Guys I need some advice

michirawrness

I just started my weight loss journey about three or four weeks ago and I’m doing 1800 cal with leaving at least 500 cal left over. I workout sometimes 35 minutes to an hour a day and is it normal to like have no energy because I’m struggling not having energy and I don’t know if it’s because I’m like starting this and it’s fresh. if you guys can give me some tips or advice Something to help out I’d appreciate it or just to tell me that it’s totally normal.

AnnPT77

Are you saying that your goal is 1800, but you're eating only 1300? If so, that can be part of the problem. Being weak or fatigued for no other obvious reason can be caused by under-eating. If there's less than ideal nutrition, that can also contribute. (If calories are truly too low, there's literally no way to get adequate nutrition, even if the macro percents are fine.)

Also, is the 35-60 minutes of daily exercise a new routine for you? A large increase in exercise all at once is likely to cause fatigue. On top of that, over-exercising is counter-productive for either weight loss or fitness improvement. It can hinder weight loss because fatigue means we drag through the day, burning fewer calories than expected doing daily life stuff, effectively wiping out some of the exercise calories. It's not ideal for fitness improvement because recovery - the time between workouts - is where the magic happens, our bodies rebuilding better than before.

When adding exercise, it can be more productive to start out slowly, then gradually add more duration, intensity, frequency or additional types of exercise as the initial exercise becomes easier.

I'm sure you've thought about whether sleep quality/quantity can be improved, since that's an obvious factor. Sometimes a sleep schedule that was adequate before becomes not quite enough once we add the stress of a calorie cut or new exercise. Those are both stressful to the body - obviously we hope they're good stress that will trigger improvement in the long term, but in the short term they increase our total stress load.

Without more information, it's hard to say what's going on for you. The above are some of the general common things that can happen, though.

I hope you're able to improve the situation - wishing you the best!