Fatigue

WibblyWobbly · 09-22-2010, 01:22 PM

I have been very tired for the past two days, starting around lunch time. Is this a common experience during phase one? I am wondering if it is the lack of sugar in my diet. I used to eat a lot of processed food with plenty of hidden sugar. I do not remember reading about this in the book. I have slept well for the past two nights. I notice I stay asleep all night.

Side note, does this forum have a spell check? I haven't seen one.

moving to 1derland · 09-22-2010, 01:49 PM

I also felt very tired for the first probably 3-4 days of Phase I and like you had previously eaten a lot of processed carbs. I also had a terrible headache and just didn't feel "right", but I stuck with it and by day 5 was fine-everything (all negative effects) went away at the same time and I felt much better!

Hope this helps, and good luck!

SouthLake · 09-22-2010, 01:50 PM

I originally found myself really hitting the wall in the afternoon and feeling exhausted. Having some yogurt seemed ot really help- just 1/2 a cup of plain yogurt with a splenda packet and a smidge of vanilla. The natural sugars and bit of protein seemed to charge me right up. Now, I'm fine with or without it, but it was a lifesaver for me for awhile.

BellaLucia · 09-22-2010, 01:50 PM

Just edit your post for spell check. Your body is just adjusting, it'll clear up.

WaistingTime · 09-22-2010, 02:29 PM

Sometimes you hear that called the South Beach flu. It is pretty common. When you type a response you should see red underlines if something is misspelled.

chubbybunny29 · 09-22-2010, 03:38 PM

I found protein and lots of water made that feeling last less time.

lazylioness · 09-22-2010, 05:06 PM

Hi! I am new here and very happy to have found this forum and site.
That being said, I am almost finished with my Phase I (we did it for a week longer because we had a late joiner to the diet group) and I did not feel TOO bad, but once in a while I do get tired. I have discovered that I do not crave sweet stuff too much until after lunch. After lunch work slows down, and I have time to be bored.

To kind of counteract this whole thing, I make sure that I have plenty of water and soy nuts. I dunno why the soy nuts work because they are slightly salty but they do. Maybe it is because I can just kind of crunch on them and keep my mouth busy.

BellaLucia · 09-22-2010, 07:32 PM

lazylioness, we want an introduction please?

lazylioness · 09-22-2010, 07:36 PM

Hi. Sorry. I have introduced myself all over the place and apparently forgot this one HAHA.

What would you like to know?

I am a mother of 3, 37 and making a lot of changes in my life. This one is just the most recent but for sure the hardest!

CyndiM · 09-22-2010, 07:38 PM

Wibbly- Can you post a few menus? Some fatigue is normal but many of us have found that getting enough dairy and eating beans really helps.

WibblyWobbly · 09-22-2010, 08:04 PM

Cyndi,
Yesterday's menu was a bean muffin(recipe from this forum), peanuts for a snack, salad with rf cheese, tomato, turkey and low sugar Italian. Dinner was a lasagna stuff bell pepper. I had a rf cheese stick for my afternoon snack, before dinner. I had a glass of milk before dinner and ff half and half with my morning coffee. I have had a hard time squeezing in enough veggies. I picked up some V8.

I have to have my sodium checked next week. I have an ongoing low sodium problem(hyponatremia) due to a medication I am on. It could be low sodium. I have hypothyroidism as well. It could be a sign of an imbalance.