jay wrote:

The first two weeks of a low carb plan ends up a detox plan. *There
are all sorts of effects that end by the time the two weeks are over.

On prior attempts at low-carb, I gave up after about 2 weeks. Maybe I
gave up too early.

The clock of most diets ticks at the rate of one or two weeks. For low
carbing the first tick of the clock is two weeks in. If you stopped
before the first tick of the clock the conclusion is that you did not
start in the first place and thus you can't draw any conclusions form
what you experienced. It sounds harsh and it is, but it's the reality
of how it works.

sore nerves and high cholesterol levels (+400)

I don't know what that means but it does not sound familiar.
Cholesterol readings are to be taken before starting and after being on
low carb 2+ months so this statement makes no sense ...

My family has a history of health issues. I have GI, food allergy and
autoimmune issues

I still don't know what sore nerves means. For that list you really
need to read the book on Atkins and follow it. Look at the eliminate
and challenge aspect of it for intolerance issues.

So you're low carbing for the health benefits? *Nice.

Mostly to see if it will resolve some health issues.

It is likely to do so, especially if you you pay attention to the
elinimate and challenge part that is ignored by most.

... Speaking of
spasms, on some mornings when I contract my calf muscles they seem to
stay contracted. Is this a magnesium deficiency? Do you taking
magnesium supplements?

Calcium or magnesium issues seem to happen early on and then drop off
again. I take cal/mag supplements just because they are beneficial. I
take the belt and suspenders approach of eating plenty of varied veggies
and then figuring that modern farming methods made them devoid of many
nutrients. It's conservative, probably unnecessarily.

I wonder if this explains why I have felt drowsy an hour after some
meals with approx 100g of carbs but not after approx 50g.

Drowsiness comes from insulin swings and blood sugar swings. Drop the
carbs, stabilize insulin and blood sugar, the effect goes away.

In just a
week and a half I have lost couple of pounds even though this isn't a
goal.

Water loss. Low carbing lets folks drop towards their ideal weight
without hunger. If you're already at or below your ideal weight that
doesn't happen. But the body stores glycogen carbs by disolving them in
water. Goodbye stored glycogen, goodbye the water it was disolved in.

Currently this diet has so much fat that it make me queasy and I
don't think I could eat more. Nice to have this problem for a change

Fat is self limiting when there's little carb with it. Sounds to me
like it's time for you to have more protein and less fat. No idea about
the foot pain thing, though.