Headaches?

[j_addict]

I have toyed with the primal/paleo idea for awhile and have tried to make the paleo/primal choice when I reach for food. But I keep getting hit with headaches. 

Anyone else have this issue? I am drinking enough water so I keep thinking I'm not eating enough, but once a headache hits I rarely want to dive into vegetables and even when I do eat nuts or something to stave it off, I still get a headache and have no clue why or how to avoid it. 

 

I might be eating too little, which is why I think I need to eat more but it seems like grains are the option that rids the headache and when I'm trying to lose weight/fat it's hard to stick with the headache. 

 

This happens almost every time I try paleo/primal which is part of the reason I resort back to carbs/grains.

 

Like today I had some turkey jerky for breakfast, and an omelette with turkey and mixed greens for lunch. I just had a few handfuls of almonds for snack but now I have a headache.

 

Thoughts? 

[mevre]

if you're really determined to stick with paleo and you're pretty sure the headaches are caused by not eating enough, then the best thing to do would be to make sure that you eat a lot before the headaches have a chance to settle in. kick your day off with huge helpings of vegetables, a hearty portion of protein, and don't forget the healthy fat!
could it also be withdrawals of some kind? i really have no idea, i'm sort of just spitballing here...

[somebody]

I had that same issue! Bad headaches. It was either you few calories (I was often only getting 300-700 in before dinner) or sugar withdrawals. I remedied both at once, so I'm not sure which it was. Started getting more fruit for the sugar and calories and popped some nuts for the extra calories too.

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[j_addict]

Thanks everyone. I entered my food into a calorie counter and I was low on calories. I had a larger snack and the headache went away. It wasn't a paleo snack, but at this point eating mostly paleo in a day is pretty good for me.

 

Thanks for the help! 

[j_addict]

I think my issue is waiting too long to eat and then getting a headache before I eat. I've been waiting until around 12-1 to eat instead of eating around 10am so I'm going to try and work on that.

[somebody]

Yeah, I usually don't eat between 9pm and 12:30-1pm. If I don't have a massive dinner (like...8oz steak, 8oz brussels sprouts, a handful of peanuts and a fruit cup), I start to get some fuzziness up top by noon.