Is it possible that your body rejects unhealthy food?

jenrak
jenrak Posts: 11 Member
edited September 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
It's been 2 months now since I started eating clean and living healthy. I stick to the calorie intake suggested by MFP and I tried to stick closer to the recommended macronutrients. I exercise regularly which includes cardio and weight training. I stopped drinking wine, coffee, soda and I stopped eating foods that are oily and greasy and also fast food. I lost more than 10 pounds in 2 months. Last weekend I went to a friend's party and they served all these foods that I mentioned above and I ate moderate amount of them. I thought it was alright because it was just a moderate amount. However, after the party I had severe heartburn for 12 hours that was untreatable by otc meds and repositioning. I had sleepless night wailing and regretting why I ate those foods. It was only relieved when I did a cardio work out the next day and when I started eating clean again. I think this is my body's way of punishing me. I learned my lesson in a hardest way.
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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    That happens to me when I eat crappy food now. Either heartburn or some kind of stomach distress.
  • cbusnightowl
    cbusnightowl Posts: 132 Member
    My sister decided to eat a pescatarian diet after watching a couple documentaries about the meat industry and after three or four years of not getting enough protein her husband convinced her to compromise and add chicken. She tried for three days but her stomach was absolutely not having it so she stopped eating it again and learned to like black beans.
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    My story is a bit different. Due to my Crohn's, I've developed major food intolerances over time. I used to love fettuccine alfredo, but then I had to give up the heavy cream. I was fine with pasta and bread, then one day wheat caused all sorts of problems. This kept happening with all sorts of foods until I slowly changed my diet. I eventually had to redo everything. Being on the diet that I am on now, I can tell when I have a horrible reaction to certain foods. I know there are very few foods I can eat at restaurants, fast food is out, and I can't handle anything too sugary - that's more about taste, though (my taste buds changed a lot as well). I love feeling good, but sometimes I miss the convenience.

  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Because of crohn'sy body rejects many "healthy" foods, leafy vegetables being the worst.
  • ronjsteele1
    ronjsteele1 Posts: 1,064 Member
    Oh goodness, yes! When our family moved from SAD (standard american diet) to a whole foods, organic diet our bodies went through a lot of changes! If my crew gets a fair amount of preservatives or processed foods they do not feel well. At.all. We eat 90% whole foods and organic at home so that 10% of the time we don't have to worry about it (when we go out, etc). But inevitably, people feel sick. We have found that activated charcoal capsules work really well at times like these to bind to the junk in their bodies and move it out faster. The charcoal also helps alleviate some yucky symptoms. It also becomes a self limiting thing after awhile. My teen kids mostly don't like junk food and they won't touch fast food b/c it makes them feel so crappy. So it does become a good thing eventually. :-)
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I have malabsorption of certain foods such as grains and legumes. My body reacts like I just ate sand and not food. I get sick and it takes months to recover.
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    I expect your body would reject ANY food it wasn't used to. And your body can get not-used-to a certain diet much faster than I originally believed. Whether it's healthy food or unhealthy food, I think it goes both ways. If tomorrow I ate nothing by veggies and lean meats, I probably wouldn't react well because I and my body are accustomed to lots of carbohydrates and less of these things. I think the best way to ensure you have the least negative experience changing your diet is to not do it drastically. Take small steps. Even with your calorie allowance. I didn't go from whatever I was eating before to a 1000 calorie deficit overnight. I scaled down by 100-200 calories a day until I got to my deficit. And I'm doing the same thing now as I start on the second 30lbs of loss to get me to goal after my brief recomp (maintenance, diet break whatever you want to call it, I stopped having a deficit for a while) over the summer. Both for calories and food choices.

    There's no reason for weight loss to be painful, uncomfortable, sure sometimes, but if what you're (not necessarily to OP, general statement) doing is painful, consider losing slower. Consider whether a lot of pain all at once is really better than limited discomfort and a slower path.

    I'm sorry you're suffering OP, and I hope it goes away soon.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I can't eat McDonalds anymore, because i feel nauseous and just off afterward. I used to have a Big Mac meal once a week before trying to lose weight with no ill effects.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I don't think the body will reject any food that isn't poisonous or allergenic. I suspect that discomfort may have been a gallstone attack. Eating low fat makes them build up, and eating fat makes the gallbladder empty itself. You may want to get it checked out.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    When I throw in off the wall things like eating fast food when I do not eat this normally, my body is not used to eating that stuff anymore. I notice side effects if you will, like it might disturb my bathroom habits, cause indigestion or heart burn or make me lethargic and sleepy etc.

    Sometimes you are out and about and this is what is available..Oh yeah, eating hot dogs is hard for me now.

