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How do you handle days when you have little to no energy?

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  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    Thanks for all the great advice! You guys are sooooo right! I love you all so much! You're making this journey so much better.
  • Shannonnn92
    Shannonnn92 Posts: 86 Member
    I make working out the first thing I do in the morning, because I know I run out of energy by the end of the day.
  • emmyvera
    emmyvera Posts: 599 Member
    I've noticed that the more I workout, the better I sleep. I'm a little high strung... :laugh: So the workout really lets me put out that energy and allow myself to be ready for bed at night. And I love the way I feel after I workout and enjoy it, so that is my motivation to remind me that exercise (for me personally) just boosts me up and keeps me going. :happy:
  • MamaLuvsDJ
    MamaLuvsDJ Posts: 29
    Hmm you SHOULD get sleep, when you have the mentality of I WILL TRY to get sleep you leave the option of failing. Ever since this journey I have forced myself to sleep 8 hrs daily. It helps my energy levels. What is it keeping you that you can't sleep??
  • debshedkg
    debshedkg Posts: 28 Member
    Dance - seriously put some drumming music on, or some funky indie music, just enjoy it and relax and dance and dance and dance - nothing hectic, maybe you will feel better. Chat to your GP nb:yawn:
  • debshedkg
    debshedkg Posts: 28 Member
    absolutely:drinker:
  • andrialindsay
    andrialindsay Posts: 55
    Are you getting enough iron and b-vitamins? Something to think about as far as zapped energy. I mean along with the bad sleep...
    Working out will help with that. Try some melatonin, a soothing shower, or some guided meditation?
  • AndiJ2011
    AndiJ2011 Posts: 82 Member
    If it's my body telling me to slow down & skip a day... that's what I do...

    But it I am just having lazy thoughts, I exercise anway... I just make myself do it. Just like I have to be at work on time. I have that same mind set when it comes to exercising.
  • g0ldenb0y55
    g0ldenb0y55 Posts: 66 Member
    You just have to get up and go! If you eat right and exercise you'll definitely sleep better. My biggest problem sometimes is time management. Some days I have very little time to work out so I split up my work out times, 30 mins in the morning and then 30 mins after work.
  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    Hmm you SHOULD get sleep, when you have the mentality of I WILL TRY to get sleep you leave the option of failing. Ever since this journey I have forced myself to sleep 8 hrs daily. It helps my energy levels. What is it keeping you that you can't sleep??

    Honestly, I dont know. I mean I get tired early. It's kind of a joke with my neighbors and some of my friends. I'm ready for bed around 8pm usually, BUT I usually hold off until at least 9-10. I fall right to sleep. The problem is I don't sleep through the night. I wake up a LOT! I typically officially get up between 6:30 and 7am, and I am dragging butt right out of bed. It sucks reeeeeally bad. So, if I could just stay asleep, I would be getting a good amount of sleep, but I just wake up all throughout the night.
  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    Are you getting enough iron and b-vitamins? Something to think about as far as zapped energy. I mean along with the bad sleep...
    Working out will help with that. Try some melatonin, a soothing shower, or some guided meditation?

    I know recently my iron was a TEENY TINY bit low...I mean they wouldn't let me give blood because it was like point something off. Very close. So, I dunno if maybe that's contributing.

    I just miss when I was young...I had sooooooooo much energy! I mean it was crazy the amount of energy I had, and now I feel like I can barely function at times. I hate feeling this way (when I do cause it's not ALWAYS, but it is fairly often) I mean it causes me to feel physically and mentally drained. :(
  • Carolyn_79
    Carolyn_79 Posts: 935 Member
    Working out...not an option. If you are fueling your body properly and working out, it should help sleeping issues. I sleep so much better when I have a good workout. BUT, make sure not to workout a couple hours before you are supposed to be going to sleep, that will cause you to stay awake.

    It has the opposite effect on me. It makes me sleepy and I sleep like a baby.
  • Erica002
    Erica002 Posts: 293 Member
    I usually just force myself to go and afterwards I usually feel better and glad that I did go.
  • Pams_Shadow
    Pams_Shadow Posts: 233 Member
    Just Do It!

    Don't talk yourself out of it, don't use it as an excuse, get up and move! Once you stop mind-f***ing yourself out of exercising, it's much easier.
  • JansterL
    JansterL Posts: 28 Member
    First.... Why do you have trouble sleeping? Is there something preventing you from falling asleep OR is there something preventing you from getting a good deep sleep?
  • DoingItNow2012
    DoingItNow2012 Posts: 424 Member
    If you are able, have your doctor check out your energy issues. Test blood for iron levels, b12 levels, vitamin D levels, and maybe test your thyroid. But the exercise will definitely help. Increase leafy greens and as much whole foods as possible, and take a multivitamin. I have fibromyalgia and struggle with fatigue issues. All those things helped me, but staying on my exercise helped the most. Hard at first, but love it now. And I do sleep better in the end also.
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