Fatigue

eating 1200 or less would be my guess..esp if you workout...

I did that once...I thought I was dying....dizzy, lethargic, no energy and almost dropped the 100lb barbell on my face.

Why do you feel the need to eat so little? You are exercising and not eating back any of your exercise calories. 1200 calories is a very low amount to start and to not eat back some of those exercise calories is asking for trouble. You only have 5lbs left to lose and should be eating more food. If you are tracking in MFP then set your activity level correctly and your weekly weight loss goal to 0.5 lbs.

I normally am not exercising at all.

eating 1200 calories or less a day I can see why you couldn't.

Try upping your calories slowly (100 a day for a week) and see if that helps...then do it again next week...

If you are still feeling this after 2-3 weeks and you are getting lots of sleep and water visit your doctor and get blood work done...but my first guess would be food..or lack of it.

You only have 5 pounds to lose right? Your deficit seems extreme for that. The less weight you have to lose the smaller your deficit should be and the slower your weight loss should go (to avoid losing lean body mass).

did the doc check your vit b levels?

with similar symptoms, i was found to have pernicious anaemia a few months ago. a series of b12 shots have me feeling much better.

Are you anemic? I have unresolved iron deficient anemia. I deal with constant fatigue. Some afternoons, I'm so tired it physically hurts to do anything but sleep, which I usually can't do because of life's responsibilities.

When I get the "too tired for anything" feeling, I usually will go on a walk or do something else that requires me to be on my feet. The feeling will pass, but I still feel tired.

One other thing that I'm thinking that may be contributing is my sleep quality. I sleep about 8 hours a night, but I don't know if it's restful sleep. My mattress is old, so maybe a new one will help.

I'm going to the doctor next month to get blood work again, to see if the iron supplements I've been taking are helping.

Good luck!

I agree with getting blood work done to see if there are any deficiencies. I also agree with working out on 1200 calories. There is NO way I could even do a half-*kitten* workout on that little.

Hey!

I am having trouble with fatigue throughout the day. I have energy in the morning when I wake up (I get at least 8 hrs of sleep a night), but by the time its 10am, I am so tired. By the time I get off work, I am way too exhausted to even think about working out. Please check my diary and see if maybe something I am eating could be causing me to have low energy. I have been dealing with this for a while and don't know what else to do! My dr did tell me I have low vitamin D, so I have been taking supplements to help with that (havent been taking them as often as I should, but am going to start back.) I know I don't drink enough water, so part of it could also be dehydration. I am going to start drinking more water, too! Also, when I DO workout, I have to take an energy pill before just to have energy to get through an hour workout. I typically try to eat 1200 cals or less, but think I should prob up my cals.

Any feedback would be helpful! thanks

If your doctor did labs and found low vitamin D, then that is the most likely culprit. Take your supplements. If over the counter supplements aren't helping, go back to your doctor and ask for a prescription. Make sure you are getting enough calcium as well, as Vit D allows the absorption of Ca.

When it was found that I had low Vit. D, my doc put me on a three month prescription of high dose Vit D2 (taken one time a week), and I was told to take D3/Ca supplement three times a day. I didn't follow the instructions exactly for the D3/Ca supplement. I only took it once a day, but I noticed the prescription of D2 she put me on made an immediate and measurable/observable difference in how I felt and how I was able to function. My blood level for D was very low (well below 20). I felt almost normal after about 6 weeks, and comepletely better after 10. I still completed all the prescription as I could really feel how much better it made me.

So follow your doc's instructions and go from there.

I had that same issue, and did 3 things to correct it:

1. Upped my calories. I went from 1200/day to 1400/day. Not a huge increase, but it was enough for me to feel more alert

2. Ate better food and drank tons of water. I don't drink coffee anymore and I rarely have soda because I find they make me thirsty (dehydrated- which makes me sleepy). I drink a TON of water. Having to get up from my desk to pee every 1-2 hours makes it hard to feel sleepy. Also- junk food typically has high sodium, which also makes you dehydrated.

3. Ordered a better mattress. I don't have it yet but waiting for it is SO HARD!! Poor posture, muscle knots, etc can restrict blood flow that will also make you feel sleepy. Without having to go to the extreme of a new mattress, you could try a different desk chair, or just better awareness of posture in general. It's amazing how many people slouch.