Low Carbing-hard on me
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 05 Oct 2000 12:51:59 -0500
tried in 2 times and both times I was more sluggish than ever ... Like
most things - it all depends on the person ... XOXO Amy
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>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 08:42:15 -0500 (CDT)
>From: smedley200@yahoo.com (Smedley)
>To: PCOS@OBGYN.NET
>Subject: Re: Stopped Low Carbing
>Message-ID: <200010051342.IAA25845@mail.medispecialty.com>
I do not know about anyone else, but when I started the Adkins diet it
made me sick as a dog. Stopping EVERY single carb intake did not work
for me. I was weak, I had stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, headaches,
the shakes, etc... When I went off adkins it was almost as bad. Then I
decided to do the Smedley Diet :) In other words I limited the aount of
certain carbs, and I did not eat any of other carbs. Started srinking
gallons of water, and stopped drinking caffeine. I have felt a lot
better since I started doing this. Hope this helps.
Smed
At Thu, 5 Oct 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>I was doing the Carbohydrate Addict Diet for the past 2 weeks. I was
>horribly sick w/head & chest cold, so couldn't tell if it was really working
>- didn't really feel any better... This past weekend, I got lazy and quit
>low carbing...We went out for hamburgers for lunch, etc., etc. Well, by
>Monday night I had a terrible craving for chocolate. I was out running an
>errand and actually stopped at a gas station just for a chocolate bar. Well,
>I bought and ate 2. Within and hour and a half I was shaking terrible bad -
>full blown panic attack it seemed. I woke up with a searing headache and was
>very shakey the next morning. Of course, I didn't make the connection...I
>had cereal and milk for breakfast on Tuesday. Well, since then I have had
>low grade shakes and a horrid headache. I mentioned this to the doctor at my
>appt this morning and he didn't know what was going on and I also talked with
>a nurse there and she said to eat a little bit of sugar. I had some
>applesauce (100% natural) and the headache went away. I am trying to low
>carb again, but I keep getting a slight headache and the shakiness and hunger
>pangs like a hypoglycemic attack and have to eat something sweet (fruit).
>BUT I am supposed to be hyperglycemic???!!!
>
>Have any of you had this kind of experience? The few days that I have not
>been low carbing, I felt absolutely terrible!! I want to low carb - I am not
>takin Met, but I am having the same reactions that some of you gals mentioned
>with Met and low carbing.
>
>I am just plain confused and trying not to have panic attacks over my
>health...
>
>Shelly N.
>Spokane, WA
>SAHM to Chris (8), Jaedyn (6), Nicholas (5) and Erin (3)
I do not know about anyone else, but when I started the Adkins diet it
made me sick as a dog. Stopping EVERY single carb intake did not work
for me. I was weak, I had stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, headaches,
the shakes, etc... When I went off adkins it was almost as bad. Then I
decided to do the Smedley Diet :) In other words I limited the aount of
certain carbs, and I did not eat any of other carbs. Started srinking
gallons of water, and stopped drinking caffeine. I have felt a lot
better since I started doing this. Hope this helps.
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