Nutrisystem Day 5 - Tired and Light-Headed

Today's Nutrisystem Tips...

* Having a snack with both carbs and protein after doing something physical can keep you from feeling exhausted.

And now, here are the details of my 5th day on NS...

What I Weighed Today: 204 lbs. (8am)

I had to call Syd today to get her advice because I am feeling progressively weak and exhausted.  I have a show tonight which means I will be on my feet dancing and singing for three 45-minute sets and I need to have energy.  Can you imagine how mortified I would be if I passed out in the middle of a show?  You know when that happens everyone thinks you’re a drug addict.  I mean I could throw out the normal celebrity excuses:

Exhaustion, stress, and dehydration.

But they don’t buy that crap when a celebrity pulls it and they certainly won’t buy it from my fat ass.  So I needed to find out if 1) This is normal and 2) There’s something I can do to make myself feel better by tonight besides eating a side of beef. 

So, I called Syd and told her what I was going through: Exhaustion, light-headedness, and inability to concentrate.  She said her symptom both this time and the last time was headaches.  She assured me it would go away after a few days and explained that my body needed to get used to the lower amount of calories and that there was probably even a bit of detoxing going on because I wasn’t eating as much salt and fat.  I get that.  She also said that I should bring a protein source to my gig and be vigilant about the amount of water I drink.  We decided the BBQ Soy Chips and an apple would be a good snack to bring for protein and a bit of sugar to keep my energy up.

What I Ate Today:
Breakfast: NS Turkey & Egg Breakfast Sandwich, 1 oz Low-Fat Cheddar Cheese, 4 cups Coffee w/8 tablespoons Fat-Free Creamer & 4 tablespoons Sugar-Free Hazelnut syrup – 320 calories
Lunch: NS Split Pea Soup, 2 cups Baby Carrots, 1 Low-Fat String Cheese – 300 calories
Snack: 1 Non-Fat Yogurt  – 80 calories
Dinner: NS Glazed Chicken Tenders, 1 apple – 315.1 calories
Dessert: NS BBQ Soy Chips – 140 calories
TOTAL CALORIES: 1125.1

EXERCISE:
Dancing, 2 hours 

My show went really well, the crowd loved me and I felt good.  I don’t eat directly before I go onstage because it makes me burp and feel bloated. But I ate a good dinner before I left the house and brought my water and my little snack to eat after the show or during if I got woozy.  I made it almost to the end before I started to feel bad.  I pushed through it then sat on the floor in the office/dressing room they had set up for us and ate my snack.  I felt better almost immediately and was able to drive home in a fairly energetic state at 2 a.m. 

This situation is a little worrisome for me but I will give it a few more days.  Hundreds--no, thousands--of people eat like this every day and they’re doing just fine.  When I was a teenager, I used to live on an apple a day for weeks and work out every day and it didn’t kill me or make me feel bad.  Surely I can do this………right?

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