As most of you know I have been trying to lose about 70 pounds since I weaned Kanon. It has been over a year now and I still have forty pounds to go. I completely gave up dieting over the summer and gained back 20 pounds. I have lost ten of those but have been really struggling with it the last 6 months or so. well I have been doing some reading lately about low carb diets and was surprised to find that my favorite health authors and the diets they recommend are low carb even though they dont actually call them that. books I thought taught opposite principles like Original fast foods which pushes mostly vegetarian and Eat fat Lose Fat which pushes animal products are actually both low carb diets.
I started last week on a low carb diet but felt weak and tired by thursday. I got discouraged and went off for the weekend but after some more reading I found that this is common in the first days of the diet as your body adjusts so I decided to give it another try. It is different than atkins in that atkins limits your carbs to under twenty a day whereas i am focusing on low carb foods like green veggies, low sugar fruit like apples and berries and meat, cheese and eggs. I avoid all grains, sugar and potatoes.
I am planning on posting regular updates on my progress as some incentive to keep going and in case anyone is interested.
One of the reasons I am trying this is also because this diet is supposed to help stabilize hormones which I think i really need. though I do feel a little weak and tired, my mood is definitely improved.
I'm glad to hear what you are discovering. After my experience with my low carb diet, I'm grateful to have found a way that actually works for me. It is very liberating to know that I will be able to loose the weight I will inevitably gain when I have my next baby. I had the same experience of feeling tired the first few days, but it eventually passed. I don't know what program you are on, but one thing that really helped me was to roast a whole chicken and then to eat it in small portions over the week. Then I always had something on hand, and I actually enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI saw you this weekend Monterey and you look great! I don't think you need to lose another 40, you would look emancipated if you did.
ReplyDeleteI had a goal for the month of January to get off sugar to help control my heart arythmias to prepare for my next pregancy, and by so doing, I also cut out a lot of unnecessary carbs, as they always had sugar in them. I also lost some weight by doing this, even though I wasn't neccesarily trying to. It's near impossible to eliminate sugar completely, but was able to keep it under 1-2 grams per day, and the results have been fabulous. I've been able to pretty much get rid of my arrythmias (fast, irregular heart rhythms) even while playing basketball every week, and I had a lot more energy. I think everyone should try it!--And I should try it again :)
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