what do i do when my blood sugar is so low i feel dizzy?

Thanks for all the suggestions. They are helpful--I think it is just
induction blues, and now I have some better ways of dealing with it.
appreciate the help.

dcmina wrote:
:: Take this as a message that your body is telling you that this is
:: not the way for you to lose weight -

Commonsensical nonsense...

::
:: try something else, perhaps a balanced food diet consisting of less
:: calories than you are used to eating within reason combined with
:: moderate exercise.

Define "balanced food diet"....

::
:: Losing weight is scientific....decrease your calories without
:: putting your body into some sort of a "panic" and increase your
:: movement.

Boy....both calorie restriction and more exercise will stress the body. LC
results in calorie restriction for most people who follow it.

::
:: As soon as you try a diet that has a name attached to it - Atkins,
:: South Beach, Weight Watchers, Cabbage, Garbage, etc. you have
:: already set yourself up for failure.

More nonsense...


Everyone who follows these
:: programs will lose weight. The real question is what habits have
:: you changed long term, and will the weight stay off. Most of these
:: diets work while someone is on them because we are taking is less
:: calories, but can we follow whatever restrictions they have for a
:: lifetime?

One can indeed follow most LC woes for a lifetime.

:: There are no miracles or easy fixes - just the same ole
:: thing marketed in a different package -
::

Who said it was easy? Many don't find permenantly changing habits to be
easy...the reason for failure.

:: Bottom line - for most of us - excluding health related issues - eat
:: healthy - eat less, excerise more - you will lose weight - and the
:: best exercise is patience and persistence!

Patience and persistense are not useful as exercise but are great to
practice.

::
:: Myself did Atkins long ago - 4 years ago before the "craze".....I
:: can tell you that I gained it all back within 2 years. Going

Myself obviously didn't follow the plan correctly to make permanent habit
changes.

:: without pasta or bread for the rest of my life is not part of my
:: plan

Why? Are those foods vital to your survival?


- but finally reached a point where I realized that I don't
:: need an Atkins or a South Beach Diet to tell me that not eating
:: sugar and desserts are going to make me lose weight - that's just
:: common sense. Eat less, exercise more - that's common sense for me.
:: Use It!!!!!

Sigh....another dieting genius with age-old theoretical advice that works on
paper but is useless in practice for most people.

Jennifer wrote:
If it's a true hypoglycemic event, you need to know how low you are
(blood glucose meter)... then a quick acting glucose tablet may be in
order.... if it's a false low, then eat some protein.

If you're a diabetic taking insulin or other diabetes medication, you
probably need to know just how low your blood sugar is in a crash, because
it might be dangerously low. Otherwise, there is probably no reason
you have to learn to stick your fingers and buy expensive bg test strips.

I started having occasional hypoglycemic crashes in my teens, some of
which were the hit the deck and be brought to the emergency room variety,
and no doctor ever suggested I use a bg meter. I just had to learn to
recognize the symptoms, and eat something before I was too weak to get
up and do so.

A few years before low-carbing, when I was trying to lose a few pounds,
I switched to artificial sweetener in my morning coffees with milk,
which were typically all I had for breakfast. The caffeine without
any sugar apparently stimulated enough insulin to bring on a crash,
until I learned to eat a little something to replace the sugar.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

dcmina wrote:
Myself did Atkins long ago - 4 years ago before the "craze".....I can tell
you that I gained it all back within 2 years. Going without pasta or bread
for the rest of my life is not part of my plan

What a shame you never really read or did Atkins. Going withoug pasta
or bread for the rest of your life isn't part of Atkins plan, either.

168/125/125 7+ years: LC since 2/18/97 maintaining since 3/17/99

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Roger Zoul wrote:


I've been reading a book on reactive hypoglycemia. According to the
authors, the term hypoglycemia is a misnomer, as the problems really have to
do with carbohydrate absorbtion and glucose instability. These authors even
state that someone with "hypoglycemia" can suffer an episode even while BG
levels are not low....which of course, is counter to the definition.

Interesting. What book is that?

Thanks,
Martha

--
Begin where you are - but don't end there.

If you are on meds, ask your doctor about changing the dosage. I need far
less insulin when I'm low carbing. FTR, a cookie isn't the best choice to
quickly raise blood sugar but as someone mentioned, a little oj may help but
I seldom have it in my refrigerator. I do keep some hard candy in my purse
and in a candy dish at home, not the kind I really love but a good
"medicinal" candy like peppermint that I can easily stop at one piece. Also,
I do check my sugar if I'm feeling a bit crappy and either eat something if
it's too low or space my meals further apart if it's too high, which it
never is when I don't cheat

Cookie


"mish" wrote in message
om...
my atkins buddy said eat half a cookie. any better suggestions? this
happened to me sunday, too, where i felt so weak I couldn't help my
sister move--even the light stuff. this after a week of induction.
what's good to munch on that will give me some energy without ruining
my carblessness?