I've decided to restart Atkins within the week. A couple of things led to it: getting fatter - harder to do things. Hurting more.
The big one: moods. What if I can improve my moods by eating lower carb? I seem to recall the depressions weren't as bad.
It's also simple things - I start coughing every time I eat something with wheat, then I get wierd abdominal pains. I figured out my plantar faciitis hurt horribly every time I ate more than an ounce of sugar. I try to watch that.
So, if I'm cutting out the wheat and avoiding sugar, I might as well go whole-hog. I have zero energy and little motivation, but I figure I can only help myself.
I just want to re-read some of my low carb diet books and have a few "last meals" before I climb back on the very patient bandwagon.
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I think this is an excellent idea! I always feel better eating low carb. Good luck!
You also may be gluten intolerant
I love Atkins...it just got too expensive for me.
You did really well on low carb, even though you snapped at me for saying this before and said you were mean. I never saw that! You knitted beautiful things, got tons of exercise, grew a lovely garden
The ups and downs for even the so called " norms" eating things like sugar and white flour ect.. Are pretty severe
I give grandson a piece of toast with jelly...he spins and crashes
Low carb is only expensive if you don't know how to do it ...Heather is a fantastic role model for ANYONE who wants to low carb on a budget! Read this blog, if she puts her mind to it we are all in for some great low carb ideas!
I am a cheddar burger lover!
The thing to watch with high-protein, Atkins style diets is that they can be very tough on your heart, for people that are at risk.
To Anonymous: I don't think all the activity goes to my diet. I think it went to I had a lousy lithium level and got manic a lot. I can conquer the world when I'm manic, but at a proper lithium level I have a lot of fatigue and pretty much no manias. Boo.
HOWEVER we shall see. I can't go on like this, getting fatter and horribly depressed. I intend to view this as a prescription.
Eating low carb, all my health markers were excellent - so good I got a LARGE life insurance policy for $10 a month. Cholesterol was low, Blood Center loved me. And, I was eating enough iron and protien that I could donate several times a year. I seem to recall the depression was better, but that's the problem with a rearview mirror - I think I see what I want to see. :)
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