Hi,
I'm new to this forum. New to lowcarbing. So "hello"! I'm 5'3'' and 141. I've been doing Atkins for the last few weeks and NO weight loss. I think I may have gained a little. It's driving me nuts. I'm a recovering bulimic and I thought I finally found a WOL that will help me to get on with my life and go back to normal eating habits (normal in a LC way). I've been counting all the carbs (average of 15), calories (average of 1600), taking supplents (Q10, multivitamin, chrome), excercising (3hrs of aerobic per week and 2 hrs of swimming). And nothing! The only thing I can think of is candida. I may suffer from it. My question is... am I right? Or something else may be a cause? If so, what kind of candida causes a weight loss stall? What kind of medical test do I need to take to know that? In my country unless you are very sick (like literally dying) no one will bother to care about stuff like candida as there is not enough money to treat people who are seriously ill. They don't care about people who are trying to lose weight sp I know my doctor won't help me on that one. I have to go straight to the lab and do some test but was wondering if anyone knows what kind of tests? I'm even up for a nasal septum surgery as I've been suffering from sinusitis for the last 8 years and I've heard about a sinusitis-candida connection (has anyone else had this problem?).
please help me as I'm beginning to lose faith. Thank you for your help.
madzia