Yeah, can understand the fear.
I guess one perspective I can at least offer is that I’d rather eat too much of the right nutrition than eat too much of the wrong nutrition I DO eat too much of the wrong nutrition whenever I’m not being careful.
Really frustrating to have the right nutrition and still feel unsatisfied.
I am going to put it out there that there are some particular foods - ghee is the one I think of - where if I’ve eaten it, I feel like I’ve had a good meal, and then a few hours bend over and want to scream with pain, whilst my stomach feels hollow and bloated. Seriously terrifying stuff that shouldn’t happen.
The few times that HAS happened, I’ve gone for toast as something that seems to soothe it as a very plain food that somehow calms me. If the pain IS like that, it may be that unlikely as it seems, there is some ingredient that is producing the effects.
Easiest way to identify that is a quick question - do you have a history of unusual food problems? I truly hope it’s NOT connected with that, because it’s awful.
If it’s definitely not an intolerance, slow down your intake, drink it over a greater period of time - one thing I’m doing with the product I’m currently using is having a lower powder proportion to water, and increasing the amount of times I’m having it - so I’m essentially having food more frequently but in smaller amounts - that’s helping me.
Could also until your body adapts decrease the amount of it to allow the calories for other foods - do find something other than toast if possible, as although it seems like low calories, it is even so high calories for the nutritional value (and as I say, has that sugar content in there).
It seems MOST plausible to me that this is an extreme body reaction to changes. (Which does not stop it from being real and terrifying)
you’re not just changing the calories, but you’re also changing what’s going into your body. That means that (1) your metabolism is going to be confused - if you’re feeding it the right stuff, it might be burning more, and (2) you’re not eating what your body recognises as food
This WILL change. Our bodies DO adapt. (Same thing happens when I started eating healthily at WW to be honest, just to a slightly smaller degree.
Stay strong <3