Libido
 

Hi
Was just wondering if anyones experienced a decrease in libido since lc'ing?

No, I experienced a decrease in my libido after my daughter was born....lol

Just can't seem to get my sex drive going at the moment since lc'ing..... am I the only one whose got this problem?

Mine increased. High fat diets tend to promote testosterone in the body (at least in males).

Of course, I'm also premenopausal and I weightlift. Both of these can and do increase the relative proportions of testosterone in women, which explains my current, um, situation...

I have PCOS so mine tends to be high anyway but LCing has made it more so.

Thanks
Maybe I need to look at other causes, it is really starting to get me down (and my other half)
Kiwi

Mine is low too. I noticed this after I started having kids. Then I found out it was due to the hormonal balance for the first year after giving birth. Your body is signaling that it doesn't want to get pregnant again. I also have a problem while on birth control pills. They cause the same reaction for me. The only time mine is high is when we are trying to get pregnant and during the pregnancy. I am going in next month and I think I am going to see if there is something different I can try. I need to do something since my DH is only home on the weekends and is usually looking for some lovin'!

I have this issue too and I find it really frustrating. I don't have kids and have never been pregnant. Maybe it's all the estrogen being released from fat loss. I don't know. I just wish it would go away (or rather come back). I feel very sorry for my husband, I mean geeze, we've only been married a month and a couple days. Heck, I feel sorry for me too :p I used to really enjoy sex and now most of the time I can't be bothered.

Debbie

I noticed a decrease in sex drive for the first few months but now I feel like I am 19 again (and thats as much as I am going to say... :) )

Wow Built....never knew that, I guess I need to push the LC thing with my hubby!

If anything, I find mine to be more. How long have you been LCing? Maybe your body just needs to adjust.

Have you considered seeng a Dr. and possibly getting a prescription? I understand there is now a libido enhancing pill available for women. Couldn't find the name of it for you using a google search however - tons of hits on junk products.

Well, mine's waned lately but I think it has more to do with working too much (and shift work, to boot!) and not getting enough time alone with DH (3 kids, 1 dog, 2 cats, 4 jobs between the 2 of us, extended family)....

I have no interest whatsoever and couldn't care less about it except that DH is goin' without and NOT willingly ;)

kind of hard to tell cause mine has alway been so high anyway!! :D but lc'ing hasnt hurt!

i think that just feeling better - and more importantly - feeling BETTER about YOURSELF - and the boost to your self confidence would lead to a rise in sexiness! :agree:

I gained back my libido since low-carbing. Perhaps it's the vegetarian component in your low-carbing that is the culprit and not the low-carbing itself?

Quote from Weston-Price Foundation website:

"Celibate monks living in monasteries and leading a vegetarian lifestyle find soy foods quite helpful because they dampen libido."

Another possibility...some animals are treated with hormones. Perhaps checking into this with your grocer or find a market that buys untreated meats. Or maybe it's the other way around, buy hormonally treated meat.

But, I have learned recently that insulin, a hormone, affects other hormones when it goes through a change, such as stability. That is why low carb works well for women with PCOS.

I feel just like SimplyDawn, well said.

What's that? I'm in menopause. :o

I definitely think my libido has increased. I don't know about the increase in fat thing. I do know that I feel much more attractive and dh is enjoying life! :lol:

My libido hasn't increased....but the activity level sure has. I think it's because I feel sexier & now I enjoy prancing around nekked (so does DH!! )

I was having tha tproblem so I started to look at things outside of the diet. One of the first things I ddi was get off of depo and on to a bc pill. I think this may of helped. I also went to my doctor and got antidepressents. I think in my case alot of the problem was exaustion and maybe depression.

Look at everything in your life, not just diet. Is there any medications your on, or so forth. Are there suppliments you should be taking but aren't that could give you more energy. Has your hormonal balance changed through age, birth control methods, or a sudden change in the amount of soy being eaten.

You might also examine thing sin your realtionship. Is there any tension? Since you've started low carbing have you been resentful DH isn't being supportive or joining you, or does he seem to be pushing you. I heard a saying once that talked about how women need to feel close to a man before sex while a man uses sex to be closer to a woman. Maybe try it from the male point of view and focus on it being a bonding experience and giving pleasure and just let the rest come naturally, or if it doesn't come then at least get a few lobster dinners ;)

I had never laid the relation with LC, but yes I definitely see it with the weightlifting and healthy food 'renaissance'!

Both my wife and I start to look better and have more energy, that has translated in more frequent sex.

The quality has also further improved, but that was already high.... It is more that once you discover the pleasures of a healthy lifestyle you start adding things to your relation that may have been 'out of reach' otherwise. I don't want to go in details, but it doesn't look like some pig tries to overcome my beautiful wife anymore!

There is a link between soy and lowered testosterone but as far as I know, the studies have been done on men. Since you are vegetarian, I'm wondering if you are consuming a lot of soy products and changeing the hormonal balance between estrogen and testosterone?

Karen

I know mine's has gone through the roof since LCing (it was healthy to start with!). I'm peri-menopausal (for the last 5 years), post hysterectomy (this year). After the hyst mine has just kept climbing up, up and away.

Julie

I found that in the first few months, my interest became very low. DH and I are usually very "active" but when I started LCing I didn't want anything. It got better when I started taking more vitamin supplements, so maybe you should look into that? Also, fiber helped because it made me feel less bloated.

My libido is low when I don't exercise, drink enough water, or take supplements. I think it is that way because I am tired. I also notice it when I eat very low carb, such as on Induction.

When I up my carbs a bit and take complete care of myself, we have what hubby likes to call jungle sex.

My bride of two months is doing low carb with me, and if her libido is down now I pray she never quits LC because it would kill me I tell ya. I never thought I would find a woman that was worse than I was about sex. Now I've found her and don't know what to do with her.

I find vigorous exercise, like martial arts, makes me... libidinous. >:)

That is just TOO funny!!! :lol: You poor thing!

Take extra vitamins and rest when you can. :)