Anyone else EXTRA moody....

This is day 4 of my 1400 diet plan and I have already lost 2 pounds but I am noticing that I am extra evil these days...I am eating several small meals throughout the day so I am not hungry,  but my fuse has been so short lately, my husband made the comment today that I need to shut up and got eat something, so maybe this diet has something to to with it...this is my first real attempt at dieting....is there anyone else going through this?

I get like that too! Everytime I have a really good week calorie-wise, I'm close to your range, I feel like I have constant PMS. I'm so moody, and I guess it's just something I have to deal with.

I haven't found any good solutions yet, but it helps a lot to keep on a regular workout schedule. I had one week where I was sick (so not working out), and sticking to my diet, and I was the moodiest I have ever been....

And also, keep rewarding yourself for staying on your diet, like every 5 pounds, buy yourself something nice, or go to a movie you want to see. At least for me that helps me from biting people's heads off, knowing that I have new cute shoes... Ha, if you come up with a good solution, message me, but I know what you mean, good luck!

Crap, yes, especially today.  Thank you for asking.  LOL.  Boy, I am in a mood today.  I've also overall felt like crap and have been royally moody since I started eating "healthier" and exercising more.  Go figure.  I figure my body is staging a protest and is in rebellion.  I eat an average of 1750 healthy calories a day, so it's not that.  Today, I have felt like eating the house and have been in a royally crappy mood to boot.  I thought it was lack of caffeine over the last couple of days, but now I'm thinking it's more than that, particularly since I just got through downing 16 ounces of hot tea and that didn't seem to do the trick.  It helped but not nearly enough.  I've been wanting to eat nonstop, had some good choices, had some not.  Just got through spreading chunky peanut butter onto a dark chocolate square and shoveling it down without even tasting it.  Wish I could just go to bed and put an end to this miserable day.  Errr, ahem, . . . sorry, I meant . . . "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" 

Hello Raemel,

I am sure glad I am not the only one.  I know exactly what you are going thru right now.  I have join CC going on week and half now.  I was doing great about the first 4 days.  The next 4 days,  I started getting very moody.  I think my body was saying, "What are you doing to me????".  My body was not use to my health eating changing.  I guess they are right when they say it takes a few days for your body to get use to your new healthy ways.  Today was the first day, I felt like I have my energy back.  I have kept up with what I am suppose to do.  Don't worry,  you will wake up in the morning and realize that you have your energy back.  That will tell you your body is getting use to what you are doing.  Keep up the Fabulous Work.

I think it's pretty normal.  I got really moody when I started, and sometimes it comes back if I've been really strict.  It does get easier though, and I actually found the more exercise I got the better.  My boyfriend definately made some similar comments about me being crabby since I started dieting.  But, just ask for your husband's support while your body gets used to the changes, and I'm sure he will give it!

I am extra moody, but that's because I haven't smoked in seven months. Grr.

Plus, there's some big changes in my life brewing. Good changes, but still stressful... to deal with the stress? Can't have a cigarette, can't eat a pan of brownies, can't drink booze and can only exercise so much. Grr. And it's TTOM. And it's raining. And my sinuses hurt. Grr.

i get moody too. then i feel bad :[[

When am I NOT moody!?  Nah, seriously - whenever I've started a new 'diet' (and please know I don't consider what I do at CC a diet...but with past true diets and when I started counting ) I was super bitchy the first few days.  I truly put it down to feeling deprived.  I have some food issues, like compulsive-self-medicating issues, and to suddenly NOT be 'allowed' something makes me feel rebellious and angry.  Something snaps!  Of course the beautiful thing about cc is that I am NEVER deprived... I can eat anything as long as I'm within my limits.  I just had a KitKat as  it goes!  Last week I got to my lowest weight so far the day after eating McD's.  Imagine.   Of course I'm ANAL about logging my calories and sodium....so I balance out my calories if I have 'treats' like that.  But I eat almost every two hours, from all food groups. and am rarely hungry.  AFter all my other dieting experiences, I feel you can't beat that!  Good luck all......

Blood sugar plays a HUGE role in my moods - when my blood sugar is low, I'm SO cranky and a bear to be around!  I can recognize that now quite well, but when I first started dieting and was not snacking healthily as I should, my blood sugar would crash and I wouldn't know it. 

