Hi all, Just wanting to see if anyone has had the same experience.
35yo, been on a cut for 8months lost a lot of body fat. Down to about 152 lbs 14% bf (estimate, using calipers and tape, visual etc)
Recently (a few weeks ago) I've started getting a very intense dehydration feeling. Getting really thirsty at night/day and needing to drink so much that I'm peeing all the time. My pee is quite smelly, not too yellow, but just consistently smelly and just a little bit foamy.
My diet is averaging 2200kcal at the moment. I've just started a reverse diet. Protein is about 130gr from animal sources of which about 50-60grs is from Whey Protein powder.
I'm also taking Creatine (4-5g a day) . Also have a few cups of black tea in the morning. No coffee. I've stopped taking my caffeine pills pre-workout.
I don't go over board with sodium. What's got me stumped is that I haven't changed anything dramatic in my diet all year, but this really intense sense of dehydration has suddenly started and wont go away. Its making me quite tired cause I'm having a hard time sleeping well.
Has anyone heard of this before?
My ideas:
1. Too much protein (or protein powder)
2. Too much creatine
3. My body is gone into a state of detox now that I'm sub 15% fat for the first time in like 10years!
4. Maybe my protein powder containers need a good sterilisation as I know protein is bacteria breading ground.
5. As a result of weight loss my body has become much more sensitive to something (Sodium, creatine. ????) and it just came on suddenly)
6. I'm sick and need to go to a doctor.
Anyway, I'm going to start systematically chopping things out of my diet to see if I can figure it out. Drinking lots of water is definitely helping, but I'm drinking "plenty" so considering how intense this sensation is I think its weird.
Also, a few years ago I did a water only fast for 10 days. After about the second day, my pee starting smelling really bad. Obviously in a deep state of Ketosis and detox. So I wonder of my body is in a similar state of detox. Kinda like I've given it the chance to clean out the system now that my body fat has dropped so much compared to before...just a thought.
If cutting out supplements and sodium don't wont once I'm back up to maintenance calories, I my go see my GP
Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated!
35yo, been on a cut for 8months lost a lot of body fat. Down to about 152 lbs 14% bf (estimate, using calipers and tape, visual etc)
Recently (a few weeks ago) I've started getting a very intense dehydration feeling. Getting really thirsty at night/day and needing to drink so much that I'm peeing all the time. My pee is quite smelly, not too yellow, but just consistently smelly and just a little bit foamy.
My diet is averaging 2200kcal at the moment. I've just started a reverse diet. Protein is about 130gr from animal sources of which about 50-60grs is from Whey Protein powder.
I'm also taking Creatine (4-5g a day) . Also have a few cups of black tea in the morning. No coffee. I've stopped taking my caffeine pills pre-workout.
I don't go over board with sodium. What's got me stumped is that I haven't changed anything dramatic in my diet all year, but this really intense sense of dehydration has suddenly started and wont go away. Its making me quite tired cause I'm having a hard time sleeping well.
Has anyone heard of this before?
My ideas:
1. Too much protein (or protein powder)
2. Too much creatine
3. My body is gone into a state of detox now that I'm sub 15% fat for the first time in like 10years!
4. Maybe my protein powder containers need a good sterilisation as I know protein is bacteria breading ground.
5. As a result of weight loss my body has become much more sensitive to something (Sodium, creatine. ????) and it just came on suddenly)
6. I'm sick and need to go to a doctor.
Anyway, I'm going to start systematically chopping things out of my diet to see if I can figure it out. Drinking lots of water is definitely helping, but I'm drinking "plenty" so considering how intense this sensation is I think its weird.
Also, a few years ago I did a water only fast for 10 days. After about the second day, my pee starting smelling really bad. Obviously in a deep state of Ketosis and detox. So I wonder of my body is in a similar state of detox. Kinda like I've given it the chance to clean out the system now that my body fat has dropped so much compared to before...just a thought.
If cutting out supplements and sodium don't wont once I'm back up to maintenance calories, I my go see my GP
Any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated!
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