Frequent headaches

Saffire---well...I have a giant cup of cffee in the morning, as I have
for many years. Then, I drink iced tea, maybe three 16 oz. glasses,
again, as I have done for years.
I was being careful to also make sure I got at least three 16 oz.
glasses of water when I first started LCing, but Ive kind of slacked up
on that.

So....I guess Im having too much caffeine, if anything, and not enough
water. I 'll start being vigilant about my water again, and have it
instead of so much tea. Maybe too much caffeine is the culprit.

Thanks--
Lass

Saffire---well...I have a giant cup of cffee in the morning, as I have
for many years. Then, I drink iced tea, maybe three 16 oz. glasses,
again, as I have done for years.
I was being careful to also make sure I got at least three 16 oz.
glasses of water when I first started LCing, but Ive kind of slacked up
on that.

So....I guess Im having too much caffeine, if anything, and not enough
water. I 'll start being vigilant about my water again, and have it
instead of so much tea. Maybe too much caffeine is the culprit.

Thanks--
Lass

I find that aceteminophen (generic Tylenol) works better on headaches than
anything else. From what I read it is also the most benign of the OTC
painkillers. Maybe you could plan your carb consumption for the day so most
of it comes shortly before the headache is due.

In news:[email hidden],
Lass Chance_2 <[email hidden]> stated
| Laureen--hmmm. well, actually...I have been kinda slacking up some on
| the water... and...maybe my carb count is too low. I got tired of
| sticking at 188 after about five weeks and dropped back down from 40
| to 20 gms.
|
| I have been out in the heat/sun some the last few days, working on a
| landscaping project....but the headaches came before that.
|
| Damn...I hate to go back up on my carbs! I wasnt going to weigh until
| the end of this month, but went ahead and weighed this morning and am
| now 185, a loss od 4 1/2 lbs in a week (after five or so weeks at 40
| gms a day, stuck at 188). Damn, damn, damn. See why I dont wanna up my
| carbs? It seems like I HAVE to be around 20 to lose! At 40, I was
| maintaining but not losing. The thing is, tho, I was having sme
| headaches, tho not as frequently, even at 40!
|
| Maybe I should go back to 40 and just deal with the fact that Im a
| real slow loser? LOL, let me re-phrase that! I mean...one who loses
| weight slowly!
|
| It's just that I really wanted to GET 20 LBS OFF! Then...I wouldnt
| mind slowing down to even 3 or 4 lbs a month.
|
| sigh. Well 17 is close to 20....maybe I'm pushing it too hard. The
| headaches do kinda worry me--I know my body is trying to tell me
| something.
|
| Anyway, thanks---what you said makes sense. I'll do 30 gms for a week
| and see what happens. If that doesnt help, I'll go back up to 40.
|
| What's funny is, yesterday I was working outside and got REAL hungry,
| but I didnt want to stop what I was doing...so worked for maybe
| another hour. Then I got SO hungry, I felt weak and dizzy and weird.
| I came in the house and opened the cabinet and saw a package of that
| quick stuffing mix? The five minute kind? I was...possessed. I
| mean....nothing in the world could have stopped me from making that
| stuffing, barely waited the five minutes and gobbled about half of it
| right from the pot. I couldnt NOT eat it. Pure white bread, for god's
| sake....and I felt like Id kill anybody who tried to take it away from
| me!
|
| I would have to say, looking back, my first mistake was letting myself
| get that hungry. Second was, of course, not having given away that
| damn stuffing mix weeks ago. The point is, tho, my body was calling
| (well, screaming) for some CARBS.
|
| The headache and dizziness and spaced-out feeling did go away. But, I
| also took two aspirin, so that coukld have made the headache go away.
| That whole event does sound like hypoglycemia, tho, doesnt it? The
| weird spaced-out, unreal feeling and the psycho-desperation for the
| stuffing?
|
| damn, damn, damn.
|
| The other thing worth mentioning is, when Im having the headache and
| it's meal time, and I eat my LC meal, the headache does not go away.
| Ive been taking 400 mg of Ibuprophen just about every day, now, for
| two or three weeks. That cant be a good sign. I was having the
| headaches when I was eating 40 gms of carb daily, dropped back to 20
| the past week and still had the headaches. Jeeeez. Does this mean I
| need even more than 40 gms??
|
| I feel like Im between a rock and a hard place, you know? It just
| depressed the [censored] outa me to see that scale say the same damn thing
| week after week!
|
| Color me bummed.
|
| Lass
|
| 5-16-05 202/185/165

I find that aceteminophen (generic Tylenol) works better on headaches than
anything else. From what I read it is also the most benign of the OTC
painkillers. Maybe you could plan your carb consumption for the day so most
of it comes shortly before the headache is due.

