Lack of energy during practice/exercise ?

joannefaith

Lately, I've had a hard time during my practices (tumbling), i just feel like I can't even lift my legs up.. running is completely out of the question. I don't really eat bread (due to my gluten allergy and wheat sensitivity) but use oats and quinoa as my complex carbohydrates, of which I've increased to help this problem, but it didnt/doesnt do that much. I read that if one doesn't eat enough healthy fat, then energy depletes, so I'm going to start eating more nuts and butters to increase my healthy fat to maybe solve this issue.

any thoughts or suggestions ?

MoreBean13

How many calories are you eating? My gut feeling is probably your overall calories aren't enough. Can you open your diary?

squirrelzzrule22

A lot of young women are anemic or at least low in iron. This was a big issue for me with my energy at one point after I decided to try a vegetarian diet for a few months. Even with leafy greens my body just wasn't absorbing it like it did from meat. I could barely get out of bed! Maybe have a doctor run a blood test for basic stuff?

geekyjock76

I'm with Bean. A lack of energy in sport usually reflects inefficient calories or a combination of that and over-exercising to the point your body isn't able to recover.

If you are an athlete trying to reduce body fat during season, you should best not assume a deficit greater than 20% under your actual TDEE or else it will eventually affect performance and training. A smaller deficit would be appropriate for you.

sarahstrezo

Without your diary being open....my guess is going to be that you probably aren't eating enough.

MoreBean13

A lot of young women are anemic or at least low in iron. This was a big issue for me with my energy at one point after I decided to try a vegetarian diet for a few months. Even with leafy greens my body just wasn't absorbing it like it did from meat. I could barely get out of bed! Maybe have a doctor run a blood test for basic stuff?

You should read up on heme- vs non-heme iron sources. Green vegetables are actually pretty terribly absorbed iron- and the absorption can be interfered with by things like dairy.

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Jerrypeoples

i work 7-5 m-f

i eat breakfast around 630a - 300 cal
mid morning snack around 10 - 100 cal
lunch at noonish- 600 cal
mid afternoon snack - 100 cal
snack when i get home - 150 cal
workout - cardio wipes out 800 cal
shake from the gym when i am done - 400 cal

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MoreBean13

i work 7-5 m-f

i eat breakfast around 630a - 300 cal
mid morning snack around 10 - 100 cal
lunch at noonish- 600 cal
mid afternoon snack - 100 cal
snack when i get home - 150 cal
workout - cardio wipes out 800 cal
shake from the gym when i am done - 400 cal

What's the point?

He is also a 19 yr old competitive cheerleader would be my guess!

joannefaith

I changed it so my diary is now open

HelenaHanbasket

Let us know if you feel any more energetic and what you did to get that way.
I am tired almost all of the time!

Jerrypeoples

hmmm not sure what happened to the rest of what i had typed out..

*shrugs*

DrMAvDPhD

Eat more. You aren't logging exercise but clearly you get a lot of it. Either log all your exercise and eat those calories back, or increase your activity level to "Active" or "Very active" and decrease your weight loss goal to 0.5 pounds/week (if you have less than 20 pounds to lose, this is the only reasonable option) and eat the number it gives you then.

joannefaith

If i start eating more calories, won't my weight go back up again ?
or will those directly be used as I work out,
i hardly ever eat back my calories..
I may be naive

joannefaith

around that.. lol
bad ?