Ldychef2k: Notes from a Wannabe - Ldychef2k fesses up.

[justusnak]

Great pic lady....nearing 60?? Are you kidding me!?? Wow, I hope I look that good when I am nearing 60...heck...never mind...in nearing 50, and already dont look that good. There is something to say about hard work...and being fit. Way to go on the weight loss!!

 

[Dace]

Hey Ldy

I have a question for you

You mentioned somewhere that you had to add grains back in to your diet because living without did something to your health.....I don't eat many grains, so I was curious. Do you mind sharing your experience?

 

[Ldychef2k]

Well, it was more than grains, I had to restart carbs other than sugar. I became malnourished, had so little energy that I could barely walk ! I lost more than half my hair, had an unexplained near shut down of the GI tract, and had altered mental functioning (some say it never returned!). I became clumsy and weak as my body began consuming my muscle tissue. I ended up falling a lot, and ultimately was knocked unconscious in one of the falls. That's when I decided it was time to return to eating the way I was created to eat.

I was quite ill and had to be very careful about slowly adding back in the carbs. I had lost 80 pounds in three months, which was ridiculous. I had limited my carbs so severely that my body had nothing to draw energy from.

After getting back to normal nutritional status, I regained about 80% of my previous strength, but the damage to the muscles hasn't completely resolved. I also know that my mental acuity isn't what it used to be.

In other words, it has been about five years, and I am still not the person I was before I thought it was a good idea to almost completely eliminate carbs. It was a bad decision, came on the heels of my divorce, and I became compulsive about it...keeping carbs to less than 15 a day, lower if I could manage it. Not at all intelligent.

 

[Dace]

Oh dang!
I wondered because I limit my refined carbs but I do
get plenty of carbs from my veggies and fruit along with the occasional serving of rice or whatever.

Scary stuff, glad you sorted it out! Thanks for sharing
your story!

 

[Wifezilla]

I had limited my carbs so severely that my body had nothing to draw energy from

If you limit your carbs, you derive energy from fat. If you aren't getting good, natural fats a low carb diet can be a problem.

NEVER go low fat and low carb. That is a great way to lose your hair, screw up your thyroid and end up with gall bladder problems.

 

[Ldychef2k]

Yeah, it was pretty stupid of me. I think the need to feel good about myself after the divorce overwhelmed common sense. I kept my calories below 400 a day for three months. Just asinine.

 

[Wifezilla]

Yikes!!!

 

[Dace]

Wow! That is a bit crazy!!

Glad you came to your senses

All I can think is, weren't you hungry??!!?!?!

 

[Ldychef2k]

Not after the first two weeks. It was probably the stupidest thing I have done in a while. But the more weight I lost, the more compliments I got from people like my dad who previously had called me "a bloated, over ripe tomato". With unconditional love like that, how on EARTH would I get into such a state? /sarcasm

Last month he told me that I must be losing weight because my a$$ isn't as huge as usual.

Nope, no Daddy issues here. None at all.

 

[Dace]

Well phooey on him because we all know you are fabulous just the way you are!