I slipped up and increased my carbs with frozen meals during a long and exhausting bout of some virus infection. Thing is, I was still doing one meal a day. So I only gained a couple of pounds.

But this doesn’t mean I was getting away with anything.

I wound up with the worst ever autoimmune flare with some serious signs of inflammation. This was still a “low carb diet” by most measures, but for my body it was disastrous.

That is why we recommend “sticking with it” so much. These occasional cheats are not trivial, they keep cravings alive.