Keto crash

On Saturday, I felt horrible for most of the day. I finally realized that I was very hungry for specific foods; I ended up eating a pint jar of cashews, and a nearly full pint jar of dried pineapple chunks. Given that it was near the end of the day, and how much sugar pineapple has, I should have been well out of ketosis on Sunday morning, but I wasn't. My blood ketones were still above 2.

Sunday, I didn't eat much of anything except sausage and eggs for dinner. Today, I've had several sources of carbs; pasta being the dominant one, but also some milk chocolate. Looking into things, I think the protein levels in the keto chow I was subsisting on may have been insufficient for my exercise regime. I may also have been too aggressive on my caloric deficit. Over the next day or two, I intend to restock on groceries to support a more conventional running diet, but to maintain a deficit of approximately 1000 calories/day. I'm also still abstaining from alcohol. Keto was good the last time I tried it, but this time it's just not seeming to work. Anyway, a caloric deficit is a caloric deficit, and I should lose weight either way.

I want to get better at trail running. There' a fair bit to learn, but my birthday is on a Saturday this year, and I think I can be ready to run a self-made trail marathon by then. That's essentially 12 weeks to train, so long as I start in a week and a half, so I get that week and a half to study, increase my current road kilometers per week, and get any equipment I need. Maybe the biggest issue will be finding places around here that qualify as "trails" to train on.