Posted by fluffykitty on September 12, 2001, at 12:17:42
In reply to Re: above post is for fluffykitty not Greg--oops, posted by tina on September 10, 2001, at 20:48:21
> > Hey fluff
> > Since I seem to have been volunteered here, I'll take the reins for a second.Ok I got it thanks and thanks all!
Yea this med stuff with what it can do to the metabolism and feelings of hunger is a mixed bag, double edged sword.
I try to do a more healthy version of a Atkins/Zone kind of diet. People talk about "carbohydrates" and eating them or not or craving them. Technically speaking from what I understand, one can supposedly get all the carbos they need from specific vegetables. The other stuff bread et all is enriched carbos or something. I try to balance eating protein and lots of veggies and fruits with some enriched carbos like rice and a little bread or oatmeal or cereal. The problem of course is that as people have said before is that protein blocks reception of serotonin which enriched carbos create and make people feel better. Or something like that. So carbo cravings are for those foods which do the thing with serotonin that make people feel better or feel good. There was an article in the paper about it too saying sometimes if you feel blue then have some carbos. I know that I certainly feel better after a nice bagel with cream cheese! :) So my task is to balance not only portion size but protein and carbos so dont eat too much of one or the other which isnt good. And get some excersize!Someone mentioned low blood sugar and I have a somewhat low blood sugar problem. I generally eat oatmeal in the morning but if I dont have some protein for lunch and then dinner Im in trouble. I know some people feel better with carbos only but I dont. If I dont eat protein I dont have energy. I had wished I could be a vegetarian but I cant do it. I know what goes in those slaughter houses and the horror that it is, for all types of animals, but I cant do without it. The only thing that makes me feel ok about it to some degree is that way back when, people routinely killed animals for thier food just as those animals, some of them anyway, killed other animals for food as well. Or as for the veggie animals, they get killed by carnivores like wolves and lions etc.
Anyway, I used to eat food I shouldnt have and in quantity due to stress and not feeling well mentally. Now that Im on the med, Im feeling better and less stressed. So even if I may feel more hunger sometimes due to the med, I feel like I have more will power to resist and eat healthier things. I just hope I can keep it up on a regular basis to at least not gain weight if not lose some. Ill let you know!
fk
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