cookies and what happened?

Yesterday, for whatever reason, I was craving cookies. It's been a couple
of months since I've had any sweets at all, so I gave in. I had a peanut
butter cookie mix in the cupboard, so I mixed it up with some chocolate
chips and went to town.

Once the cookies were baked and cooled, I ate three. Three normal-sized
cookies - a decent serving. They satisfied my craving just fine.

Then, within 15 minutes, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open. I was
suddenly so tired! I grabbed my book and a blanket to rest on the couch for
a few minutes, but I fell asleep immediately without even opening my book.
I woke up an hour later feeling really foggy.

What did I do to myself here? I really don't understand much about blood
sugar, but I'm guessing that maybe my blood sugar level dropped and made me
fall asleep so quickly? Can someone who knows more about this enlighten me?

Before LC, I never would have fallen asleep after 3 measly cookies. Maybe
my tolerance for sugar has diminished after not eating any sugar for this
long?

Anyway, I won't be doing that again. My husband's out of town right now, so
the rest of those cookies are headed straight for the garbage can.

TIA
S t a c i
5'11 - - 213/185/170
LC since 8/03, with 10 months off due to culture shock, started up again
6/04

Atkins mentions something like this in his book...having to do with blood
sugar. I've had it happen after eating carbs, when I wasn't used to them,
and I just had to have a nap, but it wasn't so quickly...more like an
hour. I was amazed at the difference. The first time I noticed it "big
time" was after Christmas dinner, when I pigged out on whatever I wanted,
but we didn't know for sure whether it was the normal Christmas letdown,
or what in combination with the carb problem.

Becky P.

Atkins mentions something like this in his book...having to do with blood
sugar. I've had it happen after eating carbs, when I wasn't used to them,
and I just had to have a nap, but it wasn't so quickly...more like an
hour. I was amazed at the difference. The first time I noticed it "big
time" was after Christmas dinner, when I pigged out on whatever I wanted,
but we didn't know for sure whether it was the normal Christmas letdown,
or what in combination with the carb problem.

Becky P.

Cookies are not low carb.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW


"S t a c i" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, for whatever reason, I was craving cookies. It's been a couple
of months since I've had any sweets at all, so I gave in. I had a peanut
butter cookie mix in the cupboard, so I mixed it up with some chocolate
chips and went to town.

Once the cookies were baked and cooled, I ate three. Three normal-sized
cookies - a decent serving. They satisfied my craving just fine.

Then, within 15 minutes, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open. I
was
suddenly so tired! I grabbed my book and a blanket to rest on the couch
for
a few minutes, but I fell asleep immediately without even opening my book.
I woke up an hour later feeling really foggy.

What did I do to myself here? I really don't understand much about blood
sugar, but I'm guessing that maybe my blood sugar level dropped and made
me
fall asleep so quickly? Can someone who knows more about this enlighten
me?

Before LC, I never would have fallen asleep after 3 measly cookies. Maybe
my tolerance for sugar has diminished after not eating any sugar for this
long?

Anyway, I won't be doing that again. My husband's out of town right now,
so
the rest of those cookies are headed straight for the garbage can.

TIA
S t a c i
5'11 - - 213/185/170
LC since 8/03, with 10 months off due to culture shock, started up again
6/04

Cookies are not low carb.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW


"S t a c i" wrote in message
...
Yesterday, for whatever reason, I was craving cookies. It's been a couple
of months since I've had any sweets at all, so I gave in. I had a peanut
butter cookie mix in the cupboard, so I mixed it up with some chocolate
chips and went to town.

Once the cookies were baked and cooled, I ate three. Three normal-sized
cookies - a decent serving. They satisfied my craving just fine.

Then, within 15 minutes, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open. I
was
suddenly so tired! I grabbed my book and a blanket to rest on the couch
for
a few minutes, but I fell asleep immediately without even opening my book.
I woke up an hour later feeling really foggy.

What did I do to myself here? I really don't understand much about blood
sugar, but I'm guessing that maybe my blood sugar level dropped and made
me
fall asleep so quickly? Can someone who knows more about this enlighten
me?

Before LC, I never would have fallen asleep after 3 measly cookies. Maybe
my tolerance for sugar has diminished after not eating any sugar for this
long?

Anyway, I won't be doing that again. My husband's out of town right now,
so
the rest of those cookies are headed straight for the garbage can.

TIA
S t a c i
5'11 - - 213/185/170
LC since 8/03, with 10 months off due to culture shock, started up again
6/04

"JC Der Koenig" wrote in message
m...
Cookies are not low carb.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW

You have become predictable sweety. Explore the possibility of new material
please.

