Rodney
Wed, Nov-14-01, 15:12
Hello Slow Goers,
I've recently tried going back to low carbs to help control my insulin levels, but I'm getting killed from low calories. The weight starts to come off, I feel better, sleep better, stomach is less blah, then I'm suddenly weak from "hunger" (probably the adrenaline release as my body tells my liver to release glucose. I have a weird health problem where insulin and adrenaline make me weak because of ion shifts across the muscle membrane). So, I add carbs back in, feel better for awhile, but weight loss stops. Insulin is probably going back up putting the kibosh on fat burning.
I'm trying to just eat more protein and fat but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. For example:
I had a wonderful bedtime shake last night made with 50 grams of protein and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. I slept like a baby right through 'till morning.
The other day at the mall, I was shopping and started to get week, so, wanting to eat low carbs, I bought one of those 8 grams of carbs bars at GNC and promptly crashed anyway from hunger. I probably wouldn't have crashed if I'd eaten a higher carb bar like Promax Chocolate Brownie (about 35 grams of carbs and 20 grams of protein).
Walking this tight rope is certainly slowing down my weight loss and causing my health to fluctuate right along with my insulin and potassium levels. Grrrr! I think I need intravenus olive oil. Any suggestions?
I've recently tried going back to low carbs to help control my insulin levels, but I'm getting killed from low calories. The weight starts to come off, I feel better, sleep better, stomach is less blah, then I'm suddenly weak from "hunger" (probably the adrenaline release as my body tells my liver to release glucose. I have a weird health problem where insulin and adrenaline make me weak because of ion shifts across the muscle membrane). So, I add carbs back in, feel better for awhile, but weight loss stops. Insulin is probably going back up putting the kibosh on fat burning.
I'm trying to just eat more protein and fat but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. For example:
I had a wonderful bedtime shake last night made with 50 grams of protein and 2 tablespoons of olive oil. I slept like a baby right through 'till morning.
The other day at the mall, I was shopping and started to get week, so, wanting to eat low carbs, I bought one of those 8 grams of carbs bars at GNC and promptly crashed anyway from hunger. I probably wouldn't have crashed if I'd eaten a higher carb bar like Promax Chocolate Brownie (about 35 grams of carbs and 20 grams of protein).
Walking this tight rope is certainly slowing down my weight loss and causing my health to fluctuate right along with my insulin and potassium levels. Grrrr! I think I need intravenus olive oil. Any suggestions?