Headaches

Ok, so this is not my first rodeo trying to lose weight and eat better but since my husband and I stopped eating crazy, We both have had raging headaches. I have never experienced this before with my previous weight loss attempts. Any thoughts?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Did you cut out caffeine, like Cokes?

    Are you sure you are eating enough food in general?

    How long have you been doing this change?
  • flumi_f
    flumi_f Posts: 1,888 Member
    Caffeine withdrawal causes this. Some people react to sugar the same way, when they cut it out of their diet.

    Make sure you are drinking enough too!

    Hope it passes soon!
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    I used to have terrible headaches. I stopped all caffeine due to a heart condition, the first week was hell but now I don't get headaches at all.
  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
    Dito on the caffein, im the opposite though If I have too much caffein in a short space of time i get bangin headaches. So don't go cold turkey on something just ease it out if you want to stop eating it.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Darcy,

    My first thought was that you are not eating enough, but after looking back a few weeks I only see two days of logging where you seem to be eating plenty.

    How long have you been working to eat better?

    How long have you had the headaches?

    For me, I got terrible headaches from too much caffeine from diet coke, and they were pretty bad the first few days i decided to cut them out.

    I don't know, it could be any number of things, Have you discussed this with your doctor?

    ETA: I just thought of something else. Have you looked at food intolerances? Soy also gave me headaches, as does lactose.
  • Shuuma
    Shuuma Posts: 465 Member
    Are you drinking enough water? Most people are slightly dehydrated, which causes headaches, too.
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    All of the above sounds good

    Also if you are on a high simple carb diet and then cut them out some people at least can get withdrawal symptoms which will include a headache ( I know I do and I know others similar to me)
  • djxil
    djxil Posts: 357
    I cut soda's and fast food when I started MFP on the 24th of November and weened off of Coffee Energy drinks by the end of the week and replaced them with water and healthier eating, oh, the withdraw headache was fierce and omni-present and gradually, it subsided by the end of the second week.

    Review what you cut out but like many other people have stated, it might be the caffeine withdrawal.
  • darcy1982
    darcy1982 Posts: 52 Member
    Thanks to everyone that gave input..We decided that our eating was out of control and decided to change up. I mainly drink 1 cup up coffee a day, but some days i would go without. I think my body is just mad that I'm no longer feeding it the junk that it was craving..lol I'm trying to pick things to eat that I think are healthy.