If you are eating too few carbs, this can cause a mood disorder. There is such a thing called "Atkins Attitude" that results in some people when eating too few carbs. I read this in an article, which quoted MIT researchers. My cousin, a real mellow gyuy, tried Atkins, then started having rages. So he abandoned the diet. He tried a second time and again had rages. Later he stumbled on this article about Atkins attitude. He told me about his experience AFTER I told him about how the body needs carbs to make serotonin. So be sure to get enough complex carbohydrates (whole grains and fruits). Long before I understood the serotonin/carb connection, I knew I was a "carb person"... that I get depressed and grumpy if on a diet low in carbs. When I switched to calorie counting, I just ate the carbs I wanted, and have never had that trouble.

moody here too.  I think it's the weather tho -- it's been really unsettled -- sunny one minute, then all clouded over and now it's a farking downpour!  I'm sitting here waiting for the lightning and thunder.

hubby's been given "THE LOOK" more than once this week

Have you noticed whether or not your overall refined sugar consumption has dropped?  Because it sounds a lot like sugar withdrawls -- really!  It can be almost as bad as cigarette withdrawls (and I've had those before, too).  Ride it out and try to get a little more exercise, which will help balance out your cortisol levels (the "stress" hormone).  Good luck; it gets better, promise.

I was like that too !
You're just not use to it ..

give it time.

Thanks for all your replies, I do think that it has something to do with the sugar, I am normally a big sugar eater, and since Sunday I haven't been eating sweets, and have been only drinking water. I did not realize that I cut most of the sugar until yesterday when I looked at my food journal. And it's weird because I haven't been craving sweets at all, but I guess my body is saying "what the heck is going on here!" I just hope that I don't bite any heads off today.....

My diet is low carb, mostly because the only foods I really like are vegetables, chicken, fish, and nuts/seeds.  I've been super moody/depressed the past month and someone told me about the "Atkins Attitude" thing so for a week and a half I've been eating Kashi GoLean cereal and strawberries for breakfast to get some carbs, and not only have I gained 8 lbs since then (yeah, seriously, wtf), but I'm still pissed off all the time.

Nope you're just moody like that regardless.... he he j/k raemel (my twin real life).

I am very very moody and i thnk it is because you are denying yourself stuff u really want! Atleast thats what it is for me, i want the dang cheeseburger adn frosty but i have to get the grilled chicken or salad....its just like smoking it is a lot easier to quit or cut down when you have a pack, but as soon as you are out even if you just had a cigarette an hour ago you go in to anxiety mode cuz you "need" a cigarette. So because im telling myself i can't have this stuff it makes me want it more and makes me grouchy cuz im mad cuz i cant have it! does that make any since??? i wish there was some way to fix it...i think it definitly has to do with your body too if your used to a certain diet and you switch it up but for me its both together which makes for double witch mode. :-)

Oh my! I can totally relate! I'm sure my kids & husband are wondering what has taken me over. I have the littlest amount of patience and get frustrated so quickly. Then after my outburst I feel so guilty! I pretty much get the 50% carbs, 25% fat, 25% protein I need each day. But I definitely have cut back on my sugars...so I'm wondering if that's what it is? Will I eventually get beyond that and get back to my normal self? I sure hope so!

Yup, sugar withdrawls go away, usually takes about ten days.  Ride it out, it's really worth the effort.

gosh yes i'm a horrible cow to my mum every day upon entering month six of my diet. she's not even talking to me at the moment because i'm so irritable and ratty.

I think it is because i'm depriving my body of food it's always loved like pizza or choccy and when i (as a lot of people are) am deprived of something i want i get all in a tantrum and direct it at people closesst to me. hence my poor mum gets all the yelling.

don't worry, if you ever do yell at someone without meaning to just say sorry and calmly explain why you think you did it or if you feel irritable take yourself away from the situation you are in for a few minutes and calm down.

 

 

b vitamin complex is suppose to help moods
calcium supp to calm nerves

both are great for diet as ones great for your bones, and the other is good for your mood, helps kill hunger, gives you energy (B's) and is suppose to help with metabolizing fat.


try quiting smoking and going on a diet..RAWWWWWWWWWWw
hee hee


you will get used to it in a month.