Re: Fell off

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That happens to me sometimes too (Tho I haven't started SBD yet, I'm going to soon) I just feel all weak and shakey, and then I have some cookies or something, and I'm fine. It doesn't happen often enough for me to worry or I'd go to the doctor about it.... I know its not because I'm hungry because I'd eaten breakfast etc.... All I can figure is that there was just something wrong with sugar in my body.... hmmm.... I didn't even think about having that problem!! It might get more frequent when I start and don't have any sugar for 2 weeks!!! Maybe instead of a soda, fruit? I don't know. I will probably just make sure I always have a snack with me, if it starts happening. Hmmm. Weird..

poysin2001 wrote:

Yesterday I felt like poo poo all day long. Really shaky, kinda nervous - kinda faint, just not at all myself - so I stopped and got a pepsi cause it felt a bit like a sugar issue that sometimes happens to me and I thot I felt a bit better after that for a couple of hours until it came time for supper and then I was famished! Now I am on like day 10 or 11 and I haven't had ANY trouble giving up my daily pepsi's or eating what is on the diet. But yesterday I was sick, that's the only way I can explain it, and HAD to stop and get a subway sandwich. So I did and I ate it and I felt so much better afterwards. I wasn't cold anymore - my hands and feet had been cold all day, I wasn't lightheaded or dizzy or shaky - just really tired. I was in bed and asleep by 10 pm which is weird for me cause I am

usually up till 1 or 2 am. Today I got up and I feel great except for the scale saying that I gained 5# I am positive I didn't eat 5# of food...lol. So I don't know what happened to me. I have been taking antibiotics forever because of this walking pneumonia (which is finally getting better) and I have a lovely yeast infection because of them. But otherwise?? Anyway, I don't know what happened, but I am BACK today and thot I would post in case someone had an idea - maybe I just had a bug. Virtual Hugs to All!Anita __________________________________________________

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Anita, that sort of experience used to happen to me too. Still does when I fall off the wagon. I think it is the stage called pre-diabetes - it is almost like a diabetic attack. If you look up the symptoms of diabetes it almost matches, except for the excessive thirst and urinating. I got myself checked for diabetes several times, with no result. However, once I started this way of life that all disappeared, because the type of food you are now eating is low on the glycemic index and the sugar doesn't disappear from your body quickly, which is what causes the dizziness and shakiness. Eating carbs, but especially chocolate, does fix the dizziness immediately, but it causes a vicious circle because it then disappears from your body quickly and you need another quick fix. What you need to do is to accustom your body to digesting sugar slowly. I carry a small bag of brazil nuts in my handbag to snack on when I am having a bad day. For me, eating too much bread brings on the dizzies again, you will have to see what your body is burning up too quickly. Having said that, I only get this way once a month or so, and usually around PMT time, whereas before Atkins then SBD I felt like that all day every day. Hope this helps someone - Caroline in the UK

Fell off

Yesterday I felt like poo poo all day long. Really shaky, kinda nervous - kinda faint, just not at all myself - so I stopped and got a pepsi cause it felt a bit like a sugar issue that sometimes happens to me and I thot I felt a bit better after that for a couple of hours until it came time for supper and then I was famished! Now I am on like day 10 or 11 and I haven't had ANY trouble giving up my daily pepsi's or eating what is on the diet. But yesterday I was sick, that's the only way I can explain it, and HAD to stop and get a subway sandwich. So I did and I ate it and I felt so much better afterwards. I wasn't cold anymore - my hands and feet had been cold all day, I wasn't lightheaded or dizzy or shaky - just really tired. I was in bed and asleep by 10 pm which is weird for me cause I am usually up till 1 or 2 am. Today I got up and I feel great except for the scale saying that I gained 5# I am positive I didn't eat 5# of food...lol. So I don't know what happened to me. I have been taking antibiotics forever because of this walking pneumonia (which is finally getting better) and I have a lovely yeast infection because of them. But otherwise?? Anyway, I don't know what happened, but I am BACK today and thot I would post in case someone had an idea - maybe I just had a bug. Virtual Hugs to All!Anita Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. For more on this WOE please read "The South Beach Diet" by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

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Brilliant Caroline! This makes sense! Thank you so, so much!

