Dead_Mametchi
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I had some kind of accident, disease or something?
I'm trying to lose weight. I'm now 6"1 tall and i am 18 pounds overweight according to my height. So I decided to start a Vegan diet.
It was OK - for the first five weeks. have lived on a diet consisting mainly of rice broth - water and rice boiled, with kelp seeped into it, tomatoes, kidney beans and chickpeas, and exercised two hours a day 7 hours a week in the steaming heat.
but after the fifth, i was feeling dizzy when I woke up, and it got worse later in the afternoon. Suddenly, whilst standing in my kitchen, i was freezing cold - in 33 celcius. I was trembling violently and my skin was pale - like snow, cold sweating. I couldn't stand on my feet so i sat down and reach for the phone and called a doctor - who instantly sent an ambulance to my place and took me to the local ICU posthaste.
They put me on IV drip and monitored my heart - i was "away" when i got to the hospital and they told me later my heart was beating 45 times a minute - when a healthy heart of a twenty-year-old should be 85-90 times.
The doctor concluded that i was suffering from dehydration, low blood pressure (duh), and overproduction something of white blood cells as a result of overwork and malnutrition. they said that it was normal for a 20 year old to want to loose excessive weight but that there were more responsible, not to mention sensible ways to do it. They had me on IV's for 12 hours and set me up with a shrink who checked me for anorexia symptoms. Anorexia? Can you believe that?
I know now that what i did was dangerous. In spite of my extra pounds am a healthy person with an average need for nutrition. It scared the hell outta me, maybe i could have died? Hope not I still keep walking, though! Power walks 2 hours, 4-5 times a week, but I eat meat now. My mom was furious when she found out about this!!!
I'm trying to lose weight. I'm now 6"1 tall and i am 18 pounds overweight according to my height. So I decided to start a Vegan diet.
It was OK - for the first five weeks. have lived on a diet consisting mainly of rice broth - water and rice boiled, with kelp seeped into it, tomatoes, kidney beans and chickpeas, and exercised two hours a day 7 hours a week in the steaming heat.
but after the fifth, i was feeling dizzy when I woke up, and it got worse later in the afternoon. Suddenly, whilst standing in my kitchen, i was freezing cold - in 33 celcius. I was trembling violently and my skin was pale - like snow, cold sweating. I couldn't stand on my feet so i sat down and reach for the phone and called a doctor - who instantly sent an ambulance to my place and took me to the local ICU posthaste.
They put me on IV drip and monitored my heart - i was "away" when i got to the hospital and they told me later my heart was beating 45 times a minute - when a healthy heart of a twenty-year-old should be 85-90 times.
The doctor concluded that i was suffering from dehydration, low blood pressure (duh), and overproduction something of white blood cells as a result of overwork and malnutrition. they said that it was normal for a 20 year old to want to loose excessive weight but that there were more responsible, not to mention sensible ways to do it. They had me on IV's for 12 hours and set me up with a shrink who checked me for anorexia symptoms. Anorexia? Can you believe that?
I know now that what i did was dangerous. In spite of my extra pounds am a healthy person with an average need for nutrition. It scared the hell outta me, maybe i could have died? Hope not I still keep walking, though! Power walks 2 hours, 4-5 times a week, but I eat meat now. My mom was furious when she found out about this!!!