[Blackjack]

I posted this in my training log, but thought I'd cut/paste it in here to get a more broad audience...Ted

Yesterday's diet was good - right in the range it needed to be. Which is funny because I finally gave into my sweet tooth and bought a South Beach Diet bar - which isn't too bad - but it actually brought me up to the proper levels of carbs and protein for the day go figure.

However, my days on this diet may be numbered. Everthing is going well, I'm still progressing, not too hungry, and I'm happy with the results. But I seem to be a victim of a side effect. My wife has asked me what my problem has been the past couple of weeks. I've been very moody, more so than normal. Very edgy, very quick to fly off the handle. This is saying something considering that I have a pretty short fuse normally, but something has made it worse over the past couple weeks. So to me, it has to be this diet. Not sure if it's the lower carbs or the lower calories or a combination of the two, but it's not good. Both members of my family and her family have asked what's wrong with me.

I've tried to do some research, but didn't come up with much. What I did find was that carbs help produce Seritonin (sp?) in your body and that helps regulate your moods. Like I've said, this is the first time I've ever done a diet like this so I'm not sure what else it could be. I asked Galya over at her training log if she's ever seen anything like this and she said her husband gets that way so I'm wondering if it's maybe a testosterone level issue as well.

If anyone reading this has any insight or experience with this I'd really appreciate some help.

I'm really at a loss...my wife is not pleased with me right now and I can see why. So I may go off this diet sooner than I planned and will see what happens.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Ted