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skinnyRay

Fri, Jan-27-06, 21:21

:wave: I don't know what is going on. In my 1st 4 weeks of LCing I felt great. I found i lost 13 pounds and my energy was like being a teenager again (i'm 41) and my moods were really stable. I felt relaxed and happy.

Anyway this week I started week 5 and my energy has dropped, I have gained 4-5 pounds, I find I am getting cravings again and I am really cranky. Looking at my food journal I haven't changed much except I prob cut down the vegies a little but still was eating protien.(got really busy and rushed so wasn't cooking as much).

On Wednesday I had some wine and a tiny desert to celebrate a birthday. I thought it might be related to the 'female thing' but that was 5 days ago now and I am even crankier than ever. Is this normal?

grrrrrrrrr :mad: LOL Any ideas?

Has this happened to anyone else?

Jr8Fan

Sat, Jan-28-06, 05:36

Up the veggies back up and start cooking again. If you are too busy to cook, you are probably cranky from your stressful schedule. I have to stay on schedule or I get in trouble.

Hang in there, you will get back at it.

(Sometimes, I am just cranky because that's the way it is. Don't think it is necessarily related to anything other than breathing.)

zorra_1

Sat, Jan-28-06, 07:34

I'm not sure which plan you are doing, but I would look into adding more/different foods. I know when I was on Induction, after 3-4 weeks I started to become very irritable and adding more carbs helped! Added bonus: the weight loss that had stopped briefly, picked back up again!