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Old Mon, Jan-28-02, 01:55
meg1999 meg1999 is offline
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I'm Meg and I'm new to this forum and am returning (after 20+ years) to Atkins and lowcarbing. I have been seesawing for all these many years. Using every diet known to man including Weight Watchers.

I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and a host of other physical symptoms. Last week, when I was talking to my manager about the possibility of cutting back my hours to 30 a week because I'm so tired all the time, he confronted me on my sugar usage. (I'm a therapist who works in a treatment center that has an eating disorders unit.) His sister had fibromyalgia and he told me about the yeast/sugar connection. I had heard of it, but denial being the useful tool that it is, I had not acted upon any information I had heard previously. When he told me about this connection, the light bulb went off!!

So here I am. I took sugar out of my diet as of Tuesday of this week. I ate my last piece of bread on Thursday and had the last grain (rice) on Saturday. Today was my first day on Atkins, but since I don't have the book, I am not accurate yet. I was using the plan based on a 20 year old memory and my memory was of the maintenance stage and not the induction stage. Now that I've found this website (and others) and have begun reading and re-learning about the program, I will do a better job tomorrow.

I also ordered the book yesterday so should get it soon.

Thanks all for listening.

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Old Mon, Jan-28-02, 07:37
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Welcome Meg

There's so much more support now than there was 20 some years ago. I tried Atkins in 1973 and was so scared by everyone's dire warnings I gave up. However it was the only thing that really worked for me.

Once you get into this I think you will find you feel so very good you will be very happy. When reading the book you'll notice he has changed a lot of his recommendations over the years.

Keep up eating meat and your 2 - 3 cups salad a day. Stay to the simple NON processed foods and you'll do very well.
Jo
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Old Mon, Jan-28-02, 08:25
gwilson38 gwilson38 is offline
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U have certainly come to the right place. I believe I may be lots of help to U since I have fibromyalgia too. And guess what??!! Lowcarbing has put me in remission! Im off all meds just take lots of vitamins. When U have time, go read my journal called "better late than never" also on the main forum page U will find a section called support...under that is an area for fibromyalgia. Doreen has put a lot of great info in there.
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