...better days and fresh starts...

Viv is my hair dresser. Viv has been cutting my hair for the better part of 20 years. (or more) She is very much a professional and I trust her opinions on matters of "hair health." I had an appointment with Viv on Saturday morning and we talked about my hair loss. I am very encouraged by what she had to say. She really wasn't concerned with the hair I'm losing. She told me that most of her clients lose hair when they have lost weight. She hasn't really seen a pattern with her clients over the years as to which diets cause shedding. In her opinion it's mainly the stress on the body of losing weight that causes the MILD hair loss. So, in my case, the hair loss doesn't seem to be cause for alot of concern. Now, that being said...I am not experiencing the extreme hair loss that some of my friends who were on Kimkins are experiencing. I saw a photo of one person's (Becky/littlebit) loss and I am not losing my hair that rapidly. So, I am in no way minimizing what others are experiencing. I am only talking about my hair loss. So, onward to better days...

I started Atkin's induction again yesterday. It seems my whole adult life has been a series of restarts! Each time I tell myself that this is really the time that I am going to do it once and for all......and each time I feel like I've failed when I fall off the wagon and have to restart. I think I'm ready to stop feeling like a failure and just realize that this is a journey. There are going to be days when the traveling is easy, the roadmap is clear and I make lots of forward progress...but there are also going to be times when I lose my way...when the road is full of potholes and ruts...when I am not sure which direction I am going and I can't seem to read the map. It's OK...it's all part of the journey....part of the adventure. As long as I don't completely stop moving I have not failed.

Fresh starts are part of the journey....so today is day 2 of my fresh start in my low carb journey.

continuing effects from Kimkins....

Ok...so I am trying to be positive, I'm trying to put kimkins behind me...but my hair is falling out by the handsful!!!! I have baby-fine thin-ish hair to begin with. I am terrified that I am going to end up looking like one of THOSE ladies with the REALLY thin hair, where my scalp will show glaringly through my few strands of hair. I know that there are those who have suffered MUCH worse effects than this and I am trying to take it all in stride...I really am...but my HAIR is falling out....more and more each day.
Another thing that is happening...and I have NO IDEA if it's related to the diet...but I'm putting it out here just in case anyone else is having this symptom....I am having "nerve twitches" on the left side of my face...you know...like when your eyelid just twitches on its own.....it's been happening for about a week. The sad thing is...I didn't do kimkins super strict for more than about 3 months....I'm worried

sick at heart....

Yesterday I was feeling so positive about putting the entire Kimkins experience behind me...but it just keeps rearing its ugly head. Yesterday I learned that both Deni and Christin might have some very serious health issues going on, related to their time doing the Kimkins diet. The whole idea that these two vibrant young women are now having to deal with possible health issues caused from their efforts to lose weight and become healthier just makes me sick at heart.

It is just so completely wrong that this is going on and continues to go on....the website is still up and running. People continue to do this diet and damage their health. It's more than "just" having some hair loss, issues with menstrual cycles, and messed up metabolism....Time after time I've seen posts on message board forums from women who say they are willing to risk these possible side effects in order to acheive the dream of being slim. Unfortunately, there is alot more at stake here than our hair! When we starve our bodies our bodies respond by feeding off of our muscle tissue....including our HEARTS!!!!

If you are doing the Kimkins diet...PLEASE STOP NOW!!! The long term damage you might be doing to your body is just too high of a price to pay. Whatever you think of Heidi Diaz/Kimmer....whatever your thoughts on all of the controversy....however successful you think you are on the plan....please stop and think......the price is too high...the diet is too dangerous. There are healthy ways to lose the weight...and Kimkins is not one of them.