7th day- still tired!?!?

[businessgeneral]

I'm still feeling tired, maybe more than I did earlier this week- and suggestions?

Also, I'm hearing about us needing to start controlling our portion sizes, but I'm still hungry enough that I'm eating a lot of meat/egg servings.

[imagood1]

How much fat are you eating? When I don't get enough fat in my day I seem to be more tired than the days I do.

[pagliaccia]

Can you post an example of what you ate/drank today? A full menu with measurements, if at all possible...

[businessgeneral]

I just read the other "tired" posts, and I'm getting in my water, vitamins, and veggies, but the only other thing that I am doing different is drinking a lot of diet cola. Maybe that is dehydrating me, even though I drink lots of water anyway. Or maybe it's something in the chemicals? Has anyone else had any problems with the diet soda??

[mizski]

Originally Posted by businessgeneral

I just read the other "tired" posts, and I'm getting in my water, vitamins, and veggies, but the only other thing that I am doing different is drinking a lot of diet cola. Maybe that is dehydrating me, even though I drink lots of water anyway. Or maybe it's something in the chemicals? Has anyone else had any problems with the diet soda??

I think you just answered your own question.

Diet cola may not have the sugar or calories of regular soda, but it’s chock full of other health-draining chemicals, like caffeine, artificial sweeteners, sodium and phosphoric acid. Sure it gives you a sugar-like “boost,” or seems to, but that caffeine buzz really isn’t giving your body anything it needs. And the complications of caffeine consumption and addiction are well known with fatigue topping the list.

Furthermore, caffeine is a diuretic, so while you may be thinking that a diet soda quenches your thirst and helps keep you hydrated, the opposite is true. Diet soda often contains sodium, which exacerbates thirst, while the caffeine causes you to lose fluid. All carbonated sodas also contain calcium-leaching phosphoric acid, and so much acid in your system can tilt your pH balance to an unhealthy level. Healthy detoxification takes place in a slightly alkaline environment. Too much acidity will sabotage the detox process and definitely mess with Induction.

So dumping the diet colas should make you feel a lot better. Hard to do I know...I used to drink a 2L bottle of Diet Coke each day but I've been diet soda and caffeine free for over a year now.

ETA: Are you taking any supplements? I remember feeling a little blah my first week of Induction and into the second and so I re-read the supplement section of the book and started taking what Dr. Atkins suggested. And I felt so much better and definitely perkier. Maybe you could review that and see if you can use some supplement boosting.