In news:[email hidden],
Lass Chance_2 <[email hidden]> stated
| Laureen--hmmm. well, actually...I have been kinda slacking up some on
| the water... and...maybe my carb count is too low. I got tired of
| sticking at 188 after about five weeks and dropped back down from 40
| to 20 gms.
|
| I have been out in the heat/sun some the last few days, working on a
| landscaping project....but the headaches came before that.
|
| Damn...I hate to go back up on my carbs! I wasnt going to weigh until
| the end of this month, but went ahead and weighed this morning and am
| now 185, a loss od 4 1/2 lbs in a week (after five or so weeks at 40
| gms a day, stuck at 188). Damn, damn, damn. See why I dont wanna up my
| carbs? It seems like I HAVE to be around 20 to lose! At 40, I was
| maintaining but not losing. The thing is, tho, I was having sme
| headaches, tho not as frequently, even at 40!
|
| Maybe I should go back to 40 and just deal with the fact that Im a
| real slow loser? LOL, let me re-phrase that! I mean...one who loses
| weight slowly!
|
| It's just that I really wanted to GET 20 LBS OFF! Then...I wouldnt
| mind slowing down to even 3 or 4 lbs a month.
|
| sigh. Well 17 is close to 20....maybe I'm pushing it too hard. The
| headaches do kinda worry me--I know my body is trying to tell me
| something.
|
| Anyway, thanks---what you said makes sense. I'll do 30 gms for a week
| and see what happens. If that doesnt help, I'll go back up to 40.
|
| What's funny is, yesterday I was working outside and got REAL hungry,
| but I didnt want to stop what I was doing...so worked for maybe
| another hour. Then I got SO hungry, I felt weak and dizzy and weird.
| I came in the house and opened the cabinet and saw a package of that
| quick stuffing mix? The five minute kind? I was...possessed. I
| mean....nothing in the world could have stopped me from making that
| stuffing, barely waited the five minutes and gobbled about half of it
| right from the pot. I couldnt NOT eat it. Pure white bread, for god's
| sake....and I felt like Id kill anybody who tried to take it away from
| me!
|
| I would have to say, looking back, my first mistake was letting myself
| get that hungry. Second was, of course, not having given away that
| damn stuffing mix weeks ago. The point is, tho, my body was calling
| (well, screaming) for some CARBS.
|
| The headache and dizziness and spaced-out feeling did go away. But, I
| also took two aspirin, so that coukld have made the headache go away.
| That whole event does sound like hypoglycemia, tho, doesnt it? The
| weird spaced-out, unreal feeling and the psycho-desperation for the
| stuffing?
|
| damn, damn, damn.
|
| The other thing worth mentioning is, when Im having the headache and
| it's meal time, and I eat my LC meal, the headache does not go away.
| Ive been taking 400 mg of Ibuprophen just about every day, now, for
| two or three weeks. That cant be a good sign. I was having the
| headaches when I was eating 40 gms of carb daily, dropped back to 20
| the past week and still had the headaches. Jeeeez. Does this mean I
| need even more than 40 gms??
|
| I feel like Im between a rock and a hard place, you know? It just
| depressed the [censored] outa me to see that scale say the same damn thing
| week after week!
|
| Color me bummed.
|
| Lass
|
| 5-16-05 202/185/165

I find that aceteminophen (generic Tylenol) works better on headaches than
anything else. From what I read it is also the most benign of the OTC
painkillers. Maybe you could plan your carb consumption for the day so most
of it comes shortly before the headache is due.

