Couple of Questions

[SkiMom]

I'm almost at the end of my 2nd week Induction and I have 2 questions:

1. Has anyone ever heard of getting sore teeth/gums during Induction? I did Atkins about 10 years ago, and the same thing happened to me then during Induction. At the time I didn't think anything of it, and it went away...but it is happening again, so I am thinking it is related. I'm taking a good multivitamin, plus vitamin C, as well as Calcium/Magnesium and Potassium.

2. I've lost around 6 lbs so far, and according to the book this is an average weight loss according to how much I have to lose...so I am pleased with that. However, I lost it all the first week and have lost nothing since. Is this normal?

TIA!

[BoxerLoverBaby]

Re: Couple of Questions

Hey there! I didn't even think of the sore teeth/gums being related to induction but on my first week of induction I had a few teeth that were def VERY sore!! It passed after a couple days and I didn't think about it again until I read your post.

As far as your second question goes...have you changed your diet at all? Or has your water consumptions gone down?

Congrats on the loss so far!!

Jessie

[SkiMom]

Re: Couple of Questions

Hi Jessie,

Congrats on your loss so far too!!

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with the sore teeth. I thought maybe I was trying to connect things that weren't connected. I wonder what is causing it?

As far as the food, nothing has changed since my first week. I checked one of my days with Fitday and found my fat/protein/carb ratios were right, and I was eating around 2000 calories. The only thing I am doing that isn't totally legal is having one can of caffeine free diet coke (with aspartame) every day...I know this isn't legal... but I'm addicted!! I will cut this out and see if it helps. And my water consumption has actually gone up this past week because my ketostix were getting pretty dark.