help im feeling worse

so last Thursday i went to the dr. and found out that my cholesterol is very high, so high that my dr. said if i didn't get it down on my own in 3 months that she was going to put me on meds. Well they put me on this diet thats very strict into the things that i can eat. I have been on the diet for a week now and i feel 10 times worse then i did before. Im exausted, sick to my stomach, frequent trips to the bathroom ( bm ) sorry tmi. I just feel awful. I've already lost 4lbs but god i feel like death warmed over. Is this normal when starting a new diet?

Id say so. Just stick it out for a little while.
I know people who have had to drastically change their diet and they always think they are going to die in the first week or two.
If your loosing weight and your cholesterol is lowering then its obviously working. if after a couple of weeks you still feel smurf then maybe tell them you need to change it.

what type of foods are in the diet? High fiber foods low salt right? If so the fiber will clean you out a bit.

Yes, especially if you are radically changing your eating habits.

Your body has to adjust to processing new foods and it's going to be a bit rough until everything gets straightened out.

Good job on changing your diet and stick with it!

Good luck!

Quoting IOnlyMakeBoys (B.B.M):" what type of foods are in the diet? High fiber foods low salt right? If so the fiber will clean you out a bit."

low cholesterol, higher fiber, no whole milk products the only thing i can have is skim milk. no sweets, no peanut butter anything like that. two days ago i was so bloated it was aweful but i've increased my water intake as well to help.

Quoting Kansas Bonanno:" low cholesterol, higher fiber, no whole milk products the only thing i can have is skim milk. no sweets, ... [snip!] ... butter anything like that. two days ago i was so bloated it was aweful but i've increased my water intake as well to help. "

If you’re not use to eating high fiber foods it can cause all the symptoms you where describing it's like a natural laxative in high doses.

like this morning im so nauseous that i could only eat about half a bowl of oatmeal. any more then that i feel like im gonna hurl