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So I started a new diet on Monday and its making me sick. Like, I want to throw up at night sick. I've always worked out and I've been taking about two scoops of protein powder for months. I decided to take last week off eating healthy and hitting the gym. Might be stupid but I wanted to rest up my body and get the "eat like crap" phase out of me which I did.
However, I feel awful the last three days. I've been eating oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, black beans, and four scoops worth of protein powder. My plan was to eat tuna and some spinach for dinner but the last two nights, I feel nausea so I haven't been able to eat dinner. I thought it was the increase of protein powder so I cut it back down to two scoops but I'm eating the eggs now and I feel like crap. I've been eating hard boiled eggs for a good while now.
I was drinking alot of soda and eating fast food. I stopped doing that on Monday. Nothing but water and eating healthy. Is my body in shock? I feel like I can't eat anything. I've hit the gym hard this week but the second I come home and eat, I feel like crap.
.... I've been eating oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, black beans, and four scoops worth of protein powder. ....
I bet you have horrible gas . DH would have to stay outside if he ate like that! Sorry - don't mean to poke fun. That is an awful lot of protein though.
Sounds like way too much protein to me. Also, if you're cutting out sugars, processed carbs, and caffeine - either all or even one of those - you will have a withdrawal period, from caffeine and sugar especially. That can last several days - then you will feel GREAT once they are totally out of your system and you're past the craving.
My bet is that you're withdrawing from caffeine and sugar from all those sodas. STAY OFF THEM - they do absolutely NOTHING for you and are empty junk.
what exactly does "too much" mean? i'm pretty young, but i don't think it makes sense when they say you're consuming "too much" protein. i do very intense work on my body and weigh about 123 lbs. i consume 123g of protein every day. i usually divide it and have protein for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 123g doesn't include the protein i get from the food i eat (meat/vegetables/etc.). i don't ever remember myself getting nauseous, though.
kathryn's probably right. it could be your caffeine addiction.
I wonder if you have some version of "induction flu" - sounds almost like you do, and it should pass. That happened to me the first time I cut my carb level really low in my diet. It is a common phenomenon with folks who go from eating a typical American diet and start the induction phase of the Atkins diet where they cut the carb level way down. Since you went from a week of binging on all kinds of foods down to this strict regimen, I'd bet your body is adjusting and you'll be fine in a day or two.
Dub D...oatmeal, black beans, hard boiled eggs and protein powder...you probably feel sick because it's almost ALL protein....bet you'd feel LOTS better if you added a bowl of steamed vegies with that protein, or at least ONE, beans, carrots, whatever and then allow yourself a desert of some nice fruit...mellon?
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