I just started getting charlie horses in my legs the past couple of days. Has anyone else had this problem??
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Thanks for all your support!!
Jena
Started Atkins on 6/5/2009
June Challanges
Water: At least 96 oz a day or more
Squats: 475/600
Abs: 525/1000
S/C/G - 186/180.6/125
Goal 1 - 175
Goal 2 - 165
Goal 3 - 155
Goal 4 - 140 Hopefully by 9/25.
Goal 5 - 130
Goal 6 - 125
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Re: Charlie Horses
I get calf cramps regularly first thing in the morning. What a way to wake up.
I have yet to find any real solution, so I'm all ears.Name: Forrest
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Height: 5' 11"
Girth: 46"
Start Date: April 6, 2009
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Re: Charlie Horses
Make sure you take supplements, and drink plenty of water
Atkins mentions these minerals in particular: potassium, magnesium and calciumStartdate: November 18, 2007. Female 5'2"
May Challenges 2010
Push-ups: 450/800
Abs: 850/1900
Squats: 650/1200
Lunges: 500/1000
Strength: 490/1200
Running: 50/100 km
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Re: Charlie Horses
I just received my book via the mail and will get the supplements that I need. I have been taking a multivitamin and I have been drinking way over the minimum water allowance.
More than likely I haven't been taking the right kind of vitamin and need to get the other supplements recommended.
Thanks for the feedback!!Thanks for all your support!!
Jena
Started Atkins on 6/5/2009
June Challanges
Water: At least 96 oz a day or more
Squats: 475/600
Abs: 525/1000
S/C/G - 186/180.6/125
Goal 1 - 175
Goal 2 - 165
Goal 3 - 155
Goal 4 - 140 Hopefully by 9/25.
Goal 5 - 130
Goal 6 - 125
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Re: Charlie Horses
Magnesium is the one to take for leg cramps...F/46/5'2" - 249/198/115
Start Date 03/06/09
Mini goals:
1st - 25 lbs down - Met 06/19/09
2nd - Onederland - Met 03/10/10
3rd - 75 lbs down
4th - size 12
5th - BMI 21
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Ditto to the potassium and magnesium.JILL
HW 298
HW (this time) 248
GOAL ONE 228 (take 2)
GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
FINAL GOAL 165
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For the first week I kept forgetting to pick up the supplements and by the time I remembered, the stores were closed. I started to get leg cramps so that was my reminder to get them. After a couple of days they disappeared.Comment
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I do all the above.. including eating spinach.... and I still get cramps in my legs regularly.
Some nights as I go to bed I just "know" that I'm gonna have trouble, so I pop a few Hyland's Leg Cramps* pills before crashing. Sometimes it works... sometimes it don't.
* Available at WalmartName: Forrest
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Height: 5' 11"
Girth: 46"
Start Date: April 6, 2009
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I've suffered with leg cramps all my life (great-grandmother, grandmother, aunts, mother -- all of us have had them)....doctors say magnesium and potassium supplements. I don't have them since I've been on Atkins -- I actually feel better since I've been eating this way.Carole_____________________May Water 130oz daily
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Re: Charlie Horses
I get them while sitting at the computer and at night when I'm trying to sleep. In addition to an avocado or two every week and LC veggies, I use the potassium and calcium/magnesium supplements.
It didn't work all that well until I tried 2 potassium 99 mg 3 times daily and doubled my calcium/magnesium. I've been tracking my intake on Fitday, and I still tend to be low, though.Comment
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