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Carbs and depression?
So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how
many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Carbs and depression?
"Luna" wrote in message ... So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. Carbs depress me as well, and the depression seems to coincide with a certain "brain fog". One possible reason for this is a systemic candida infection. Candida feeds on fermenting carbs in the lower GT (which is why carb binges are a very, very bad idea for anybody with this condition) and, when it gets systemic, even the brain is affected. The best diet to fight this condition is a combination high alkalyne/low carb diet, which means lots of green veggies with your protein. |
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Carbs and depression?
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:27:26 GMT, Luna
announced in front of God and everybody: So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. Oh yeah. Every time I go substantially off-plan (which includes the last few days, which has included several slice of toast and potatoes at a couple of meals ... sigh). Carbs bring back that mildly depressed, pressure-in-the-head feeling for me, as well as fatigue and pain in my muscles and joints. Which is why today is back-on-the-horse day. Again. Dawn (who could have probably lost the equivilent of three whole people by now of she didn't slide off-plan so often) -- REVIEW: "Secondhand Lions" http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=20374 DAILY DOSE OF HUMDRUM: http://www.livejournal.com/users/dtaylor |
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Carbs and depression?
Luna spake thusly:
So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. I get the impression that I feel better when I'm on the plan then when I cheat. I guess part of it could be psychological but when I'm on the plan I feel like I have more energy too, so maybe it's a little bit of both. -- Remove BLINDERS to email me. Audio Bible Online: http://www.audio-bible.com/ |
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Carbs and depression?
I get depression big-time when I eat too many carbs! In fact my mental state
is usually the thing that pushes me back to really strict LC almost more than my physical state. Debbie "Luna" wrote in message ... So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. |
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Carbs and depression?
"Luna" wrote in message ... So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna Hiya Luna, I've had problems with depression for years and it is related to chronic pain. Since I've been on Atkins and weight training the depression has all but gone. So I'd say it could be the higher carbs that have made you feel this way along with the guilt you are feeling. Stop feeling guilty - remember how long you have been doing Atkins and how well you have done. You're allowed a few weeks 'off plan'. Just get back into eating correctly and make up for it that way. Also are you still doing your regular exercise? I find the endorphins I get after an exercise session to work better than my pain pills on some days. The one thing I do know is that when you are feeling depressed or down, and you are also feeling guilty, then you just make yourself feel worse. Tell yourself the past few weeks DON'T matter and get back on plan. Think of it as a holiday or whatever. Something else, I've got endometriosis and because of that I've been on every birth control/hormone treatment out there. I found depo provera turned me into a pms psycho with more mood swings in an hour than I normally have in a week. I'm glad it has worked the opposite way for you. How long have yo u been taking it? Hang in there, and keep your chin up, Angie -- Angie New Zealand |
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"Angie" wrote: "Luna" wrote in message ... So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna Hiya Luna, I've had problems with depression for years and it is related to chronic pain. Since I've been on Atkins and weight training the depression has all but gone. So I'd say it could be the higher carbs that have made you feel this way along with the guilt you are feeling. Stop feeling guilty - remember how long you have been doing Atkins and how well you have done. You're allowed a few weeks 'off plan'. Just get back into eating correctly and make up for it that way. Also are you still doing your regular exercise? I find the endorphins I get after an exercise session to work better than my pain pills on some days. Yeah, I'm still working out, but I did skip some workouts the past month. Getting back in the swing now and it feels great! The one thing I do know is that when you are feeling depressed or down, and you are also feeling guilty, then you just make yourself feel worse. Tell yourself the past few weeks DON'T matter and get back on plan. Think of it as a holiday or whatever. Thanks, I'll do that. Something else, I've got endometriosis and because of that I've been on every birth control/hormone treatment out there. I found depo provera turned me into a pms psycho with more mood swings in an hour than I normally have in a week. I'm glad it has worked the opposite way for you. How long have yo u been taking it? I've been on it almost 2 years now, and I love it. I get mild PMS symptoms a couple of days before the next shot is due, but it's nothing like the monthly roller coaster I used to be on. In the old days, I rarely got bitchy, instead I'd get really weird and weepy. Things like: cutting all my hair off, staying up all night to make a butterfly costume to wear to school instead of doing the paper I should have been doing, breaking down and crying at a party because I devolved into a solipsist fantasy where I was convinced that no one else in the world actually existed and they were all figments of my imagination. Since all of these sorts of things only happened in the week before my period, and the rest of the time I was fairly normal and balanced, I am convinced it was due to the monthly vistor. Depo-Provera isn't for every woman, but it's been a godsend for me. Hang in there, and keep your chin up, Angie -- Angie New Zealand -- -Michelle Levin (Luna) http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna |
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Steve wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:27:26 -0400, Luna wrote (in message ): So this past month I ate more carbs than usual, don't know exactly how many, but I had some pretty bad off-plan days. Besides slowing my weight-loss, I've noticed I just don't feel as good emotionally. I don't know if it's guilt over cheating on the diet, or an actual physiological effect from higher carbs, but I feel kinda PMS-ish, mood-wise, and I don't have PMS since I'm on Depo and my next shot isn't until mid-November. Has anyone else experienced this down-side to adding more carbs to the diet? Regardless, I'm getting back on the wagon and going back to strict-mode. I've been depressed for the last 6 years. You get used to it. Steve Well, I have suffered from depression off and on, and I must say I am feeling very good on this WOE. I don't think it is totally coincidental, although part of it may be that I am actually doing something about my weight. -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Carbs and depression?
"Nuj" wrote:
Carbs depress me as well, and the depression seems to coincide with a certain "brain fog". One possible reason for this is a systemic candida infection. I haven't really experimented with carbs to find out, but I rather think I'm similar - I may find out at Christmas when I have a day off planned. I do remember when I ate carbs being (for all intents and purposes) asleep at my desk in the afternoons. I'm much more awake now, which has to be a break for the British taxpayer. I also had various kinds of fungal infections which rather makes me believe that I might have been suffering from candida infection, and that all seems to have cleared up. On the other hand, today is the first day on which they've turned the heating on in our building after the summer, and it's so warm I'm feeling more than a bit tired. But nothing like I would have been a year ago. Lexin |
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Carbs and depression?
Well, I have suffered from depression off and on, and I must say I
am feeling very good on this WOE. I don't think it is totally coincidental, although part of it may be that I am actually doing something about my weight. -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA Hi Jean and all, Funny, I've been contemplating this deeply. I think its a which came first the chicken or the egg scenario. - - 1) A major symptom of depression is a feeling of fatigue, exhaustion and low energy. 2) When you're fatigued, exhausted and don't have much energy you feel depressed. All in all, lo-carbing (or high proteining if you want to look at the flip side) has given me a lot of extra energy. - - I have had some weeks where I had to deal with major life stress and I'd lie if I didn't see at some points it did get to me... but since being on Atkins the totally meaningless and decapacitating depressive episodes I used to get have virtually vanished... Stable blood sugar ? Excess energy ? Who knows... who cares... I feel great... - - Also, with the extra energy I have a get out and exercise more, and my own experience has been, when you're depressed, the more inactive you are, the worse it gets. Usually if you can just get past the front door (unless its really severe) it'll let up a bit... - - All in all, I've also felt a correlation between my moods and carbohydtrate levels. Eddie |
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