On Feb 10, 6:00*pm, 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
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JourneyToBetterHealth

I've never had any issues like that, but then I don't have
thyroid problems either. One thing missing here is how
many carbs were you eating per day during this period?
How many calories?
Given the food choices, it sounds like it was fairly low
carb. Rather than resorting to bread, did you try just upping
the carbs from other, better sources? You might
just need to get to a somewhat higher carb level,
without going off it all together.