  • jennypapage
    jennypapage Posts: 489 Member
    i usually feel very uncomfortable and bloated after i eat greasy/deep fried/unhealthy food now. so i eat very little if i want to eat something like that.
  • KiraCharman
    KiraCharman Posts: 90 Member
    edited September 2016
    My body rejects unhealthy foods so yes it's possible :) if anyone is looking for a friend during there journey feel free to add me :)
  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    This doesn't really happen to me - I eat well, not much crap and hardly ever red meat, maybe once a year. But when I have it, no problem.

    Too much fat at one meal can mess with me though - whether healthy or not.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    Too much fat in one sitting will make me ill and put me in serious pain, but that's because my gall bladder isn't with me any longer and fat digestion doesn't work nearly as well anymore. :wink:
  • cinnabondelights
    cinnabondelights Posts: 121 Member
    The same thing happened to me after months of eating better but the past week I've been eating a lot of sugar and I get really bad stomach aches. I can't eat fast foods like McDonald's or Burger King anymore without feeling like I'm going to vomit :/
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited September 2016
    Never happens to me. I guess my body is just "dumb" and does not understand what kind of food I put in it. All it cares about is the energy in that food, be it some junk I haven't had in a few months or something I have every day like tomatoes.

    Some people do have more sensitive stomachs that need some time to adjust to something they haven't had in awhile. My mom has problems with meat after she cuts it out for lent.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,992 Member
    Well not really. Like exercise, which will cause DOMS if you haven't done it in awhile, your body will adapt to.

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  • NicoleMichael62
    NicoleMichael62 Posts: 50 Member
    I can totally relate. I've been eating healthier for the past 3 months now and anytime I try to sneak in a cheat meal like a hamburger and fries or maybe a chicken nuggets the next day I usually don't feel myself. My stomach is very uneasy and I have no idea why. Also since I have been using almond milk the past few months, twice that I had a regular dairy milkshake my stomach was really upset. And I have never been lactose intolerant.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    Individual foods aren't unhealthy (with a few exceptions.) Diets, taken as a whole are unhealthy.
  • ronjsteele1
    ronjsteele1 Posts: 1,064 Member
    CoffeeNCardio wrote: »
    I expect your body would reject ANY food it wasn't used to. And your body can get not-used-to a certain diet much faster than I originally believed. Whether it's healthy food or unhealthy food, I think it goes both ways. If tomorrow I ate nothing by veggies and lean meats, I probably wouldn't react well because I and my body are accustomed to lots of carbohydrates and less of these things.

    Yep, this. It can go either way in terms of discomfort.
  • ashjongfit
    ashjongfit Posts: 147 Member
    Any food you dont normally eat can do that. For example, I couldnt stomach avocados for the time I was pregnant, when I tried to eat them six months later, I would get very bad stomach aches. I eat them on the reg now and am fine. The same is true of any food I eat that I dont often eat.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited September 2016
    actually it is a standard biological process down to gut bacteria and gall bladder that is very easily reversible should you choose to

    It doesn't mean the foods themselves are inherently unhealthy, or that a diet one has chosen to follow is specifically healthier but it does lend itself to vast misunderstandings of what's going on and extrapolations

    Also I think a number of people read these kinds of phrases you know that come across as "oh I eat so healthily that my body now rejects xyz" as a condemnation of how they choose to eat. They perceive judgement in the whole "healthy eating movement"

    Much better to just eat what you eat without labelling it IMO ..it's not healthy or unhealthy ...clean or unclean...good or bad

    No food is at such polar opposites

    Whereas an overall diet (everything you eat together) can be

    If you saw my lunch you'd think clean eating, health food nut (it was yum) but feck it it's so I can fit in more beer and try my very first taco tonight ...at least that was the plan it ended up being over 700 calories of salads / smoothies / pulses and lean turkey

    I'm still going for the tacos
  • jbee27
    jbee27 Posts: 356 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    Too much fat in one sitting will make me ill and put me in serious pain, but that's because my gall bladder isn't with me any longer and fat digestion doesn't work nearly as well anymore. :wink:

    Ditto. OP, perhaps you have gallstones. This is what happened to me after I made my first push towards healthier lifestyle. I had a major attack after months of not eating junk food when I had some fast food chicken strips on a road trip, and found out I had gallstones and needed to have my gallbladder removed.

    Your pain symptoms sound very similar to mine. Maybe worth having checked out.
  • Nickisa24
    Nickisa24 Posts: 19 Member
    I remember my husband making me a burger about a month into my 'diet change'. He didn't but the lean beef to make the burgers. I took my first bite and all got a mouthful or greasy burger juice!! Ran to the toilet and threw up :(

    I guess our tastes change and our body reacts.

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