Re: Need some suggestions on just how many carbs I can have...and diet suggestions
From: Maddy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 19:40:48 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 22 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your story, unfortunately I just want to pick your
brains a little more. Can you tell me if you are on any medication and
if so what. And also on 30 grams of carbo a day, what does a typical
days food entail for you.
30 grams a day seems such a small amount.
Thanks, I love hearing people good stories as opposed to the depressing
ones.
--
Maddy
>I have been on a low carb diet (30 grams of carbs a day) since October.
>I was told that I would never be able to have kids with out a lot of
>medical and drug intervention. I have not taken a single drug. I AM
>PREGNANT. My blood tests are now coming back as very close to normal
>and the pregnancy is going great. I have stayed on the low carb diet
>(with supervision of my acupuncturist and nutritionist) but have
>increased them to 40-60 grams of carbs per day. I added a few whol
>grains and some fruit to my diet for the extra carbs and it's working
>great. Btw, Protien Power is a book for low carb info and "The Low-Carb
>Cookbook" by Fran McCollough is GREAT. Lots of good food to keep you
>going. Please feel free to email me with any questions. Good luck!
>
>At Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Cara wrote:
>>
>>That is great for weight loss, but does it hinder anything when trying
>>to get pregnant?
>>
>>At Sat, 21 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi Dana,
>>>
>>>Thanks so much for your reply. I really appreciate the pointers and
>>>congrats on the great success that you have had. I wish you the best of
>>>luck. I have been looking into the Atkins diet and other low carb
>>>diets. Its great to hear from people about the ones that they are
>>>on...it goes to help my decision on which one will work the best for me.
>>>If you have any other suggestions I would appreciate all the help I
>>>could get.
>>>
>>>At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Dana wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi ya,
>>>>
>>>>I have been actively fighting PCOS since Nov00. By following the Atkins
>>>>diet and exercising I have regained a 28 day cycle (whereas before I was
>>>>lucky to get one every 6-8mths), gained energy, and dropped fat. I had
>>>>a break from the diet by introducing about 60g of carbs a day for about
>>>>6 weeks not so long ago, and my period was late, PMT extremely bad (i.e.
>>>>moods etc), and I gained 3kg of pure fat!!! My weight has come to a
>>>>stand still at the moment, but my body feels sooooo much better when
>>>>following this diet (basically no more than 20-30g of carbs a day). So
>>>>I'm going to keep exercising and dieting and pray that this extra weight
>>>>starts dropping. Also, exercise is another key to balancing out our
>>>>insulin, hence causing weight loss to become slightly easier.
>>>>
>>>>Hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>>See ya
>>>>Dana
>>>>:-)
>>>>
>>>>At Thu, 19 Jul 2001, E. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>>I was diagnosed with PCOS this last Dec. I am continually trying to
>>>>>read as much as I can about PCOS so I can get up to spead on just where,
>>>>>what and how I need to be doing things to help battle this crud!LOL. I
>>>>>went to a nutritionist and let me tell you she flat out admitted that
>>>>>she went on-line 10 minutes before my appointment with her to find out
>>>>>just what PCOS was. In the end all she said she could do was recommend
>>>>>that I fallow a diabetic diet. Okay...but how and what is that and just
>>>>>how many carbs should I be taking and can I ever have carbs again...and
>>>>>what about fruit...sheesh there are sooo many questions I could really
>>>>>use the help from someone who knows more than this nutritionist does.
>>>>>Unfortunately my OBGYN who diagnosed me can only say stay away from
>>>>>carbs as much as possible....okay enough said...help!
>>
>>--
>>Cara
>>
>--
>Odessa
>
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