Sometimes dizzy - Not eating enough?

Hey,

Just stick at it - everyone feels a little off sometimes. You'll feel so much better and healthier as you lose more weight.

Go to the doc, though if you continue to have health concerns.

Also - it's more accurate to weigh everything - I notice you use tsp, tbsp. & cups - could it be you are just eyeballing your servings? Also your bread is always the same weight and the bacon is 'generic'. Accuracy in logging will really, really help no end. You've lost 14lbs in 5 months which is really a little slow for your starting weight. Are you logging every last little morsel?

All the best

If go and get checked out at your doctor's.

Diabetes is quite common in larger folk, so depending on when the last time you saw a quality doctor, you may want to talk to them about it. Try to remember it may not be diet related either, inner ear issue, brain functioning, needing glasses or updated prescription.

Water is very important too, so try carrying a water bottle to help you stay hydrated.

Also everyone adjust differently, congrats on your progress so far and hope you have further success.

I was actually just at the doctors a few weeks ago for another issue, which has now gone. They did a check of blood pressure and said my blood pressure is fine. My dizzy spells started just after my visit.

It could definitely be dehydration, I really struggle drinking water. I cut down to coffee for a while to try to get me to drink more water but it did not work. I will make it a priority to up my water to see if it stops the dizzy spells. It is probably more a light headed feeling than dizzy spells.

What I do is I use tea/coffee as a reward for drinking water. If I fancy a tea/coffee, I tell myself I can't have it until I have had a bottle of water! Its actually worked really well! I'm now drinking at least 8cups a day and I feel much better for it!

Type 2 Diabetes was once most commonly referred to as age/weight onset. So yes, type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes can definitely be related to weight. If someone overweight, diagnosed with diabetes, changes their diet and experiences weight loss, they can "change" their diabetic diagnosis. I for one, am one of those individuals. Although weight loss and a diligent diet is not a cure for type 2 diabetes (there is no real cure), an obese individual can change their status... my doctor has changed my diabetic status, however, she has warned me I am (and will always be) pre-dispositioned for diabetes. As a result I eliminated all sweets and most sugar from my diet.

All that said, low blood sugar levels will make you feel dizzy... but other health conditions will cause dizziness as well. Rather than take advice on a message board like this, I recommend you see your physician and have a FASTING blood test performed. The standard glucose test checks your blood glucose at the time the blood is drawn. A fasting glucose test, or HBA1c test will evaluate your average blood glucose. The average blood glucose will give you a better overall picture of your blood sugar levels (a standard glucose test will give elevated results if you ate sugar within a few hours of the test, an HBA1c test is the average level of glucose in your blood over a period of days or weeks).

I would not be overly concerned, but if your dizziness persists, you should seek professional advice. It would be ill advised to ignore frequent dizzy spells, they could be a sign of a more serious condition.

Let me end this with the disclaimer that I am not a medical professional. I work in the medical field but I am not a medical professional... If you are looking for medical advice your best source is your physician.

Great success in your journey. :-)

One more comment... blood sugar levels is not the same as high or low blood pressure, and yes dizziness may also be attributed to high blood pressure.

I got dizzy in the first few months of dieting. I went to talk to my doctor about it and after all the tests came back fine, he said that I had probably cut my calories too severely, too quickly. He told me to up my calories for a while and see where I got to. I ate at around maintenance (just over possibly, because I gained a couple of pounds) for a few weeks, then slowly lowered my calorie intake. Once my body had adjusted, I lowered it enough to start losing weight again.

In my case I was eating a lot before I started dieting and my body wasn't happy with the sudden loss of so many calories, even though I was still eating rather a lot. When I increased my calories, the dizziness did fade and when I lowered them more carefully and more slowly, it didn't return.

The first point of call though, should definitely be your doctor.

Several factors can contribute to dizzy spells. First and foremost, I would get it checked out by a medical professional to rule out any health issues (diabetes, inner ear infections, sinus problems, low or high blood pressue, etc). If everything checks out well, consider what you are doing when the dizzy spells occur and the time of day in relationship to your meal pattern. Is it occurring during workouts? If so, are you doing exercises that require you to get up and down rapidly, such as burpees? Try eliminating these type of movements in workouts temporarily and replacing them with other moves. Are the dizzy spells happening when you haven't eaten for a few hours? Do you just eat three meals a day, or do you allow for small snacks in between? Hope this helps give you some things to consider and that it gets resolved soon!

Congrats on your success thus far!