Mine hit on the days I barely ate too, but what actually fixed it was a magnesium pill at night, not the salt. Do yours cluster around your lowest-calorie days or is it random?
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Muscle cramps while losing weight — electrolytes?
Do yours always show up after a day you barely ate? Mine clustered like that around the halfway mark and I never did figure out if it was the low food or the fast drop.
I get mine after long shifts on my feet, not just low-food days, so I started salting my water on those and it seems to help
Do yours hit mostly on days you barely ate? Mine cluster like that too, and a salty snack before bed is the only thing that has actually cut it down for me
do yours hit mostly at night too, or any time after a low-food day? Mine cluster around 3am and I'm trying to figure out if it's timing or just the food thing.
tbh do you get them on the days you barely eat? Mine line up almost exactly with my lowest-appetite days, which surprised me.
Broth in the evening is what did it for me too, though I go the bouillon cube route since it's cheaper. Curious whether you're sipping it hot or cold?
do you get them mostly after days you barely ate? Mine follow that pattern almost exactly, and a pinch of salt in my evening water cut the night cramps way down
Curious whether your cramp nights line up with days you barely ate, that was the tell for me. My 3am calf stuff only ever hit after low-food days, not on a steady one.
honestly do you get them on days you barely ate, or is it random? Mine almost always hit after a low-food day, which surprised me.
Do your cramp nights line up with the days you eat the least? Mine did, and once I started noting that, the pattern was pretty obvious.
idk, mine hit almost every night for a couple weeks and I never did figure out if it was the fast loss or just eating so little. What I did notice was that the nights I had a salty cup of broth were the ones I actually slept through
Do you get them on the nights after your injection day? Mine cluster there and I've been too lazy to actually track it.
Do you get them on the nights after your shot? Mine cluster there, and I've started keeping a salt shaker on the counter because I barely eat on those days.
Do your cramp nights land a day or two after your shot? Mine did, and once I started noticing that timing I stopped blaming the weight loss itself
Do your cramp nights line up with the days you barely eat? Mine did early on and a salty broth in the evening seemed to settle the calf thing for me
mine eased up once I stopped chasing sodium and just added a daily magnesium capsule, though the calf stuff still flares on shot day. Have you tried tracking which days they hit?
Mine hit on the days I barely eat too, which tracks since food is where the sodium comes from. Did you ever try just eating a normal salty meal on those low appetite days instead of chugging anything
How much are you actually eating on the days the cramps hit? Mine were worst on low-food days, so I started keeping a salty snack by the bed.
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