Hello wagon my old friend, I've come to climb on you again.

[LittleGreyCat]

As often happens, I have drifted away from a sensible low carbohydrate diet and enjoyed myself too much.

I am now back on the wagon for the last few days and it seems to be knocking me out, energy wise.
2-3 mile walks which I could manage easily now leave me very tired.
My regular weekly Yoga session also lays me out.

At the moment I am assuming that my body has forgotten how to use ketones as the main energy source and so is struggling a bit.
[I do have a correlation/causation problem because I had the RSV vaccine a couple of weeks ago.
I will post about this on another thread.]

It is a while since I last climbed back on the wagon as strictly as I am now, so I can't fully remember how it affected me last time, but I do recall that "carb flu" can last a couple of weeks.
Is anyone else encountering this at the moment?

 

[grantg]

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-is-carb-flu.86376/#post-978397
electrolyte inbalance, apparently bone broth/bouilian drink may help

 

[fumanchu]

Cat I'm right here with you. Been ill and stuck in a recliner for 2 months with low sodium, now realising my backside seems to follow me around like a pet rhino. Off to work out a meal plan now

 

[LittleGreyCat]

"There may be side effects when changing over from glucose metabolism to fat metabolism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis
These may include headache, fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, difficulty in exercise tolerance, constipation, and nausea, especially in the first days and weeks after starting a ketogenic diet.
Breath may develop a sweet, fruity flavor via production of acetone that is exhaled because of its high volatility."

Just read this in Wikipedia, while checking out and refreshing my memory over ketones.
Hope the links are OK - I can take them out if not.
[Edited out - internal references within Wikipedia do not render properly here.]

Some of the symptoms match what I am currently feeling, that is fatigue, nausea, exercise intolerance.
Don't think my breath smells of pear drops, though.
My partner can tell when I go into ketosis because I smell different; must check!
Reassuring that it mentions weeks.