In news:[email hidden],
Lass Chance_2 <[email hidden]> stated
| Laureen--hmmm. well, actually...I have been kinda slacking up some on
| the water... and...maybe my carb count is too low. I got tired of
| sticking at 188 after about five weeks and dropped back down from 40
| to 20 gms.
|
| I have been out in the heat/sun some the last few days, working on a
| landscaping project....but the headaches came before that.
|
| Damn...I hate to go back up on my carbs! I wasnt going to weigh until
| the end of this month, but went ahead and weighed this morning and am
| now 185, a loss od 4 1/2 lbs in a week (after five or so weeks at 40
| gms a day, stuck at 188). Damn, damn, damn. See why I dont wanna up my
| carbs? It seems like I HAVE to be around 20 to lose! At 40, I was
| maintaining but not losing. The thing is, tho, I was having sme
| headaches, tho not as frequently, even at 40!
|
| Maybe I should go back to 40 and just deal with the fact that Im a
| real slow loser? LOL, let me re-phrase that! I mean...one who loses
| weight slowly!
|
| It's just that I really wanted to GET 20 LBS OFF! Then...I wouldnt
| mind slowing down to even 3 or 4 lbs a month.
|
| sigh. Well 17 is close to 20....maybe I'm pushing it too hard. The
| headaches do kinda worry me--I know my body is trying to tell me
| something.
|
| Anyway, thanks---what you said makes sense. I'll do 30 gms for a week
| and see what happens. If that doesnt help, I'll go back up to 40.
|
| What's funny is, yesterday I was working outside and got REAL hungry,
| but I didnt want to stop what I was doing...so worked for maybe
| another hour. Then I got SO hungry, I felt weak and dizzy and weird.
| I came in the house and opened the cabinet and saw a package of that
| quick stuffing mix? The five minute kind? I was...possessed. I
| mean....nothing in the world could have stopped me from making that
| stuffing, barely waited the five minutes and gobbled about half of it
| right from the pot. I couldnt NOT eat it. Pure white bread, for god's
| sake....and I felt like Id kill anybody who tried to take it away from
| me!
|
| I would have to say, looking back, my first mistake was letting myself
| get that hungry. Second was, of course, not having given away that
| damn stuffing mix weeks ago. The point is, tho, my body was calling
| (well, screaming) for some CARBS.
|
| The headache and dizziness and spaced-out feeling did go away. But, I
| also took two aspirin, so that coukld have made the headache go away.
| That whole event does sound like hypoglycemia, tho, doesnt it? The
| weird spaced-out, unreal feeling and the psycho-desperation for the
| stuffing?
|
| damn, damn, damn.
|
| The other thing worth mentioning is, when Im having the headache and
| it's meal time, and I eat my LC meal, the headache does not go away.
| Ive been taking 400 mg of Ibuprophen just about every day, now, for
| two or three weeks. That cant be a good sign. I was having the
| headaches when I was eating 40 gms of carb daily, dropped back to 20
| the past week and still had the headaches. Jeeeez. Does this mean I
| need even more than 40 gms??
|
| I feel like Im between a rock and a hard place, you know? It just
| depressed the [censored] outa me to see that scale say the same damn thing
| week after week!
|
| Color me bummed.
|
| Lass
|
| 5-16-05 202/185/165

I find that aceteminophen (generic Tylenol) works better on headaches than
anything else. From what I read it is also the most benign of the OTC
painkillers. Maybe you could plan your carb consumption for the day so most
of it comes shortly before the headache is due.

In news:[email hidden],
Lass Chance_2 <[email hidden]> stated
| Laureen--hmmm. well, actually...I have been kinda slacking up some on
| the water... and...maybe my carb count is too low. I got tired of
| sticking at 188 after about five weeks and dropped back down from 40
| to 20 gms.
|
| I have been out in the heat/sun some the last few days, working on a
| landscaping project....but the headaches came before that.
|
| Damn...I hate to go back up on my carbs! I wasnt going to weigh until
| the end of this month, but went ahead and weighed this morning and am
| now 185, a loss od 4 1/2 lbs in a week (after five or so weeks at 40
| gms a day, stuck at 188). Damn, damn, damn. See why I dont wanna up my
| carbs? It seems like I HAVE to be around 20 to lose! At 40, I was
| maintaining but not losing. The thing is, tho, I was having sme
| headaches, tho not as frequently, even at 40!
|
| Maybe I should go back to 40 and just deal with the fact that Im a
| real slow loser? LOL, let me re-phrase that! I mean...one who loses
| weight slowly!
|
| It's just that I really wanted to GET 20 LBS OFF! Then...I wouldnt
| mind slowing down to even 3 or 4 lbs a month.
|
| sigh. Well 17 is close to 20....maybe I'm pushing it too hard. The
| headaches do kinda worry me--I know my body is trying to tell me
| something.
|
| Anyway, thanks---what you said makes sense. I'll do 30 gms for a week
| and see what happens. If that doesnt help, I'll go back up to 40.
|
| What's funny is, yesterday I was working outside and got REAL hungry,
| but I didnt want to stop what I was doing...so worked for maybe
| another hour. Then I got SO hungry, I felt weak and dizzy and weird.
| I came in the house and opened the cabinet and saw a package of that
| quick stuffing mix? The five minute kind? I was...possessed. I
| mean....nothing in the world could have stopped me from making that
| stuffing, barely waited the five minutes and gobbled about half of it
| right from the pot. I couldnt NOT eat it. Pure white bread, for god's
| sake....and I felt like Id kill anybody who tried to take it away from
| me!
|
| I would have to say, looking back, my first mistake was letting myself
| get that hungry. Second was, of course, not having given away that
| damn stuffing mix weeks ago. The point is, tho, my body was calling
| (well, screaming) for some CARBS.
|
| The headache and dizziness and spaced-out feeling did go away. But, I
| also took two aspirin, so that coukld have made the headache go away.
| That whole event does sound like hypoglycemia, tho, doesnt it? The
| weird spaced-out, unreal feeling and the psycho-desperation for the
| stuffing?
|
| damn, damn, damn.
|
| The other thing worth mentioning is, when Im having the headache and
| it's meal time, and I eat my LC meal, the headache does not go away.
| Ive been taking 400 mg of Ibuprophen just about every day, now, for
| two or three weeks. That cant be a good sign. I was having the
| headaches when I was eating 40 gms of carb daily, dropped back to 20
| the past week and still had the headaches. Jeeeez. Does this mean I
| need even more than 40 gms??
|
| I feel like Im between a rock and a hard place, you know? It just
| depressed the [censored] outa me to see that scale say the same damn thing
| week after week!
|
| Color me bummed.
|
| Lass
|
| 5-16-05 202/185/165

