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Not bad! I wasn't expecting my weight to go down .7 kg and stay there lol. So, considering... Not bad at all :), still in the right direction.
That soup was not exactly eaten yesterday, but also not exactly eaten today. It was eaten between days lol. I slept both before and after :)
I'm doing two things at once today to try to find what recently caused my RLS symptoms. I'm not cycling today, and I'm also laying off dried fruits for today. I'm still maintaining my ban on sweets. I've came too far to give up without trying other things first. One thing is worrying me though. I've read about how refined sugar based diets alter your dopamine circuitry in your brain and how lab rats, when suddenly deprived of sugar, experienced withdrawal like it happens with drugs. I also read that RLS is connected to dopamine in your brain. This common point really makes me think about it. If cutting exercise and some foods don't do the trick I'm afraid I will have to eat some sweets to see what happens. It's better to go back to how I was before with sweets than acquiring this condition permanently (hopefully I haven't already).
this is what I found:
Wikipedia: "Opioid detoxification has been associated with provocation of RLS-like symptoms during withdrawal (I hope this is it -> Temporary!! I mean it can't be a coincidence! lol) (opiate withdrawal may also "trigger" the syndrome if the patient already has RLS)..."
Wikipedia: "...Finally, a 2008 study noted that sugar affects opioids and dopamine in the brain, and thus might[weasel words] be expected to have addictive potential..."
other website: "Sugar even affects the same "feel-good" brain hormones as street drugs. Nobody would say sugar is the same as heroin, but it can still mess with your brain and body."
Wikipedia: "Researchers say that sugar and the taste of sweet is said to stimulate the brain by activating beta endorphin receptor sites, the same chemicals activated in the brain by the ingestion of heroin and morphine".
I'm hoping that, if this is connected to sugar withdrawal, that it will end at some point. If it happens with some drugs, it's probably the case with sugar too and they are definitely saying that it only happens during withdrawal (in the case of drugs). How long is withdrawal for sugar? lol
Given the fact that, it definitely appears to be connected to sugar withdrawal, I will not interrupt my consumption of dried fruits. I will just skip cycling for today since my legs are also tired and also because it is said that a lot of exercise can worsen RLS symptoms...
edit: I don't know why, but I'm naturally feeling the need to eat more than I have been eating in the past few days. Go figure... :)
edit: I think that I'm eating a lot due to my sleeping schedules being a little "out of whack"...
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60.1 kg
Lost so far: 5.3 kg.
Still to go: 4.1 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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View Diet Calendar, 10 January 2014:
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1823 kcal
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Fat: 78.32g | Prot: 69.48g | Carbs: 225.54g.
Breakfast: cherry tomato, goji berries, Water, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Almonds, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Raisins, Dried Prune, Date, Dried Apricot, Walnuts, Pineapple, Bean and Rice Soup. Lunch: Vinegar (Cider), Balsamic Vinegar, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella Cheese (Whole Milk), Bananas, Arugula Lettuce. Dinner: Bean and Rice Soup. Snacks/Other: Grapes, Queijo Serra da Estrela (DOP) Queijo da Serra (DOP). more...
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Gaining 1.4 kg a Week
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11 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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Curls don't build muscle, they tone them. If you want bigger arms try doing bench press. Not trying to sound like a body builder or something, cause i'm not.
11 Jan 14 by member: Bunnyhall
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That's interesting! I would take your advice but the problem is I don't have a bench lol :P So I'm sort of limited to the equipment I have at home. I've tried putting barbell plates on a backpack on my back but it's a little tricky. Once I got hit by the plates on the back of my head when I tilted forward a little bit :P
11 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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I tried doing this as I was doing push ups I mean
11 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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ok dips, and alot of different push ups. lol
11 Jan 14 by member: Bunnyhall
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ahahah, Thanks! Will do! :)
11 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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Sugar is defintely a drug. I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes a few years back with a whopping 5.7 on some scale where 6 is the max for healthy. I was on the border of having to rely on medication. Ugh. So I quit sugar cold turkey. I kid you not. My body freaked out! My lower lip began to pulse and quiver uncontrollably for about two weeks once I quit. It was embarrassing and straight funny. Sugar is no joke my friend.
