I’m fortunate not to experience the stomach cramps, but what concerns me is the dizziness and fuzzy head I experience on fast days. I only had 5 kilos to lose and after a good loss in week 1 the reduction has been slow and steady. I have just under 1 kilo to go. My general health is great, but my dizziness is worrying. My husband thinks maybe my blood sugar levels drop too much on fast days. I only eat at dinner on fast days, this works better for me, but today the dizziness is very off putting. Anyone else experienced this and do you think it could relate to blood sugar levels?

I suspect the fruit isn’t helping.. try shifting the balance to more veg and including some nuts / higher fat content foods rather than those with a high sugar / fructose content (fruit).. so you’re shifting your carb intake from quick burn sugar to slow burn fibre/fat/protein

if you use a few nuts on your fast day to keep you going I suspect you’ll wave goodbye to the feeling faint stuff.

It is really really important to drink lots of water / non caffienated /non sugar loaded liquid

Hi rlb14, If it’s only your first fast then you might just be feeling the effects of your body going “What the hell just happened?” especially if your fastday meant that you missed out on (what your body has hitherto experienced as) your usual sugar/caffein intake. If it’s a case of your body suddenly not getting much of these 2 days a week then I’m afraid you will be going through the detox/rehab process and you’ll just need to suck it up and keep going. Cold turkey is a pain but once you’re past it the rewards will be immense.

Keep throwing water down your neck today and try not to over-compensate for yesterday with lots of caffein or sugar today, as it won’t help you deal with your next fastday. Just eat and drink as you normally would today and try to be kind to yourself this week. The dizziness, on or off fastdays, will not be a longterm thing but you’ve only just started, so there are bound to be some side-effects.

Glad to hear you have found what works for you… that is THE best thing about fasting.. there are as many options as there are people needing to lose weight / adjust their diet.

Natesjoey I have had the same issue with positional vertigo/dizziness type symptoms, especially when doing things like laying down, bending over, etc. Mine has been for a couple weeks and was figuring I’d adjust, has yours happened over the entire 3 months?

I just did my first fast day. It’s as easy for the first half by the second half of the day though I had a major intense head ache that lasted the rest of the day til I went to bed, it’s really painful, but I know from experience it happens when I give up chocolate and caffeine and it will pass – the first time I had it I also had a small rash from something completely unrelated, I was rushed to hospital with suspected meningitis – that was embarrassing – no you just eat so much chocolate and sugar that you’re having withdrawals.

However on my first fast day I also have had a queasyness mild dizziness and the worst is burny throat and stomache what I assume is acid reflux?

Checking back in. The vertigo continued and I got so worried I probably should have gone to the doctor but first I ended up buying a blood glucose meter. When I felt the vertigo the worst I checked, expecting some horribly hypoglycemic number. Nope, 80s (middle of normal fasting glucose range). I checked during other ‘episodes’ and same, 80s. After exercise/eating it went up to the 90s/100s as expected. After some minimal research after that I saw something where some people have hypoglycemic symptoms adjusting to a normal fasting glucose range, so I decided to ride it out.

The third month I only had a couple vertigo ‘episodes’. The fourth I had none. On top of that there’s this usual slightly tired ‘fog’ I used to have all the time before that I’d attribute to dehydration and/or lack of sleep. That is all but gone, especially in the fasted state.

Thanks for the support everyone!