On day two of induction -- have a couple questions

I started Atkins on Monday, and I have a couple questions about the
'symptoms' of the intial stage of switching from a high carb to low carb way
of eating.

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body is
digesting my food extremely fast.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not blood
sugar fluctuations.

TIA.

-Isaac

I found that I felt more full after I ate. The meat I ate seemed to keep me
fuller for a longer period of time.

"Isaac" wrote in message
...
I started Atkins on Monday, and I have a couple questions about the
'symptoms' of the intial stage of switching from a high carb to low carb
way
of eating.

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during
this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body is
digesting my food extremely fast.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after
eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel
like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention
that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not
blood
sugar fluctuations.

TIA.

-Isaac

1) ...I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during this
transitional period?

I found the first few days of induction pretty difficult... It wasn't so
much that I was hungry, but I was CRAVING carb food something awful. I may
even have had a few tummy rumbles when I thought about foods I craved and
couldn't have.

This subsided as the week went on. If you are eating enough protein and
fats, you shouldn't get hunger pangs between meals. Maybe increase those
food types a bit this first week. The protein takes a long time to digest,
so you have a full feeling lots longer than with carbs.

Good luck,
Anne

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:59:17 -0500, in a clarity of expression
resembling Cicero, (Anne) wrote:

1) ...I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during this
transitional period?

I found the first few days of induction pretty difficult... It wasn't so
much that I was hungry, but I was CRAVING carb food something awful. I may
even have had a few tummy rumbles when I thought about foods I craved and
couldn't have.

This subsided as the week went on. If you are eating enough protein and
fats, you shouldn't get hunger pangs between meals. Maybe increase those
food types a bit this first week. The protein takes a long time to digest,
so you have a full feeling lots longer than with carbs.

And get your water, too!

Frank Lynch
The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page is at:
http://www.samueljohnson.com/

Isaac wrote:
1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday.

Happened to me too. I remember being so hungry that I went down
to the mall in the basement of my office building, almost
trance-like frantically searching for snacks until I found a place
that was selling some beef jerky. And I'm glad that I found that
place because there were so many places selling Twinkies and I was
this close to just buying one of those instead.

This was gone by the first week.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?

I had two days of pretty constant brain cloudiness and
lightheadedness. Like being on too much cold medicine or
something. It'll go away soon.

--
- Drew Toronto, ON, Canada http://www.awh.org/
227/216/199 (interim goal)
"Mrs. Simpson, isn't it true that when no other food was
available, your husband once consumed a 10-pound bag of flour?"

I was extremely hungry for the first week or so. Slightly less so for the
next couple weeks. However it wasn't until I switched to OWL in the 4th
week that the hunger totally disappeared between meals. Also I never
experienced the energy surge that many report. Hang in there.

215/173/145


"Isaac" wrote in message
...
I started Atkins on Monday, and I have a couple questions about the
'symptoms' of the intial stage of switching from a high carb to low carb
way
of eating.

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during
this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body is
digesting my food extremely fast.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after
eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel
like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention
that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not
blood
sugar fluctuations.

TIA.

-Isaac

"MadMary" wrote in message
...
I was extremely hungry for the first week or so. Slightly less so for the
next couple weeks. However it wasn't until I switched to OWL in the 4th
week that the hunger totally disappeared between meals. Also I never
experienced the energy surge that many report. Hang in there.

215/173/145

I did not experience any hunger at all when I started. I did notice I
started sleeping better almost immediately, maybe due to a reduction in
caffiene or something. I've been on since april 2003 (no cheats yet!) and
have only gotten hungry a few times, always after eating one of the "net
carbs" bars. Maybe there are enough carbs in them to trigger something in
my system.




"Isaac" wrote in message
...
I started Atkins on Monday, and I have a couple questions about the
'symptoms' of the intial stage of switching from a high carb to low carb
way
of eating.

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during
this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body
is
digesting my food extremely fast.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after
eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel
like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your
diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention
that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made
it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not
blood
sugar fluctuations.

TIA.

-Isaac

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"Isaac" wrote:

I started Atkins on Monday, and I have a couple questions about the
'symptoms' of the intial stage of switching from a high carb to low carb way
of eating.

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body is
digesting my food extremely fast.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not blood
sugar fluctuations.

TIA.

-Isaac



A bit more fat always helped. Also, as weird as it seems, eat as much as
it takes to be satisfied. The thing I felt on induction was that my
metabolism was "ramping up." I became intensely aware of the presence or
absence of food in my system, and it was important to eat enough. A
trick I learned here though was when I thought I was hungry, I would
drink a 16 oz glass of water. Then I would force myself to wait an hour.
If I was still hungry, I would have something like cheese. Just mind
tricks, but they work.

--
Wayne Crannell
Atkins+ 10/27/01
Maintenance 10/1/02
250/138

MadMary wrote:

week that the hunger totally disappeared between meals. Also I never
experienced the energy surge that many report. Hang in there.

I experienced mine after I started kicking my swimming and weight
lifting into higher gear

--
Kitty =^..^=
168/156.8/130ish - Nov Goal 155
September 17, 2003
Calorie Requirements - http://homepage.mac.com/matrx/FileSharing7.html

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:29:35 -0800, "Isaac"
announced in front of God and everybody:

1) I don't recall it being mentioned in the Atkins book, but I've been
viraciously hungry today, and part of yesterday. Is this normal during this
transitional period? Does it eventually subside? It feels like my body is
digesting my food extremely fast.

It could be any a number of things. It could be that you're
experiencing genuine hunger more acutely because, when you were eating
too many carbs, your up-and-down blood sugar gave you carb cravings
rather than let you feel real hunger.

It could also be that what you're feeling actually *is* carb cravings,
which you've come to associate with genuine hunger -- I know that I
was fascinated to discover that there's a real difference for me
between Wonky Blood Sugar "hunger" and real, I Need Food for
Sustenance hunger.

It could also be that, this being Day Two, your body's burning through
your fat-and-protein meals for energy and then going to the fat
reserves -- so you're feeling intense hunger because that's the
body/brain's natural survival response to burning stored fat.

Eventually you should start experiencing a dramatic reduction in
appetite. Some people -- this happens to me on occasion -- have to
even remind themselves to eat regularly, to keep their metabolism
rockin' along.

2) For those that have experienced the blood sugar fluctuations after eating
meals and felt the drowsyness/cloudyness of the mind/etc., did it feel like
that on a constant basis for the first few days after switching your diet?
If so, how long did it last for you? In the Atkins book it does mention that
I should expect to not feel well during the first few days, but it made it
sound more like I should be experiencing symptoms of withdrawl -- not blood
sugar fluctuations.

I'm one of the rare ones that felt great almost as soon as I started
Atkins. Yeah, I had a serious carb withdrawal -- but I also had more
energy and my mental acuity was sharper from the second day. But then,
I was eating a LOT of crap carbs before I switched, and what with my
mood swings, muscle aches and fatigue, it couldn't have helped but get
better than that.

I did have a bit of a headache for a couple of days, I'll grant that.
Make sure you take the recommended vitamins -- Chromium is helpful, I
find, for cravings -- and drink a metric buttload of water. You'll be
great.

Good luck -- and good for you!

Dawn
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