Feeling angry when I exercise

Usually I feel great, go home singing and have loads of energy.

Today I was fine until I pulled into the garage, I was going to jet wash my car and someon was parked sideways accross the jet wash. Not using it and no one in the car so couldn't ask them to move.

I just saw red, screeched the tyres and swung out of the garage sped down the road and burst into tears. Very strange. I had upped my weights and tried some new lifts so maybe I had overdone it a bit I don't know but it felt hormonal to me and trust me I know what that feels like. The menopause is a complete b!tch.

So maybe the excercise can effect your hormones and give you that rage feeling. Or someones slipping you steroids LOL

I went through exactly this for a couple of months.

EAT MORE.

When your body is already under-fueled (running a deficit to lose weight) and then you're trying to get it to expend EXTRA energy working out, your body has a really hard time coping.

Without knowing how much I was burning, I was consuming 1600 calories per day. I thought I was burning maybe 2400. When I got a BodyMedia Fit armband, it told me I was burning 3200 calories per day. After my workouts especially, I would be the biggest b***h you've ever met and I became very aware of it, I would avoid people for at least half an hour and keep my mouth shut, I was just in a foul mood. Not fun.

If you pay attention, you may notice that you have a very hard time progressing at the gym too, i.e., increasing the weights you lift or taking it up a notch with cardio. I stalled at the gym, my body couldn't build more muscle because of the huge deficit and just refused to put out any more calories.

One great rule of thumb I have learned, is never eat below your BMR (basal metabolic rate) which is the amount of calories you need just to stay alive and keep you breathing, your heart beating, your brain functioning, etc.. (As though you were to sleep all day).

I highly suggest getting an accurate picture of how much you consume and what your calories output is. I was TOTALLY off with my output. I plateaued for a looooong time and felt worse and worse every day, got more and more defeated and just miserable. I increased my calories a couple of months ago (from around 1600 to 3000), and I feel AMAZING. I have already increased my weights twice in the same amount of time and I started losing weight again, 2.5 pounds in the last week, lol.

Running such a huge deficit effectively ruined my metabolism. My body rebelled big time. I lost 65+ pounds and then plateaued, not losing any more weight while running a 1600 calorie DEFICIT. That seems mathematically impossible, but it's true, and now that I've increased my calories big time, I am feeling amazing and losing weight again.

All the best of luck, hope this helps!

I think you get an emotional response to moving because you body is not used to it. One of the biggest challenges in weight loss/exercise is doing things that your body isn't used to. Your body will naturally want to fight change with everything it has, even if that means messing with your head.

You need to teach your body and mind that exercising is OK. Once you feel the benefits of the endorphins and you keep going you will find it less tough.

If that doesn't work and you are still finding it horrible try swimming. I found that to be the least angsty exercise form.

Larsy xx

When I used to take NXplode from BSN, it would make me want to punch my coworkers after returning from the gym. I had a serious edge. It was great, I miss pre-workout supps.

For the record, I never punched anyone. But I thought about it... often.

That's how I feel. Except I don't take anything. Working out just pisses me off. My family treads very lightly around me during/after my work outs. I feel ripped off that I don't get that happy/good mood feeling.

Anger is good. Harness that energy and put it into the workout. It's especially helpful when lifting weights.

This right here. Get your hate up to get that weight up. I suggest you try to get angry before you enter the gym and use it to increase focus, instead of waiting to get angry leaving the gym and using it to decrease friendships.

No, I don't get angry when I exercise unless there are other things I'm already angry about. If that is the case I fantisize about conquering (euphemism for beat the s**t out of ) the person or situation that's pissing me off and use that energy to drive my workout.
But... it's worth doing some reflection on what the sensations of excercise bring up for you. As an L&D nurse I know that the pain of labor for some women causes them to regress to a time in their life when they felt powerless, put down, abandoned or abused. This is usually not a conscious thing and certainly not rational, but still a real occurance, one that I need to keep in mind while caring for them. You could do the same for yourself. I also suggest, and you would know better than I, that there may be scents, smells or odors that transport you to a time when being physically active, sweating, panting, not interested the challenge and benefits of exercise made you resentful. Again, this is often not a conscious thing and is way more significant for some people than others, but for some it can be very powerful. It is for me and I try to remain conscious of it because it can catch me off guard and knock me into a state of pain or anger almost instantly. Think about it and see what you come up with.