{"id":344,"date":"2026-04-09T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/?p=344"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:16:25","slug":"falling-off-the-wagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/falling-off-the-wagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling Off the Wagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Morning numbers:<br>B6.8 \/ K0.1 &#8211; Ketones need to be above 1.0<br>No glucose detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not terrible. Not great either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday was a good reminder of something easy to forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made muffins.<br>Off-the-shelf mix.<br>Licked the bowl like a 8-year-old.<br>Picked at the crumbs after they came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breakfast was baked beans.<br>Then a couple of stolen chips off a plate.<br>Kumera. Potato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nothing dramatic. No \u201cfalling off the wagon\u201d.<br>Just\u2026 normal behaviour in a busy house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keto advice assumes a controlled environment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>own meals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>own ingredients<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>clean prep space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no cross-traffic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not how a family kitchen works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A family kitchen is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>tasting while cooking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>finishing leftovers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>eating what\u2019s there<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grabbing something quick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>not wasting food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cooking for someone else first<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And those little moments add up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not in big obvious ways.<br>In tiny, forgettable ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lick of batter.<br>A spoon of beans.<br>A couple of chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Individually nothing.<br>Together\u2026 enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keto cooking properly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>almond meal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cheeses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>meats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>substitutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s more expensive.<br>Harder to scale across a family.<br>Harder to justify when others don\u2019t need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the reality becomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>one kitchen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>two food systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>constant overlap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And that overlap is where things break down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t about willpower.<br>It\u2019s about environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keto works best when the system supports it.<br>A family kitchen rarely does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the adjustment isn\u2019t perfection.<br>It\u2019s awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noticing the small slips.<br>Understanding where they come from.<br>Designing around them over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because in a real home\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keto is not just a diet problem.<br>It\u2019s an environment problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morning numbers:B6.8 \/ K0.1 &#8211; Ketones need to be above 1.0No glucose detected. Not terrible. Not great either. Yesterday was a good reminder of something easy to forget. Made muffins.Off-the-shelf mix.Licked the bowl like a 8-year-old.Picked at the crumbs after they came out. Breakfast was baked beans.Then a couple of stolen chips off a plate.Kumera. &#8230; <a title=\"Falling Off the Wagon\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/falling-off-the-wagon\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Falling Off the Wagon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[38,52,51,53,37],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-micro-wins","category-systems","tag-habits","tag-health","tag-keto","tag-recovery","tag-resilience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.the-bach.kiwi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}