When you dropped the carbs did you increase your essential fats?

I've been snacking on black olives (which I do anyway, because I love them) and walnuts (although I am not supposed to eat nuts because of some medical thing I don't want to tell you about). So...maybe? But possibly not enough.

I haven't really been eating any fruit, so I'm wondering if that's part of my issue. I'm about ready to take on the 6 kiwi that are in my fridge to see if that helps.

Yeah if not eating carbs you do not want to eat much fruit and only certain types really when you do.

I personally did not get any headaches, my roommate did but they upped their intake of protein and essential oils and the headaches stopped.

For me I know I am not getting enough protein/essential oils when I start craving carbs/sweets.

I'm thinking for myself I probably should have eased into it instead of just jumping in. Before January 1st I was drinking energy drinks at work (and you KNOW what is in those fuckers!) so to totally cut out everything including the stuff that mother nature made has probably put my body into some sort of shock.

Maybe I should eat a piece of fruit every day until my body stops throwing tantrums because I won't buy Rockstar? (Not bananas, though. Those are the devil.)

Yeah or else just make sure you are getting 30 or 40 carbs a day for a while before dropping further down. Just remember to eat the essential fats because they are what replaces the carbs for this type of eating plan.

Recipe
 

I'm drinking tonnes of coffee still. I have no intention of giving -that- particular vice up...so I really don't think I'm having caffeine withdrawl. Haha, unless I'm so far gone that 6+ cups of coffee a day isn't good enough for me.

:)

Subscribing..

Good to find this thread, I am doing basically a paleo routine and really enjoying how I feel on it. Sticking to an all organic macronutrient ratio of 20% protein, 70% fats (half mono, half saturated), and 10% carbs from high water content sources.

Enjoying reading how other folks are taking this on. :balloon:

Going to make this tonight! Sounds yummy!

Am a total coffee nut... but I keep it to no more than three cups in the morning... (OK, the third is really a grande from Starbucks or our local Persian coffee place... YUM!)

When I hop back on low carbs, I always have headaches the first 3-4 days. I find that increasing my water intake seems to help ramp them down.

I still consume vast amount of coffee (usually accompanied by nicotine) and don't likely see that changing.

Best of luck to you. You might want to try an OTC pain med taken with a full glass of water and backed with a cup of coffee. The caffiene seems to "jump start" the meds for me (or I just use Execdrine Migraine which has caffiene in it).

It was delicious. I hope you enjoy it.

My "sweet treat"
 

I have been low-carbing for years (on and off) and always just feel so much better when I am not elbow deep in a bag of Doritos.

For the days I need a sweet, I use the following recipe:

1/2 c. whole milk ricotta cheese
1 pkt Splenda
1 TBS vanilla extract

Whip it all in a bowl and its almost like pudding.

I've also used other extract flavors - almond, orange, coconut.

Here is a link to the nutritional value of the ricotta:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...-products/35/2

I have found that website to be a godsend when looking for nutritional value information.

Thanks, Christie :)

So I found out that the headaches were TOTALLY sugar withdrawl. I ate two Kiwi shortly after posting last night and the headache went away.

Mind you, it came back at 4am.

I'm surprised that I'm having so much difficulty with this, to be honest. I have never been much of a starch eater to begin with (I don't eat pasta because it gives me a stomache ache, I hate potato, I don't keep bread in the house, and I only ate rice once a week). I guess between the energy drinks, and the fruit (I always ate a LOT of fruit) there was a lot of sugar going into my body.

Mmmm, fruit.

Wheat flour has protein in it. Soy flour has more protein than wheat flour. Wheat flour has gluten. Soy flour has no gluten.

A couple of links:

wheat flour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_flour

soy flour http://www.soyfoods.com/soyfoodsdesc.../soyflour.html


Don't forget your veggies and fruits.

I generally eat higher protein and less carbs. I do love potatoes.

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Namaste!

Joe,

Correct, no flour in these and I have no problems with them falling apart unless I use a cheaper PB.

I for one do not use soy flour due to the estrogen properties. If I need flour, I use an almond flour, but find that I rarely if ever actually need it for anything. Sometimes, I will add flax meal to these as well as other baked goods.

Hi Kelt,

I am mostly sticking to an eating plan consisting of 20-30 complex carbs daily, 30 protein and 40-50 essential fats. My carbs come mostly from raw asparagus and spinach, cauliflower etc. Sometimes I skim a little and eat some healthy carb pasta or have a slice of lo carb bread, but that is actually not very often anymore. With protein I aim for the high purine meats and now eat only organic dark meat as well. I eat fruit only on rare occasions now due to the high sugar in it. My goal is to lower my carbs to 10% daily.

I find I have much more energy eating this way, and am also losing inches steadily. I also do not feel lethargic after eating a big meal like I did when eating carbs.