Re: Help I'm on slimfast and feel tired all the time

[Crafting Mom]

Slim fast is full of sugar. The overload of sugar wreaks havoc on a
person's system.


In alt.support.diet wrote:
>Help I'm on slimfast and feel tired all the time.
>
>I have one shake for breakfast usually and eat salad or low fat and
>low cal food until 6pm where I have a 600kcal meal.
>
>I am feeling really tired all the time and I when I used to over eat I
>could stay awake for 15 hours easily.
>
>Now I can only stay awake for 12 hours, I used to sleep not more than
>6 or 8 hours a day before the diet.
>
>What I can I do to keep losing weight but not feel so tired all the
>time. Sleeping is not the answer because I can't cut my hours down and
>I can't sleep for 12 hours because that is bad.
>
>I've just joined a fully featured gym which I hope will help me but
>anything I should be eating or doing to stop me feeling soooooo tired?
>
>Slimfast helps because when I drink the shakes, I don't feel hungry
>and I don't need to eat sugar. It's only one shake a day anyway.

[Patricia Heil]

> wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 00:17:40 GMT, Crafting Mom
> > wrote:
>
> >Slim fast is full of sugar. The overload of sugar wreaks havoc on a
> >person's system.
>
> At the moment, if I don't have Slimfast I snack out on Sugar, at least
> 30g of fat per chocolate bar and I'll have at least 2 of that a day!
>
> I've had this tiredness problem for about 4 years whilst being slim..
> When I've been slim and of normal weight, I could not get up in the
> morning. I was always late for work at all of my jobs.
>
> I used to be overweight when I was younger then I starved myself and
> went from 15st down to 10.4st. People then said I was too skinny and I
> should put on weight which I did, and went up to 11.5st. I stayed at
> 11.5 to 12st weight, waist sizes 32 to 34 for 4 years without any
> problems.
>
> Then suddenly, this year I sat around for a couple of months at home,
> didn't go out, took advantage of the free big mac offers at McDonalds
> (2 for 1) and the weight piled on. I used to be a 34 waist and now I'm
> a 38 - all in two months!
>
> I know when I lose the weight again, I'll feel tired like I used to. I
> need a long term solution because I always feel tired when I'm slim.
>
> When I was overweight in my mid teens, I had loads of energy.

Have you ever been tested for underactive thyroid? It is one of several
badly under-diagnosed problems.

Second do you exercise. If you don't you won't be healthy no matter what
you do.