I find that aceteminophen (generic Tylenol) works better on headaches than
anything else. From what I read it is also the most benign of the OTC
painkillers. Maybe you could plan your carb consumption for the day so most
of it comes shortly before the headache is due.

In news:[email hidden],
Lass Chance_2 <[email hidden]> stated
| Laureen--hmmm. well, actually...I have been kinda slacking up some on
| the water... and...maybe my carb count is too low. I got tired of
| sticking at 188 after about five weeks and dropped back down from 40
| to 20 gms.
|
| I have been out in the heat/sun some the last few days, working on a
| landscaping project....but the headaches came before that.
|
| Damn...I hate to go back up on my carbs! I wasnt going to weigh until
| the end of this month, but went ahead and weighed this morning and am
| now 185, a loss od 4 1/2 lbs in a week (after five or so weeks at 40
| gms a day, stuck at 188). Damn, damn, damn. See why I dont wanna up my
| carbs? It seems like I HAVE to be around 20 to lose! At 40, I was
| maintaining but not losing. The thing is, tho, I was having sme
| headaches, tho not as frequently, even at 40!
|
| Maybe I should go back to 40 and just deal with the fact that Im a
| real slow loser? LOL, let me re-phrase that! I mean...one who loses
| weight slowly!
|
| It's just that I really wanted to GET 20 LBS OFF! Then...I wouldnt
| mind slowing down to even 3 or 4 lbs a month.
|
| sigh. Well 17 is close to 20....maybe I'm pushing it too hard. The
| headaches do kinda worry me--I know my body is trying to tell me
| something.
|
| Anyway, thanks---what you said makes sense. I'll do 30 gms for a week
| and see what happens. If that doesnt help, I'll go back up to 40.
|
| What's funny is, yesterday I was working outside and got REAL hungry,
| but I didnt want to stop what I was doing...so worked for maybe
| another hour. Then I got SO hungry, I felt weak and dizzy and weird.
| I came in the house and opened the cabinet and saw a package of that
| quick stuffing mix? The five minute kind? I was...possessed. I
| mean....nothing in the world could have stopped me from making that
| stuffing, barely waited the five minutes and gobbled about half of it
| right from the pot. I couldnt NOT eat it. Pure white bread, for god's
| sake....and I felt like Id kill anybody who tried to take it away from
| me!
|
| I would have to say, looking back, my first mistake was letting myself
| get that hungry. Second was, of course, not having given away that
| damn stuffing mix weeks ago. The point is, tho, my body was calling
| (well, screaming) for some CARBS.
|
| The headache and dizziness and spaced-out feeling did go away. But, I
| also took two aspirin, so that coukld have made the headache go away.
| That whole event does sound like hypoglycemia, tho, doesnt it? The
| weird spaced-out, unreal feeling and the psycho-desperation for the
| stuffing?
|
| damn, damn, damn.
|
| The other thing worth mentioning is, when Im having the headache and
| it's meal time, and I eat my LC meal, the headache does not go away.
| Ive been taking 400 mg of Ibuprophen just about every day, now, for
| two or three weeks. That cant be a good sign. I was having the
| headaches when I was eating 40 gms of carb daily, dropped back to 20
| the past week and still had the headaches. Jeeeez. Does this mean I
| need even more than 40 gms??
|
| I feel like Im between a rock and a hard place, you know? It just
| depressed the [censored] outa me to see that scale say the same damn thing
| week after week!
|
| Color me bummed.
|
| Lass
|
| 5-16-05 202/185/165

