Why does dieting make me grumpy?

I find I am more cheerful on CD as I know I am in control of what I am eating and am taking steps to have the body I want to have.
When I go off plan then I get bad tempered cos I am annoyed with myself. However Ihave noticed that I am bad tempered at the moment and it's cos I don't feel I had a proper break over the xmas holiday. I should have gone away somewhere but was waiting around for a friend who then decided she couldn't go. Lesson learnt - next time I shall just go!
Remedy - as soon as the snow goes I am going for a night away somewhere just for a change of scenery! OK it's not the 5 nights in a hot country that I was planning but it will help keep me sane until my next trip at Easter!
 
Hey all, thanks for your thoughts.

For me, I know for a fact I will be like this the whole time I am in keto - I have done CD before for 15 weeks and it happened then too. The whole time.

I am feeling ultra miserable today as the lady trouble that SS causes me led to a minor disaster at work for which I was not prepared... not good. I have bad cramps even though I'm mid-way through my pill pack and therefore is normally unheard of, and it's getting me down.

Still, in myself I have been more cheerful and less crabby the last day or so... it comes and goes, that's the weird thing. I have been throwing myself into tasks to keep myself busy: uni dissertation, cleaning up, catching up on telly etc. and it has worked so far! I have made loads of progress with my uni work which I'd been putting off for months and starting to worry about, which has helped to cheer me up!

Anyhoo hope this lady trouble sorts itself out, I mentioned it to CDC and she's going to ask Cambridge HO what might be causing it and how I might be able to sort it out. Fingers crossed they have an answer for me.

xxx
 
Mrs Essex

Just noticed your ticker>?
Are you really off to New York in 2 days?

Have a great time.
 
Hiya WB, hope you are feeling better.
Sorry you are having a bit of a rough ride. I can normally sympathise with you but this time round I am almost on a high.
I guess my failed attempts to ss last year were not at the 'right time' hence me feeling miserable and deprived. This time feels different, like I know I am going to suceed rather than just see how far i can go! Its all about remaining positive.
I think this diet can exaggerate whatever mood I am in, purely because as an emotional eater I would normally eat when excited/ sad/ bored/ nervous/ tired etc. But now I have to actually deal with my emotions.
Could this be the case with you? Maybe these are just normal mood fluctuations just alot more noticeable now you dont have food to turn to? Just a thought... maybe you are not an emotional eater like me.
Also the period stuff, well my first (the golden) time I bled for about 10 weeks out of 12!
I also had the same probs on atkins diet (again bled for about 6 weeks). Its the only downside (besides death breath) to ketosis.
I got some iron supplements from Boots pharmacy counter which helped me feel less tired (and moody!).
Hope this helps a little xxx
 
I will try some iron tablets, thanks hun. I don't think I'm an emotional eater - my main problems are I enjoy too much of the wrong stuff when I do eat, and I like to socialise which usually involves some sort of munchies, however small or unimportant.

Although I guess I do eat when bored... so that might count!

xxx
 
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