Girl Diet---Potassium Reminder!

Hello Ladies!

 I am doing the girl diet, and I just wanted to post about making sure you get enough potassium. 

For the past week I realized I wasn't getting enough potassium listed as the ok range for the girl diet (2500-3500 mg), and I chose to ignore that fact.  I'm in the health care field and I should know better than that!   I was eating probably around 500-1000 mg, and I noticed I was getting muscle spasms and twitches in my hands which are symptom of low potassium.

Although Bananas are not on the girl diet I ate one to increase my potassium level, along with some yogurt with potassium.  I felt way better and the twitches went away.

Just a reminder to stay within the ranges---although I want to lose weight and keep my girl diet values low, stay within the ranges for your own safety!

AlphaC

my muscles are always sore....I am on the girl diet, they don't twitch they are just very sore..

 lack of potassium can cause more thenjust muscle spasms.. if it goes on for too long.. it can disrupt the signal from your brain to your heart.. and can even end up in cardiac arrest in the extreme cases..

ty for your post!! 

we all have to stay in the good limits of potassium intake! 

I had that problem while I was on the diet.  I had a cramp in my leg that would not go away.  DH finally said that it was probably from a lack of potassium.  I started eating a banana or potato each day and it went away.  I then realized that I was just not feeling good in general and decided to go off of it.  I finally started feeling better.  I know some girls can do it but I'm not one of them.  I want a girl like crazy, but my health is more important.  I just hope others don't ignore signals from their body.  No gender is worth your health.  But if you can do it without the neg. affects, go for it. 

YES!  Please remember to get Potassium on the girl diet.  the nutritionist that helped me on the girl cook book wanted me to really understand that

Great post!!