I'm on week 3 of phase 1 and lately my body twitches like crazy at night. I have even gotten a severe cramp in one arm. I tried doubling up on potassium but no dice. I am measuring out my sea salt but still twitching. I have been getting less water than I should - around 40 ounces. I take all supplements except the last two cal-mag. The nights I had cramping i had taken all four cal-mag and worried it was the calcium not allowing my muscles to relax. This all worries me and makes it hard to sleep. I am considering switching to the alternative program to avoid these issues. Has anyone else had these side effects this far into program? Has anyone made the switch to alternative phase one?
I had leg cramps while I was sleeping for a few days but like you I took more vitamins for a couple days. Then I made a big effort to make sure I drank all the water plus more and things were fine after. Hope you feel better. The water really is super important.
I never had anything like that happen...but YES, do drink your water. Not saying that is what is wrong, maybe you can let your doctor know? Hope you feel better.
I have the same problem too, i was under the impression that maybe i had missed few doses of my supplements so this is happening.
i am trying to be on time now, lets see what happens
I'm on week 3 of phase 1 and lately my body twitches like crazy at night. I have even gotten a severe cramp in one arm. I tried doubling up on potassium but no dice. I am measuring out my sea salt but still twitching. I have been getting less water than I should - around 40 ounces. I take all supplements except the last two cal-mag. The nights I had cramping i had taken all four cal-mag and worried it was the calcium not allowing my muscles to relax. This all worries me and makes it hard to sleep. I am considering switching to the alternative program to avoid these issues. Has anyone else had these side effects this far into program? Has anyone made the switch to alternative phase one?
I do everything by the protocol and have experienced those crazy leg twitches too. Its like my legs wanna run! I thought that I had restless leg syndrome!!!! they have stopped for now and I am hoping that they don't come back!
I had the same problem early on. I take extra potassium all the time which has helped. Make sure to get enough salt. I would drink some pickle juice at night which helped. Organic apple cider works too. 40 ozs of water is not enough. At least half of your weight so if you're 200 lbs drink 100 oz. Magnesium helps too so I wouldn't cut out any cal-mags. Good luck.
I had restlessness in my legs prior to starting IP. Was beginning to think maybe I have RLS. Since starting IP, it's only happened a couple times. Weird how that works.
I am on day 7 and my restless legs have calmed down some. I had restless legs before and they got worse when I first started the diet. I just make sure I get all the pills in when it says, am going to talk to them tomorrow to see if I need more potassium as I have talked to others who had their dose upped to help.
Up the water, keep the extra potassium and make sure you aren't skimping on the salt.
Eat some dill pickles.
Some other low carb diets include broth/bullion ago ensure you are getting enough sodium. I have seen some ip clinics insist you eat a soup each day to keep that up.
Week 3 muscles twitching and cramping!
