3 weeks...I still feel utterly exhausted!

[cleochatra]

Re: 3 weeks...I still feel utterly exhausted!

Just a quick note......After we talked, I cooked five slices of think bacon and I actually feel much better this afternoon. I really think my fat and calories were too low. I was getting "Rabbit Hunger." Who would of thunk that eating more fat would make the diet work better? I thought I was getting enough fat with the eggs, the cheese and the ribeyes. Wouldn't it make sense on the surface that eating a low carb diet and not going crazy on the fat would make you lose weight faster?

I felt terrible when I was inadvertently eating too little fat because peoplee seem to be so fat-phobic. If you get the chance, check out FatHead, the documentary by Tom Noughton. One of the reasons it is surmised that so many Americans went on Prozac in the early 80's? Low-fat diets became mainstream! The brain needs fat to function, and the fat provides satiety to the body. It also tickles the brain's pleasure sensors, telling your body it's had something very satisfying and wonderful. It's just hard to beat in terms of foodstuffs.

[Skeptika23]

Re: 3 weeks...I still feel utterly exhausted!

Just a quick note......After we talked, I cooked five slices of think bacon and I actually feel much better this afternoon. I really think my fat and calories were too low. I was getting "Rabbit Hunger." Who would of thunk that eating more fat would make the diet work better? I thought I was getting enough fat with the eggs, the cheese and the ribeyes. Wouldn't it make sense on the surface that eating a low carb diet and not going crazy on the fat would make you lose weight faster?

I know, we are programmed to think all fat=bad, but that's just not true, as you are learning.

Natural fats ROCK.

[2big4mysize]

Re: 3 weeks...I still feel utterly exhausted!

good for you. fatty acid metabolism needs dietary fats to help the vits get absorbed and to keep the system primed for full speed ahead.