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Years ago I tried the Atkins diet and gained 9 lbs the first week. I was doing my version of what the diet was, I never went and got a book and I don't think I had a computer at that time to resource any information. Well, I thought I would start on a shake replacement version and went and bought 9 packs of shakes and then started reading this forum and everyone says no shakes. I do have 1 occasionally at work, because sometimes it is too difficult to actually eat food and I'm doing okay with it. The rest of the time it is pretty simple diet....microwave omelet with bacon/sausage and cheese, then a piece of meat and vegetables or salad for the other meals and occasionally some pork rinds.
I actually called my Dr last week to get my diuretics increased because I was getting pitting edema in my legs and feet and walking was getting unbearable, well they wouldn't do it without seeing me and since I'm in Cali right now and they are in WV I said I'd just stick it out until I got home, but they wanted me to go to ER........uh, NO. The next day I went and bought the book and let me say today, my legs and feet look almost normal. Ankles are still swollen, hopefully that will clear up as diet progresses. Has anyone used the supplements Dr A suggests to get off their meds? I am on 3 BP meds...beta-blocker, calcium channel blocker, and diuretic. If anyone has been able to take the supplements successfully please let me know. My Dr quit his practice aand went in to emergency med and now I have this little prick who treats me like crap and the only time I ever got a halfway decent response out of him was 2 months ago when he tried to add an ace-inhibitor to the mix and I ended up in the hospital, again. Yeah, I know, I should find a different Dr, but I travel around the country for work all the time and it makes it difficult to find one when I am home for such short periods of time. Anyway, my point is he doesn't believe in alternative medicine and he doesn't believe in depression and he doesn't believe in my meds making me gain weight.
Sorry so long!
SW 248.8 7-21-09
CW 234.0 7-28-09
GW 120
HT 5'2"
Years ago I tried the Atkins diet and gained 9 lbs the first week. I was doing my version of what the diet was, I never went and got a book and I don't think I had a computer at that time to resource any information. Well, I thought I would start on a shake replacement version and went and bought 9 packs of shakes and then started reading this forum and everyone says no shakes. I do have 1 occasionally at work, because sometimes it is too difficult to actually eat food and I'm doing okay with it. The rest of the time it is pretty simple diet....microwave omelet with bacon/sausage and cheese, then a piece of meat and vegetables or salad for the other meals and occasionally some pork rinds.
I actually called my Dr last week to get my diuretics increased because I was getting pitting edema in my legs and feet and walking was getting unbearable, well they wouldn't do it without seeing me and since I'm in Cali right now and they are in WV I said I'd just stick it out until I got home, but they wanted me to go to ER........uh, NO. The next day I went and bought the book and let me say today, my legs and feet look almost normal. Ankles are still swollen, hopefully that will clear up as diet progresses. Has anyone used the supplements Dr A suggests to get off their meds? I am on 3 BP meds...beta-blocker, calcium channel blocker, and diuretic. If anyone has been able to take the supplements successfully please let me know. My Dr quit his practice aand went in to emergency med and now I have this little prick who treats me like crap and the only time I ever got a halfway decent response out of him was 2 months ago when he tried to add an ace-inhibitor to the mix and I ended up in the hospital, again. Yeah, I know, I should find a different Dr, but I travel around the country for work all the time and it makes it difficult to find one when I am home for such short periods of time. Anyway, my point is he doesn't believe in alternative medicine and he doesn't believe in depression and he doesn't believe in my meds making me gain weight.
Sorry so long!
SW 248.8 7-21-09
CW 234.0 7-28-09
GW 120
HT 5'2"
keep up the good work.
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