simone44 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Started the Whole30 on Monday 18th, and it is my first time doing the plan. Since day 3, I have had the worst headache and have lost my appetite? I have read through everyone's post and notice everyone is having the "hangover" but no one has lost their appetite? On day 3 all I could manage was a banana and an orange. Day 4, I had banana, orange, grapes and raspberries. And today I'm still not feeling that great, and had fruit again? My biggest concern is that I can only manage to eat fruit right now, and I don't know how this all fits in with the whole 30 program? Does anyone have any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyS Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Having a headache and a continuing loss of appetite can be symptoms of extreme hunger. It's time to eat. Here's what you do: 1. Go make yourself a template meal of food. 2. Eat a few bites of each part of the template, as many as you can make yourself eat right now. 3. Wrap up the plate, and put it away. Take it out in an hour and eat a few more bites. 4. Do that until you've eaten that plate. 5. Lather, rinse, repeat. The more you eat, the more you'll be aware of your hunger cues, and the more you'll realize that your headache is because you are not feeding yourself. Here's a template meal: 1. 1-2 palm size portions of protein 2. 1-2 or more thumb-size portions of fat 3. 1-3 cups veggies Choose mild foods for now, say, chicken and sweet potatoes with a drizzle of some olive oil. You can get fancy later. Right now (as in, RIGHT NOW) you just need to start eating. Eating will increase your appetite and decrease your headache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ultrarunnergirl Posted May 22, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2015 Great advice from AmyS. Know that you really need to eat protein and fat instead of fruit right now (it's essentially just sugar) in order to get past this! Nibble. Keep going. You can do this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted May 22, 2015 Administrators Share Posted May 22, 2015 I would second what the other smart ladies said but I would also say that in your situation you should probably consider absolutely not eating fruit at this point. Your body wants carbs and sugar and you aren't going to train it to want protein and fat by eating sugar. Additionally, I suspect that your tastes at the moment are highly geared towards sweet and in order to really want to eat different food you have to allow your body to move away from the sweet flavours. If you can eat fruit you can eat other foods. Press on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSue Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Remember, drink a lot of water!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archijen Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 I echo ladyshanny and would add that you might consider a starch like sweet potatoe to help you transition from that sweet "fruit" tooth to more foods without sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simone44 Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Thank you all for such great advice and encouragement. I stuck it out and I am on day 16 !!! My appetite has returned and no more headaches !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted June 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted June 2, 2015 Oh, good! I'm curious, what did you do in regards to fruits etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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