Sad after exercise?

For me it depends. If I haven't had enough carbs to fuel me then I am wiped out and not in a good frame of mind. Also, I have noticed that if I just do weights and don't at least stretch after I am wiped out but if I do intervals or even just walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes then I am in an upbeat, energetic mood. Make sure you're eating in such a way that you have the energy to work out, eat a snack after if necessary and try different things.

You don't say what kind of exercise you're doing, how intense it is and your diary is closed so I'm just guessing based on my own experience. I know for me personally, my endorphins kick in around 18 minutes into my workout. Before that I usually want to die.

The only time I feel happy after exercising is when I walk to get something to eat.

I generally feel good afterward unless I didn't eat something or drink enough beforehand. Then the lack of energy or proper hydration makes me feel exhausted. Otherwise, I always feel happy and accomplished, even when I'm sore and dripping with sweat.

I cant say that this has happened to me but, once i did about ten miles on the stationary bike and the song " The Climb" came on and i just lost it and started crying. I think i realized how hard i worked to get where i was at that point.

Could it be that you are not enjoying the exercise you are doing? Maybe you need to find some new things to do....zumba or something up beat and fun for a change?

Be proud of yourself that you are there and doing something. You are making yourself fitter and healthier one day at a time.

When my week has been super stressful, and I do a lot of cardio, I start to tear up and almost cry. I think it's the release of stress and actually letting those stresses go.

Dehydration changes everything. It makes you feel like crud, especially after a workout. If you're calorie restricting you're also decreasing your water intake. Since you're exercising you're losing more water than normal. Those two factors mean you'll need to increase your water intake substantially. Use the water portion of the app to help you keep tabs.



"There is evidence of impairments of cognitive function at moderate levels of hypohydration, but even short periods of fluid restriction, leading to a loss of body mass of 1–2%, lead to reductions in the subjective perception of alertness and ability to concentrate and to increases in self-reported tiredness and headache. (...)

In exercise tests lasting more than a few minutes, reductions in performance are apparent at modest levels of body water loss amounting to 1–2% of the pre-exercise body mass (Armstrong et al, 1985). For the average young male (most of the subjects in these studies have been male, but the responses of female subjects do not appear to be different), body water accounts for about 60% of total body mass, so these levels of hypohydration amount to about 2–3% of total body water. It was reported by Adolph et al (1947) that subjects do not report a sensation of thirst until they have incurred a water deficit of about 2% of body mass. This suggests that athletes living and training in the heat may not be aware that they have become dehydrated to a level sufficient to affect performance adversely. Athletes living and training in warm environments, especially those used to living in cool climates, will often fail to consume sufficient fluid to maintain hydration status and may need encouragement to do so (Shirreffs & Maughan, 1998).

- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition "Impact of mild dehydration on wellness and on exercise performance"

Yeah, sometimes actually. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I feel depressed sometimes and I'm not sure why.

I get sad a while afterwards, like a couple hours because I feel like I didn't exercise enough, but right afterwards you should feel good.

Exercise might not be a good route for you, if it doesn't make you feel good then do less maybe.