Hello all,
so I started working on my eating a few weeks ago, just focusing more on how much I'm eating overall and not really my macros. once I felt I was eating a reasonable amount and my appetite had curbed, I started low carb. My goal was to start off at half of what I had been recommended to eat (200g, so my goal was 100g, but was actually aiming for that 80-90 range).
Today is day number five, and I feel like ****. I have been eating food that had salt on it, I have been taking my multivitamins everyday. I think part of my problem is that I don't really have control over what I eat, since i am eating in a dining common at my university. My first day I avoided most high carb foods, but since that's really all my school serves, i ended up eating two pieces of chicken, two salads (lettuce tomatoes cucumbers) with eggs and olive oil. That was it for the day, and I calculated about 40g/carbs. The next day was very similar. I was eating way too few calories and a lot less carbs than I was used to, but things were going fine. I wasn't feeling "better" but i wasn't feeling "worse" either. i have gone to the gym 3 times since I started this and all the workouts were just fine (normal, but improving I felt).
Then yesterday was different. I was getting tired of chicken and salad, but i ate it anyway because it is the only thing could find. Then today I went for lunch and the main line was serving shrimp (allergic) and the line I normally get my chicken from was serving pork (I don't eat pork). So I was basically forced to eat a salad with eggs.
I am hoping this all improves when I am home and can control my own menu, and actually cook my own meals (Because I love cooking, it's a HUGE hobby of mine, and this adds an extra wrinkle). i am trying so hard not to just say "screw it I'll just start next week" because I will be home in five days. I have worked so hard to start that I don't want to just give up, but I am starving, I don't have money to buy food because I had to buy a plane ticket and pay to ship my stuff back home. I have been having weak legs, heart palpitations, extreme hunger, and just being tired the last 2-3 days. Luckily I haven't had any headaches because when I get them they're severe. Headaches are the one thing that I could almost guarantee would throw me off the track.
Just kinda wishing I waited to start, especially because these ****** feelings are coming during finals and I feel they've affected my studies.
so I started working on my eating a few weeks ago, just focusing more on how much I'm eating overall and not really my macros. once I felt I was eating a reasonable amount and my appetite had curbed, I started low carb. My goal was to start off at half of what I had been recommended to eat (200g, so my goal was 100g, but was actually aiming for that 80-90 range).
Today is day number five, and I feel like ****. I have been eating food that had salt on it, I have been taking my multivitamins everyday. I think part of my problem is that I don't really have control over what I eat, since i am eating in a dining common at my university. My first day I avoided most high carb foods, but since that's really all my school serves, i ended up eating two pieces of chicken, two salads (lettuce tomatoes cucumbers) with eggs and olive oil. That was it for the day, and I calculated about 40g/carbs. The next day was very similar. I was eating way too few calories and a lot less carbs than I was used to, but things were going fine. I wasn't feeling "better" but i wasn't feeling "worse" either. i have gone to the gym 3 times since I started this and all the workouts were just fine (normal, but improving I felt).
Then yesterday was different. I was getting tired of chicken and salad, but i ate it anyway because it is the only thing could find. Then today I went for lunch and the main line was serving shrimp (allergic) and the line I normally get my chicken from was serving pork (I don't eat pork). So I was basically forced to eat a salad with eggs.
I am hoping this all improves when I am home and can control my own menu, and actually cook my own meals (Because I love cooking, it's a HUGE hobby of mine, and this adds an extra wrinkle). i am trying so hard not to just say "screw it I'll just start next week" because I will be home in five days. I have worked so hard to start that I don't want to just give up, but I am starving, I don't have money to buy food because I had to buy a plane ticket and pay to ship my stuff back home. I have been having weak legs, heart palpitations, extreme hunger, and just being tired the last 2-3 days. Luckily I haven't had any headaches because when I get them they're severe. Headaches are the one thing that I could almost guarantee would throw me off the track.
Just kinda wishing I waited to start, especially because these ****** feelings are coming during finals and I feel they've affected my studies.
