OK Embarrassing question but i need help!
 

Ok here it goes,

I have been on atkins for about 3 months ( took a break for christmas though) and since starting back on thie WOE on jan 5th I have had horrible stinky farts, I mean so bad my DH slept on the couch, they smell like rotten eggs.

I am lactose intolerant so i am cutting cheese out but other then that i am eating nothing new what could this be?!?!?!?!?! please help this is really putting a damper on my love life and is very Embarrassing. :cry: :tears:

please help! :help:

Are you eating a lot of eggs? That could do it. Honestly

Are you eating alot more raw veggies then before you started this WOE? It could be just your body adjusting. Eggs could also be part of the problem, some people may be sensative.

Are you eating anything at all with sugar alcohols? Malitol has that effect on me nastily.

Also your system may be cleaning out depending on how bad you took time off for the holidays. The massive carb influx may of messed with your system.

No i do not eat eggs at all I never have. i think in my life time i have had 2 cooked eggs and puked after each one.

so eggs are not the problem.
but thanks for tring!

Some of the veggies (eg brocolli) could be doing it?

If you were fine before your Christmas break, it could be your body re-adjusting to this WOE. Give it a few more days and see how it goes...

I have produced some record breaking stinkers in my house too. So give your body some time and just blame the dog. :)

Rick

ahem...my farts don't stink.

Hey Pet,
I know that I get painful gas from sorbitol... are you eating anything with that in it, sf candies or anything? I once had sorbee gummy bears, and only 5 little bears just about killed me it hurt so much....

Jenn

I would stop eating SF candy, chocolate ANY fo those low carb bars... all of that can cause it...

Not that I fart or anything but I bet you are lactose intolerant. Ive had similar issue

I gotta second what jade has said....sorbitol rips me a new one...oh sorry....didn't mean to be so graphic. ahem...

anytime i have had carbs i shouldnt have until they are completely out of your system it does terrible things to your insides. my husband has started telling anyone who offers me sugar or carbs she doesnt eat that. it is pretty funny

LOL Chud, you sound like my DH.. Calls it his carbo-Rator back firing.

Too many sugar-free chocolate products (chocolate coated protein bars, Atkins Endulge bars, etc.) can certainly cause really nasty emissions!!!

Also, lots of Texas BBQ brisket does the same. As does blackened chicken on a caesar salad. Those are my top three culprits.

Do you make your own? If not be careful BBQ sauce can have something like 30g carbs per tbsp. The stuff is almost pure sugar

really watch out for lo-carb candy like gummies, the fruit slices, the jelly beans, those are deadly!! When I buy carbo-lite snacks, my kids tell my hubby.."watch out, mom just bought some carbo-lax!!" haha!!

If you're lactose intollerant you might also have to beware of cream and butter. I used to have the problem from just cream in my coffee. Since starting on thie WOE I have been able to digest lactose alot better and eat cream, cream cheese and cheese, etc without taking the lactaid.

well i cut out cheese yesterday and well, no nasty rotten egg farts last night!!!my husband was very happy! so maybe it was cheese or just my body getting used to this WOE again. but i am not a huge fan of cheese anyway so it will be easy to do with out it. :agree:

I can whole-heartedly agree. Carbo Lite jelly beans taste great, but OMG! I was glad there were no matches or flames around. They are almost, well they are, all sugar alcohol. I had the runs, and gassy. Thought I was going to be gassy, and well, SURPRISE! :nono:

she cut the cheese!!!!! hahahahaha!
Sorry, couldn't help myself!

:lol: Neerer :lol:

I left my self wide open for that one!!!!!
Thanks for a chuckle!

i haven't noticed any stinky farts, but when i cut my carbs from really high to 20, i KNOW i'm in ketosis because my breath smells so bad i can smell it through my nose. it's embarrasing. i blame it on my shoes. anyway, i know that wasn't much help...just keep air freshener with you and spray every time...that's what my roomates and i did...hmm. maybe i should keep air freshener with me when mom goes to the bathroom and i have to walk in and use it after her...

That, or you're suffering from anosmia :lol:

Nope, my sniffer works just fine! I caught the first wiffs of ketones burning yesterday. Sorry Dean, you're just going to have to take my word for it...my farts don't stink (unless I cheat).

yer smelly!
 

Sounds like yer body is working overtime!! It's getting ready to flush you out! Getting rid of all that nasty fat!!!
Keep up the plan!! You can do it!

p.s. hold your nose, clothes pins, etc. Incense, nows there's the answer! Tell your boyfriend that you will look absolutely fabulous soon, real soon! And once he sees you in that bikini, he'll forget all about your stinky farts!! hee hee :lol:

Just hold the blankets down real tight-or vent near his nose.

Since I started this WOE, the opposite has happened. I used to let out stinky ones all the time, now I only fart when I eat sugar alcohols. I'm enjoying this a lot!!!

since starting this woe i dont have gas problems unless i do a carb binge and then....

OH My GAWD! the carb binge seems to make my stomach and intestines explode with noxious GASSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

my friend has the same problem - we both ate carbs over xmas break and we almost set the house on fire cause there was candles a burnin'. ha ha ha