Advice please - I have NO energy

Does anyone else experience having absolutely no energy to do their workouts? What do you do to combat this?

I need 1,400-1,500 to lose weight. So I've been doing good and for the past couple of weeks have been averaging right inbetween. But lately, for the past week, I can't sleep at night.. I end up tossing and turning all night. Sometimes I wake up at 6 or 7am with an insane amount of energy so I go running or to the gym. But as time goes on, I just get more tired. Last week I had enough energy to do 4 days worth of really good workouts, and this week I only managed to do 2 because I felt too tired. I'm not undereating at all, as I said before I'm eating what I'm supposed to. I have been trying to plan a day to eat more, closer to 2,000 to see if that spikes up anything, but each day I try I just don't feel like eating cuz I'm not even hungry. (Though I still make sure I'm not under my BMR.)

Anyone experience this fatigue and lack of hunger? What did you do to get your energy back?

hello,

I also have the lack of energy but I am anemic so I started to take vitamins.. I take 1 womens one a day a iron pill a stool softner and I just started this new one that I got to help with the lack of energy I have. I got it at the health food store.  and its been helping I tend not to exercise like I should but I have been doing good this week. I dont get the lack of hunger in less I sleep through lunch which I do sometimes working 3rd shift lol. 

wish you the best,

Cassy =)

Thanks for the reply. I'm not crazy about taking vitamins cuz I prefer to get my nutrients through eating, but I have started taking a complete B vitamin supplement. I used to think I was anemic, but according to my blood test, I'm not. No wonder the iron pills I used to take didn't help. LOL

Are you cutting back calories and eating healthy?  If you're just cutting calories, you might be missing out on important nutrients and vitamins.  What's the typical makeup of your intake?  It should end up being 50% carb, 25% fat, 25% protein.

I'm also not hungry, and I don't know why either....  Maybe I get enough fat and fiber in the day?

Make sure you're consuming your calories at the correct time of the day; to get started I've found that it's best if I start with a protein-rich 400 calorie breakfast and consume less towards the end of the day.

Original Post by stefanussen:

Make sure you're consuming your calories at the correct time of the day; to get started I've found that it's best if I start with a protein-rich 400 calorie breakfast and consume less towards the end of the day.

I try to keep my meals an equal balance of about 300 calories each, and then fill in the rest of the gaps with snacks inbetween. (and I always leave room for dessert.. yum! lmao) Eating too much in the beginning of the day actually sets me up to overeat the rest of the day.

Original Post by liz-usa:

Are you cutting back calories and eating healthy? If you're just cutting calories, you might be missing out on important nutrients and vitamins. What's the typical makeup of your intake? It should end up being 50% carb, 25% fat, 25% protein.

I'm also not hungry, and I don't know why either.... Maybe I get enough fat and fiber in the day?

I don't count my macro's. I got way too obsessive last time I did that. So I just focus more on eating healthy and keeping it balanced. I do know that I perform much better on a higher carb diet though.

Today I'm having a "cheat" day.. or a higher calories day. I'm planning to aim for about 300 over maintenance and then tomorrow drop back down to my usual. Here's hoping it helps! *crosses fingers*

Not feeling hungry usually points to a slowed metabolism.  To keep your metabolism at a higher burn, try eating small high-protein (no red meat though) meals every 3 or 4 hours.  After a week of doing that, you will notice you are getting hungry more often, meaning your body is burning fuel more efficiently. 

Most dieters who exercise experience days of "burn out".  But, you didn't say how many hours a night you normally sleep, your age, if you are menopausal, etc.  If you are sleeping 8 hours a night, are pre-menopausal, then you may just be going through a burn out phase.  This will pass.  The higher protein, small and frequent meals will help give you more energy as well.  Try it and see!

I didn't have the energy the past couple weeks. I still workout about 5 days a week, but the workouts dragged a bit.  On friday, it'll be 2 weeks since I have been at 0 deficit and I have TONS of energy durning my workouts again. I've also changed up my workouts too (for the past month, i was focusing mostly on running, but the past 2 weeks or so I've been doing more high intensity cardio).

You may not be interested in your workouts anymore, so try switching it up.  I was doing the same thing for 3 months and then started running. Now I'm going back to what I was doing before to keep my body guessing and I am confident it'll work.

Good luck...eat up (even if you don't want to go too much higher, it should make a difference) and switch it up.

Sounds like it might be over training and not related to what you are eating. Are you working out daily? Have you been doing it for a long time? Are your workouts all hard?

http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/overtraini ng/a/aa062499a.htm

You may just need some rest.

Waaah?  So not being hungry is a bad thing?  That stinks....