Body aches after 'cheating'?

[zip11777]

I have been doing PP since February, and lost over 30 pounds and 200 Triglyceride points( milligrams, maybe?)

Been sticking pretty close to the regime, but over the weekend, I binged a little (OK, a lot) on cake and ice cream - both Saturday and Sunday.

Monday morning, I woke up nauses, with body aches and sweating. I went to the office, and people thought I was hungover - I felt like it too, but no headache, and I only had one beer in the past month! Went to bed for the rest of the day.

Feel fine today (Tuesday).

Could this be a reaction to over doing it on carbs? Or did I just have 24 hour bug?

Zip11777

[Relief]

You bet it could have been caused by the carbs--
It is actually called a carb hangover!!!! LOL

congrats--you will remember it next time you are tempted to over indulge.

funny to think you used to feel kinda like that all the time :D

[Karole]

That is the exact description of what happens to me when I have overindulged. The last time all I had was the crust of 3 pieces of pizza !! (Well they were pretty large slices ) I didn't have any desserts or other carbage. Any way, it is not worth it to feel that way so I have avoided "off plan" days since then. -- I would rather have things that are on plan and equally delicious--just need to plan them out a bit.

[zip11777]

Thanks for confirming what I thought. I knew it had to be related to the food binge. I really felt 'hungover', except no headache.

[zip11777]

Does drinking Green Tea help reduce this effect?

[Gaelen]

Hi, zip.
Flushing your system (lots of fluids, especially water) is what will really help. If you drink a lot of green tea, that will contribute to the cure, but plain old water will work, too.

Or there's the 'just say no' approach... ;)

[chip]

I experience body aches after not so much 'cheating' as carb-loading before a race. My two cents is on a lowcarb regime the glyogen levels are quite low in muscles. Indulging in carbs causes the body to refil the muscles with glycogen. Glycogen requires a lot of fluid. So the muscles swell, straining ligaments and irritating nerve endings in the muscle sheaths. It might feel a bit like a flu bug but I think mostly people are exaggerating the sensation. You get the symptoms that you're expecting.

[Karole]

Well, if my expectations woke me up out of a sound sleep at 4 a.m. with nausea and a hang over feeling, I guess my imagination is really running away from me.

No, it isn't what I was expecting when it happened after the pizza-- I had only indulged in 3 large pizza crusts (the carb part of the deal) and I did not dream that would make me feel so horrible, but it did.