I'm so IRRITABLE!

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  • OysterKat
    OysterKat Posts: 47 Member
    To be honest my first two weeks of counting calories and being healthier in general, I had that constant fogginess in my head if that makes sense and was extremely irritable throughout the day. Most people avoided me in general. After those two weeks though it gets a WHOLE lot better. I think its just your body *****ing at you that its not getting what its used to.


    So true! Going on day 15 tomorrow and I feel WAY different mentally! My best friend and I are both on MFP and it's helping by having her do it with me as well.
  • k_nicole87
    k_nicole87 Posts: 407 Member
    Eat one slowly and take a big drink of water in between bites.
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    No one can tell you whether you should eat more because your diary isn't public. So, it's hard to help.
  • conniekat8
    conniekat8 Posts: 64 Member
    Personally I get irritable when my blood sugar gets too low, a small carb/protein mixed snack (25-50 calories) usually fixes that. I'm prone to getting low blood sugar.
  • ConnorS879
    ConnorS879 Posts: 47 Member
    I'm on my second week of using MFP and it's been great! I'm losing tons of weight and normally I have been feeling super full.

    BUT TODAY I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO POP SOMEONES HEAD OFF! I feel like I need to eat more and more to not be irritable. Does anyone ever feel like this?

    I'm stressed and it's just making it worse.
    I have 243 calories left and I want to eat like 84834839 little debbie cakes.

    What should I do?

    everyone has ups and downs, I don't know how I'm still with my girlfriend with my temper tantrums when I'm irritable, maybe a high carb meal will sort you out
  • KaelaLee88
    KaelaLee88 Posts: 229 Member
    I agree with what a few others have been saying - I would look at upping my calories :)

    Kaela x
  • LSinVA
    LSinVA Posts: 60 Member
    I'm 5 foot 2 doing 1290 calories want to get to 150 short term

    Too low and you don't have much to lose. That 1200 calorie bs just doesn't work for most people. You'll be happier if you lose slower (.5 lbs per week) by increasing your calories.

    You could probably go up to 1500-1600 and still lose depending on your activity level and you won't be grumpy. I plan to maintain at 1700-1800 and I'm the same height as you (weight would be 120). There's a misconception that short women need to eat like birds. Yeah, if you're 70 years old and sit around all day maybe...
  • gopgirl425
    gopgirl425 Posts: 140 Member
    I was in a pretty bad mood my first month but when you see the scale going down it makes it easier to get through.

    Hang in there and Good Luck~!
  • shiningpotential
    shiningpotential Posts: 50
    You also may want to think about where you are in your cycle. I know that the week to week and a half before I start, I want to eat like crazy. I usually don't, but occasionally, I do have to give in a bit. I do try to exercise the additional calories off, and I try to only eat a small portion of the bad stuff (like chocolate, or whatever.)

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