Hi. Is my world coming to an end?
Apocalypse Now today, as I've had a bad food day

Do you ever have a bad food day?
Just pick yourself up and start again?

Being on a low carb plan, I was thinking how low energy
I was feeling this morning and getting a bad sandwich

What do you do?
How do you rethink your plan?

Not sure I'm following what happened, but if I indulge in something off plan, I try to stop it asap. Had a "bad" breakfast? Doesn't mean you might as well eat off plan all day. Don't blow off the whole weekend if you had pizza Friday night.

Eat more of whatever you do like on low carb, always have some on hand. A cheese stick in the car, egg muffins in the freezer to zap, etc. Take everything you like in a sandwich and roll it up in a Romaine lettuce leaf. Wheat Belly has a flaxseed wrap. The Quick & Easy cookbook has a recipe to make a jar of the dry ingredients in advance, and whip one up whenever need by adding egg.

LC does take planning ahead. There are no "bad foods" if you have LC substitutes ready. Eat enough Salt, and enough Fat for energy. LC plus LF equals no source of energy. Be sure to check your BG!

Hi. I've been rethinking my plan since 1972. I'm a veteran of plan rethinking. I can say that this forum is a wealth of information and full of people ready and willing to offer support. Some are real experts on the T2D side of things.

The forum also contains reams of virtual information on almost all LC plans.

When I'm in real trouble, I re-read books and research plans online. Being flexible is the only way I've found to rebound from "badness." Reading and learning help psych me up for the next round.

Did you just hear the bell ring?

I am a relative newbie to this forum, but I am a long time T2D, and an expert at having "bad food days".

The only way is to not beat yourself up, promise yourself that your fridge will be stacked with delicious "non-bad foods" and go forward.

Take note of what Janet said - "Doesn't mean you might as well eat off plan all day. Don't blow off the whole weekend if you had pizza Friday night."

I always keep on hand: full fat mozarella cheese sticks, hard boiled eggs, celery sticks, cream cheese and - my favorite treat - good quality Brie (because that stuff is expensive and I absolutely LOVE it I use it as a "good girl" treat) plus some home made peanut butter, eggs, grated cheddar (I buy the block and grate it myself, put it into 1 oz portions in baggies). I can make egg salad, cream cheese or peanut butter filled celery, nibble on cheese or make an omelette all in no time flat.

Or you can make an omelette and put your favorite pizza toppings on it if that is what you are craving...

What they said. Mary's advice about making sure you have interesting foods to compete with the higher carb foods is something that's been very important for me, the only time the high carb stuff seems to call to me is if my stock of low carb foods is lacking variety.

Thank you for responses.
At home, all is good with good options.

Yesterday, I was away from home.

Started the day low energy, tired.
After working away from home,
my BGL was getting low,
I was super hungry and had nothing to divert
for energy on hand in my car.

So, I needed calories and went to a bad food restaurant.
Mostly, the bad was pizza crust with carbs. Rest of the
salty greasy "meats" and bad cheese were probably low carb,
but I did not want to be there and have eaten it.

Later, after I wrote this post, my body became inflamed/inflamatory'd.

The positive is that just getting inflamed is a good lesson learned.

Plus, everyone's advice to "be prepared" in my car is very good.
I'll have to find food that can stay in my car,
even if the summer heat is hot in the car.
Will review peanut butter and cheese sticks.
What other low carb foods can stay in your hot car?

Nothing to add to the superb answers on this thread, except in answer to your last question about foods that stay well in a hot car. Why not have a little cooler in your car, with an ice pak from your freezer and then you can put in boiled eggs, cut up veggies and cream cheese, or leftovers from night before? No plan is a plan for failure. That is one thing I learned from my mistakes in the past. Plan, plan, plan. And like Glenda (bluesinger) said, most of us have continually re-thought our plans over long periods of time. You will succeed.

