I'm 382 pounds, down from 404. I've been eating a whole foods 1800 calorie diet for three weeks and walking about 30 minutes per day for exercise. My macronutrient ratio is around 30/20/50 P/F/C daily. I take a multivitamin, calcium, drink plenty of water and I've had plenty of sleep.
Now, I have been suffering from minor muscle aches since a few days into this diet plan. I had more fatigue when I first started because I needed to get accustomed to the diet, but now I just have "flu-like" muscle pain throughout the day. Has anyone had similar experiences? I've heard that this may be related to the metabolism of glycogen during the earliest phase of weight loss. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Last edited by Demosthenes; 03-11-2012 at 11:27 PM.
YES, I haven't really had it happen recently but during prior weight loss attempts I definitely had marked muscle pain when I was losing, especially in the beginning.
It eventually goes away and I haven't done too much research on it. I'm interested to see what other people have to say.
Your post is so concise! It would have taken me 6 paragraphs to say the same thing.
I don't know much about glycogen stores, unfortunately. How much activity were you getting before you began your weight loss? I was almost totally sedentary before I began, and the new activity (almost identical to yours) was enough to cause me to ache in general at first. My instincts would be to tell you to maybe up your protein some given your low calorie intake relative to your current weight (depending on your height and age, you're probably burning something in the range of 3200-3600 cals/day with your current activity level), but that's not based on anything scientific - just a general feeling. I, too, am interested to hear what others have to say.
I am not doing much more walking than I was before I started to lose weight. I live in a very hilly area and I do not have a car. I am glad that Val has had a similar experience to my own. I just want to assure myself that it will get better rather than worse.
I knew JohnP would have something interesting and useful to contribute. The writing in that article is a bit tortured, though!
On a totally different topic than the OP posted about, I found this interesting from the article: "There is not only typically an increase in fasting blood sugar levels (which is actually diagnostic for the syndrome/pre diabetes) but some strange things can occur in response to the ingestion of carbohydrates. Usually there is an overproduction of insulin in response to their consumption which can drive blood sugar too low and cause reactive hypoglycemia and/or hunger."
I had posted a long time back about sweating when I'm not warm and not exerting myself, and it still happens occasionally. Despite the fact that my blood glucose levels continue to test normal, both fasting and non-fasting, I wonder if it's not due to the above.
Anyway, sorry to get off track, but I found it interesting.
Muscle Pain?
