atkins was Re: bye for now

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Dear Cindy,

I lost about 50 pounds on the atkins diet (although after I went off

of it after 8 months and slowly regained the weight back over 3 years)

and it taught me a lot about my body.

one, a diet that emphasizes carbs and low fat, even healthy carbs

like fresh fruit and bread, only exacerbates my insulin resistance

and

causes major mood swings and energy fluctuations. A higher percentage

of good carbs in my diet makes my face break out, constipates me,

makes me bloat ( i don't need to have a bypass to have 'dumping'

because a glass of apple juice will do it to me now),stops my

periods, and all around just makes me feel bad. (i have symptoms of

PCOS)

If i restrict my fats to very low, my skin gets dry and and i begin

to have a menses cycle that never ends with copious bright red blood

and terrible anemia. (Found that out when I was on Medi-fast).

I found if I keep my carbohydrate intake around 30-40gms a day (which

is about three to four cups of non starchy veggies) is best for me

and I no longer feel guilty for my meat cravings. I used to feel bad

that my natural inclination is to eat only the meat and leave

everything else behind. I used to eat the carbos cause they were

" good for me " and oh, sure they tasted good. If I had to choose

between chocolate cake and ice cream and a rib eye steak...if I

listen

to my body it would choose the ribeye although the pleasure in the

moment would be with the dessert knowing I would probably fall into a

'sugar coma' in about 2 hours. this dessert would make me bloated

and flatulent hehehe

So knowing this about my body I still chose to have surgery, knowing

it will be a powerful tool to assist me because even though modified

atkins works for me i have a powerful carbohydrate addiction that is

very difficult to control. I usually have poor success with

controlling it in the long run, particularly when I am under stress.

In a perfect world, maybe, but I don't live in a perfect world.

Maybe you should walk thru a bakery and take a real deep breath. ;>

Just looking at sugar/desserts does make people fat cause it starts

the insulin response which is hormone/chemically driven (atkins talks

about it).

His book was a good educational tool for me and he does have his own

web site and ezine...just put his name in the search engine.

Good luck,

in Colorado

>

> He also recommended the Atkins diet. SOOO WLS is off for now until

I

get my

> other problems under control a little better. I figure this way I

will have

> one more doctor followed diet to add to my list if nothing else!!

Also, I

> found out I am 244 so I have a BMI of only 39 instead of 40!!! I

mean

> PLEASE!!! Give me a day and I will make it, you know!!

>

> so, for now I am stopping my MGB journey and will try this Atkins

thing for a

> while.

> I will be reading on the web now... so I can keep up with

everyone.... But I

> sure I will be back!!

>

> cindy