My first time sick after starting LC... rantage

Ernst Primer said:

... for what it's worth, I feel like sharing. I've had a nasty cold
virus for the past week - rattling cough, runny nose, fatigue, etc.
It's improving (slowly). Energy levels are shot, and the great part is
I have *also* developed a painful back spasm (a bad one) that started
the same time as the cold. Which is suprising, considering I haven't
had a back spasm in literally years, and I've dropped about 55 pounds
besides... shouldn't that *help* *prevent* back problems????

So, I'm cranky, I haven't excercised in over a week, and I feel like
an old man. I'm also popping Aleves (3-4 a day), problem is, I found
out you need to take this stuff on an empty stomach or else queasiness
sets in.

Good news is I haven't "slipped" and eaten carbs (it's like I'm
talking about drugs or something), I'm still enjoying the foods I eat
and sticking to plan, and that's great. But [censored] do I feel like [censored].

Tips? Home remedies? Similar stories? Encouraging words? I got myself
a "moist heat pack" for my back, which seems to help (as long as I'm
wearing it). It's still bad though, and if it's getting better, it
seems only to be doing it veeeeery slowly.

Really, this is quite a contrast. Two weeks ago I was doing my
typical routine, 25-30 miles a week of running, feeling healthy, and
now here I am. Arrrrgggggg.

260/205/200

I've got as bad back too. L3 & L4 spondo. Mild but still a pain. Not as
much as it used to be though. The worse I ate and the more high carb I
ate the worse the back was. When I started low carbing and
supplementing with vitamin C, my back almost magically improved. It
shocked me.

Do your exercises to strengthen the long back muscles.

Eat lots of home made chicken soup. Full of collagen which will help
strengthen your soft tissues (collagen) around the vertebral joints.
And lots of vitamin C to aid with the formation of the collagen. At
least 2 to 3000 mgs per day thruout the day with food.

The soup and vit C will also help with the cold BTW.

TC