I feel horrible!!!
daniellerigsby9
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This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
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Your body is craving the food you were previously eating. It's super common.
Give it time, you will feel awesome soon!0 -
Sounds like your body is going through a "withdrawal" from all the bad stuff its so used to. Give it some more time! You're bound to feel better soon!
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If you open your food diary, there may be suggestions others can make to combat that feeling.0
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Describe "trying to eat better"....This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
Seriously though - what is your calorie goal and are you meeting it? What sorts of foods are you eating now? Are you drinking plenty of water?0 -
If you open your food diary, there may be suggestions others can make to combat that feeling.
I agree. If you're comfortable opening your diary we might be able to provide more specific suggestions to help. You can do this by going to Settings > Diary Settings > Public and then Save Changes.0 -
youre going to feel horrible for a while - think of it as "detoxing" you're not used to not having the extra sugar etc. It will get better - promise! then you'll feel great. Just gotta tough it out for the time being :-/0
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Hang in there. I went through that too. Have some easily digested foods like brown rice, banana, broth.0
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Describe "trying to eat better"....This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
Seriously though - what is your calorie goal and are you meeting it? What sorts of foods are you eating now? Are you drinking plenty of water?
Typical day before: Breakfast #1 - honeybun (pure laziness)
Breakfast #2- left over slice of pizza
lunch- lean cuisine
snack- varied nothing healthy though
dinner- spaghetti w/ 1 slice of garlic bread
snack before bed- something else unhealthy
I didn't eat a lot just really bad choices.
So far since I have tried eating better I will have: Breakfast #1- lite peaches w/ low fat cottage cheese
Breakfast #2 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 1 slice of wheat toast , and 1 serving of t egg beaters
snack- vanilla greek yogurt
lunch- 2 grilled chicken strips, carrots, broccoli
dinner- grilled chicken, veggies
snack- special k cereal w/2 % milk
and I drink water all day. Around 6-8 glasses a day. I am trying to eat around 1200 calories a day.0 -
well it takes time.
do not expect miracles.
you have to work hard.0 -
It's normal to feel like this at the beginning (even it the beginning can seem to last a bit ) Anyway it's when you need to stay strong and positive and think of yourself looking slim and gorgeous. that horrible feeling will go away.
Stay strong x0 -
Perhaps it's too many changes at once, so begins to feel more like a punishment.
Why not make one small change (cut out the soda?) then gradually start to change other things as well. I cut coke out of my diet and it's been a couple of weeks, so my new goal is to use less salt on my food.
Small steps at a time, it's a lifestyle change remember, not some fad.0 -
Last year when I tried a short-lived low-carb diet, I felt exhausted when I stopped eating so many carbs. I read that when you eat lots of simple carbs, your body slowly loses it's ability to convert non-carbs to energy very well because you are constantly feeding it simple carbs which is fast energy. In time your body will start to convert your healthier food to energy but you may feel tired this week and next - if that is what is happening.0
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Withdrawal sucks. Stick with it.0
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It's probably mostly from dropping the soda. Sugar/caffeine withdrawal. This should subside in a few days.0
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Your body is craving the food you were previously eating. It's super common.
Give it time, you will feel awesome soon!
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Describe "trying to eat better"....This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
Seriously though - what is your calorie goal and are you meeting it? What sorts of foods are you eating now? Are you drinking plenty of water?
Typical day before: Breakfast #1 - honeybun (pure laziness)
Breakfast #2- left over slice of pizza
lunch- lean cuisine
snack- varied nothing healthy though
dinner- spaghetti w/ 1 slice of garlic bread
snack before bed- something else unhealthy
I didn't eat a lot just really bad choices.
So far since I have tried eating better I will have: Breakfast #1- lite peaches w/ low fat cottage cheese
Breakfast #2 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 1 slice of wheat toast , and 1 serving of t egg beaters
snack- vanilla greek yogurt
lunch- 2 grilled chicken strips, carrots, broccoli
dinner- grilled chicken, veggies
snack- special k cereal w/2 % milk
and I drink water all day. Around 6-8 glasses a day. I am trying to eat around 1200 calories a day.
Why 1200?
And, it's day four. You need to give it more time.0 -
Describe "trying to eat better"....This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
Seriously though - what is your calorie goal and are you meeting it? What sorts of foods are you eating now? Are you drinking plenty of water?
