Not feeling so great – Week 5

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• posted by DebT
  on 26 Mar 2017 at 07:30

  

  Hello,

  Even though I will be starting week 5 I am very much a beginner on this journey and your help, ideas and wisdom would be greatly appreciated. I am here because I am 57, recently diagnosised with diabetes. It is the begining of week 5 of the BSD and I feel grumpy and my energy is low. All week I felt this way. I am wondering if anyone has experienced this. I understand in the first week or so as your body adjusts but but I am just about to start week 5.

  I am wondering if part of it might be that I was an emotional eater and because I haven’t been eating emotionally I am “feeling” my emotions instead of eating them away?

  Would really like to know if anyone else has experienced these lows halfway through?

  Deborah

• posted by sunshine-girl
  on 26 Mar 2017 at 12:29

  

  Hi Deborah, I went through varying phases of feeling down. If I look back at my early posts it was possibly like a mini depression. The results on my BG were so quick that it frightened me a bit (sometimes a lot) and at one point I questioned what I might be doing to my body in other ways. There is always a feeling of loss when you make big changes in your life and it can take a while to adjust. I am just ending my 9th month and it is like I have always eaten this way and I cant imagine anything different now. As an emotional eater you will have a deeper connection to the food you have given up, it is rather like giving up smoking, always that nagging twinge at the back of your mind and in the pit of your stomach. You just have to get through it and know it will pass eventually. So just keep on keeping on…. And well done for coming so far.

• posted by DebT
  on 26 Mar 2017 at 14:43

  

  Thanks so much sunshine-girl. It makes sense. I didn’t think of it in terms of loss and I can see now it is like losing an old friend “food” that has been there for me through the good times and bad. And yes, it does feel like a bit of a depression/sadness. Of course I still have weight to lose but I think there is some rawness at being exposed just knowing that I can’t hide behind food, and it does make it scary. Yikes!

  I am assuming when you say you have just finished 9 months that is 5 and 2, low carbs? And I see people talk about doing round two, is it safe to continue after 8 weeks or is it better to take a break?

• posted by sunshine-girl
  on 26 Mar 2017 at 17:12

  

  No, I have been doing the 800 fast for 9 months. Obviously I have had the odd break like whilst away on holiday or Xmas and New Year but I still stick to the no starchy carb principle just dont worry too much about the calories on those occasions. Normally I just carry on doing 800 without a break if there is nothing to interrupt it but you will always find something even if you just take a long weekend for a trip or birthday treat. I have been diagnosed diabetic for 12 years so dont expect miracles with this plan although it has been better for me than anything else I have tried, and I have tried them all. Getting my BG down from 8.2 to 5.4 at my last HbA1c last week. I want to stay at that but I am still using insulin so getting rid of that and maintaining my good BG is my next goal. I have lost 25lbs and still need to lose about 18lbs to bring me to a good weight but it has been slow for me due to the insulin, which causes weight gain, so the less I use the easier it should be to lose the weight. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way, your body gets used to the eating and the insulin doses so it is always a struggle, but worth it in the end.

  Advice, if you have a lot to lose and want to continue dont have too long breaks and as you are diabetic, try to stay away from the bad carbs long term even if you ‘come off the diet’. Your taste buds will soon get used to them again and you will be hooked all over again.

• posted by DebT
  on 29 Mar 2017 at 05:46

  

  Thanks again. It is harder than I expected. I sure hope you can get off of the insulin, that would be really great. I am confused because I thought we should carry on for more than 2 months. You aren’t worried about any kind of deficiency?

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