dieting and getting extremely.. calm.

[tonytooagain]

I am not usually a very calm person but I have been getting very calm last few days on a no carb diet, is that typical? or is that my metabolism slowing down, I'm just asking because it isn't like I have been not sleeping either but I'm still very ... calm. not use to it.

 

[kagenical]

Going from a normal carb diet to a very low carb diet can produce intense changes in your mood, feeling of well-being, ability to focus and even your experience of reality. As everyone's body is different, we can't say that "Anyone on a low carb diet will experience X effect" but we CAN say that most people on a low carb diet will experience SOME effect. For me, personally, going into ketosis is a death sentence. I have a "man period" where everything pisses me the fuck off, more so than any effects I've experienced from juice.

Going on CKD, People report elation, irritability, increased focus, mental fogginess, etc. Basically, just about every end of the spectrum. Intermittent fasting can have a major impact on your productivity and ability to focus as well. You (or at least, I) get used to the change after about 7 days as your body fully adjusts. And for what it's worth, I absolutely cannot sleep unassisted on CKD or PSMF... Which probably contributes more to the anger and irritability than the lack of carbs themselves.

 

[BigDiesel80]

When your body is used to using something for energy, and you suddenly deprive it of that...all kinds of things happen. Weight loss is only one of them.

 

[tonytooagain]

... so it's not just me... I get all pist off and roid raged and amped up in the first few days of ketosis. very agressive overall... then after 10 days of solid ketosis I just simmer down and still have a little latant effect of being pist off and calm. very calm. definately though mentally foggy and not quite "with it".