tired, almost depressed.

triplejay1
triplejay1 Posts: 84 Member
edited November 8 in Introduce Yourself
My weight loss and exercise has been going pretty good, but i went over alittle last weekend so i really pushed my self with limiting calories this week, and i exercised every day, i didnt burn alot of calories each day (about 140 or so each day+350 once)but for me thats alot of exercise, what i want to know is being so low in my daily intake, can it make you depressed, because im feeling really down today, but i have nothing to be sad about. I am upping my calories today and for the weekend back to my "myfitnesspal" goals, but i wanted opinions for if not getting enough calories can make you feel down.

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  • Bexx435
    Bexx435 Posts: 83 Member
    I'm with you... If I don't eat enough calories I feel exhausted and incredibly emotional - borderline depressed. I'm not a doctor, but it's happened enough times that I can say with some certainty there definitely is a correlation there, at least for me. Best thing to do is get back to your normal routine and see how you feel then.
  • KellyAFraley
    KellyAFraley Posts: 39
    I was feeling the same way not too long ago, and I have nothing to be sad about either. I went to my Dr and they really do have the best advice. I was actually put on medication, and it is helping so much. I have been so much more motivated and willing to work out everyday. Good Luck, I hope you get to feeling like yourself again real soon.
  • rsmithy89
    rsmithy89 Posts: 174 Member
    Yeah man I hear you. I have been cutting for 6 months and some days, I am just completely down in the dumps.

    When you feel this way, just remember why you are doing this and think of the results you have achieved thus far. Right now, whenever I am tempted to eat or when people ask me to eat junk food, I just feel my abs and feel the definition and that makes me feel better. Shallow I know, but when I started, I didnt have anything near abs it was just all fat. Feeling them reminds me of how hard I have worked and what I have achieved so far.
  • triplejay1
    triplejay1 Posts: 84 Member
    i had a very protein rich dinner tonight which put me at 1148 calories for the day much closer to my MFP goal of 1420, and im feel a lot better thanks for the support guys, I friend-ed you guys because i need to have friends on this app that are supportive, if you open to that please accept.
  • SammyKatt
    SammyKatt Posts: 363 Member
    Low fat diets also make you feel this way. The only time in my life that I have EVER been depressed is when I went on a low fat diet. Never again!
  • izzydino
    izzydino Posts: 254 Member
    That happened to me also.. After Christmas I went for 2 lbs a week which dropped my calories... For 2 weeks I was sad, miserable, easily agitated. I wond up upping my caloric intake by 250 calories and I feel so much happier and energetic.

    Eat what mfp says to, under 1200 calories is not optimum.
  • katiebythebay
    katiebythebay Posts: 611 Member
    Food has always been a mood stimulator for both my husband and myself.

    Difficult to choose which foods are best to boost the mood up a few notches.

    ~katie
  • mhanley1961
    mhanley1961 Posts: 35
    Double post, sorry
  • mhanley1961
    mhanley1961 Posts: 35
    I sometimes find myself in a rut like that. I seem to snap out of it after a day or two. Chin up, the end result is worth it
  • niqua215
    niqua215 Posts: 283 Member
    GROUP HUG!!!!!!!!!!! :smile:
  • tresye
    tresye Posts: 36 Member
    Vitamin B12 Helps me out with this problem! Maybe you should try it!
  • MissSonjaBelle
    MissSonjaBelle Posts: 43 Member
    You know what? If eating alot makes you feel depressed, try to remember that the next time you go to overeat! Eating healthy makes you feel good right? So stick with that! No one ever felt bad for eating well, only when they eat bad. I find if i fall off the wagon, i start a snowball of eating anything and everything in sight. I'll even be full and still stand in the doorway of the fridge and go "what can i squeeze in? What tastes good that i can eat now?" *BUT* if i eat well all day, at the end of it, i'm LOVING myself! It's so hard, i understand, but try try try. AND look up "weight loss affirmations" on Google and say them to yourself all day, i think it helps :D
  • StrongGwen
    StrongGwen Posts: 378 Member
    Me too. Turns out my eating habits were so bad that I had to learn what hunger felt like. It feels like you described: sad, lethargic & etc. not just the stomach-rumbling urge to eat, but the feeling of my body not having enough fuel for basic support. Gives me pause to think of people across the world living with true hunger every day.
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