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Abdominoplasty Drain
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Question: I've been debating about going low carb for some time but haven't taken the
dive yet because I really love potatoes. :-). Recently, I've been looking
into the South Beach Diet. I'm sort of on the fence between Atkins and
South Beach. I haven't tried either because I'm just not sure what I'll
really stick with. Is there anyone here with experience or comments on both
diets?
I'm currently reading both books and am finding the out similarities and
differences on both. The first two weeks on either seem to be the same,
however.
Any comments or suggestions for me?
Answer: South Beach is not too much different from Atkins. SB has an induction
period where your carbs are real low, just like Atkins. I did not do
induction. I think induction is a great motivator because you lose 5-10 lbs
the first week, but I just felt lousy. What I like about SB is the
discussion about the glycemic index. Actually learned about it from another
book, "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy" By Walter Willett.
When Atkins started, something like early 70's, it was ZERO carbs, and then
introducing 5 grams per day after you lost your weight, and finally getting
up to 30 grams/day. I did it, lost, but never felt .
I think what all the carb gurus have learned over the years is that not all
carbs are created equal. Unfortunately, in your case, potatoes is (are) not
good carbs.
I went from 158.5 to 135.5 in 61 days. I quit eating potatoes, white rice,
white bread, pasta. But I do eat sweet potatoes, whole grain breads and
whole wheat pasta.
I watched my calories as well as my carbs. The bad carbs made me want to
snack, the good carbs filled me up.
Most of the time the calm sensible part of my brain can talk over (or at
least counter) the statements made by the emotional/depressed part of my
brain when it starts its sillyness. It's easier I think because for me
the depression was biochemical in origin - my life is pretty darn good,
so it wasn't triggered by circumstances. Last night the sensible part
of my brain just wasn't coming up with anything convincing, probably
because sleep has been hard to come by lately. Most of the time I look
at the excess skin and think something along the lines of "When money
for luxuries like having that removed is available I'll have to give it
some serious consideration. Wonder if I could convince the doc to drain
the wound in such a way that I ended up with no bellybutton?" Another
thought I often have is "I'm lucky the exercise brought the rectus
abdominis back. Wonder how common doing a 'simple abdominoplasty' that
just involves skin and not muscle is when there's *this* much skin?"
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