Headache when dieting?

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  • LoveisLove682
    LoveisLove682 Posts: 3
    It's probably dehydration for me.
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    For me its the lack of carbs. I drink coffee yes, 2 mugs in the morning, but sometimes I skip them and do not suffer withdrawl. The headache comes later in the day when I have been eating low complex carb. Example: having egg whites and veggies for breakfast, grilled chicken and salad for lunch, more chicken, a sweet potato and a veggie for dinner.

    There is just not enough GRAIN in there for me to keep it up like that without getting headaches and dizziness. So I add a serving of triscuts with low fat cheese as a snack. Maybe brown rice with the dinner, that chicken at lunch in a whole wheat wrap, a whole wheat english muffin with the breakfast.

    Oh not all in the same day, but if I do 2 of those things/options/snacks, it levels me and I don't get the headaches.
  • scordrick
    scordrick Posts: 33
    Everyone is pretty much hitting it right on - increase water, decrease caffeine, and make sure you have enough potassium.
  • TrailRunner61
    TrailRunner61 Posts: 2,505 Member
    It probably is from the caffeine, but do you get them from exercising ? I know that for me, with high blood pressure, even though it is controlled with meds, if I jump right into a hard workout without warming up and/or not cooling down, I get migraines.
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