Regards,
Gunn

curious curious@noemailshown wrote:
Atkins mentions something like this in his book...having to do with blood
sugar. I've had it happen after eating carbs, when I wasn't used to them,
and I just had to have a nap, but it wasn't so quickly...more like an
hour. I was amazed at the difference. The first time I noticed it "big
time" was after Christmas dinner, when I pigged out on whatever I wanted,
but we didn't know for sure whether it was the normal Christmas letdown,
or what in combination with the carb problem.

I would actually suspect a wheat allergy. I now have this reaction to
just a couple slices of real bread.

As for big pigouts, large quantities of foods do in an of themselves
induce post-prandial sleepiness.

If the OP is feeling scientific, she could experiment with a high carb but
low sugar wheat product like a plain bagel, then a high carb, low sugar
non-wheat food like popcorn) If she has a wheat allergy, it would be a
useful thing to know.

Dan
325/211/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

curious curious@noemailshown wrote:
Atkins mentions something like this in his book...having to do with blood
sugar. I've had it happen after eating carbs, when I wasn't used to them,
and I just had to have a nap, but it wasn't so quickly...more like an
hour. I was amazed at the difference. The first time I noticed it "big
time" was after Christmas dinner, when I pigged out on whatever I wanted,
but we didn't know for sure whether it was the normal Christmas letdown,
or what in combination with the carb problem.

I would actually suspect a wheat allergy. I now have this reaction to
just a couple slices of real bread.

As for big pigouts, large quantities of foods do in an of themselves
induce post-prandial sleepiness.

If the OP is feeling scientific, she could experiment with a high carb but
low sugar wheat product like a plain bagel, then a high carb, low sugar
non-wheat food like popcorn) If she has a wheat allergy, it would be a
useful thing to know.

Dan
325/211/180
Atkins since 1/1/02 (yeah, it was a New Year's Resolution)
Besetting sins: good beer, German bread, and Krispy Kremes

"S t a c i" wrote in message ...
Then, within 15 minutes, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open.

Pizza did this to me. I hit a plateau around march and decided to
take a few months off from the diet, partially to enjoy the spring
fruit, but also as an experiment to see how quickly I would regain the
weight. I slowly got worse and worse about what I was eating. But I
determined that it would take quite a lot of being bad to regain the
weight. I kept it off fairly easily. In all of this though, I went
out to lunch with some friends and had two huge slices of pizza. I
was a zombie within 45 minutes. After cheating repeatedly for a few
more weeks, I found that the effect lessened with each pizza lunch.
Potatos were the worst though. I had a large serving of mashed
potatos from boston market. It took me three days to recover. I
think I'm done with potatos for good, even when I hit my goal weight.

In the book, dr atkins tells a story about one of his patients who
went out and had a huge spaghetti lunch after being on low carb for
many months. He didn't even make it home. He fell asleep at a stop
light.

I think the body adapts as well as it can to high carb diets, fighting
to regulate blood sugar in a long-term losing battle. I'm back on low
carb induction as of three days ago, and I feel great. I was a little
tired at first, but no headache. I already feel thin, which is a
great feeling. We'll see how long it takes to go the remaining 18
pounds.

brian
290/228/210
july 8th, 2003

"S t a c i" wrote in message ...
Then, within 15 minutes, it was all I could do to keep my eyes open.

Pizza did this to me. I hit a plateau around march and decided to
take a few months off from the diet, partially to enjoy the spring
fruit, but also as an experiment to see how quickly I would regain the
weight. I slowly got worse and worse about what I was eating. But I
determined that it would take quite a lot of being bad to regain the
weight. I kept it off fairly easily. In all of this though, I went
out to lunch with some friends and had two huge slices of pizza. I
was a zombie within 45 minutes. After cheating repeatedly for a few
more weeks, I found that the effect lessened with each pizza lunch.
Potatos were the worst though. I had a large serving of mashed
potatos from boston market. It took me three days to recover. I
think I'm done with potatos for good, even when I hit my goal weight.

In the book, dr atkins tells a story about one of his patients who
went out and had a huge spaghetti lunch after being on low carb for
many months. He didn't even make it home. He fell asleep at a stop
light.

I think the body adapts as well as it can to high carb diets, fighting
to regulate blood sugar in a long-term losing battle. I'm back on low
carb induction as of three days ago, and I feel great. I was a little
tired at first, but no headache. I already feel thin, which is a
great feeling. We'll see how long it takes to go the remaining 18
pounds.

brian
290/228/210
july 8th, 2003