Post by mananay on Jul 13, 2014 16:56:48 GMT -5
Hi. I am a 33 year old female and I weigh 145 pounds. I would like to lose 15 pounds as it is weight i have gained in the last year since moving and starting a new job. I have tried calorie restricting but i can never manage to stick to it and only ever shift 1-2 pounds before going back. I also like to run and to do moderate weights for my arms. I run about 3-5 times a week for about half an hour to 40 min. I decided to try this low carb diet thing. About a week and a half ago before doing any research I cut out obvious carbs- like rice (which i ate a lot of- almost ever dinner), pasta, cakes, cookies, potatoes, etc. But not the fruit or veggies or anything like that. Then about a week ago I did a lot of research on this and decided to try and really limit my carbs a lot more. For the first few days I did fine but I was buying most of my food out. Then i decided to start cooking my own food so I could be sure of what I was eating. That started tuesday (its sunday now). I would eat about 2 hard boiled eggs in the morning, salmon or chicken with spinach and some olive oil and lemon for lunch, some nuts for a snack, another hard boiled egg, and then salmon or chicken with spinach and or kale for dinner. On the third day of eating like that I started to feel awful, sweaty and nauseous and weak and just weird. I went and got an apple. It helped. That was thursday. Then friday after i ate my normal lunch of salmon and spinach I just felt exhausted and so weak. I went home and ate my normal dinner plus some sugar free jello and nuts and went to bed pretty early. Yesterday I woke up feeling like i hadnt slept at all after a 9 hour sleep. I was so tired and weak and just couldnt shake it. Thursday I wasnt able to run but I did run friday morning- but they are very hard to complete. Yesterday I had an omellette, and then half an apple to try and feel better. No better. After lunch which was grilled chicken and bok choy with a decent amount of olive oil, i took a nap. When I woke not really better. I ate a banana and some organic beef jerky. This helped a bit. Then I had some celery with low sugar peanut butter and for dinner I made a hamburger, no bun with mayo and ketchup and a salad with feta, romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers olive oil and balsamic. I did feel better but when I was going to bed i felt nauseous and weird and i got frusterated and thought that I was doing something wrong to my body so I decided to just forget it and eat half a luna bar (a whole one has 27 carbs). I slept well and woke up feeling normal again. I tallied my carbs for yesterday and they were about 70. So, my question is- what the hell do I do? ! Can I lose weight eating 70 carbs a day or do I have to go down a lot more? What should I do? I am so confused and really dont want to feel sick. It feels wrong and like its bad for my body but I read so much about this and it sounds right and people have great experiences doing this. Help me please! I dont know what I am doing.
