Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Working Out

Friday, March 19, 2010

[fast5] Re: Working Out

I just wanted to add that the time I remember passing out while working out, I can remember clearly what I was doing because I was on a specific program at a "wellness clinic" that included the eating plan, sessions with a personal trainer, chiropractic, etc. It was through my insurance. The diet change I made was that I started eating six small healthy whole foods meals a day. Before I started, I had been eating really badly -- a lot of junk food and sweets. I'd been on the new plan for several weeks when I passed out during an exercise session with a trainer. (Incidentally, he didn't believe me and was urging me to "push through it." Needless to say, he got what he deserved because he had to deal with me passing out. I never went back.)

According to conventional wisdom, eating six meals a day with balanced protein and carbs should be ideal for hypoglycemia. I guess the moral of that story is that you can't predict how your body will react to a change and that if you have a medical condition, like Bert said, it's best to closely monitor it with your health professional, especially during the early phases of a different WOE.

Susie

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "susieq_az1" <susannauw2010@...> wrote:
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> Hi Eric,
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> I just wanted to add that I have been diagnosed with reactive hypoglycemia, and when my blood sugar drops too low, my symptoms are nausea and fainting, which are atypical. I have had that happen once or twice during exercise in the past, before I was doing FF (although I had changed my diet fairly suddenly for the week or two prior to when it happened on at least occasion I remember).
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> I haven't had an episode in a while, because I'm more careful with eating sweets, which seem to put me a high/low pattern. I also am pretty aware of the early symptoms, and try not to let it go too far. I get nausea, clammy skin, my mouth starts watering, then tunnel vision, then the hearing goes . . . I truly hate passing out and avoid it at all costs, so when I recognize it, I lie down quickly wherever I am. I tend to get very low blood pressure at the same time, so low that it won't register on a blood pressure monitor. I know this because I passed out once while I was having a minor outpatient medical procedure (and I was lying on the table at the time!). So I don't know which causes the symptoms or whether it's the combination, or one causes the other.
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> I was tentatively also diagnosed as pre-diabetic a few years ago, but I seem to have gotten that under control with eating fewer carbs, and better ones, as it seems you have been doing. I have never taken meds, so I haven't needed to balance the effects of those with my eating.
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> I haven't done any strenuous workouts since I started FF, so I don't have any advice in that area. I do hope you and your doctor can get to the bottom of what's going on and adjust your meds or whatever you need.
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> My doctor didn't set me up with the glucometer, but I did buy one at my local drugstore. There is almost always a store running a "buy it free" deal on one model or another, sometimes with a few test strips included.
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> I really feel for you. It's not a nice thing to have happen. Best of luck to you in sorting it out.
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> Susie
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "thentor" <bherring@> wrote:
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> <snip> Nausea and fainting aren't the most common symptoms of hypoglycemia, but I wouldn't rule it out.
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