Sun, Jan-27-02, 21:49
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Senior Member
Posts: 538
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Plan: Vegetarian Low GI
Stats: 188/179.8/125
BF:
Progress: 13%
Location: Israel (temporarily)
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Rough Weekend
Hello all,
Both my sister and I started low carb WOE this weekend (I started Atkins Induction - she's doing Schwarzbein principle because she's a vegetarian and found that more veggie friendly) and i have to say both of us are having a rough time. We're doing everything pretty much by the book (drinking LOTS of water, about 12-24 glasses a day, taking multi-vitamins, not going over the carbs) and experiencing the symptoms of carb withdrawl (and caffiene withdrawl for me :-) but it seems more extreme than I've heard. I've been having ongoing headaches (I'm prone to them anyway) and yesterday I couldn't keep my lunch down (thank God I am doing better today). Today my sister couldn't keep down her lunch. Anyone else experienced vomiting during the first part of their low-carbing (whether Atkins Induction or others)? Also a huge loss of appetite - at night I just can't face looking at a piece of meat although I'm doing OK on the salads. One thing that does bother me a little about Atkins Induction is that you're only allowed 3 cups of salad or 2 cups and 1 cup of another veggie. Did anyone else find this disturbing and what can you do about it? I'm tempted to add another cup or two of lettuce every day (I've got the carbs for it).
I guess both my sister and I are looking for reassurance that we'll get out of this and start to feel the energy that everyone talks about :-)
Tam
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