Side effects: awesome!!

**deenalicious** · 19-01-2011, 06:56 PM

thanx silver...had coffee with a friend and her son after work today and they both commented....wow you've lost even more weight....feels excellent!

**Silver** · 19-01-2011, 09:36 PM

Deena, I'm really glad you are doing so well. Are you putting notes in your calendar or diary? You have such beautiful accomplishments.

Am sending you lots of good thoughts and smiles.

**Fee13** · 20-01-2011, 06:02 PM

Good on you Deena!
No insulin, that's truly inspiring. Very happy for you.

**wickl** · 02-03-2011, 07:23 PM

Thats great Deena!!!

And very funny about the hair reduction - i havent noticed that myself but whatever works!

A great side effect for me has been a reduction in infections - i suffer from chronic recurrent UTIs and have found eating LC has eradicated infections!! Any time i have a carb blow-out for a couple of days in a row - BAM! Straight back to the docs with another dose of anti-biotics!

So thanks everyone for your advice, motivation and support on this site as it has changed my life in more ways than just weight control (which is also a bonus!)

**jojoamethyst** · 02-03-2011, 09:15 PM

that is great Deena - how wonderful for you

**SnowGlobe** · 10-02-2012, 12:22 PM

On "the drs" just now they were saying that reducing sugar intake is apparently known to reduce unwanted hair in women. I can't find it on their website, but it's this episode:

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/sho...ction=synopsis

**Analog6** · 10-02-2012, 01:05 PM

I don't call them side effects, I call them benefits. For me, it was losing my 2-3 times migraines - because Atkins, back in 2005, showed me I was very gluten intolerant (dr then said maybe coeliac, but I did not want to have the invasive biopsy test to find out, I just eat as if I am). And I also lost my bloating, a painful tum after a meal, dermatitis, brittle nails, aching joints & agonisingly painful feet in the mornings when I got out of bed.

But for me the one that stands out here is Deena being able to not have to inject herself 4 times a day. Makes everything else pale into insignificance, to me. What an absolutely fantastic benefit - I can only imagine how free you must feel now.

**Cherie Pie** · 16-06-2012, 04:08 PM

It is amazing to read all about the good effects of eating LC!

I was having so much trouble for over 8 months I would be bloated and my stomoch would go hard and stick right out. I tried not eating this and that but in the end I was eating pretty much nothing but still in agony.

I saw GYN for some girly drams and he suggested I start taking fibergel 3 times a day. I did this at the same time I started BT and I noticed a change on day one!

I have just had a month back on the carb train ... but thankfully jumoed back off and getting back into the LC WOL.

I think I am leaning more towards Atkins now after doing BT for a few months.

I have also noticed less headaches but still get the big black mostache and a few random thick black ones on my girls.

Tomorrow officially Day 1 on Atkins

Good "Side effects" bring them on!