Why some don't tolerate very low carb diets? : Schwarzbein Principle Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

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Wed, Sep-30-09, 08:26

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Plan: Moderate Carb...
Stats: 235/195/140 Female 5'3

BF:HELP!!!
Progress: 42%

Location: Ohio

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Originally Posted by ShesGG

I always get very bored with low carb dieting. Several years ago I bought Schwarzbein's 2nd book but never did a whole lot with it. It seemed complicated.

I recently switched doctors and met my new one a couple of days ago. He had student with him. I told the new doc that my metabolism is a mess, I don't eat a lot of food but I still gain whenever I go beyond a certain amount of carbs per day.

He was filling out the lab test page when the student spoke up. She asked him if he thought I should have my cortisal levels checked. I don't have the results of the lab yet but I have been reading online about eating for adrenal gland health.

I found a good site where you can caculate the amounts of protein, carbs and fat that you should be consuming daily.

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.co...cles/foods8.php

I hope I can lose weight while eating up to about 30 to 40 carb grams a day. Do any of you eat enough carbs to satisfy and still lose weight?

Interesting about eating for adrenal health...perhaps that is something that I need to look into...

I know that my cortisol numbers are out of range...not high enough in the a.m. and increase as the evening goes on.... B vitamins, including B12 have seemed to help with that and I'm sleeping better.... I remember a forum where the individuals were consistently getting B12 shots and were losing weight... I've upped my B vitamins this week and am still eating around 50 carbs per day, sometimes less...so we'll see if I see a difference in the scales... It seems that no matter what I do the scales just don't want to move.

TJ