Is feeling sick normal?

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Beth9331
Beth9331 Posts: 1 Member
in Motivation and Support

Hello,

I went away for a long weekend and went over my calories at most by 200 a day. I came back on Monday and since being back have stuck to my daily calories.

Today I have started to feel sick and dizzy (no sickness bug in the house) and I'm just wondering if this is normal after having three days of going over my calories.

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  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 7,261 Member

    Barring any kind of medical issue, I associate dizziness more with a lack of nutrients rather than an excess. And 200 kcal over your calories is negligeable anyway.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 37,339 Community Helper
    edited April 10

    No, that wouldn't be a normal reaction to being a small number of calories over goal for a few days.

    Obviously, we can be sick for lots of reasons, and you haven't mentioned what kind of symptoms you're experiencing, other than the dizziness. If it's digestive, food poisoning is a pretty common trigger, and the cause may be inobvious. If it's respiratory, there are many respiratory illnesses that can be picked up from surfaces or the air in public spaces. If there was a major difference in the types of foods you ate over the long weekend, food sensitivities could even enter into it.

    Dizziness can be caused by mislocation of normal particles in the inner ear that are part of our balance system, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). That can happen spontaneously, especially among older people like me - I've had it - but can also be caused by agitation of the head in some cases, like hitting one's head, roller coasters, etc. If it's something like that, moving one's head, usually triggers a dizzy episode, especially if moving quickly; the dizziness can then trigger nauseated feelings. It's treatable, but often goes away on its own.

    Lietchi mentioned dizziness from too-low calories or sub-par nutrition. There are also forms of dizziness that related to blood sugar levels, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, etc. A common form of dizziness is related to blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension, which is usually triggered on standing up quickly.

    If symptoms persist, it might be a good idea to see your doctor. If dizziness is severe, it can be dangerous because of the effect on balance/falls, let alone considering some potential causes of the dizziness.

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