....and something is not working correctly. I have managed to finally lose one more pound but this is not usual. Normal on low carb is 5-10 lbs the first week. I have been very faithful to the diet but there are other things that are odd.
I have been doing LC for 40 years. My first time was back around 1970 after my son was born. The two big diets were Dr. Stillman's Quick Weight Loss and Whipped Cream & Martinis: The Drinking Man's Diet. Stillman's was meat, eggs & cheese only. You alternated it with the Quick Inches Off Diet which was all veggies and fruit. You did the QWL until you got your weight within about 20 lbs then you alternated it with the QIO every two weeks. This supposedly got you back in shape as you lost the final pounds and did not leave you with sagging skin. I followed the diet to drop the 20 lbs I had put on during my pregnancy and actually enjoyed it.
Over the years I don't always diet but I eat more LC than anything else. I love meat, eggs and cheese and any veggies. I don't care much for sweets (except chocolate and ice cream) or fruits. Also while I love a good loaf of home baked bread, I really am not big on breads either. So mostly I have eaten LC for half the month and then the second half is loaded with lots of noodles, rice and potatoes as I try to pay all the bills and stretch my grocery bill to nth penny.
Three things usually happen when you start a LC diet.
First there is the diarrhea. Within a day or two you will usually have some diarrhea problems that will continue throughout the diet because you will be eating high protein meals plus high fiber with veggies. This did not start this time until about 2 days ago. Instead it seemed as if I was still stuffed with all that whole wheat bread.
Second - you get really bad breath. It is from a process called ketosis that is going on in your body. As the body burns fat it puts off gases that come through your breath. Most diets will give you some bad breath but LC usually gives you extreme bad breath. I mean you can TASTE it, it is so bad. It is a good reason to keep a bit of parsley available and I brush my teeth often plus keep a SF mouthwash available. I haven't had this problem but one or two days so far this time.
Third - you usually start to lose your appetite after 3-4 days. I mean you have to FORCE yourself to eat at least twice a day. Not so this time. It has been a constant fight in the other direction. I have craved all that garbage that I was eating on low fat even though in my normal life I almost never ate any of the stuff. The first 3 or 4 days I was cooking almost nonstop. I would eat a pork chop and salad and two hours later feel hungry, hungry, hungry. I would distract myself enough to make it to 4 or 5 hours then it would be another pork chop and a small cup of salad. This went on for 3 days. By Sunday I finally began to feel like I was actually filling up but it was Tues before I went on two meals a day and no hunger pangs.
Since things are finally seeming like normal with this diet I am hoping next week will finally record a reasonable weight loss. I will stick with it. I want to stay with low carb for 3 full months before going back to low fat.
Happy Dieting
Linda B in TN@ 349 :)
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