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Lettuce gives me headaches!

bushjuliea
bushjuliea Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've always eaten fairly well, but I would also snack and eat sweets too. I gave up junk for lent and I'm about 680 calories under my daily 1500. I felt full though, but I've had a headache for a few hours. Is the headache related to not eating enough calories?

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,656 Member
    Have you given up a caffeinated beverage by any chance?
  • NaturalNancy
    NaturalNancy Posts: 1,093 Member
    Maybe not eating enough or not drinking enough water.
    But I'm just guessing.
    I get headaches when I don't eat enough.
    Or if I need caffeine.
  • soulofgrace
    soulofgrace Posts: 175 Member
    Under 1000 cals. You haven eaten enough food. Thats when I got headaches.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,656 Member
    soulofgrace wrote: »
    Under 1000 cals. You haven eaten enough food. Thats when I got headaches.

    Ah yes, that too.
  • k2mexox
    k2mexox Posts: 72 Member
    I always get huge headaches and migraines the first week of eating healthy. Even when I don't cut junk out 100%. Caffeine is huge so I make sure I drink it in the morning.

    What do you mean by junk? You may be more successful picking your biggest food temptations and doing that. I chose to specifically give up chicken nuggets because they pretty much control my life and sabotage my weight loss. I'm still open to other foods but I know if I'm
    Not gonna eat chicken nuggets the chance of me going to McDonald's is lessened a great deal.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    If you continue to eat only 800-ish calories per day, headaches will be the least of your problems.
  • JodehFoster
    JodehFoster Posts: 419 Member
    also a slim chance the lettuce you ate wasn't rinsed properly/or treated w/ something that you are sensitive to...


    but yeah, eat more
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I'm pretty sure only eating 800ish calories would probably give me a headache...and a whole host of other issues down the line.
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