Two Questions from A New Dieter

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  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
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    If you're eating low carb you need to make sure you're getting magnesium - a supplement will help (main symptoms are muscle cramps etc). The headache you are experiencing is due to lack of sodium. You need to have at least 3000-5000mg of sodium on a low carb diet. Drink some broth, eat a few pickles, salt your food - you'll feel lots better.

    Cheat days are dangerous. For some people they are a trigger to slip back into old habits. Also, if you're eating at a 500 cal deficit every day for 6 days, then you over eat on the 7th it's easy to cancel out your hard work and not lose any weight. I think "mindful" cheating is okay. As in, allow yourself something you want, record it in your diary, own it. Then you know what effect it has had on your progress.

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