What can i expect from the first few days?
How hard is LL?
Any side effects?
How hungry do you get?
It seems the diet for me as i can't seem to stick to the others due to my love of food :cry:
At least with LL i'm not allowed to eat so i should be able to manage this diet.
Hi Carl
And welcome
I've done LL before but didn't do maintenance so put weight back on. I've also done CD a few times over the last couple of years, but have never had a supportive CDC, which is why I've gone back to LL.
I found the first days not as bad as everyone had lead me to believe. Of course you're hungry, but it does pass. Being honest I had "proper" hunger pangs for at least a couple of weeks of LL - but was in ketosis so it couldn't have been - but it sure felt like it. I just kept in mind my goal to be slim and eventually they went away.
I never had carb withdrawal headaches or any pains at all. However my first LLC suggested headaches tablets as a precaution - just for the first couple of days but I didn't need them.
Once you're in ketosis some people get a real buzz. Some people describe it as being wrapped up in the warm fuzzy blanket of K lol.
Prepare to be cold, because you get freezing and unfortunately starting in Jan makes that more likely with all the cold weather at the moment. I've been known to sleep in lots of layers and wear gloves to bed before now!
Sorry if TMI, but "toilet patterns" change. Some people suffer constipation, others the opposite
I always made sure I was "prepared" for "accidents".
I'm afraid I was also one of the people who suffered hair "thinning". It's not loss as such, but hair doesn't grow back as quickly when you lose it naturally. I know lots of people on here who have had no problems with hair loss at all though.
I've just re-read all my original LL diaries and I admit it was hard at times, but the quick losses, compliments, new clothes, renewed energy and improved health spur you on. I look back now and realise that the journey was "relatively easy" in comparison to the hard bit that follows which is maintenance.
Gosh I've painted a wonderful picture haven't I. Just remember it's a means to an end and all of this is just temporary and the results are so worth it!
Sorry, I've also rambled a bit!!!
