Comments on: Why is low-carb harder the second time around?

By: Shanan

Shanan — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:37:06 +0000

Hi, I just want to thank you for this post. I am attempting low-carb for the second time. I was doing great the first time but it did taper off probably for the reason you said… finding so call low-carb facimiles of high-carb foods. But then on top of that I fell pregnant with all that weightloss (40 of 100 lbs) So here I am trying again… and stumbling miserably!!! Not only is the weight not wanting to come off as much as the first time I am having issues with having a meal here and there with carbs in it. So I am feeling the pinch to give up… but I heard someone tell me it’s harder the second time… I think inwardly I laughed at this… but here I am seeing it for myself. So instead of giving up I decided to see what I could find on the subject on the net and the first thing I read was your post. So thank you for giving me the tips and the stronger commitment to my goals using low carb to get there. My Dr. told me the best if not only way to loose the kind of weight I need to loose is low carb. So I am determined to get there.. Lets hope the next few weeks I can stick to it with no goof ups!!! Again thank you… I will be having a good look at your other blog entries!!

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Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:13:50 +0000

[...] I think that these links might be helpful, even if you aren't specifically going low carb: The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. � Why is low-carb harder the second time around? The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. � More thoughts on why low-carb the second time around [...]

By: Tim P.

Tim P. — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:31:44 +0000

I’ve lost 76 pounds on this diet, and I’ll never go back to eating that high-carb junk I used to enjoy.

I’ve found that eating that stuff now actually makes me sick, feel extremely warm, and almost want to throw up. In addition, I’m hungry a few minutes after eating it, whereas eating low carb, healthy foods leaves me full and feeling good. It’s an easy choice for me.

By: ksm

ksm — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:34:15 +0000

I know this is old, but…what are you talking about? I haven’t read these negatives about polyunsaturated fats or about the accumulation in the body?

Really, I am very curious about this.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:37:43 +0000

Dr. Eades,

Thanks so much for the post. I am a 28 year old female who is doing my 2nd (technically 3rd, but when I didn’t see results quickly the last time, I quit) go at the low-carb lifestyle. When I was 16, I lost upwards of 90 pounds, and then I went on a trip to France and fell off the bandwagon because, well, who wants to go to France and not each French bread?

Anyways, I gained back all I had lost, plus about 40 pounds. Not to mention I just had two beautiful bundles of joy pretty much back to back (they are 16 months apart). My husband and I are both morbidly obese and have started down the path to get bariatric surgery IF WE ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL at low-carb.

Even though I am not “old” by any means, I never considered that I am older when I “failed” the last go around. I am 5 months post-partum and would think my hormones are back to where they should be.

My husband is low-carbing with me (he also lost a significant amount of weight on it once, only to have it creep back on plus some) and we are doing everything by the book, but I haven’t seen the scale drop at all. What’s more, my blood glucose is all out of whack. I had gestational diabetes with my first child, but while not pregnant my numbers have been fine. Still, I started checking my numbers when I went on the diet because I was hoping it would bring those numbers down more. Then, after having a snack of nothing more than hard-boiled eggs before bed, I woke up with a fasting blood sugar of 128.

I haven’t been diagnosed with insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome (though I have suspected it). Would this explain my strange blood glucose numbers this second time around and the resistance of the scale to budge?

By: Moni Forg

Moni Forg — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:57:34 +0000

I have LC off and on threw the years, did very well losing weight, but,I loose weight very fast, like 2lbs a day, for the first couple weeks anyways, but it brings on alot of anxiety, because i dont read where other people are loosing weight this quickly, and i have no one that i know, that would do lowcarb or support it in any way, makes it hard on me, all though, i have never felt better when i eat this way. I get so much anxiety sometime of the great weightloss i have that i feel week, and think i need carbs to make me feel better and give me strength. I need support so bad, I am in Canada, Ontario and dont know where i can find support with this amazing way of eating. I feel that i need someone to remind me every now n then that its ok what i am doing, and i wont hurt myself now or in the long run of what i am doing, because, with the people i know now, tell me opposite.

By: Moni Forg

Moni Forg — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:43:33 +0000

How come this site stopped in February 2011….I cant believe i found this site, i read it all…and it helped soooo much, please come back.

By: Roula

Roula — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:03:44 +0000

First of all, concratulations for the article.
I am 43 years old, and I am from Greece. I am in low-carb diet for more than two years. I gained some of my weight back, so I got back in the induction for more than 4 weeks. I was very dissappointed when i saw that i only lost 1 kilo. (Here in Greece we count in kilos). Trying to find the reason in the net, i discovered you! The way you explained everything is so great!
I was thinking, to go for a few weeks in a low-kalories diet, with wholemeal carbs, just to make my body remember to burn carbs. And then i would return to low-carb.
I would really apreciate to know your opinion about this thought.
Thank you for your time. Roula
p.s. please excuse my English….

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:01:41 +0000

Hello,
I have been on induction for 23 days now and have not lost one pound! 4/5 years ago I lost with no problem. I have been extremely dedicated. I really only want to lose 10-15 pounds. I have been turning the ketone strips colored all this time. How can I be in Ketosis and NOT be losing wieght? I am so confused. I have been reading about insulin resistance could that be whats wrong with me? I do have a “spare tire” around the waist, that’s what I really want to get rid of. I am 42 years old, am 5.2 feet tall and weigh 130. I also started taking L-cartitine 6 days ago. Please help me.

By: Dixie

Dixie — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:19:46 +0000

It must be karma… I’d read this months ago and now, while I’m EXACTLY where you speak about in your article, somone post to it and triggers it BACK into my email.

You could have been decribing me in your article. “half fast” AND menopausal and whining about how it “doesn’t seem to work this time.”.

ok.. i’m done whining. Back on the horse.

And thanks!