The atkins diet ....

thx for everyones replies .... ill cut out the diet sodas and just drink
water. Ill see how it goes.

Thx again.


"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message
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On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:34:45 GMT, "Steven Summers"
wrote:

Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight.

Hi Steven! Welcome to the group. I'm sure someone else has already
responded with some solutions to your intestinal issues, but I just wanted
to say hi!

Carol
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227/211/150 (Thursdays)
Fasting BG: 119
Bernstein Diabetes Solution 5/25/2004
Diabetes Dx 5/15/2001
http://photos.yahoo.com/carol_arie

thx for everyones replies .... ill cut out the diet sodas and just drink
water. Ill see how it goes.

Thx again.


"Damsel in dis Dress" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:34:45 GMT, "Steven Summers"
wrote:

Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight.

Hi Steven! Welcome to the group. I'm sure someone else has already
responded with some solutions to your intestinal issues, but I just wanted
to say hi!

Carol
--
227/211/150 (Thursdays)
Fasting BG: 119
Bernstein Diabetes Solution 5/25/2004
Diabetes Dx 5/15/2001
http://photos.yahoo.com/carol_arie

Steven Summers wrote:
| Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight. Last Monday i
| decided it was time for a change, bought the atkins book and got on
| with it, was doing well ... my massive appetite is now only a
| fraction of what it was. However the last 2 days ive been feeling
| awful, stomach pain for the most part of the day, diarrhea (its like
| brown water and i've counted 16 times of toilet visiting yesterday)
| and a further 5 more today. Am also feeling naeseated ... is this
| normal? how long can i expect this to last? Its costing me a fortune
| in toilet paper! Im drinking plenty of water to make up for what im
| ejecting!
|
| thx for ur help


Sounds like a virus or stomach flu.
--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html

Steven Summers wrote:
| Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight. Last Monday i
| decided it was time for a change, bought the atkins book and got on
| with it, was doing well ... my massive appetite is now only a
| fraction of what it was. However the last 2 days ive been feeling
| awful, stomach pain for the most part of the day, diarrhea (its like
| brown water and i've counted 16 times of toilet visiting yesterday)
| and a further 5 more today. Am also feeling naeseated ... is this
| normal? how long can i expect this to last? Its costing me a fortune
| in toilet paper! Im drinking plenty of water to make up for what im
| ejecting!
|
| thx for ur help


Sounds like a virus or stomach flu.
--
Peter
270/215/180
Before/Current Pix:
http://users.thelink.net/marengo/wei...htlosspix.html

In article ,
says...
Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight. Last Monday i decided it
was time for a change, bought the atkins book and got on with it, was doing
well ... my massive appetite is now only a fraction of what it was. However
the last 2 days ive been feeling awful, stomach pain for the most part of
the day, diarrhea (its like brown water and i've counted 16 times of toilet
visiting yesterday) and a further 5 more today. Am also feeling naeseated
... is this normal? how long can i expect this to last? Its costing me a
fortune in toilet paper! Im drinking plenty of water to make up for what im
ejecting!

Hi Steven, welcome to the group! Are you eating low-carb bars, shakes or other
manufactured low-carb products that contain sugar alcohols such as maltitol,
lactitol, xylotol, etc.? Sugar alcohols can have a STRONG laxative effect on
some people. If so, the good news is that you are probably not ingesting much in
the way of carbs from them (the "net effective carb" rule applies) -- the bad
news is that you are spending the day on the toilet, cramping, running out of TP,
stinking up the bathroom, and probably have a sore tushy by this point. Some
people can handle some sugar alcohols and some can't. Some can handle one kind,
but not the another -- it's a crapshoot (literally).

You may also have something else going on, though, such as a virus, food
poisoning or allergy to some new food. Most people tend to get constipation when
they first start low-carbing, so this IS unusual. If you ARE eating a lot of
processed foods -- KNOCK IT OFF! Seriously, it's best to try to stick to the
basics when you first start low-carbing, get through the "carb flu" and have a
good handle on it. After a month or so, you can try new things one at a time to
see how they affect you. NOTE: If something with sugar alcohols does NOT cause
digestive upset, chances are that you are absorbing more carbs than the "net"
claimed on the label.

