Feel like crap

[tasteslikechicken]

>> My doctor is not against it but keep telling me I should just eat sensible.

My mother does that. I find it patronizing and minimizing not to mention unnerving ). My doctor knows I’m doing Atkins and has a “whatever rocks your boat” approach as long as my blood work comes back ok. We'll see what he says today after I tell him of my weight in.

[PeteinVA]

I would find it "patronizing and minimizing" as well. You're in charge of what you put in your body and just the fact that you're taking care of yourself is a HUGE plus compared to how most people go through life...

Do you feel like crap? How long until you get back new blood work? Have you lost weight?

Don't you feel that you're getting balance on Atkins? Are you in Induction / just curious what type of diet you've been having...

Best of luck to you- it sounds like you're in the right place with what you're doing.

Best Regards,

Pete

[tasteslikechicken]

Hi Pete,
I’m going to the doctor today, guess I’ll have blood work back by the end of the week. I’m on day 13 of Induction and I’ve lost 35 pounds which freaks me out a little (there is a voice in the back of my mind that says: “that’s not healthy weight loss”). I’m sure I must have made a mistake in the initial weight in.
So far, I’m feeling great. The nausea comes and goes. Someone told me it’s ketosis-related so I try to suck it up and keep doing whatever I’m doing at that moment.

[PeteinVA]

Are you following the Atkins diet i.e. 20 carbs or less a day and getting 60% fat and 30% protein (or thereabouts)? That's an awful lot of weight you've lost there, awesome. Gosh I would think by now you would be over any ketosis-related side effects. I get them every three days or so I'd say...

Good luck with the blood work.

[liv]

You are right Pete that is a lot of weight. I would be a bit concerned about that too. I am still worrying that you are not eating much.
But good job going to the doctor. Let us know how it goes.

[tasteslikechicken]

@liv and @pete, the doctor’s appointment went well. Nausea can be a number of things that have nothing to do with Atkins or it can be ketosis. I won’t get the blood work back till tomorrow or Monday…. and I’m starting Induction again tomorrow.

[PeteinVA]

Great Tastes, glad it went well enough and you're back on the Induction menu. GO GET EM!

[Michigal74]

Hi, there! I'm a newbie and on days 3 and 4 I felt like total poop. I think it was a combination of ketosis and trying desperately to drink a lot of water. Is it possible to drink TOO much water?? LOL I was feeling very nauseous last night, and couldn't eat a thing. This morning I woke up, took my vitamins, and felt much better.

Just something some of us have to go through, I guess.

[ziggy]

i think if i dont eat enough fat i feel nausea too high protein and to low fat can cause that

but also if i eat a giant amount of fat like drinking greace i get nausea as well


best i find is to eat 65% fat , 30% protein , 5% carbs

dont drink fat greace your body cant absorb all that liquid fat at once and it will make you nausea but if you dont want to toss it away just spread it out through out the day haveing just a tiny bit every 4 or so hours

other fats like eggs , chicken skin , fat on steaks i can eat lots of with out geting nausea

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by Michigal74

Hi, there! I'm a newbie and on days 3 and 4 I felt like total poop. I think it was a combination of ketosis and trying desperately to drink a lot of water. Is it possible to drink TOO much water?? LOL I was feeling very nauseous last night, and couldn't eat a thing. This morning I woke up, took my vitamins, and felt much better.

Just something some of us have to go through, I guess.

You'd have to drink whole bottles in one go, so you'd have to be on a mission... Try to spread your water throughout the day. How much water are you drinking, by the way?

The lack of energy during the first days of Induction happens because your body needs some time to create the carrier chemicals and the extra mitochondria needed to efficiently switch to a new source of fuel --- fat, instead of glucose.

The nausea some experience during the first few days is related to this. As your body is transitioning from glucosis to lipolysis, it will desperately use every bit of glucose it can find, trying to oppose change; this can cause a low blood sugar. At the same time, you get a bunch of ketones in your blood, ketones that your body is not yet good at using, and this lowers your serum pH (lower pH --> higher acidity). These things can all make you feel "like total poop". But after the transition phase is complete, you will definitely feel much better.