Hi from a newby to low carb diets

[Jog]

I struggle to keep motivated and have kidded myself over the last year that I am dieting, but yo yo - thought that trying a low carb diet with fast results may help, thought that cutting out sugar may stop my food cravings - here goes :wave:

[Maori]

Welcome and best wishes on your WOE one day at a time.

[NoWhammies]

Best of luck to you. If you can make it through the first few days, it does cut down on cravings quite significantly.

[Dawn296]

Yes just get thru the first week. I felt really ill on day 3 and added some some salt and an extra cal, mag, d3 supplement. It seemed to help a lot. I am on day 8 today and feeling much better and energetic. You can do it!!

[Bannon]

What worked for me in the past is not trying to "improve" it the first week by cutting calories. The carb-cutting alone is enough to get accustomed to. At least splurge and eat eggs and cheese to your satisfaction. You'll probably lose weight anyway.

[kmme]

Hi Jog,
Welcome to the forum, you have chosen the perfect plan in my opinion. As someone above mentioned give it a few days and your cravings will disappear.
Best of luck
Kim

[Jog]

Thank you all for your support, I'm a week in and getting to grips with it, I had a cold when i started and developed flue like symptoms so i'm not sure how the diet affected me at the beginning. I'm starting to feel pretty good and have lost 4lb so I'm happy. I found water retention has disappeared too