Exhausted after workouts

fitzfour

I have always been completely exhausted after my workouts. I could honestly lay down and go to sleep immediately afterwards. I checked with my doctor, and they can't find anything like low iron or other that would explain. Does anyone else feel like this? I'm on a 1,500 cal (pre-exercise cals) diet, which I fully eat, plus usually 1/2 to all of my exercise cals. I eat a banana before I workout in the morning and then f/u with a protein shake and breakfast. I eat something every 2-3 hours throughout the day. The tiredness lasts typically until mid afternoon and then it gets better. I always get 8 hours of sleep (good sleep too). Just trying to figure out why I'm sooooo tired! I've noticed the tired being worse since I started Chalene Extreme, so maybe it's tied to weight training?

Thanks in advance for your input!

MDF08

I have a friend with the same problem. Her problem is that she doesn't consume enough water through out the day.
How much water do you get in every day?

anthrochix

have you checked thyroid levels?

adopt4

That's me too, after I started working out more intensively. Make sure you take days off from the workout, let your body rest. I also had to eat more (all exercise cals in your case) and then I stopped being tired and cold all the time, and i started losing weight again.

fitzfour

I've had my thyroid checked, heck I had a full body physical and nothing! I am going to focus on eating ALL of my exercise cals. Most days I do, but maybe 1-2 days a week I come within about 100 cals, and maybe need to up it. I drink anywhere from 64-720z of water a day, so I think I'm doing ok there.

I'll try adding more food and see how that goes! Thanks for the help

JennyGetsFit

all good advise, plus one more thing:
try drinking Vitamin Water (I like yellow ones) but not with coffee...
I think coffee flashes all vitamins out...
Like at night...
See if you feel better.