Skin Dryness

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Quoted message said:

Ive been on atkin's for over a year now and am on the 4 stage of it. Ever
since the begging I felt dehydrated, and still do. I can't seem to be able
to get hydrated no matter how much water I drink. Any ideas on what I could
do to get more hydrated? When I wake up in the morning my tounge is so dry
that I have to soak it in a glass of water to bring my mouth back to life.
I feel like a piece of balsa wood.:-(

Well, stop BEGGING :-)

Seriously, are you taking any medications that might be causing dry mouth (as
opposed to simply changing your way of eating)? If you are in Maintenance, your
body shouldn't be rushing to dump water weight as it does in earlier stages. I
don't really have a solution for it other than to keep a water bottle near your
bed (I take my water bottle EVERYWHERE -- it's like my trademark -- in fact, I'm
reasonably certain that in some parts I'm known simply as "The Water Bottle
Lady"😉.

--
Saffire
205/147/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"General" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ive been on atkin's for over a year now and am on the 4 stage of it. Ever
since the begging I felt dehydrated, and still do. I can't seem to be able
to get hydrated no matter how much water I drink. Any ideas on what I
could
do to get more hydrated? When I wake up in the morning my tounge is so dry
that I have to soak it in a glass of water to bring my mouth back to life.
I feel like a piece of balsa wood.:-(

You still aren't drinking enough water. I don't know what you eat, or what
else you might drink, but I know that the first thing I want when I wake up
is a bottle of water.

Nothing wrong with that. Not only normal, but probably a GOOD thing!

Some of your skin dryness and dry mouth could be due to the air in your
home. Perhaps a humidifier would help.

"General" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Ive been on atkin's for over a year now and am on the 4 stage of it. Ever
since the begging I felt dehydrated, and still do. I can't seem to be able
to get hydrated no matter how much water I drink. Any ideas on what I

could

Quoted message said:

do to get more hydrated? When I wake up in the morning my tounge is so dry
that I have to soak it in a glass of water to bring my mouth back to life.
I feel like a piece of balsa wood.:-(

Have you been checked for diabetes? For several years, I had an almost
constant thirst and often a terrible taste in my mouth. I was checked
several times, but the glucose tests always came back as normal -- until
last June, that is. Suddenly, I had a fasting glucose of 289 (defiitely not
good). I underwent a drastic change of diet (perhaps not true low-carb, but
very much lower-carb than before) and take one 500mg Metformin (a very low
dose) per day. My blood sugar is now under control...and I have lost that
terrible taste and incessant thirst. In fact, now I have to "remind myself"
to drink more water -- something that I never had to do in the past.
Incidentally, I am convinced that I had diabetes for several years before
being diagnosed. I have read that this is very common. I feel better now
than I had felt for at least 2 or 3 years.

MaryL

General said:

Ive been on atkin's for over a year now and am on the 4 stage of it. Ever
since the begging I felt dehydrated, and still do. I can't seem to be able
to get hydrated no matter how much water I drink. Any ideas on what I could
do to get more hydrated? When I wake up in the morning my tounge is so dry
that I have to soak it in a glass of water to bring my mouth back to life.
I feel like a piece of balsa wood.:-(

Dry mouth is a sign of ketosis. The Atkins process has folks out
of ketosis in phases 3 and 4, so you should be out of ketosis now.

If you are still in ketosis, keep upping thse carbs until you
spend a week out of ketosis to find your CCLL, then keep upping
those carbs until your water swing moves up because your liver
started storing carbs again to find your CCLM. Maintenance is
staying between CCLL and CCLM.

If you are out of ketosis, get your blood sugar levels checked
and discuss it with your doctor. Dry mouth while out of ketosis
is a sign of diabetes among other problems.