On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:00:17 +0000, JourneyToBetterHealth
m wrote:


I am new to the low carb lifestyle. I have now attempted this approach
a few times, and have some major body responses that make it very hard
for me to break through the first week or two.
I have hypothyroidism, and was up to the maximum dose of synthroid
before I began to gain major side effects from the medications. The
doctor agreed to lower the doseage, but he wanted me to drastically
change my diet as a tradeoff to the med. In essence, the only foods I
would be allowed to eat would be meat, vegetables (including starchy veg
other than potatoes), eggs, and nuts/seeds. I discovered it was very
similar to the Paleo Diet. However, I was not able to eat sweet
potatoes or fruit. The problem was that I would hit a massive wall
about 3-4 days in (major heat flashes that lasted a long time,
headaches, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, memory difficulties,
general grouchiness :-/. When I thought I was past this wall, I would
hit it again about a week or so later. The problem was that I would get
migraines so severe that I could not function at all for several days.
I finally gave in to bread, and the migraines disappeared. The thing is
that during this couple of weeks I experienced amazing weightloss that
came back once I caved in to breads again. Have any of you experienced
this? How do you break past that point of the body putting up such a
fierce fight? I would welcome any and all thoughts and suggestions that
are shared through similar experiences!

Journey
330/320/155

There are sources for buying low-carb foods. The brand I use is
"Eat-Rite" frozen food line. They have a very good line of low-carb,
high protein foods in single servings. I use to have a store
specializing in low-carb foods in my area (San Diego) but they went
out of business. But I found I can order Eat-Rite online, and order
3mth worth. You can Google Eat-Rite and see where you can order
online IF you don't have a low-carb store in your area.

Also, I have "Julian Bakery" in the area which has low-carb,
multi-grain, breads (2 to 3 carbs/slice). They use *unprocessed*
flour to get the low carbs. So you may want to look in your area for
a similar bakery.

There are also low-carb tortillas in markets.


Then there are sites like.....

Dixie Diners' Club
http://www.dixiediner.com/

CarbSmart.com
http://www.carbsmart.com/

......which sell low-carb foods.


The bottom line, there are sources for low-carb foods if you're not a
cook.




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