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Day 5 - Loss of Appetite, A bit light-headed


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Hi! So this is my first whole30 and I'm on day 5. I woke up this morning STARVING, but had nothing to eat ready (the thought of eating another banana made me nauseous) so I had a small bowl of fruit about 30 min. after waking up, and a half an avocado as soon as I got to work. Unfortunately, as much as I knew I needed to eat, nothing sounded good and my hunger slowly changed to a loss of appetite. I tried to eat a small handful of plantain chips to kick my appetite back up, but no dice.

 

By the time lunch rolled around, the lunch I had prepared for my day went from sounding amazing to disgusting (avo/tuna salad). 

 

Before this I came from a semi-vegan (with the exception of some meat every now and then) and carb heavy (toast or cream of wheat in the morning, always bread or grains or beans w/ lunch and dinner), almost LIVED on falafel. I ate pretty healthy, and SOOOO rarely ate milk, cheese, or yogurt. 

 

Some Notes:

I have vasovagal syncope, which basically means I have a tendency to faint if my vasovagal nerve acts up in some way. Thats been under control for a few years now so I didn't expect to have that much to do with this. 

I'm mildly anemic and take an iron pill every other day. 

I've been drinking a half a gallon of water a day. (I'm 5'4" 130lbs.)

 

What I've eaten so far today:

 

Breakfast and Snacks:

A small bowl of strawberries and blueberries

1/2 an avocado

1 handful of plantain chips

 

Didn't feel very well, but forced myself to eat what I could of lunch.. 

 

Lunch:

1/2 of my lunch of chicken sausage (whole 30 compliant) peppers, onions, and potatoes

 

Did not feel very well again... Light-headed, Seeing stars around the edges of my eye-sight

 

Had a banana and some sparkling water and felt MUCH better. But still not at 100%

 

 

 

Yesterday

Breakfast: 3/4 Banana and almond butter

 

Lunch: chicken sausage (whole 30 compliant) peppers, onions, and potatoes

 

Snacks: Finished my banana w/ almond butter, a bout 5 plantain chips, and a small bag of carrots

 

Dinner: Avocado Tuna Salad in romaine lettuce 'tacos'

 

I think looking past my few couple days I haven't been having the best breakfasts, cause I haven't been waking up with enough time. I'm going to make an effort to change that.. The banana helped a lot, maybe it is low blood sugar? Anything else I'm doing wrong? Any help would be amazing!!

 

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In general, you need to eat more -- be sure you're eating at least three template-sized meals each day. Since the protein at every meal sounds like a change for you, I understand this may be difficult, but it's important to get enough food. You might want to make up a big thing of tuna salad, or some salmon cakes, or some meatballs (you can make them from ground turkey or chicken instead of beef if you prefer, and include veggies in them if that helps -- mashed sweet potatoes or chopped spinach would both blend well into them).

 

In addition, you should limit fruit to no  more than two fist-sized servings each day, and only have it with a meal, not on its own. On its own, it's easy to overeat, it's more likely to cause a spike and subsequent drop in blood sugar, and it's more likely to keep you craving sweets.

 

Focus on upping your vegetables too -- 1-3 cups at every meal, minimum. You should be having plates full of vegetables, as many different kinds as you can manage.

 

I understand you're not hungry, but you really need to eat a full breakfast within an hour of waking up (if you can't finish it all right now, plate up a full breakfast, eat as much of it as you can, eating from the protein, fat, and vegetables, and then wrap it up and finish it as soon as you feel you're able to). Then, set a timer, and eat another meal every 4-5 hours. At some point you should start feeling hungry if you do this.

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