u/Ceejay7098

i dont know what is going on with me lately but ive been absolutely ravenous since being diagnosed. (Im not on prednisone/steriods either atm) so i don’t know what can be causing this. i could eat 3 full/heavy meals in one sitting and still feel hungry right after. i was not like this before i had lupus, now its honestly getting on my nerves! I literally think about food most of the day. i even tried drinking water before meals to fill me up a little so i don’t over eat but it does nothing, still hungry.

Lately ive been obsessing about my eating habits, i eat veryy healthy 95% of the time but im worried im still not doing a good job. For example, i obsess over my sugar, and protein intake. i dont even consume any sugar that isnt natural btw, the only sugar i really eat is from fruit yet i worry “i ate too much fruit/sugar today” my cousin who has graves told me fruit has way too much sugar and to not eat some everyday, as it can make lupus worse when i told her i eat fruit everyday. i usually have like an apple+mango a day, now im worried ive been self sabotaging without knowing. whenever i eat too much chicken (i kinda have some kidney involvement) i worry that i had too much protein today, like ugh i literally beat myself up its exhausting . How much sugar/protein is someone with lupus supposed to even have a day or does it not matter ?