Okay so here is an update on this week in the life of a realtor/insurance broker on a low-no carb diet.
Not so good.
I gained back all of the weight I lost. Which is only four pounds but I had hoped I had found the miracle cure. That part of it doesn't worry me too much. However I did get a little cocky this weekend. I had chips, cookies, a couple of chocolates on Monday. I had been doing so well that I was thinking I was off Scot free. This resulted in a day of minor headaches. I took two Advil in the morning on Tuesday and woke up in the night on Tuesday/Wednesday with the worst headache I have had in a month. Not a migraine but a pretty bad one. Although I took two Advil again and it went away so I am close to getting better. There was a wicked storm on Tuesday night and I am sure the barometric pressure has something to do with it.
So I am back to my pretty strict no carb thing. I am trying the unrefined carbs if it's not possible to have none, and none is pretty hard to accomplish. And some of the long term side effects of no carbs sound pretty horrible as well and I would rather avoid that if I could. I have to combat the fatigue in every way I can because I do work a lot and need to have as much energy as possible. Finding that balance seems hard to do. But I will keep you posted.
Here is my next dilemma. You know that I have been trying to expand my horizans a touch. Not a lot but some. You all know that I tried a skirt on last time I went shopping. I didn't buy it but I did try it on. I am going shopping again and would like to try a skirt but here is the thing. What do you wear with a skirt? You see, if I don't wear socks I kind of feel like gagging. Are nylons that horrible that no one is allowed to wear them anymore? Would I be lynched in the town square for wearing nylons? Would I be allowed to wear a peep toe shoe if I had nylons on?
The gauntlet goes out to all my fashion loving readers...What the hell am I supposed to do? Please comment and weigh in. Guys you too. I will take a vote from you as well. Yes or no?
Thanks for the reads and the advice. Have a great night!
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Compulsion+Craving=Still No Headache
I am not sure exactly what is going on with my eating. I am trying really hard to adapt to this carb-ish free life style but am not a hundred percent sure how long the adaption process is going to be. I am totally ready to get it over with.
I can tell when I eat a lot of carbs because my head gets tight. If you get migraines you will probably understand what that means. I don't get a full on head ache but my head and jaw get tight and feel like they are starting to build pressure in my jaw. Weird I know but what can I say.
However because it is raining every freaking day, its hard to tell what the barometric pressure might have to do with it as well. I really want some chips. I hate feeling guilty for eating hummus with snap peas. I mean for the love of Pete- IT'S HUMMUS. How bad can it be.
My energy is my main concern though. I just feel like someone pulled the plug on my energy. Maybe it has to do with the weather but I have no energy and feel exhausted all of the time. If anyone out there lives on this low carb diet I would love the input as to how to avoid this exhaustion or how long this takes to get over that feeling. I keep waiting for my body to figure out how to make other energy but oye! I am eating like a pig and still haven't got energy.
But the plus side is 3 full weeks and no headaches. That in itself is amazing. So I guess I should quit bitching or eat the carbs and live with the head aches right? Okay, quit bitching it is. I guess I just never thought it would be this hard. I kind of thought that I would feel so good with no headaches that I would breeze through this. No change is easy and I guess I thought it would be. Okay blogger land, I will try to quit griping about it. I will go home now and go to sleep early and fingers crossed, will be better tomorrow.
And to everyone in the last week that looked at me with concern and said "Are you okay? You don't seem yourself?" the answer is "Yes I am ok. I am on a diet to rid myself of pain and apparently get healthy in a way that makes me look like death warmed over just to fool you! I don't want you getting all the low carb hummus in the store before I do!"
Regardless of my warped humor, its still worth it. I'm sure my kidneys and liver are thanking me for not riddling them with the toxins of Maxolt, Tylenol and Advil by the handful. It's still worth it. It's still worth it.
Gotta go. Have to find some beef jerky to gnaw on at work tomorrow. Have a good night! Thanks for listening!
I can tell when I eat a lot of carbs because my head gets tight. If you get migraines you will probably understand what that means. I don't get a full on head ache but my head and jaw get tight and feel like they are starting to build pressure in my jaw. Weird I know but what can I say.
However because it is raining every freaking day, its hard to tell what the barometric pressure might have to do with it as well. I really want some chips. I hate feeling guilty for eating hummus with snap peas. I mean for the love of Pete- IT'S HUMMUS. How bad can it be.
My energy is my main concern though. I just feel like someone pulled the plug on my energy. Maybe it has to do with the weather but I have no energy and feel exhausted all of the time. If anyone out there lives on this low carb diet I would love the input as to how to avoid this exhaustion or how long this takes to get over that feeling. I keep waiting for my body to figure out how to make other energy but oye! I am eating like a pig and still haven't got energy.
