Clean Eating

RichardSlap

I'm trying to do 30 days of clean eating. Except with coffee. I am on day 3.

It is SO HARD. I am eating tons of fruit and veggies but I am STARVING. If he wasn't so valuable, I would eat my coworker. With sugar, glorious sugar.

I kinda feel like crap too. I'm withdrawing. I feel all weird and shaky sometimes like when I had GD and my blood sugar was off. Is this normal? I did some yoga to try and calm my poor body down.  

cantalopes24

I would die.

DoctorWorm222

Is it normal???

Do you mean being shaky or trying to give up sugar?? If you mean being shaky, I have no idea. If you mean trying to give up sugar, I would say no -- its definitely not normal.

Hope that helps  

kagl08

DoctorWorm222:

Is it normal???

Do you mean being shaky or trying to give up sugar?? If you mean being shaky, I have no idea. If you mean trying to give up sugar, I would say no -- its definitely not normal.

Hope that helps  

All of this! I'd also die! Good for you!  

stardust317

I would die for sure.

thetheisens

I am on a eating crappy uncleanse. I usually get the shakes and feel terrible when my blood sugar gets low from not eating enough. I just drink a little juice or eat a cookie and feel better, but I guess that is not possible for you. Do you have some literature on the cleanse you are going? Maybe it's just a passing phase and once you get through it you will feel incredible? I think if you are shaky and feeling terrible you probably aren't getting enough to eat though. Even when on a diet, you may feel hungry, but once you start feeling weak and shaky I think you are cutting too much out too fast. 

CMonkey515

I just started eating Paleo last Monday. So I'm having lots and lots of veggies, a moderate amount of meat and eggs, and some fruit. Occasionally nuts. I'm also keeping a cup of coffee a day too, but with just a tiny bit of cream. The first 3 days were really really hard. After that it got a lot easier. I already feel much better, get and stay full easier, and lost 3.5 pounds. It's tough, but if you stick with it it does get better.  

Fianschneid

Obivously you're eating but are you eating enough? Are there some clean snacks you could have when you start to get weak and shaky.

Scramblersmom

thetheisens:

I am on a eating crappy uncleanse. I usually get the shakes and feel terrible when my blood sugar gets low from not eating enough. I just drink a little juice or eat a cookie and feel better, but I guess that is not possible for you. Do you have some literature on the cleanse you are going? Maybe it's just a passing phase and once you get through it you will feel incredible? I think if you are shaky and feeling terrible you probably aren't getting enough to eat though. Even when on a diet, you may feel hungry, but once you start feeling weak and shaky I think you are cutting too much out too fast. 

This is my concern too that you may be cutting out too much and your blood sugar has tanked. You may need to modify it so it doesn't inadvertently cause other health effects. Good luck to you and keep us updated.

punkin05

My non-medical opinion would be that the shakes and everything is relatively normal. If your body was used to the sweets and processed stuff, taking it away rather suddenly would have an impact, which is why you are shaky and feel weird.

Keep in mind that I'm eating a Kit Kat as I type this, so my advice isn't worth much in this case.

sharksfan

CMonkey515:

I just started eating Paleo last Monday. So I'm having lots and lots of veggies, a moderate amount of meat and eggs, and some fruit. Occasionally nuts. I'm also keeping a cup of coffee a day too, but with just a tiny bit of cream. The first 3 days were really really hard. After that it got a lot easier. I already feel much better, get and stay full easier, and lost 3.5 pounds. It's tough, but if you stick with it it does get better. nbsp;

this exactly. I've been doing the paleo thing since mid December, and the first week was the hardest. It got much easier, though, and I'm down 15 pounds. I eat tons of veggies, and some meat and fruit at every meal, and I feel better than i've felt in years. Good luck!

Elsa1984

I tried cutting cold turkey once and it was awful. If you still want to go towards clean eating but don't care if you are on a time frame, make changes in your eating slowly by cutting out one thing at a time. Then you don't notice as much. Like I was a cheese freak, so I started just limiting how much cheese I had at each meal. Then I did one cheese/dairy free meal....then two, and finally cut it out. I did the same with bread. I still occasionally have it, but I have cheese maybe like 3 times a week, and brea like once a week. With soda, I went from 3 to 4 a week....to once a month. It was so much easier to make the transition that way!

RichardSlap

Thanks guys! I am eating constantly, so I'm not worried about lack of nutrients or calories. I figure if WW says fruits and veggies are free, then so do I.

It's not really a cleanse, more like a challenge. Just trying to cut out the processed junk. Sugar is my weakness, but I have been bingeing and it needs to stop. I have noticed a lot of energy today so there's hope!

thetheisens

Maybe it was just all the crap leaving your body then. I remember when I just cut out caffeine and booze when we ttc, the first week was terrible, but I felt much better afterwards. 

Liz4444

Do Raisinets count as clean eating?  Because I just ate half a giant bag.