Bull blown Keto-nausea

Orphalie · 04-23-2012, 12:55 PM

FULL BLOWN damn this new keyboard! I started low carbing again last monday. I was doing low cal for a whole month before, starving most of the time. I knew I was in ketosis about 3 days in and have maintained a steady loss this entire week, dropping almost 10 lbs this week. Which was more than I had dropped in the whoole 5 weeks of low cal. The issue now is maintaining my level of calories and I'm not taking about keeping them low. I am literaly so nauseous that eatting is chore. I still love cooking but by the time the meal is done for my family I sware like I've filled up on just the smell of the food. I eat a few bites, off one of the kiddie sized plates and I'm done. I couldn't eat another bite and beable to swollow it. I'm worried about killing my metabolism eatting so few calories. Yesterday I managed 800 roughly. Today I am off to a better start. I ate:
Breakfast: creamcheese muffin (creamcheese, eggs, vanilla syrup, cinnamon)
lunch: cauliflower, bacon, butter, cheese
and for dinner I have pulled beef and green chillis with cheese planned
If I manage to get all my water drank I'm guess ill probably have to force down maybe 5-6 bites of dinner.

So has anyone else dealt with this before? and did you just roll with it or force feed yourself? Any tips for minimizing it?

clackley · 04-24-2012, 05:37 AM

It is typical to lose your appetite and if you recall, Atkins plainly states that you should eat to your appetite - no more, no less. It will return - always does. A really good thing to consume is broth - chicken or beef and regular sodium - you need to replenish. Good luck and KUTGW!!

lolaviex · 04-24-2012, 02:22 PM

I also suffer horribly from induction flu. I get not only nauseous but very light-headed. Three things work for me - stay well hydrated, exercise (walking daily), and eating more veggies. I tend to stick with meats and cheese when I first start but I find that I feel better if I include more salad.

creseis · 04-24-2012, 03:20 PM

glad you posted this. I went off plan and got out of ketosis last night by eating about a cup of rice with my chicken... I'm away from home and it's been difficult to get food. In any case, I went back to very low carb today and by the end of the day I felt SO nauseous. Forgot all about ketosis nausea, but that's got to be what it is.

NanMc · 04-24-2012, 03:42 PM

I don't know as much about ketosis as the other writers, but I am wondering that after a low cal month, possibly also low fat?, that your gallbladder is acting up? I had no pain from my bad gallbladder, just nausea after eating. I do think my previous high carb low fat diet killed my gallbladder (which I had to have removed). Glad I went low carb.

nspeedracer · 04-27-2012, 01:38 PM

how do you make the cream cheese muffins?

04-23-2012, 12:55 PM	#1
Orphalie Major LCF Poster! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas Texan misplaced to Mountain Home ID Posts: 1,104 Gallery: Orphalie Stats: 260/245/140 WOE: atkins Start Date: march 10th 2012	Bull blown Keto-nausea FULL BLOWN damn this new keyboard! I started low carbing again last monday. I was doing low cal for a whole month before, starving most of the time. I knew I was in ketosis about 3 days in and have maintained a steady loss this entire week, dropping almost 10 lbs this week. Which was more than I had dropped in the whoole 5 weeks of low cal. The issue now is maintaining my level of calories and I'm not taking about keeping them low. I am literaly so nauseous that eatting is chore. I still love cooking but by the time the meal is done for my family I sware like I've filled up on just the smell of the food. I eat a few bites, off one of the kiddie sized plates and I'm done. I couldn't eat another bite and beable to swollow it. I'm worried about killing my metabolism eatting so few calories. Yesterday I managed 800 roughly. Today I am off to a better start. I ate: Breakfast: creamcheese muffin (creamcheese, eggs, vanilla syrup, cinnamon) lunch: cauliflower, bacon, butter, cheese and for dinner I have pulled beef and green chillis with cheese planned If I manage to get all my water drank I'm guess ill probably have to force down maybe 5-6 bites of dinner. So has anyone else dealt with this before? and did you just roll with it or force feed yourself? Any tips for minimizing it? Last edited by Orphalie; 04-23-2012 at 12:58 PM..

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04-24-2012, 05:37 AM	#2
clackley Chatty Cathy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 13,021 Gallery: clackley Stats: 228.5/168/125 WOE: N.K.=vlc/hf/moderate protein & organic/pastured Start Date: Restart Oct 18 2009	It is typical to lose your appetite and if you recall, Atkins plainly states that you should eat to your appetite - no more, no less. It will return - always does. A really good thing to consume is broth - chicken or beef and regular sodium - you need to replenish. Good luck and KUTGW!!

04-24-2012, 02:22 PM	#3
lolaviex Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 81 Gallery: lolaviex	I also suffer horribly from induction flu. I get not only nauseous but very light-headed. Three things work for me - stay well hydrated, exercise (walking daily), and eating more veggies. I tend to stick with meats and cheese when I first start but I find that I feel better if I include more salad.

04-24-2012, 03:20 PM	#4
creseis Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Troy, NY Posts: 897 Gallery: creseis Stats: 163/152/135 WOE: Atkins/Eades's/Volek and Phinney/Attia.. Ketogenic Start Date: Jan 10.2013	glad you posted this. I went off plan and got out of ketosis last night by eating about a cup of rice with my chicken... I'm away from home and it's been difficult to get food. In any case, I went back to very low carb today and by the end of the day I felt SO nauseous. Forgot all about ketosis nausea, but that's got to be what it is.

04-24-2012, 03:42 PM	#5
NanMc Junior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: NH Posts: 43 Gallery: NanMc Stats: 161/135/135 WOE: moderate carb Start Date: March 2011	I don't know as much about ketosis as the other writers, but I am wondering that after a low cal month, possibly also low fat?, that your gallbladder is acting up? I had no pain from my bad gallbladder, just nausea after eating. I do think my previous high carb low fat diet killed my gallbladder (which I had to have removed). Glad I went low carb.

04-27-2012, 01:38 PM	#6
nspeedracer Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Posts: 258 Gallery: nspeedracer Stats: 149/139/115 5'3''0	how do you make the cream cheese muffins?