Ok, so I survived my first day of the VLCD (very low calorie diet). Barely. I was dragged to two restaurants and by the end of the day I had a screaming migraine. That morning, I’d taken Aaron to work and like normal, walked at Gravelly Point. Well, this time I practically ran 2 miles while pushing a stroller. I burned A LOT of calories. Not to mention it was nice and humid out. Long story short, by the end of the day I’d only had a net of about 200 calories. No amount of water was going to hold of my migraine. They had told me to hold of exercising for at least a week…. I figured since it was my first day and I wasn’t weak yet, I would be fine. NOT SO MUCH. Live and learn. Today, I am actually doing fine so far. Wearing my glasses to keep the headache manageable (all I have to take is Excedrin Migraine and it has aspirin and I can’t have that) and drinking copious amounts of water. Funny, I thought I would struggle to drink a liter of water. Yesterday I had almost 3. Today I’ve had about 36oz so far and keep sucking it down. I hope this gets easier. I was exhausted by bedtime yesterday. I just hope I don’t get too weak while doing this. I hope my body regulates quickly. I also didn’t think about this: my first week doing it and I am expecting something that makes me seriously cranky, hungry and in a lot of pain. Wish I’d timed it a little better… but again. Live and learn. I am determined to do this.
Thank you to those awesome people who have been so supportive so far and especially those going through something very similar!!!
Hey Nicole! It's going to get a lot better. It might get worse before it gets better, but it will get better. Good job on drinking all that water! I'm doing a couple weeks prep before I start my program, and it is tough. We should plan some things to do that don't focus on food!
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