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You can have several symptoms including: Muscle weakness, edema, more easily sunburn, difficulty sleeping, headache, nausea and my personal favorite.....hair loss!!! Get your protein!!

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Yep, you'll feel like crap. Also you'll be hungrier throughout the day.

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Yep ! All of the above. So I do 60-80G of Protein a day. Never had a problem, and Protein kills HUNGER.... Remember that.

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I am so glad I read this. I feel awful. Terrible headache. Muscles cramping and can't sleep. I was starting to worry. I will most def be eating more Protein.< /p>

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Thanks for this post. I know I have been low on Protein lately and I have been feeling very fatigued and a lot of headaches. Time to get back on track!

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I don't get anywhere near 60 grams of Protein in a day, hopefully a third or half, never truly calculate and I have none of these problems. I have been banded a year and a half, 103 off and my blood sugar is normal and other labs. I mean every now and then I drink my protein when I am too tight or in a rush but typicaly don't get substantial protein until dinner and a bite or two at lunch. I can't handle solid protein in the a.m and prior to banding I was an eggs and backie kinda girl. I am having steel cut oats as I type, they may have some protein in them naturally...because I didn't cook them with milk.

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I had been slacking off on my Protein for a couple days and I felt like garbage. My brain was all fuzzy and I felt very weak and tired all the time. I feel much better now that I've bumped up my protein again. Get your protein in at all costs or you will feel it!

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