I have been on the road on the east coast for 5 days for work.  I rarely sleep well when traveling, especially when I’m not exercising (which I didn’t on this trip) and stressed about work (which I currently am).  An already exhausting trip ended up with me awake at 3:00 am ET today, unable to go back to sleep.

I have not been able to take in a lot of fat during meals due to work meetings that included lunch and dinner, and as a result I have been really hungry – the type of hungry that was waking me up in the middle of the night!  The unfortunate result of that was a pretty big craving for carbs.  I did allow myself some today, as no matter what I ate I felt like I just couldn’t get full.  The fat available to me just wasn’t good fat, either, so the problem was compounded. (Yes, I did have my blender with me and had my coffee, butter and coconut oil each morning).

I’m not going to beat myself up about eating some carbs today.  My plan is to go to bed as soon as I get home, and fast throughout tomorrow morning in the hope that I will get back on track with ketosis tomorrow after about 18 hours of fasting.  Oh, and I will get back into exercising this week!  But my first goal is to get a good nights’ sleep in my own bed and start fresh tomorrow.