This is day 4 for me. I’ve been feeling ok; finding the diet relatively easy, and haven’t felt hungry at all, which was my biggest worry! But today I don’t feel right at all – I have a sore throat, headache, and feel very tearful. Is this normal for this stage of the 800 diet?
Thank you.

H there,

headache is so very very normal 🙂 as for a sore throat my glands have been up some days, as if I’m coming down with something (haven’t). keep up your fluids, and take a paracetamol/acetaminophen (speaking english and american here lol) if its very annoying.

as for tearful, that’s possibly hormones or just a down day – I wouldn’t worry too much. keep going and be kind to yourself, have a nice hot peppermint tea or something 🙂

Hi girls
that sounds like the symptoms we have decided to call the carb flu.
It is carb withdrawal symptoms and usually only lasts a few days.
Take heart in the fact that, if you have the carb flu, you’re doing things right 🙂

Thank you. I just googled ‘card withdrawal symptoms’ and the first thing I saw was an article on “carb-flu”! Hopefully in a day or two things will improve.