I read Mistressnumber1's post and your response. I bet the fact that you don't eat meat is a big factor.

You may or may not find this relevant: https://www.healthline.com/health/keto-breath

I call it dog breath ;-)

After being vegan for most of my life, I started eating fish and, did the pescatarian route. There is a great health retreat in Costa Rica that specializes in "Primal Keto." They do farm raised chicken, eggs, seafood but, no dairy or, red meat. (I skipped chicken and, eggs.) Their fat comes from coconut milk, avocado, nuts, ect. (I visit them about 3 times a year. Amazing place.) I couldn't keep up with the keto diet eventually, simply because eating fish started to bother me. But, the primal keto diet, was the best I've felt in my adult life.

So, the man passed out 20 minutes into a 5 hour session? Oh no! Poor guy...but, I have to wonder what he was thinking. Fasting, cold medicine and, wine...it is a recipe for a nap.

OMG. That retreat sounds amazing. I will have to look into it.

Yeah, that guy planned a total nap. Perhaps his actual fetish was to have a domme sit on the floor with him for an hour trying to re-hydrate him.

This is funny. The only pescatarian I know is a good friend of mine and everybody (including me) make jokes on his account because he is rigid most of the times but makes some exceptions when he feels like it.

My diet is pretty similar, probably stricter during the week, but I am willing to abandon it during the week end, for social reasons.

I don't eat before sessions, but again I eat very little before evening during normal days. I drink strong coffees before and smoothies if I have to kill time, which is not unusual because I am usually early.

I have several long term subs that went on the keto diet and maintained the same level of play (if not improved stamina due to weight loss) throughout. I've toyed around with it, and after I got over the first couple of days of sugar detox, my energy level went through the roof. No carb comas or sugar highs and lows to deal with, just sustained energy and mental clarity throughout the day. I am a life long vegetarian, and I find it easy to do the diet when I want to due to all the meat substitutes available. If I didn't love pasta, bread, and sweet wines so much, I would probably adopt the low carb lifestyle full time.

What do you do for meat substitutes? As a vegetarian, that is where I struggle with keto. I don't do soy either. When I was doing fish, it was great...but, I just can't keep it up...always go back to vegan.

I went vegan for almost a year, but my hair started falling out and my skin was wack. Everyone reacts differently, I guess. Beyond Meat (they don't use soy) and Quorn make really good products, and of course the Impossible Burger is amazing.