Feeling sick/experiencing headaches during my diet

I'm guessing fake profile to attempt to cause controversy.

However, in case I'm wrong, it's probably because you are eating 1200 calories. Up your calories by a good few hundred or else you will continue to feel like this.

If you refuse to up your calories then enjoy feeling awful for the rest of your "diet."

It could be water. You say you're drinking a lot of milk, but what about just straight up water? You should be drinking a lot of it; at least half an ounce for every pound you weigh. Most headaches are caused by dehydration.

valkoffe41 wrote: »

No, I am not currently taking anything. My boyfriend used them before and lost weight, but I haven't gotten a hold of them yet.

I would be careful about dumping a bunch of stimulants and unknown ingredients (and tests have shown that these products sometimes do have ingredients that aren't listed on the label, some of which are capable of causing harm) into your body when you already don't feel well.

Also, they don't really work. If your boyfriend lost weight, it was due to a calorie deficit.

"Clean" eating is largely psychological. There is no difference in the nutritional uptake of fresh/frozen/processed food. Clean food may taste better to you, which is a clear benefit.

Has your exercise regimen been drastically altered as well? The body does not like dramatic changes and will react accordingly. High protein foods/milk are more difficult to digest, so you may want to borrow from a bland diet plan and see if that helps. Small changes over time produce dramatic results.

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Ditch to time frame. You were "assigned" 1200 because that's as low as MFP will go. You are either a petite senior lady, or your weekly goal was set a little too high.

Moderate goals.....
Between 15-25 lbs set to lose 1 -.50 lb range
Less than 15 lbs set to lose 0.5 lbs range

Keep in mind that the number MFP gave you is before exercise. So, if you want to eat more calories...move more.

I didn't cut anything out of my diet. Been there, done that. This time (yes, I'm a repeater) I will only make lifestyle changes. So, I still eat chocolate (in small portions) I still drink caffeine (you would have to pry my iced tea from my cold dead...well you know).

My goal is to eat better....not to eat perfectly. I'm not perfect, I don't need to be perfect to lose weight. Plenty of thin people out there that eat "junk" from time to time.

Change your weekly goal to something that is sustainable. Give yourself a treat now and then. Real life (after dieting) will be like that. Someone will bring a cake into work....are you going to say no...forever?

This thread is really good.....

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1235566/so-youre-new-here/p1

My first inclination would be that you are suffering from something called the Ketosis Flu . This is often most severe with people who go on low-carb diets. With this 'flu' your thoughts will be feel foggy and you'll experience headaches, fatigue, nausea, and a few other symptoms. This flu is essentially the transition period from when you're body burns ketones rather than glucose. You'll also have a weird smell to breathe which is a great indicator that your going through Ketosis.

Outside of being on a lower-carb diet it could be many things that are contributing to your feeling this way. Headaches are often brought on by dehydration. You could also be low on electrolytes. Perhaps you're not consuming enough calories for your body. Any changes in medication or even doing a cleanse.

I would wait it out a full week and see if it doesn't pass before getting too worried. Definitely try drinking more water though.

I will sometimes get that nauseated/headachy feeling. It generally means I need to eat more!

I am also trying to lose around 20 pounds, but I don't have a set time frame. I'm short (under 5'1") and nearing 40, but I still am at just under 1600 calories a day before exercise. There is no need for you to be limiting yourself to 1200 calories, especially if it is making you feel ill. In the long run, it won't matter whether you lose 20 pounds in 10 weeks or in 6 months, but it will matter if you do it in a way that makes you ill, leaves long-lasting health effects, or is not sustainable, so as soon as the weight is off, you stop being so strict, and it comes back on (and the bad news there is that you lose muscle and fat but as it comes back it's less muscle and more fat that you lost, generally).

Go back to your settings and change your weekly goal to lose .5 pounds a week. Make sure you have the right activity level. Eat back your exercise calories and all of the calories MFP suggests. Lose weight and feel great at the same time.

OK, I just looked at OPs diary. You aren't even eating the 1200 calories that MFP assigned you ... most days are under 1000! So the answer is going to be, eat more! What you're feeling is most likely due to low nutrients, especially macronutrients (low blood sugar for example).

Seriously, please eat!

katinutt101 wrote: »

Look on reddit's "1200isplenty" sub for ideas if you need them... I find they have good ones!

Thank you for the reddit sub suggestion!