Quoted message said:

"Have you been checked for
hypoglycemia?
--
Om."

no. I was supposed to have had blood drawn the end of June but havent
done it. I wlll def get that done next week, then make an appointment to
see my doc. While Im there, I'll ask him about a hypoglycemia test. As
I recall, that includes having several blood samples drawn over a three
or four houtr period?

Lass

Quoted message said:

"Have you been checked for
hypoglycemia?
--
Om."

no. I was supposed to have had blood drawn the end of June but havent
done it. I wlll def get that done next week, then make an appointment to
see my doc. While Im there, I'll ask him about a hypoglycemia test. As
I recall, that includes having several blood samples drawn over a three
or four houtr period?

Lass

Quoted message said:

"Have you been checked for
hypoglycemia?
--
Om."

no. I was supposed to have had blood drawn the end of June but havent
done it. I wlll def get that done next week, then make an appointment to
see my doc. While Im there, I'll ask him about a hypoglycemia test. As
I recall, that includes having several blood samples drawn over a three
or four houtr period?

Lass

Quoted message said:

"Have you been checked for
hypoglycemia?
--
Om."

no. I was supposed to have had blood drawn the end of June but havent
done it. I wlll def get that done next week, then make an appointment to
see my doc. While Im there, I'll ask him about a hypoglycemia test. As
I recall, that includes having several blood samples drawn over a three
or four houtr period?

Lass

Quoted message said:

"Have you been checked for
hypoglycemia?
--
Om."

no. I was supposed to have had blood drawn the end of June but havent
done it. I wlll def get that done next week, then make an appointment to
see my doc. While Im there, I'll ask him about a hypoglycemia test. As
I recall, that includes having several blood samples drawn over a three
or four houtr period?

Lass

Laureen---LOL, nope! Aint got no husband! or sex, either, for about 100
years.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!!

nah...come to think of it....as I recall, being married gave me MUCH
WORSE headaches!

Lass

Re: Frequent headaches

Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2005, 6:37pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden] (Laureen)
Oh you say it starts around 3 or 4 O'clock. Hmmmmmmm Now let's see......
Could that be the time of day your husband asks for sex? <giggle> You
say " Oh I Have A Headache" he he he Laureen

Laureen---LOL, nope! Aint got no husband! or sex, either, for about 100
years.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!!

nah...come to think of it....as I recall, being married gave me MUCH
WORSE headaches!

Lass

Re: Frequent headaches

Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2005, 6:37pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden] (Laureen)
Oh you say it starts around 3 or 4 O'clock. Hmmmmmmm Now let's see......
Could that be the time of day your husband asks for sex? <giggle> You
say " Oh I Have A Headache" he he he Laureen

Laureen---LOL, nope! Aint got no husband! or sex, either, for about 100
years.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!!

nah...come to think of it....as I recall, being married gave me MUCH
WORSE headaches!

Lass

Re: Frequent headaches

Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2005, 6:37pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden] (Laureen)
Oh you say it starts around 3 or 4 O'clock. Hmmmmmmm Now let's see......
Could that be the time of day your husband asks for sex? <giggle> You
say " Oh I Have A Headache" he he he Laureen

Laureen---LOL, nope! Aint got no husband! or sex, either, for about 100
years.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!!

nah...come to think of it....as I recall, being married gave me MUCH
WORSE headaches!

Lass

Re: Frequent headaches

Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2005, 6:37pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden] (Laureen)
Oh you say it starts around 3 or 4 O'clock. Hmmmmmmm Now let's see......
Could that be the time of day your husband asks for sex? <giggle> You
say " Oh I Have A Headache" he he he Laureen

Laureen---LOL, nope! Aint got no husband! or sex, either, for about 100
years.

MAYBE THAT'S THE PROBLEM!!!!!

nah...come to think of it....as I recall, being married gave me MUCH
WORSE headaches!