But the plus side is 3 full weeks and no headaches. That in itself is amazing. So I guess I should quit bitching or eat the carbs and live with the head aches right? Okay, quit bitching it is. I guess I just never thought it would be this hard. I kind of thought that I would feel so good with no headaches that I would breeze through this. No change is easy and I guess I thought it would be. Okay blogger land, I will try to quit griping about it. I will go home now and go to sleep early and fingers crossed, will be better tomorrow.
And to everyone in the last week that looked at me with concern and said "Are you okay? You don't seem yourself?" the answer is "Yes I am ok. I am on a diet to rid myself of pain and apparently get healthy in a way that makes me look like death warmed over just to fool you! I don't want you getting all the low carb hummus in the store before I do!"
Regardless of my warped humor, its still worth it. I'm sure my kidneys and liver are thanking me for not riddling them with the toxins of Maxolt, Tylenol and Advil by the handful. It's still worth it. It's still worth it.
Gotta go. Have to find some beef jerky to gnaw on at work tomorrow. Have a good night! Thanks for listening!
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Update on my headache free lifestyle
I have had a few odd things that I have noticed with this new diet.
I am trying to do the whole ketosis thing to get rid of my head aches. I have noticed that there are some side effects so to speak but one of them is that I am down four pounds as I said before. So that is kind of a weird spin off because I am eating enough to sink a small ship. I thought that since I don't really need to worry about weight loss as much that I would work to be satisfied with this new way of life so that I don't end up hating it and going back.
I eat a lot now. All the time it seems. However I have had some wicked cravings. The need for carbs seems to consume my brain. It seems to be all I can think about. I have caved a couple of times and then I notice the real difference in what the carbs do. For example. I have been incredibly tired this week. Exhausted actually. Bone weary tired. Some of the reading I did on this diet warned about being tired but I did not really expect it to be so bad. And because I have been paying attention I noticed that my cravings have been fierce. My guess is that my body is craving the energy from the carbs.
On Saturday I caved to my cravings and had some popcorn. It was awesome and the spin off side effect was energy. Almost immediate. I had the energy to clean my office which was a huge mess. I forgot and put a teaspoon of sugar in my coffee in the morning and I had a peice of licorice that my loving husband brought me. So I can really see the difference in the carbs vs not having carbs.
Resolve has been tough but there is one huge upside. I have not had a migrane in 2 1/2 weeks. This is the longest I have been without a headache in at least two years. I have had to take advil three times but all three times the headache has gone away. "Often with one dose" lol. I take two magnesium citrate pills, one malic acid with magnesium, my other headache pills and a multi vitamin. And the multi vitamin doesn't contain any calcuim because I have found that calcium triggers migranes as well.
I am continuing to eat as few carbs possible. I will keep trying. I read that this diet does give you more energy as the time passes and your body gets used to it. I will keep trying. Not having a head ache is worth it.
Thanks to all of you for reading. It means a lot.
I am trying to do the whole ketosis thing to get rid of my head aches. I have noticed that there are some side effects so to speak but one of them is that I am down four pounds as I said before. So that is kind of a weird spin off because I am eating enough to sink a small ship. I thought that since I don't really need to worry about weight loss as much that I would work to be satisfied with this new way of life so that I don't end up hating it and going back.
I eat a lot now. All the time it seems. However I have had some wicked cravings. The need for carbs seems to consume my brain. It seems to be all I can think about. I have caved a couple of times and then I notice the real difference in what the carbs do. For example. I have been incredibly tired this week. Exhausted actually. Bone weary tired. Some of the reading I did on this diet warned about being tired but I did not really expect it to be so bad. And because I have been paying attention I noticed that my cravings have been fierce. My guess is that my body is craving the energy from the carbs.
On Saturday I caved to my cravings and had some popcorn. It was awesome and the spin off side effect was energy. Almost immediate. I had the energy to clean my office which was a huge mess. I forgot and put a teaspoon of sugar in my coffee in the morning and I had a peice of licorice that my loving husband brought me. So I can really see the difference in the carbs vs not having carbs.
Resolve has been tough but there is one huge upside. I have not had a migrane in 2 1/2 weeks. This is the longest I have been without a headache in at least two years. I have had to take advil three times but all three times the headache has gone away. "Often with one dose" lol. I take two magnesium citrate pills, one malic acid with magnesium, my other headache pills and a multi vitamin. And the multi vitamin doesn't contain any calcuim because I have found that calcium triggers migranes as well.
I am continuing to eat as few carbs possible. I will keep trying. I read that this diet does give you more energy as the time passes and your body gets used to it. I will keep trying. Not having a head ache is worth it.
Thanks to all of you for reading. It means a lot.
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