Fasting is making me nauseated

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I have had a bowl of cereal, a small piece of fish (size of my palm), and a piece of string cheese. I have been doing a lot of work in my house (moving furniture, mopping, etc.) to get ready for relatives coming tomorrow, and now I’m on my couch feeling nauseated and weak. I already feel like I’ve eaten too much, considering it’s only 1 pm.
In your opinion, can I eat more at this point without breaking the fast?
 
We are not required to make ourselves ill.

Eat something that you don’t LOVE.

Have whole wheat toast, but, eat it dry without butter.

Have fish, add no salt or seasonings.

Open a can of tuna and eat that without mayo.

I ate a filet of fish from McDonalds. GAG.
 
lovemyboys said:
I have had a bowl of cereal, a small piece of fish (size of my palm), and a piece of string cheese. I have been doing a lot of work in my house (moving furniture, mopping, etc.) to get ready for relatives coming tomorrow, and now I’m on my couch feeling nauseated and weak. I already feel like I’ve eaten too much, considering it’s only 1 pm.
In your opinion, can I eat more at this point without breaking the fast?
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There is no limit on the amount we are allowed to drink. If you have juice in the house (real juice; not flavoured sugar) drink that; you’ll probably feel better. 🙂
 
Ok, I got some dry toast and juice-- already feel 100% better. Thanks. 🙂
 
Be sure to drink lots of water! I have to remind myself every time I fast, because my body tends to kick into survival mode and forget that it’s thirsty.
 
When fasting, there’s commonly a point at which your body uses up all its glycogen (the storage form of sugar) and switches over to metabolizing fat. When that happens to me, I commonly get cold sweats, and feel nauseous and faint. That feeling goes away and then you’re ok for the long haul. The other discomfort people feel is if they stop drinking coffee, which can lead to headaches.

If you push through, you’ll feel better. The alternative is a modified fast in which you get enough calories (for example, eating brown rice or whole wheat bread and water only) but don’t eat the kinds of food you enjoy.
 
As an athlete, you case sounds like vitamin B12 deficiency, although there usually is more. Start taking multi-vitamins so that your body will burn fat when you run out of calories. Without it, you lose the muscle with the fat. Also, make sure you can even stand the rigors of fasting. Acid reflux, low or high blood sugar, high cholesterol, can all throw off the body during fasting, and that’s just from what you are or aren’t eating. See a doctor or nutritionist. Normally, you should be able to skip two meals without feeling ill.
 
ahollars said:
As an athlete, you case sounds like vitamin B12 deficiency, although there usually is more. Start taking multi-vitamins so that your body will burn fat when you run out of calories. Without it, you lose the muscle with the fat. Also, make sure you can even stand the rigors of fasting. Acid reflux, low or high blood sugar, high cholesterol, can all throw off the body during fasting, and that’s just from what you are or aren’t eating. See a doctor or nutritionist. Normally, you should be able to skip two meals without feeling ill.
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Thanks for taking the time to tell me all of this. Interesting. I do crave meat on a daily basis, but try not to eat it because I’m mostly vegetarian. Maybe my body’s trying to tell me something…
 
kage_ar said:
We are not required to make ourselves ill.

Eat something that you don’t LOVE.

Have whole wheat toast, but, eat it dry without butter.

Have fish, add no salt or seasonings.

Open a can of tuna and eat that without mayo.

I ate a filet of fish from McDonalds. GAG.
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Yep, so did I…they certainly aren’t the greatest buy it was food…great advice BTW, this is something I try to do as well…if I am really fainting hungry I eat some dry toast or something I’m not reall crazy about just to get something in there so I can function. Fasting bread is good, but I can’t always find it. The idea is to deny yourself what you really want.😉
 
Whats funny but kind of sad is during the fasting and abstaining periods the good food commercials always seem to come one. With the big juicy steaks and cakes. I turn Food Network on just to push the envelope of how much I can take. Dan Brown’s version of Opus Dei, eat your heart out…thats real self flagellation.😃
 
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Whats funny but kind of sad is during the fasting and abstaining periods the good food commercials always seem to come one. With the big juicy steaks and cakes. I turn Food Network on just to push the envelope of how much I can take. Dan Brown’s version of Opus Dei, eat your heart out…thats real self flagellation.😃
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Yeah, they do that every time I start a new diet, too. 😛

“Lead us not into temptation” - sometimes, it’s just better to turn off the TV. 🙂
 
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