Your Low-Carb Emergency Kit
This can be as simple as a bag of nuts or something more elaborate. It should contain nonperishable low-carb foods such as:

Protein bars (but watch for suspicious ingredients such as maltitol, and watch the carb count on the bars)
Nuts, seeds, or low-carb trail mix
Jerky
Snack sausages
Cheese & salami travel pac (Trader Joe's)
Protein mix to put into coffee or diet soda
Tuna in foil packs or small cans (but probably not on public transportation!)
Soy nuts
Sturdy vegetables like celery will be fine without refrigeration for a day or so
Small wax-coated cheeses such as "Mini-Bel".
Flax seed meal for extra nutrition and fiber. Besides adding it to yogurt, cottage cheese, etc, you can add hot water to it to make a cereal at the hotel continental breakfast. Sometimes there's even peanut butter to add to it. (Also sweetener and a pinch of salt are good additions.)

After recommending to avoid nuts and Atkins bars, those are the very things that might work best for the car. But Quest Bars are better quality ingredients than Atkins (GNC and Trader Joe's has them).

Some of these items can also be had in gas station convenience stores...even low carb snack pacs now.

TIP: You can always scrap all the toppings off a pizza, and often pizza places have salads/antipasta to make it a meal.

Edit: half hour later, there is a new post on DietDoctor on Low CarbTravel it is getting a bit spooky how often similar posts show up for me
http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/travel. Good Lists!
Btw, cheese crisps...check out Costco Whisps.

OUTSTANDING!!!
I need a box filled with emergency food.
Looking for nutrition that might be in my car for a long time.
But available so I can get home and eat better.

So far: nuts, peanut butter, health bars, jerky,
these are simple to prepare, not messy to eat, easy to store
and have "car staying power"

. . . . . not sure about cheese products in hot weather,
but that's a personal choice.

Reminds me of a saying:
"If it does not need to be refrigerated, it's no good"

Thanks for the list. Add to it anytime.

The new Atkins Harvest Bars look better (not as frankenfoody) for emergencies.

And if it's really only pizza, just eat off the top of 2-3 slices, and if the place has antipasto salad, that works too.

And then move on and not worry about it. We've all been there.

You are still in the beginnings of induction, RB, so, unless you are one of the lucky few, OR you have been religious with your salty broth, you SHOULD be feeling low energy right now.

Your metabolism hasn't yet switched over from glucose burning to fat burning, and you had probably pretty much depleted your glycogen stores.

Now, it'll happen all over again. That's the bad news, because your sandwich helped to refill them. The good news, though, is that now you have your low carb emergency kit, you have your plan of action, and you know that, even in the face of pizza, you can stay low carb and grain free by eating the topping and tossing the base.

That's how I survive in Italy, BTW: toss the bread, eat the yummy low carb toppings.

I have my starter quick food supply car box.
Bought peanut butter for the first time in many years.
Bought raw peanuts, raw mixed nuts and raw almonds.
Those will stay in my car.

And, thinking about it ~ when on the road I can always
buy an orange or grapefruit if near a store for
quick healthy carbs when low BGLs appear.

Thanks for the help.

Yeah, you are in California, assume not the Mojave Dessert. can also check lists how to eat LC at fast food outlets. In 'n Out is a LC fav. SIL is in Dana Point, I had to try this one having heard so much about their secret menu. http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/bur...st-and-worst/3/ But the lettuce wrap option is available almost everywhere, even McDonalds will put a burger on salad or make LC breakfast plates for you.

And Trader Joe's has many options...this is the cheese and salami pac: http://citteriousa.com/products-pronti.html. 3 g Parsnip Chips are a new option.

RB: the extremely good news is that if you keep your carbs below 20, assuming you have weaned off diabetic meds, you likely won't have to worry about LBGs.

BGs are not only much lower, they're more stable lower, on VLC.

MickieSure- I believe the OP is on insulin, so he might have a road ahead adjusting meds with low carb.

RythmBeat- if you are on insulin and your plan for hypos is to find a gas station, i am frankly shocked and glad I drive more than 3000 miles away from you. You NEED a source of sugar in the car- i use glucose tabs, as they work the quickest and are easy to measure- each one is 4 carbs. plus they are shelf stable for life and don't taste good, so you won't overeat them.
other good options are dried fruit or small (4oz) juice boxes.
Also if you are that low, you need to pull over. This is no joking matter.
a blood sugar of 55 has been shown to give a person the reaction speed as a woman who has had 3 alcoholic beverages within one HOUR. I know for me, I don't feel symptoms until far lower than 55 (usually low 40's). Please be safe!!!!