Less cravings for treats, more energy, less knee pain, less heart palpitations, improved (but not yet eliminated!) acid reflux.

DrawnToScale wrote: »

Less cravings for treats, more energy, less knee pain, less heart palpitations, improved (but not yet eliminated!) acid reflux.

My husband has been dealing with reflux for the past 6 to 9 months. We heard about some research indicating that study subjects showed more improvement with acid reflux symptoms when they added acid to their systems before meals, compared to treatment with proton pump inhibitors like omeprazole. I'll see if I can find a link.

Anecdotally, my husband has had a remarkable improvement since he started drinking water with concentrated lemon juice prior to meals.

Benefits I've noticed:

Never feeling insanely hungry. This gets mentioned by practically everyone following this WOE, but the joy of it really can't be overstated. I never feel like eating is mandatory, and that gives me so much more flexibility. It gives me more patience with my kids. I often prepare their meals before mine, as I've always done, but now I'm not trying to beat my own hunger clock and getting snippy with them because I want to hurry up and eat mine. I feel like I can delay any meal by at least an hour after the first mild hunger pang, if not more. This morning I waited until after my morning workout, a little after 10AM, to eat breakfast. I had only had coffee with HWC when I got up at 7AM, and my body is used to eating right after 7AM. Wasn't a big deal at all, and my workout went great.

A more sculpted looking body. I can't say for sure that I've lost fat, only that I've lost weight. But I'll be damned if I don't look better, more proportionate, more sculpted, more feminine, younger, in clothes that fit when I was this weight previously. So maybe I am losing fat and keeping muscle. Either way, it feels awesome.

Cleaner teeth. At the end of the day, flossing, I always used to notice the icky, goopy yellowish plaque that stuck to the floss. Now it's just bits of meat and vegetable fiber. My teeth don't get that gross, plaquey feeling.

More steady, abundant energy. Post-carb flu, which took me a full month to come out of, I get what people talk about when they say they feel amazing on low-carb diets. (I was a slow learner when it came to electrolyte balance, plus I got sick, hit it too hard with Keto without doing my homework first, travelled...) It's not a euphoria, but it's a kind of steady, strong energy that makes you feel like you could climb a mountain and have a little energy to spare at the top.

More patience. I'm at peace with the way I'm eating and exercising, I don't get hunger crashes, and the upshot is that I can be more patient and connected to my husband and kids, without any extra effort. Who doesn't want that?

Minimal to non-existent seasonal allergies. I live in Austin, sinus infection capital of Texas. My whole family is sniffling and I'm fine. It's usually the other way around.

I haven't noticed the hair and skin improvements yet, but I'm excited about that prospect!

Rarely feel hungry

Didn't realize how addicted I was/am to carbs

Lots of energy and no fatigue as long as I keep my electrolytes in check

Sleeping way better. Don't wake up 10x a night.

Stable molds

TMI no more constant yeast infections

Reduced PMS symptoms

I could go on and on and on.

I am about a week and a half almost 2 weeks and I love that I can go for a while without eating and I am not wanting gnaw my own arm off. I am not having the reactive low blood sugar that I was suffering from all the time every time i had the typical breakfast. I love that the weight seems to be coming off so much easier with this WOE . I love that I am not brain foggy or exhausted all the time. This has been an eye opening experience for me. I am going to try the acid before a meal to see if it helps me because so far I am still having acid reflux..I am hoping it goes away .

On now for work seem like a month but I am not sure its been a month. I notice less pain in my body when I get out and walk. I no longer feel out done from a work out. I feel great on this low carb diet just have to keep lowering my carbs. What is reminded amount of carbs for a 1200 calorie diet? How can you get the calories and the carbs to balance out, so you do not go over. Normally for breakfast I get in about 300 calories.

less likely to eat "bad" food, less stomach upset. No stomach cramps if I do eat something sweet. Ability to say no to sugar or bread when I am out. The ability to eat ONE potato chip if I feel must try it.

deksgrl wrote: »

No more hot flashes, no more sleep problems, no more heart palpitations, no more heartburn, no more mental fog and exhaustion, no more cravings and hunger, no more hypoglycemic symptoms. Weight is starting to come down, body fat is reducing.

I've been tweaking my carbs down and agree that my menopausal sleep is improved, as is my mental fog, and jangly feeling.
No hot flashes
limited night sweats (it is summer after all)
I haven't had ANY heart palpitations lately.
I have my fingers crossed that the 3x a week ocular migraines are truly improved.

I'm waiting a while to see if my menopausal vertigo improves. It *seems* better, but I'm being cautious there.

No weight loss, but I'm 5'6" and 135 (a healthy weight) and mid menopausal, so I'll take no weight GAIN.

I'm assuming the combination of tweaking my carbs down (they were always somewhat low since I never ate much grains and almost no added sugar) and my somewhat recently added menopause supplements (dong quai and black cohosh).