Lass

Re: Frequent headaches

Group: alt.support.diet.low-carb Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2005, 6:37pm (EDT-3)
From: [email hidden] (Laureen)
Oh you say it starts around 3 or 4 O'clock. Hmmmmmmm Now let's see......
Could that be the time of day your husband asks for sex? <giggle> You
say " Oh I Have A Headache" he he he Laureen

Quoted message said:

"When I started to increase my carbs as >I moved into maintenance, it

started to

Quoted message said:

lessen. It stopped when I got to 45g net
carbs/day (I'm at 65g net/day now). I
haven't had ANY headaches since
then...."~ Bev-Ann

Hmmm. Interesting. I stopped losing weight at 40 gms/day. I was
thinking, for me, maybe 40 would BE maintainance...?
So, I dropped back to 20 a week ago. But, I was already having the
headaches, even at 40. So...if I have to go to 45 to stop the
headaches...Im afraid my weight loss will also stop, altogether.

I bet you get a LOT more exercise than I do. (the average paraplegic
gets more exercise than I do!)

Im starting to think...I probably just need to get offa my butt and JUST
DO IT, like the Nike commercial says. If I up my carbs AND seriously UP
my ex., that will be the winning combo.

Much as I hate it....(WHY do I hate it so much???) Im just gonna have to
do it. Clearly, if I stop losing weight at 40 gms, BUT have
headaches...and if I need 45 to make the headaches stop....the only
other factor is the ex. right? There's just no getting around it. (and
god knows, Ive TRIED!)

Ive got a bad attitude aout exercise.I didnt used to, but I do, now.
Believe it or not, there was a time when I walked 6 miles to the gym,
worked out for an hour and a half and walked back home five times a
week!

But that was then...and this is now...

I gotta get a new 'tude.

Thanks

Lass the couch potato

Quoted message said:

"When I started to increase my carbs as >I moved into maintenance, it

started to

Quoted message said:

lessen. It stopped when I got to 45g net
carbs/day (I'm at 65g net/day now). I
haven't had ANY headaches since
then...."~ Bev-Ann

Hmmm. Interesting. I stopped losing weight at 40 gms/day. I was
thinking, for me, maybe 40 would BE maintainance...?
So, I dropped back to 20 a week ago. But, I was already having the
headaches, even at 40. So...if I have to go to 45 to stop the
headaches...Im afraid my weight loss will also stop, altogether.

I bet you get a LOT more exercise than I do. (the average paraplegic
gets more exercise than I do!)

Im starting to think...I probably just need to get offa my butt and JUST
DO IT, like the Nike commercial says. If I up my carbs AND seriously UP
my ex., that will be the winning combo.

Much as I hate it....(WHY do I hate it so much???) Im just gonna have to
do it. Clearly, if I stop losing weight at 40 gms, BUT have
headaches...and if I need 45 to make the headaches stop....the only
other factor is the ex. right? There's just no getting around it. (and
god knows, Ive TRIED!)

Ive got a bad attitude aout exercise.I didnt used to, but I do, now.
Believe it or not, there was a time when I walked 6 miles to the gym,
worked out for an hour and a half and walked back home five times a
week!

But that was then...and this is now...

I gotta get a new 'tude.

Thanks

Lass the couch potato

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"When I started to increase my carbs as >I moved into maintenance, it

started to

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lessen. It stopped when I got to 45g net
carbs/day (I'm at 65g net/day now). I
haven't had ANY headaches since
then...."~ Bev-Ann

Hmmm. Interesting. I stopped losing weight at 40 gms/day. I was
thinking, for me, maybe 40 would BE maintainance...?
So, I dropped back to 20 a week ago. But, I was already having the
headaches, even at 40. So...if I have to go to 45 to stop the
headaches...Im afraid my weight loss will also stop, altogether.

I bet you get a LOT more exercise than I do. (the average paraplegic
gets more exercise than I do!)

Im starting to think...I probably just need to get offa my butt and JUST
DO IT, like the Nike commercial says. If I up my carbs AND seriously UP
my ex., that will be the winning combo.

Much as I hate it....(WHY do I hate it so much???) Im just gonna have to
do it. Clearly, if I stop losing weight at 40 gms, BUT have
headaches...and if I need 45 to make the headaches stop....the only
other factor is the ex. right? There's just no getting around it. (and
god knows, Ive TRIED!)

Ive got a bad attitude aout exercise.I didnt used to, but I do, now.
Believe it or not, there was a time when I walked 6 miles to the gym,
worked out for an hour and a half and walked back home five times a
week!

But that was then...and this is now...

I gotta get a new 'tude.

Thanks

Lass the couch potato