Had my first cheat meal in 4 weeks

Wjames43
Wjames43 Posts: 16 Member
edited November 27 in Food and Nutrition
Ive been on a low carb diet for the last 4 weeks while hitting 1900 - 2000 clories a day. Had my first cheat meal in 4 weeks which had a lot of carbs and ended up with a massive stomache ache. Anyone else experienced this ?

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  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    edited June 2018
    I would think any sudden, drastic change in your diet is going to result in some discomfort. It's going to result in a spike on the scale, too, but it's not because carbs make you fat. It's because carbs make you retain water (and if you ate much more than usual, extra volume in your intestinal tract). It will level back out in a few days.
  • Wjames43
    Wjames43 Posts: 16 Member
    Thanks for the info
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Oh yeah; I pigged out for father's day for the first time in a while and it was one item that accounted for a lot of it - key lime pie. I had 3 slices for the day. I went well over goal, but I am in the middle of my range right now so I have room to go up a pound or two and just ease back down. Truth be told, it's easier to eat at a slight deficit than stay even. Anyway, back on the subject at hand, I did have some discomfort.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    In almost 4.5 years here I've never had a cheat meal. So no.
  • kbmnurse1
    kbmnurse1 Posts: 316 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    In almost 4.5 years here I've never had a cheat meal. So no.

    Really? Wow. Life is to short not to eat what you want occasionally. Live!!!!!!!!

  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Following up on my earlier post - I don't consider my Father's Day overage cheating as it was logged (I am wide open; you can check it if you want). I was just replying to the question of whether a meal like that can cause distress after not eating like that for a while. My answer is yes. When I was bigger, I ate like that fairly often and it didn't have that kind of effect. This morning, I was reaching for the Gas-X...
  • Idontcareyoupick
    Idontcareyoupick Posts: 2,854 Member
    When I had McDonald's after not having it for a while, my stomach didn't like it. I don't eat "clean" but that was a big increase of grease that sat heavy for about a day
  • LiftHeavyThings27105
    LiftHeavyThings27105 Posts: 2,086 Member
    edited June 2018
    Back in December, 2017 I was on-site, closing a facility and all they had there was coke. Now, I had not had six sodas in the last 18 months, yet alone in one day. Dang, six cokes later.....no bueno! We will leave it at that (for the sake of the women and children in here!).
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Wjames43 wrote: »
    Ive been on a low carb diet for the last 4 weeks while hitting 1900 - 2000 clories a day. Had my first cheat meal in 4 weeks which had a lot of carbs and ended up with a massive stomache ache. Anyone else experienced this ?

    I did low carb/keto many years ago. When I had a cheat meal with lots of carbs, the consequences were a lot more severe (and potentially embarrassing!) than just a stomach ache. Rather explosive, you might say. Just one of several reasons I found keto unsustainable and quit doing it.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    LiftHeavyThings27105 wrote: »
    Back in December, 2017 I was on-site, closing a facility and all they had there was coke. Now, I had not had six sodas in the last 18 months, yet alone in one day. Dang, six cokes later.....no bueno! We will leave it at that (for the sake of the women and children in here!).

    Wow. I would have floated out of there with all that gas!
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    This happened just recently at the Chinese buffet. I havent been there in probably a month and a half? And when I did eat there I would pick lighter options like the sushi and veggies at the hibachi grill. This time my trip involved more of the fried options. Let's just say I was in a hurry to get home after dinner was over. I'm guessing if it's just mild stomach issues, they body is reacting because it's not used to that type of food anymore. If it's along with body aches or more severe reaction, I'm guessing it would be food intolerance? I don't really know why this happens though, I'm just speculating.
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    kbmnurse1 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    In almost 4.5 years here I've never had a cheat meal. So no.

    Really? Wow. Life is to short not to eat what you want occasionally. Live!!!!!!!!

    I do eat what I want. I just fit it into my weekly calorie goals. Thus, no cheating.

    This. I budget calories for what I want to eat. I "bank" calories earlier in the week if I know I'm going to have a large meal on the weekend. And I eat bigger meals on the days I burn more exercise calories. 2.5 years of weight loss and nearly one year in maintenance so far, with chocolate every day.
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