continuous fatigue

Monna2
Monna2 Posts: 100 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello
I started about 10 days ago and my intake is around 1300 give or take 100 calories.
I feel sooooo low on energy and want to sleep all the time, extreme fatigue. And I'm also not losing weight!
I'm 164 cm 116 kg.

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  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Are you exercising? Do you eat back those calories (partially or all of them)? 1300 probably just isn't enough for you, plain and simple.
  • Kimberly_Harper
    Kimberly_Harper Posts: 409 Member
    Monna2 wrote: »
    Hello
    I started about 10 days ago and my intake is around 1300 give or take 100 calories.
    I feel sooooo low on energy and want to sleep all the time, extreme fatigue. And I'm also not losing weight!
    I'm 164 cm 116 kg.

    This time of year there are some days that I am a sleeping woman walking, because of all of the pollen everywhere. Do you think it could be that instead of your food? I can be healthy as anything, and BAM! Seasonal allergies. I usually double up on the Alavert/Claritin this time of year for about a month.
  • lckiehl
    lckiehl Posts: 68 Member
    It could be any number of things without knowing more about you. I know I have hypothyroidism and have to have blood draws every 9 months to make sure my hormones are balanced. Before I was diagnosed I was exhausted and couldn't lose weight even with calorie restrictions. Now I am on a strict meal plan and was tired at first. I was recommended B12 because I am cutting most of my caffeine. B12 has kept me from having caffeine withdrawal headaches and helps me feel more awake (and not at all jittery). Also, 10 days is not a lot of time, you might give it another week to week and a half and see if you start to feel more normal. It could be so many other things though.
  • timtam163
    timtam163 Posts: 500 Member
    It could be anything, like others said.
    Are you eating too much sugar?
    Not drinking enough water?
    Drinking too much alcohol?
    Hormonal changes could contribute to this feeling as well; I become a sleep monger for a week or two leading up to my monthly visitor.
    Make sure you're logging accurately, so you really are eating 1300 and not 1100.
    If you've gone from a zero calorie deficit (or surplus) straight to a 500 calorie deficit a day, try upping the exercise instead of cutting the food, or maybe easing the foot off the gas pedal and gradually working up to that deficit.

    It takes some time to figure out what works for your body and what doesn't; don't get discouraged!
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    edited May 2015
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 wrote: »
    Are you exercising? Do you eat back those calories (partially or all of them)? 1300 probably just isn't enough for you, plain and simple.

    This is my thought as well. My guess is that your fatigue is causing you to be less active in your everyday life, even if you are exercising, which cuts back on the number of calories that your body is burning too.

    I ran your numbers through the scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator. At 116 kg, 164 cm, age 22, and a desk job to little or no exercise, your your TDEE is 2318. If you ate at a 20% deficit, you could eat 1854 calories per day. That seems like a much easier to maintain deficit. If you exercise, you would be burning even more calories and you could either refigure your calories and eat more or stick with 1854 and lose a bit faster. That seems much more do-able than eating so little and feeling tired all the time.
  • debsdoingthis
    debsdoingthis Posts: 454 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 wrote: »
    Are you exercising? Do you eat back those calories (partially or all of them)? 1300 probably just isn't enough for you, plain and simple.

    This is my thought as well. My guess is that your fatigue is causing you to be less active in your everyday life, even if you are exercising, which cuts back on the number of calories that your body is burning too.

    I ran your numbers through the scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator. At 116 kg, 164 cm, age 22, and a desk job to little or no exercise, your your TDEE is 2318. If you ate at a 20% deficit, you could eat 1854 calories per day. That seems like a much easier to maintain deficit. If you exercise, you would be burning even more calories and you could either refigure your calories and eat more or stick with 1881 and lose a bit faster. That seems much more do-able than eating so little and feeling tired all the time.
    Excellent advice above. I'm about the same weight but older and started at 1850 and cut back 50 calories a week as I became used to it.

  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I agree with everyone else that you can still lose eating more calories. What is the quality of your diet? Are you eating a variety of foods?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 wrote: »
    Are you exercising? Do you eat back those calories (partially or all of them)? 1300 probably just isn't enough for you, plain and simple.

    This is my thought as well. My guess is that your fatigue is causing you to be less active in your everyday life, even if you are exercising, which cuts back on the number of calories that your body is burning too.

    I ran your numbers through the scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator. At 116 kg, 164 cm, age 22, and a desk job to little or no exercise, your your TDEE is 2318. If you ate at a 20% deficit, you could eat 1854 calories per day. That seems like a much easier to maintain deficit. If you exercise, you would be burning even more calories and you could either refigure your calories and eat more or stick with 1854 and lose a bit faster. That seems much more do-able than eating so little and feeling tired all the time.

    Btw I noticed I wrote 22 but I meant 28. It's too late for me to edit that but the numbers were calculated using 28 even if it says 22.
  • Monna2
    Monna2 Posts: 100 Member
    I try to eat a variety of food types.
    Thank you all for the advice.
  • d1664256
    d1664256 Posts: 18 Member
    Are you vegetarian? An iron deficiency can make you weak.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Exercise.
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