Is my body broken?

KLELifts

I’ll try to keep this short.

After my third baby in 4 years, I started working with a pelvic floor therapist and made great progress.
I was doing hinge movements, lunges and squats with almost zero pain. Originally I couldn’t do any of those movements without feeling intense ache/discomfort in my lower back.
I worked with her for about 6 months and since then I’ve been trying to follow Bret Contreras’ monthly program.
I’ve still been implementing the tools (exercises/stretches/etc) my PT had given me, but I feel like I’ve slowly started to regress.

My body feels beat up. My back is more achy again. My hips are super tight and sore. During this time, about 2-3 months, I’ve been trying to start a deficit and was successful for a couple weeks in which I lost about 8 lbs, but I’ve almost gained all that back.
I feel exhausted.
I’m feeling way more hungry.
It takes me 3-4 days to feel like I’ve recovered decently from a workout.
I’m barely lifting over 15ish lbs for most movements. I’ve been stuck at that weight for so long and I don’t feel strong enough to progress.

What am I doing wrong?

I’m taking vitamins, I’m trying to get better at eating protein and nutrient dense foods.

Should I not weight lift? Should I just do Pilates? Yoga? Walking?
I don’t even know how to workout anymore because I constantly feel drained.
I haven’t been dieting for this reason but that’s also discouraging because I want to lose weight.

pridesabtch

It sounds like something metabolic is going on. Or you have too high a deficit. Id see a medical doctor to make sure your endocrine system, hormones and thyroid are in line.

Good luck.

Corina1143

Do you still live near that PT? Sounds like time for another visit.

Alatariel75

KLELifts wrote: »

I’ll try to keep this short.

After my third baby in 4 years, I started working with a pelvic floor therapist and made great progress.
I was doing hinge movements, lunges and squats with almost zero pain. Originally I couldn’t do any of those movements without feeling intense ache/discomfort in my lower back.
I worked with her for about 6 months and since then I’ve been trying to follow Bret Contreras’ monthly program.
I’ve still been implementing the tools (exercises/stretches/etc) my PT had given me, but I feel like I’ve slowly started to regress.

My body feels beat up. My back is more achy again. My hips are super tight and sore. During this time, about 2-3 months, I’ve been trying to start a deficit and was successful for a couple weeks in which I lost about 8 lbs, but I’ve almost gained all that back.
I feel exhausted.
I’m feeling way more hungry.
It takes me 3-4 days to feel like I’ve recovered decently from a workout.
I’m barely lifting over 15ish lbs for most movements. I’ve been stuck at that weight for so long and I don’t feel strong enough to progress.

What am I doing wrong?

I’m taking vitamins, I’m trying to get better at eating protein and nutrient dense foods.

Should I not weight lift? Should I just do Pilates? Yoga? Walking?
I don’t even know how to workout anymore because I constantly feel drained.
I haven’t been dieting for this reason but that’s also discouraging because I want to lose weight.

OK, so the two bold bits stick out to me.

8lbs in a couple of weeks is an enormous amount of weight, indicating a VERY aggressive deficit.

And vitamins won't compensate for a lack of protein and nutritious foods.

Adding to the advice above to take your concerns to a doctor and getting a full work-up, it sounds like you could benefit from refocusing on eating for health rather than weight loss. A lot of what you're describing sounds like a body that's being asked to do hard work on insufficient and/or inefficient fuel.

KLELifts

Alatariel75 wrote: »

KLELifts wrote: »

I’ll try to keep this short.

After my third baby in 4 years, I started working with a pelvic floor therapist and made great progress.
I was doing hinge movements, lunges and squats with almost zero pain. Originally I couldn’t do any of those movements without feeling intense ache/discomfort in my lower back.
I worked with her for about 6 months and since then I’ve been trying to follow Bret Contreras’ monthly program.
I’ve still been implementing the tools (exercises/stretches/etc) my PT had given me, but I feel like I’ve slowly started to regress.

My body feels beat up. My back is more achy again. My hips are super tight and sore. During this time, about 2-3 months, I’ve been trying to start a deficit and was successful for a couple weeks in which I lost about 8 lbs, but I’ve almost gained all that back.
I feel exhausted.
I’m feeling way more hungry.
It takes me 3-4 days to feel like I’ve recovered decently from a workout.
I’m barely lifting over 15ish lbs for most movements. I’ve been stuck at that weight for so long and I don’t feel strong enough to progress.

What am I doing wrong?

I’m taking vitamins, I’m trying to get better at eating protein and nutrient dense foods.

Should I not weight lift? Should I just do Pilates? Yoga? Walking?
I don’t even know how to workout anymore because I constantly feel drained.
I haven’t been dieting for this reason but that’s also discouraging because I want to lose weight.

OK, so the two bold bits stick out to me.

8lbs in a couple of weeks is an enormous amount of weight, indicating a VERY aggressive deficit.

And vitamins won't compensate for a lack of protein and nutritious foods.

Adding to the advice above to take your concerns to a doctor and getting a full work-up, it sounds like you could benefit from refocusing on eating for health rather than weight loss. A lot of what you're describing sounds like a body that's being asked to do hard work on insufficient and/or inefficient fuel.

The weight loss was that quick because I was doing an elimination diet (no gluten, sugar, dairy) for gut health.
But ended up falling off the wagon because I struggled finding foods/meals that were enjoyable and I definitely was under-eating a bit.

How do I work out though? If I have to not be in a deficit right now, I can live with that. But how do I work out and make any sort of progress still?

KLELifts

Corina1143 wrote: »

Do you still live near that PT? Sounds like time for another visit.

Yes, but I quit working with her partly because I was starting to feel confident working out on my own and because I can’t continue to afford it.

cupcakesandproteinshakes

I’ll speak to your lifting routine rather than diet. I found brets programmes simply too high volume to recover from. Was sore all the time. I just did his book though not the monthly stuff. Can you work to a lower intensity? Tweak the programme a bit so you don’t feel so beat up.

KLELifts

cupcakesandproteinshakes wrote: »

I’ll speak to your lifting routine rather than diet. I found brets programmes simply too high volume to recover from. Was sore all the time. I just did his book though not the monthly stuff. Can you work to a lower intensity? Tweak the programme a bit so you don’t feel so beat up.

So you found his book, the Glute Lab, programs too high volume?
That’s why I got his monthly programming because he has an upper/lower option that has less volume on each day. Like 5 movements as opposed to 7-8. But even that was too much so I don’t know how else to tweak it.

elisa123gal

I'm big into my gut health and Dr. William Davis says when people give up grains and sugar they have a withdraw period that is unpleasant. Could be you eliminating grains/sugar. On top of that. you started eating at a deficit and overexercising.
Too much at once...all the way around and your body isn't liking it at all.