I only ate sugar from fruit. It was the processed sugar I was having withdrawals from. It was well worth it! I started eating sugar again about a year later. It took a while for my body to get used to having it again. I would have headaches for a few weeks after I switched back. Of course, I watch my diet now so I am no longer in the danger zone.
Best of luck with your ban and daily caloric intake goal!
11 Jan 14 by member: Diea
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Thank you very much Diea! That is great information! I wonder how refined sugar is not more targeted in the media. It's very intriguing. Most people I know don't have a clue about any issues with it. I don't know if I will be able to keep my ban in the long term because of the nagging effect deserts, etc. at social gatherings and groceries stores. I will try though lol. It may be be a lost cause but I will :) I have to say that, since the first days, things have gotten tremendously easier in terms of cravings for sugar and even in psychological terms it has also gotten easier. Of course that, if I actively think about sweets (like now), I will start wanting them lol, but it's very different from before. It's way more manageable (it's like being full now. I want it but I can much more easily do without). But eventually I think I may end up giving up especially when looking at some especially tempting sweets in the future. I definitely also think this issue is more related to refined or processed sugar, or foods with added sugar than it is about the natural sugars found in foods such as fruits. Even if it's the sheer quantity of sugar this type of foods deliver, and additionally, their absence in fibers which make its absorption easier. I don't know exactly what contributes to the difference. I'm glad that you are keeping things under control. I don't doubt that many people can eat sweets and still be healthy. It's just that, in my case, at least, when I eat it, I just want more and more and more lol. Some people have better self-control :)
11 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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Self control is a great thing. But balance is even better. Going to the extremity of not digesting any sugar was beyond difficult. I kept it up for like 7 months until I found stability. Now it's ALL about balance. Refined sugar sucks. Your body really treats it like a drug since it's kinda unnatural, but I have it every now and then. Years after my own ban, I grew a love for baking. And if I told you how I make frosting, you'd probably call me a total sell-out for going from no sugar to whipping homemade frosting.
I must say, though. The ban on processed sugar taught me many things. I think I actually changed my taste buds because I find things too sugary now. That never ever happened before. So now my body regulates my diet for me. I love it, especially since sugars turn into fat lipids in your body. (I'm not all too clear on the science of that, but I know I should not have sugar if I'm watching my weight!)
I think self-control will come to you. It just might take time. Keep at it and eventually your body will level itself out. It might start telling you not to like to eat too many sweets like mine did!
13 Jan 14 by member: Diea
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ahaha I really understand Diea. Who knows what I'll do myself tomorrow. And in a year it's even more difficult to predict... Sweets are a big part of our lives and, for now, it's looking as if I can resist them ok but I never know. Yeah, apparently, when we're on regular sugar our taste buds get dis-sensitized to it and when we stop eating it, things start tasting better heheh :). I think that, if you have self-control (which I didn't), it's possible to control your weight even with the occasional sugary food heheh. exercise definitely helps here. It would definitely be great if, in the event that I quit the ban, that it would result in more self-control on my part heheheh. :) My biggest problem (by far) right now is RL. It appeared as if it was going away but it came back even stronger. This is really worrying me. And I really don't know if sugar withdrawal is related to it (it's been two full weeks already, or almost (I don't know, I stopped counting). :)
14 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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Wow, make sure your in conversation with a medical doctor! You don't want to self-harm by mistake.
14 Jan 14 by member: Diea
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For now that is not convenient because, not only I've realized (by research) that the causes for this condition are unknown, but that there is also no cure. There are drugs that reduce the effects but I really don't want to go that path especially since I'm not sure if I have the permanent condition or if it's just refined sugar withdrawal. My usual doctor (I know him very well already lol) I'm pretty sure that the first thing he would say when I told him I'm on a diet, would be "forget diets, eat normally" lol or something like that :D He's a good doctor but not very up to date. I don't know if it was some stretching I did, or being less tired than yesterday, or even the exercise I did previously in the day, but I appear to be better right now :)
14 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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But I will probably go see him about this lol. Thanks!
14 Jan 14 by member: euheide
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