Frustrated, angry, gonna cry!
The past few weeks have been terribly frustrating for me. When I started Atkin's, I had a huge loss to start with. Then, I stalled. Normal, I know. But the stall has turned into this really wierd yo-yo thing, where I lose and gain roughly the same ten lbs in a frustrating cycle almost weekly. My body just screams out loud when I get to 248, and suddenly, I regain 7 lbs or so within the next day.
I have tried multiple approaches to combat this. The first time it happened, I maintained my diet status qou. The scale didn't budge from 255. I got sick and had a sudden woosh down to 248, then bam, right back up again.
The next time it happened, I tweaked a little, adding in some carbs to try to "jolt" my system. Big mistake. The scale went back up to 258.
The last time it happened, which happened last week, I tweaked the other direction and went right back to pure induction levels.
Now, I am holding steady at 250, each day the scale is going up to about 255, to drop to about 250-252 each day when I rise.
Some people say you shouldn't weigh every day, but I do so because I feel it is a way to keep better tabs on what I am doing, and when trying new things, like recipes, a way to know things I should perhaps avoid. (like the incident with sugar alcohols)
Anyway, I am frustrated and feeling not so hot, and I need some advice or something. I have lost my appetite the last few days due to a sort of rare illness I have that reared it's ugly head.
I have several concerns, one being that TOM is *horrible*, the pain is wracking me, and this has never been a problem in my life for me. I had, at the most, some mild cramps that lasted a couple days. Now, the pain literally awoke me, and I came *very* close to calling the doctor.
Next, the rare illness. I usually only have bouts in time of severe stress, it is an immune linked thing, and closely tied to TOM. This is the first time I have gotten it since being on Atkin's. I don't know if it is linked, but I am a bit nervous about it, seeing as I have gone through such a dramatic lifestyle change.
Last night at work, I had what felt like an extreme hypoglycemic episode, eyes got dark, ringing in ears, sounds got distant, feeling like I was about to faint. Haven't had this since the first week of induction.
Lastly, liver and pancreatic pain, which had previously all but disappeared. It would be horrible to think that all of this is linked somehow to my diet.
I do not find it linked to TOM for the yo-yo thing as that has been almost weekly for some time now. TOM is just a miserable joke that came along at a coincidental time.
I have heard the term "set points", and wondering if, in insulin resistance, is this more of a common problem?
Anyone got comments, help, or suggestions? If I see 248-258 again, I shall scream! (And cry)
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