Chronic Fatigue getting in my way of exercising.

OrganicGeo
OrganicGeo Posts: 12 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Me and my Mother both are trying to lose weight together so we meet up at the gym 5 times a week. I try to exercise but it's extremely difficult. If you don't know what Chronic Fatigue is it's basically like, you feel tired for over a day or few hours. My fatigue lasts for 4 days. It upsets me, it's like whyyyyyyyyyyy! I need to lose weight so bad. Anybody deal with Chronic Fatigue? What do you do if you do? Anyway I'm done with my mini rant.

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  • what_lola_wants
    what_lola_wants Posts: 129 Member
    Hi, I have no idea how to deal with Chronic Fatigue. But I(personally) do think that hitting the gym 5 times a week is a lil too much. If i were you, I would start with something small, like walking (or fast walking), easy on treadmill, swimming.. etc for short duration. :-)
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Diet is for weight loss, hopefully just fat loss and not muscle loss. Reasonable deficit takes care of that.

    Exercise is for heart health and body improvement, which may or may not include weight loss. And may make it harder, or may make it easier to burn muscle off.

    So set a reasonable exercise goal, sounds like 5 days a week is just going to discourage you too much.
    Do what you can. Remove the workout goals so it's not facing you.

    Now, set your weight loss goal to 1 lb weekly, and be honest with your Activity Level not including exercise, since MFP doesn't count it until you do it.

    You'll have a 500 cal deficit with no exercise. If you do get in a walk or some exercise, log it and eat those calories back to keep the deficit to reasonable 1 lb weekly.
  • jenniferwright315
    jenniferwright315 Posts: 3
    HI,
    I've been dealing with chronic fatigue for 20 years.

    I generally do better exercising at home than at a gym. I love using a stability ball, and there are a lot of great videos featuring them. Pilates is a gentle but effective. Again I do it at home, because it's easier to quit when I get too tired than if I were at a gym and had people, although well meaning, pushing me to do more than I should. And I live in the country, so even the drive into town to get to the gym can be tiring. You may want to check out the 10 minute solution series for both Stability ball and Pilates. I also really like Leslie Sansone Walk Away the pounds, especially the one that uses the body boost cables (resistant cords with a foot strap and handle). If I do go to a gym, my exercise of choice is swimming.

    Regardless of the type of exercise you choose and where you do it, the main thing is not to overexert yourself. I shoot for 50% capacity, so when I think I feel as though I could double what I've just done, it's time to quit. This is important because you don't want to have a chronic fatigue relapse.

    If you don't mind me asking, how are you treating your chronic fatigue?

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