I've run into a problem with Atkins induction: my brand new shorts are now so loose on me that I can get them on without unbuttoning them. Truly, two days ago, nothing in my usual size fit. Cue the sappy violin music.
Having to have your clothes taken in isn't the worst problem. What about dental surgery, though? Back in my Body for Life days, I ate a lot of carbohydrate and ended up with a bunch of cavities, a few of them at the gumline of my bottom front teeth. As much as I brushed and flossed, I constantly had plaque on my teeth back then. Even though I haven't had any tooth decay since starting LC, the gumline there (where my old dentist had to remove gum tissue to put in a filling) has receded and I've had bone loss. Gum tissue doesn't stick to fillings, so it just keeps receding. To avoid any further bone loss, my oral surgeon (the one who gave me my dental implant a few years ago after an accident) grafted some tissue from the roof of my mouth to the gum.
My Atkins induction results will probably be skewed toward more weight loss since I have to do a liquid diet for a day, then gradually go to soft foods. It will take several weeks for the surgery to heal. No problem--I lived on soft and liquid foods for a few months after my face hit the sidewalk in 2012.
I'm feeling OK. I had low-carb, non-dairy, no-alcohol eggnog for dinner and I've been playing video games and listening to music that make me feel better: Totalfat, Nightmare, The Hives, and 80s metal. A tune on a cello doesn't do it for me. Research at the University of Utah shows that music relieves pain for some people by providing stimulus that competes with pain pathways (see this). The anesthetic wore off hours ago, but as long as I'm listening to the music and engaged with writing or playing games, I can't feel the roof of my mouth, just the graft area. My TMJ pain, which started flaring up, is gone, too. But I'll get some liquid Motrin for backup.
Having to have your clothes taken in isn't the worst problem. What about dental surgery, though? Back in my Body for Life days, I ate a lot of carbohydrate and ended up with a bunch of cavities, a few of them at the gumline of my bottom front teeth. As much as I brushed and flossed, I constantly had plaque on my teeth back then. Even though I haven't had any tooth decay since starting LC, the gumline there (where my old dentist had to remove gum tissue to put in a filling) has receded and I've had bone loss. Gum tissue doesn't stick to fillings, so it just keeps receding. To avoid any further bone loss, my oral surgeon (the one who gave me my dental implant a few years ago after an accident) grafted some tissue from the roof of my mouth to the gum.
My Atkins induction results will probably be skewed toward more weight loss since I have to do a liquid diet for a day, then gradually go to soft foods. It will take several weeks for the surgery to heal. No problem--I lived on soft and liquid foods for a few months after my face hit the sidewalk in 2012.
I'm feeling OK. I had low-carb, non-dairy, no-alcohol eggnog for dinner and I've been playing video games and listening to music that make me feel better: Totalfat, Nightmare, The Hives, and 80s metal. A tune on a cello doesn't do it for me. Research at the University of Utah shows that music relieves pain for some people by providing stimulus that competes with pain pathways (see this). The anesthetic wore off hours ago, but as long as I'm listening to the music and engaged with writing or playing games, I can't feel the roof of my mouth, just the graft area. My TMJ pain, which started flaring up, is gone, too. But I'll get some liquid Motrin for backup.
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But ditto what Tess said - and hope you feel better real soon
All the best Jan
I also have an extensive tooth and gums damage from the pre-LC days, couple gum surgeries in a past, three bridges, several tooth crowns and now in a process of getting 3 implants. All that despite always eating self-cooked food all my life and not having a sweet tooth. That "just eat the real food" folks have no idea how much their advice is not sufficient.
I commented about my periodontist before. He was unusual because after his surgeries many people, me included, didn't need painkillers. His wonderful hands were damaged by the taking statines for several months (confirmed by a biopsy), and he is now living of disability insurance, retired at 55 yo.
Sorry to hear about your teeth and your dentist. LC isn't all about weight control--it's also good for lipids, dental health, blood sugar control, and a variety of other health concerns.
My regular dentist just retired around the same age, but my surgeon says he's antsy to be busy again.
Jello could be made out of a green tea with a lemon or/and mint, you could add very small amounts of berries and stevia into your black tea and turn it into a jello, almond milk with added cocoa/vanilla/coffee/Bailey liquor will be a great jello, and , of course, any coffee is a jello materia. If I ever write a cooking book, it would have a jello chapter.
The worst virus for me would be a really virulent strain of the flu since it's airborn and I'm prone to respiratory infections. In 1918, healthy young people woke up feeling fine and were dead by sunset. I'd stay home if anything like that were going around.
I think, if you drink diet soft drinks, it could be made into a jello too by warming up only small amount of the drink, mixing it with a gelatin, then adding the rest of the liquid with gas bubbles.
On a happier note, the diet cola gelatin sounds like fun.