Re: my body's freaking

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Intense exercise can make you very, very nauseous. Being queasy during

or after a workout is totally normal if you're new to training hard or

even if you're an experienced exerciser who's flirting with the limits

of your capabilities. I tried to get my gym to give a free t-shirt to

anybody who threw up during a workout and they said, " No way, that's

too many shirts. " LOL

So, it probably has something to do with the intense exercise in

addition to the change in your diet. And it may have something to do

with your meal timing around the workouts. See how your stomach feels

if you have something small and easy to digest 30-60 minutes before

your trainer workout vs doing it on an empty stomach. One or the other

may make a huge difference. Sometimes people feel sick during workouts

due to the food in their stomach, and sometimes they get barfy due to

the shakiness and nausea caused by low blood sugar and lack of food.

You'll have to try it both ways to figure out which helps.

You can drop your protein a little lower if you feel like that's

contributing to your nausea, but don't eat any carb-only meals. You

should probably shoot for at least 10-15g of protein at each meal in

order to keep your blood sugar stable and meet your training

requirements. That's mildly less gaggy than the 20-25g that most

BFLers need. Just be aware that by lowering the protein and increasing

your carb intake, the results are probably going to be slower going.

Make smart carb choices. If you're going to increase the carb intake,

you want more fruits, vegetables, beans, and oats, as opposed to rice

cakes, pita bread, tortillas, bagels, toast, pasta, and cereal.

Also, when you increase your protein intake, it becomes super-critical

to drink all your water. Hope that gives you some ideas. Do whatever

it takes to make the program work for you.

On 3/11/06, Felicity <Felizatee@...> wrote:

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> Do you run into people who's body just isn't used to this level of

> protein? And can their bodies grow accustomed to it?

> so far, i've felt sick 2 out of the five days i've done the diet

> i don't think in 52 years i have ever asked my body to digest this

> level of protein

> my whole life i've been a carbohydrate eater -- healthy or unhealthy

> -- but always carbos with a much lower amount of protein

> both times this week i've felt sick, it wasn't that i was sick (it

> wasn't a flu or anything) it was just my body freaking out

> earlier this week i posted about being nauseous and headache-y (that

> was before exercising and after that day)

> yesterday after my session with my trainer (second session ever) i

> was extremely nauseous

> i've always thought i had a small problem with blood sugar levels

> i'm going to keep trying but maybe i'll need to work my way to it

> but if it doesn't work i may have to go to a higher amount of

> protein, but not 40 %, and then slowly try for more and more

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> Felicity

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[Guest guest]

thanks for all this info

felicity

On Mar 11, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Skwigg wrote:

> Intense exercise can make you very, very nauseous.