HUGS from the Highlands!

Anita

Cheyenne, WY

> Anita, that sort of experience used to happen to me too. Still

does when I fall off the wagon. I think it is the stage called pre-

diabetes - it is almost like a diabetic attack. If you look up the

symptoms of diabetes it almost matches, except for the excessive

thirst and urinating. I got myself checked for diabetes several

times, with no result. However, once I started this way of life

that all disappeared, because the type of food you are now eating is

low on the glycemic index and the sugar doesn't disappear from your

body quickly, which is what causes the dizziness and shakiness.

Eating carbs, but especially chocolate, does fix the dizziness

immediately, but it causes a vicious circle because it then

disappears from your body quickly and you need another quick fix.

What you need to do is to accustom your body to digesting sugar

slowly. I carry a small bag of brazil nuts in my handbag to snack

on when I am having a bad day. For me, eating too much bread brings

on the dizzies again, you will have to see what your body is burning

up too quickly. Having said that, I only get this way once a month

or so, and usually around PMT time, whereas before Atkins then SBD I

felt like that all day every day. Hope this helps someone -

Caroline in the UK

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Maybe it is hypoglycemia. When we eat carb foods, sugar goes

quickly to blood. When food is proteic, it takes a long time

to turns into sugar and goes to cells. That's why proteic

food cannot fix dizziness. You have to eat to prevent

hypoglycemia, not to fix it.

Hypoglycemic people, just as pre-diabetics, can't eat carb

foods, due to vicious circle Caroline said.

Renata

> Anita, that sort of experience used to happen to me too.

Still does when I fall off the wagon. I think it is the

stage called pre-diabetes - it is almost like a diabetic

attack. If you look up the symptoms of diabetes it almost

matches, except for the excessive thirst and urinating. I

got myself checked for diabetes several times, with no

result. However, once I started this way of life that all

disappeared, because the type of food you are now eating is

low on the glycemic index and the sugar doesn't disappear

from your body quickly, which is what causes the dizziness

and shakiness. Eating carbs, but especially chocolate, does

fix the dizziness immediately, but it causes a vicious circle

because it then disappears from your body quickly and you

need another quick fix. What you need to do is to accustom

your body to digesting sugar slowly. I carry a small bag of

brazil nuts in my handbag to snack on when I am having a bad

day. For me, eating too much bread brings on the dizzies

again, you will have to see what your body is burning up too

quickly. Having said that, I only get this way once a month

or so, and usually around PMT time, whereas before Atkins

then SBD I felt like that all day every day. Hope this helps

someone - Caroline in the UK

> Fell off

>

>

> Yesterday I felt like poo poo all day long. Really

shaky, kinda

> nervous - kinda faint, just not at all myself - so I

stopped and got

> a pepsi cause it felt a bit like a sugar issue that

sometimes

> happens to me and I thot I felt a bit better after that

for a couple

> of hours until it came time for supper and then I was

famished! Now

> I am on like day 10 or 11 and I haven't had ANY trouble

giving up my

> daily pepsi's or eating what is on the diet. But

yesterday I was

> sick, that's the only way I can explain it, and HAD to

stop and get

> a subway sandwich. So I did and I ate it and I felt so

much better

> afterwards. I wasn't cold anymore - my hands and feet

had been cold

> all day, I wasn't lightheaded or dizzy or shaky - just

really

> tired. I was in bed and asleep by 10 pm which is weird

for me cause

> I am usually up till 1 or 2 am. Today I got up and I

feel great

> except for the scale saying that I gained 5# I am

positive I

> didn't eat 5# of food...lol. So I don't know what

happened to me.

> I have been taking antibiotics forever because of this

walking

> pneumonia (which is finally getting better) and I have a

lovely

> yeast infection because of them. But otherwise??

Anyway, I don't

> know what happened, but I am BACK today and thot I would

post in

> case someone had an idea - maybe I just had a bug.

> Virtual Hugs to All!

> Anita

>

>

>

> Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is

it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the

right carbs and the right fats-the good ones-and enables you

to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats.

>

> For more on this WOE please read " The South Beach Diet "

by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8

>

>

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