Typical day before: Breakfast #1 - honeybun (pure laziness)
Breakfast #2- left over slice of pizza
lunch- lean cuisine
snack- varied nothing healthy though
dinner- spaghetti w/ 1 slice of garlic bread
snack before bed- something else unhealthy
I didn't eat a lot just really bad choices.
So far since I have tried eating better I will have: Breakfast #1- lite peaches w/ low fat cottage cheese
Breakfast #2 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 1 slice of wheat toast , and 1 serving of t egg beaters
snack- vanilla greek yogurt
lunch- 2 grilled chicken strips, carrots, broccoli
dinner- grilled chicken, veggies
snack- special k cereal w/2 % milk
and I drink water all day. Around 6-8 glasses a day. I am trying to eat around 1200 calories a day.
Why 1200?
And, it's day four. You need to give it more time.
I am eating 1200 because that is what MFP and other sites say I need to eat to lose 2 pounds a week. I really want to lose the weight as fast as possible.0 -
I felt that way too. So I added some of the "bad" stuff back but made sure it fit into my daily intake, Then I slowly weaned myself off0
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Describe "trying to eat better"....This is just my fourth day trying to eat better and lose weight and I feel HORRIBLE!! I have stopped drinking soda, stopped fast food, and have started counting calories and trying to eat better. I thought that I would feel better after stopping the bad stuff but I don't! I am so tired of being fat and miserable and I don't want to give up but its hard to stay positive when you feel so bad.
Seriously though - what is your calorie goal and are you meeting it? What sorts of foods are you eating now? Are you drinking plenty of water?
Typical day before: Breakfast #1 - honeybun (pure laziness)
Breakfast #2- left over slice of pizza
lunch- lean cuisine
snack- varied nothing healthy though
dinner- spaghetti w/ 1 slice of garlic bread
snack before bed- something else unhealthy
I didn't eat a lot just really bad choices.
So far since I have tried eating better I will have: Breakfast #1- lite peaches w/ low fat cottage cheese
Breakfast #2 2 pieces of turkey bacon, 1 slice of wheat toast , and 1 serving of t egg beaters
snack- vanilla greek yogurt
lunch- 2 grilled chicken strips, carrots, broccoli
dinner- grilled chicken, veggies
snack- special k cereal w/2 % milk
and I drink water all day. Around 6-8 glasses a day. I am trying to eat around 1200 calories a day.
Why 1200?
And, it's day four. You need to give it more time.
I am eating 1200 because that is what MFP and other sites say I need to eat to lose 2 pounds a week. I really want to lose the weight as fast as possible.
Losing it as fast as possible hasn't been sustainable for you thus far, though.
How much do you have to lose? How tall are you?0 -
Give it some time. Your body isn't used to all of the changes.0
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You body is having a temper fit! It WANTS that salty-sugary-fat bomb NOW! Don't put up with it. You will feel better soon. You may not be eating enough. I would also add lots of veggies like bitter greens, kale, turnip greens, etc. onions, mushrooms, beans, berries and seeds to get a rainbow of nutrients.0
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You are just going through withdrawal. It'll go away soon. In the meantime, hang in there!0
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Hi - you stopped everything to fast. You should have cut back on ALL the bad stuff not, completely stopped it all at once. You need to give your body time to adjust.0
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If you want to make the process less taxing then I'd recommended transitioning yourself from junk food to healthier food. If you've previously just eaten junk and fast food as your main source of nutrition then you're body isn't gonna respond well to the spontaneous change.0
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You're fine stopping everything all at once, you will just feel like crap. It's not like you are stopping a prescription anxiolytic and are going to bust out into grand mal seizures. There's probably going to be some trouble as your neurotransmitters adjust. Eventually, you will feel like crap when you eat bad food.0
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dont drink 2% milk do fat free or skim milk. 1200 is too low.0
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dont drink 2% milk do fat free or skim milk.
Yuk. Why?0 -
You feel horrible because you've made some rather drastic and sudden changes to your diet, with the goal to lose weight as quickly as possible. That doesn't strike me as healthy or sustainable. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you're more likely to see long-term success by eating at a reasonable calorie deficit and making small changes to your diet over time. By learning moderation, you can include more nutrient dense food into your diet and still consume the things you enjoy. And by losing at a slower pace, you will retain more muscle mass in the process.0
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You don't have to give up all the foods you love to lose weight and feel better. Just eat them in moderation, and fit them into your calorie goals. You can have soda. You can have pizza. Don't turn weight loss into torture.0
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You are eating 1200 calories, do you workout as well?
Maybe you aren't eating enough?0
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