Hi, i started 5:2 yesterday and have reLly struggled. I am only a little bit over m healthy weight – about 3kg. I ate a light lunch of 2 poached eggs. At 6pm I was reLly ready for food. I had smoked salmon and loads of veg. Had the full 500 calories overall. I don’t feel I could have easily waited longer to eat because I was pretty light headed by then.
During the night I hardly slept. My body felt really tight and painful. I was cold, restless, uncomfortable. I got up for a hot drink at one point and then slept again for two hours. I now feel really nauseous and weak, absolutely wrung out, i am going to break my fast with a simple bowl of porridge and will make sure I have my full calories for today in healthy ways. But i am working all day and worried by this weakness. I am shakey and light headed.
I can’t imagine going through this again in a few days time. What did I do wrong?! How can I eat in the next few days to better prepare myself? I am not massively overweight, I eat well. Why has it hit me so hard? My husband did it with me and he also couldn’t sleep last night. We really would have struggled to eat later though.
Sorry this is so long! I really want to do this as a lifestyle change so your advise and support would be a huge help. Thank you.