Personal Victory: Feeling Sick After Carb Loading
AndyPGonzalez
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So I've been doing a LC/HF mostly paleo diet the last two weeks and it's been amazing. Yesterday I decided to cheat and splurge on pizza and garlic bread. Normally, that's a weekly part of my diet and I haven no problem with it.
Now... after having my pizza and garlic bread yesterday (which I've never had problems with before) I felt extremely sick for the rest of the night.
I'm taking this as a good sign since my body's getting used to LC/HF and now that I know what happens to my body when I carb overload.... I'll be cheating a much less.
Last night... and this revelation... is a victory!
Now... after having my pizza and garlic bread yesterday (which I've never had problems with before) I felt extremely sick for the rest of the night.
I'm taking this as a good sign since my body's getting used to LC/HF and now that I know what happens to my body when I carb overload.... I'll be cheating a much less.
Last night... and this revelation... is a victory!
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It's rather ironic to me how our opinions on "victories" change as time goes on, the carb fog fades, and reality returns! Congrats.0
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Yep, had that happen too. I've really only overloaded on carbs a couple of times since I started this at the end of January. The motivation to NOT feel sick is pretty strong now.1
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@AndyPGonzalez I agree once we change to a way of eating the body prefers it can let us know if we revert.
There is nothing wrong with cheese per se for Keto but a couple days ago I realized I had not eaten cheese in 2-3 months. I just stopped reaching for it. Tree nuts seem to be my 'go to' food even after a meal.
While I have not had carb cravings for well over a year now I do think all cravings may be the body saying "Eat More" in hopes we put in the right missing nutrients by chance. My urge to eat/not eat certain foods now seems to be an automated process by the brain.
livestrong.com/article/70088-list-foods-rich-magnesium-potassium/
With all the magnesium discussions posted here I got started even on liquid magnesium and made a better selection of the capsule source. Maybe that is why I stopped reaching for cheese that is one 6" from my hand several times daily?2 -
Weird thing is it's only been two weeks and I've had a couple cheat meals before and felt ok.1
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Andy "weird" is just another way to spell 'keto'.
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AndyPGonzalez wrote: »Weird thing is it's only been two weeks and I've had a couple cheat meals before and felt ok.
it happens, sometimes you feel fine after and sometimes you feel like something died in your gut. I don't know why I don't always get the same result when eating lots of carbs, but it keeps it interesting0 -
That's great that this happened to you! I am hoping I feel like crap tomorrow because I just gave new meaning to the phrase "carb loading"!! Carb hoarding maybe? Carb gorging? Carb overload...that's it!
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Now you know so may of us refer to it as "carbage." lol1
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That's great that this happened to you! I am hoping I feel like crap tomorrow because I just gave new meaning to the phrase "carb loading"!! Carb hoarding maybe? Carb gorging? Carb overload...that's it!
Been there done that...
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same thing happened to me, I had a high carb day (even though it wasn't high net carbs) and I was soooo sick. I felt bloated and my stomach was rock hard. Then the nasty tasting burps started. Yucky, but I ended up throwing up...the whole days worth of food and felt so much better afterwards. Knowing that cheating = puking is enough to keep me on track now! 0
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My husband isn't as struck keto as I am, but he is now able to see the effect of carbs after eating, and doesn't like it. Makes him avoid the higher carbage. Me, I avoid them all easily, because of the pain response that I have. They aren't worth it!
Sorry you felt bad, but it's a good thing to see what they can do to you!
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Out of curiosity. . . it's been a while since I've eaten a LOT of sugar, but today, a colleague made s'more's brownies for a company event, and I ate one. Now it feels like my heart is trying to pound its way out of my chest. Almost like a blood pressure spike. Has anyone experienced something like this?0
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closetlibrarian wrote: »Out of curiosity. . . it's been a while since I've eaten a LOT of sugar, but today, a colleague made s'more's brownies for a company event, and I ate one. Now it feels like my heart is trying to pound its way out of my chest. Almost like a blood pressure spike. Has anyone experienced something like this?
Not since starting this WOE but I've had that happen in the past when I've consumed a bunch of sugar. It would usually be followed by a migraine. Not sure what it's all about but it passes, so don't let it freak you out ;-)1 -
The body is pretty smart, and it gives us a great deterrent to keep us from eating a load of carbs. I haven't done it yet in the 4 months in Keto, but have pushed my own 'allowed carbs' limits and felt queezie.0
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closetlibrarian wrote: »Out of curiosity. . . it's been a while since I've eaten a LOT of sugar, but today, a colleague made s'more's brownies for a company event, and I ate one. Now it feels like my heart is trying to pound its way out of my chest. Almost like a blood pressure spike. Has anyone experienced something like this?
Considering that sugar is a poison as far as our body's concerned, this doesn't surprise me. I get migraine level headaches, but I hadn't particularly noticed increased heart rate or anything. I do feel a bit like what I imagine feeling high on speed feels like - like super powered energizer bunny type of crap... I should note that I do take a beta blocker blood pressure medication, so it likely limits the racing heart feeling.0
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