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

In article ,
says...
Well im a 22 year old male who is very overweight. Last Monday i decided it
was time for a change, bought the atkins book and got on with it, was doing
well ... my massive appetite is now only a fraction of what it was. However
the last 2 days ive been feeling awful, stomach pain for the most part of
the day, diarrhea (its like brown water and i've counted 16 times of toilet
visiting yesterday) and a further 5 more today. Am also feeling naeseated
... is this normal? how long can i expect this to last? Its costing me a
fortune in toilet paper! Im drinking plenty of water to make up for what im
ejecting!

Hi Steven, welcome to the group! Are you eating low-carb bars, shakes or other
manufactured low-carb products that contain sugar alcohols such as maltitol,
lactitol, xylotol, etc.? Sugar alcohols can have a STRONG laxative effect on
some people. If so, the good news is that you are probably not ingesting much in
the way of carbs from them (the "net effective carb" rule applies) -- the bad
news is that you are spending the day on the toilet, cramping, running out of TP,
stinking up the bathroom, and probably have a sore tushy by this point. Some
people can handle some sugar alcohols and some can't. Some can handle one kind,
but not the another -- it's a crapshoot (literally).

You may also have something else going on, though, such as a virus, food
poisoning or allergy to some new food. Most people tend to get constipation when
they first start low-carbing, so this IS unusual. If you ARE eating a lot of
processed foods -- KNOCK IT OFF! Seriously, it's best to try to stick to the
basics when you first start low-carbing, get through the "carb flu" and have a
good handle on it. After a month or so, you can try new things one at a time to
see how they affect you. NOTE: If something with sugar alcohols does NOT cause
digestive upset, chances are that you are absorbing more carbs than the "net"
claimed on the label.

--
Saffire
205/149/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Hansen's has diet soda sweetened with Splenda, as I understand Atkins,
these are better than the aspartame (sp?) sweetened ones.

I'd second (or maybe fifth by now) the comments about sugar alcohols.
They certainly mess up my gut.

Steven Summers wrote:
im drinking diet coca cola and pepsi max, its nothign to do with these is
it? if it is ill cut these out and drink water exclusively.

"Steven Summers" wrote in message
...

Hansen's has diet soda sweetened with Splenda, as I understand Atkins,
these are better than the aspartame (sp?) sweetened ones.

I'd second (or maybe fifth by now) the comments about sugar alcohols.
They certainly mess up my gut.

Steven Summers wrote:
im drinking diet coca cola and pepsi max, its nothign to do with these is
it? if it is ill cut these out and drink water exclusively.

"Steven Summers" wrote in message
...

"Steven Summers" Yep im eating all my veggies, lettuce and peppers etc

Lots of eggs and fresh meat

Im doing 20mins on rowing machine daily, well i was until i started
feeling
ill.


Steven, you wrote that you just started last Monday. Today is Sunday. And
yet you are now writing that you are eating "all my veggies, lettuce and
peppers, etc." and drinking soda pop. This is NOT the Atkins Diet. If you
didn't read the book, you need to go back and re-read it. The first two
weeks of the diet are called "Induction" and what you are doing is...not
following the diet.

Pat in TX

"Steven Summers" Yep im eating all my veggies, lettuce and peppers etc

Lots of eggs and fresh meat

Im doing 20mins on rowing machine daily, well i was until i started
feeling
ill.


Steven, you wrote that you just started last Monday. Today is Sunday. And
yet you are now writing that you are eating "all my veggies, lettuce and
peppers, etc." and drinking soda pop. This is NOT the Atkins Diet. If you
didn't read the book, you need to go back and re-read it. The first two
weeks of the diet are called "Induction" and what you are doing is...not
following the diet.

Pat in TX