I’m freezing and I can’t sleep

(M All) #1

I’m about 3 weeks on keto, still learning. I eat coconut oil to try to get rid of freezing legs. I take electrolytes and magnesium. I feel awful and wonder if I can continue. This is torture! And I haven’t had a good nights sleep since I started. I’m wired and exhausted at the same time.

#2

The freezing thing is usually under eating, can you give us your current stats and what a day of your eating looks like? Also, what does your electrolyte supplementation look like?

#3

Hiya , so sorry to hear you are going through this, thanks for sharing. I only just started learning about keto and yesterday was my first full day on keto. Is the cold feet a common thing? I can not sleep with cold feet either, it’s awful. I have had an electric blanket last winter until it packed in, but if this is the case, I will be buying another one asap! Good luck :slight_smile:

(Allie) #4

You’re still adapting and sounds like you need to eat more as your body needs fuel. Forget just eating coconut oil and eat some real food.

(M All) #5

I am using an app that I think may be wildly inaccurate, but I have been eating 2 eggs for breakfast with olive oil or butter, salted, with avocado or other veggies sometimes sautéed. For lunch a salad with tuna or chicken, and for dinner some more sautéed veggies with lots of coconut oil. Some cheese thrown in to boost protein and fats. Generally I am around 20 grams of carbs, 60-100 grams of fat, and 26-56 grams of protein. I don’t think I can eat another egg for awhile, and not much else appeals to me. The first two weeks I was constantly starving because I wasn’t eating enough fat, so I have increased that. That’s why the coconut oil in the morning. I use a healthy dose of sea salt on most of my food unless it is already salted. I just got an electrolyte supplement yesterday called Endure and took 1/2 tsp, and 1 tsp today.

(M All) #6

I feel stuffed after eating each meal. And nausea, which I guess is the “Keto flu”. My legs are still freezing after eating today and 1 tsp of electrolytes and a magnesium supplement.

(Edith) #7

I think your protein intake is probably too low especially on days that you are only eating 25g.
Protein is Thermogenic so increasing your protein may warm you up.

Edit: you also need a little over 2 teaspoons of salt a day. So, one teaspoon of your electrolyte powder is more than likely not enough.

(M All) #8

Okay thanks! I’ll try more electrolytes. I was afraid I was eating too much protein. I don’t feel good after eating it, generally too full.

(Bunny) #9

You should eat, your body produces heat (re-animation) when you eat! Restricting carbs or calories too soon or too long bordering on fasting land will do that! Especially at night that circadian hook will get you every time!

(Omar) #10

I think you should do extended fast if you can to increase your mitochondrial density and metabolism.

cold peripheral indicates damaged mitochondria.

2 to 3 days water fasting can do 2 things

first it will speed up getting into ketosis
second it will help heal the mitochondria

(Carl Keller) #11

Call it carb withdrawal or Juice will have a fit. :stuck_out_tongue: The nausea could be due to not getting enough water. Shoot for 2 liters a day or more… and as others have said, add more protein.

Oh and welcome. :slight_smile:

#12

To me, that doesn’t seem like enough food to keep even a sedentary person running. What is the app saying your averaging calorically?

(Frank) #13

Respectfully disagree. The op is just starting and, at least to me, seems to be fairly underfed and not fat adapted yet. I would think an EF this soon in the game might be counterproductive. Just taking the avg of their macros right now is like 1100 calories.

(Chris) #14

Sounds like way too much fat but not enough total calories. Chronic coldness is usually a slowed metabolism, but if you’re getting sodium in and still nauseous you might have too much fat. Consider dropping the oils for fatty meats instead.

(Omar) #15

It is ok to disagree

but people water fast for 5 days and do not get frèezing hands and legs. Actually my hands and legs gets warmer after two days of fast.

Some people eat as many calories as they want and still get cold hands and legs.

(Allie) #16

I’m always cold during fasting, whether it’s for 24 hours or 120 hours.

(Omar) #17

OK you are normal

maybe I am wired wrong

#18

I’m with @Mnketo46 on this and @Shortstuff - the chances of feeling even more wired and cold are high if you add fasting. I’d also never encourage someone to jump into fasting at all when they are starting out, let alone EF.

I agree that your protein level seems very low and would up it, although looking at what you eat it doesn’t seem to stack up with the stats - are you sure they are correct? You haven’t said anywhere much about you @M_All. Feeling cold is usually a sign of your metabolism running too slow - any chance you have thyroid issues? If you are eating too little you could also run cold, especially if you don’t have sufficient body fat to compensate.

(Running from stupidity) #19

Yeah, I suspect your app is drunk. Which app is it?

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