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Originally Posted by dina1957
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If by low carbing you mean Atkins and other ketogenic low carb diet, then I'm this person. I can't function on less than 70 g of carbs a day, I do really good on about 100-120 g from low GI vegetables, low GI fruit, nuts, plain yougurt, kefir and feta cheese, eggs, chicken and/or fish or seafood, olive oil, seeds and nuts. Ocationally, I'll have 1/2 cup of slow cooked oats or barley. No sweets, sugars, no low carb junk, bars, candies, etc.
I'm not messing with a die hard Atkins followers but understand those who feel horrible on this diet, myself included. It's not about carbs cravings, I don't have them and don't have sweet tooth in general. It's more a quality of live, which sufferes once I get into ketosis (<50g carbs). I can't concentrate, getting depressed and have panic attacks almost every day. add digestive troubles like heart burn and increased stomach acidity, fatigue, headaches, and in general, no desire to live. I've struggled trying to lose remaining weight for a while now, but everytime I tell myself, hey, don't be such a whimp, everyone else does it, and cut my carbs to 30g a day, I get all the sympthoms back and have to get back to my otherwise healthy diet. Add that I've started shedding too much hair, my usually very nice complexion becomes gets of greyish and liveless. I love working out but being on too low cabrs makes it very hard on me. I have nocturnal muscle cramps, painfull tingling and twitching, throbbing in my legs despite all the suggested supplements I take religiously. So, you got the picture.
So, we are not messing with you guys, not everyone benefits from hard core low carb diet. I believe there is no one size fits all diet and while some thrive on protein/fat, others like me, would feel miserable if put on this diet for a long time. I also believe that those who need to lose 20 pounds don't have to go into ketosis, they would do just well by cutting processed and junk food, sodas, juices, etc, simply put, empty calories. I'm pro low carbs, just can't do meat/fat/vegetable for the rest of my life, and diet means lifestyle. so, I'd rather keep those extra pounds, but feel good and energetic, exercise and eat healthy, then lose all the weight just to regain it back, and feel miserable, tried and true, at least, for myself. I'd like to hear from others too. 
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Dina, I am you..!! LOL!
I started LC about a week ago and lost 7 lbs in 3 days!! Then 5 more in the next day and a half [because I couldn't eat] Great you might say..but no, I felt like I was on death's door. I honestly [from searching this site endlessly] believe I was doing it right, eating what the book told me to eat but in the end I listened to my body [and my husband who made me eat a tuna sandwich!! LOL] I had extreme nausea, cramps in stomach and beginning in legs, weakness, dizziness and headaches. It was suggested that my body was detoxing and yeah that is probably exactly what was happening, but i KNOW that I couldn't live like that. Yes, I want to lose weight but not be half dead to do it.
BUT, I really like the LC idea and it still makes sense to me, but I had to modify it because otherwise I would never stick it out. Now I still don't have the sugar, pot's or pasta [and alot of other things] but I reintroduced more fruit and raw carrots, which I love!!! I also cut down the fat because I didn't like it, all that cream, cheese, butter and stuff sat in my stomach like a greasy lead weight. By the way, I don't cheat with chocs, icecreams, desserts of any kind- well anything at all dessert related so I figure cheating with a carrot is a pretty good choice!!  because a month ago I would have polished off 1/2 litre icecream.
Maybe it's not a strict low carb but it's working for me. I feel better and I don't have to take multivitamins,potassium or anything else to 'fix' me up [I have to say, if this WOL is so good why do you need all that stuff?] Anyway, I've lost 2 more lbs, so it's slow and steady and maybe when I stall I'll have to re-evaluate but for me, the program was way too harsh. I see a lot of modified diets on this board so I guess others feel they have to tweak it to work for them. So, my answer would be , no, I don't think it suits everyone.
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