bagel, some whole wheat pasta & whole wheat ravioli (however its funny, i cooked enough for the off-season Kim not thinking...and I ate maybe one/tenth of it?!), and a tagalong cookie. I feel great. last sunday i only had a bowl of ice cream since it was the end of week one of keto, so i was SEVERELY depleted with the intense caloric deficit I have been implementing. I hope that my leptin levels are back to normal, & my metabolism got a little thrown off the beaten, starving path. (I also decided that tonight instead of the planned sunday would be great because of Easter, and i know that would get drawn out into more than one meal). First of all, I tossed my EC's. They have made me sick numerous times, however that's not what first came to mind when I took them earlier. I know I am sensitive to caffeine, and think I may have an allergy (these pills have 250/pill, and I took 2). And also, I like the idea of going 2 weeks per cheat meal. (well in reality it's more of a carb meal, i try to stick to olive oil & nut derivatives (pesto! yum) for the fats for the most part, and one sweet treat). Every other week I think a bowl of ice cream or some oreos will suffice, and the other Sunday's opposite those I will save for the pasta, bread, potatoes, etc. Its so nice to eat carbs on keto! but the weird thing is, I'm sick of them already...and I just finished my last meal 2 hours ago! Tomorrow I'm going to go for an hour or two run/sprint session, eat some nice egg whites, and hit the gym for back, tri's, & calves... hard. Hello deadlifts! Finally, my muscles look like they exist. My arms were flat as a board before I carbed up-you couldn't see any definition, veins...nothin'! So I'm hoping it keeps improving and when I wake up I'll look much better