You told us that you cheated, but you didn't mention what it was you
ate. That might help to answer the question ;-) There are two times that
I usually get cramps. The first is when I stop taking creatine and start
again. The second is when I go very low carb for a while and then have
some sugar. In both cases the causes are similar. Since I am an athlete
and I work out a lot it can be hard for me to stay fully hydrated. Both
creatine and sugar cause extra water to be stored in muscle tissue. This
can cause muscle cramps, most commonly in the legs. The symptoms you are
describing are similar to what I experience. Are you drinking enough
water? Are you more active than usual and/or under unusual stress? Did
you eat sugar?

Matt Baker wrote:

> Other than having black coffee, I've been strict paleo (as we generally
> understand it to be) for several months.  Sat. evening I went off diet to
> sample the buffet that I, mother of the groom, had ordered for all the
> non-paleo guests.  A couple of hours after I went to sleep that night I
> awoke in godawful screaming pain with charley horses/muscle cramps in
> BOTH
> legs.  My calves. My husband tried to help me stretch them out but
> couldn't.
> The spasms finally went away pretty much like they had
> begun--spontaneously
> and on their own.  I can't describe the pain.  Then I got them above
> my knee
> on the thigh.  Then on the front/side of my lower left leg.  Same
> thing--couldn't rub or stretch it out.  I suffered and whimpered until
> they
> went away.  A little later it felt like cramps were developing on the
> bottoms of my feet but they never developed, maybe because I hopped
> out of
> bed and got my feet stretched out before they could develop. A while
> after
> that it felt, weirdness of weirdness, like a cramp was starting in my
> left
> big toe.  I got back out of bed and it never developed.  My husband
> insisted that I take three calcium capsules and some Tylenol.  I did to
> appease him, but reluctantly so.  He thinks the cramps were caused by
> my not
> eating dairy.   I told him I thought they were caused by non-paleo food
> *poisoning.*    What's your take on this?  Anybody ever had this happen?
>
> Theola
>
>
> .
>