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Feelin Sic in mid-workouts

Lissakaye81
Lissakaye81 Posts: 224 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So major Diet/Lifestyle changes, Started 2/16 Cutting out as much processed food as possible, cut sodium, upped water intake, quit smoking a week ago, last 3 times doing strength training I have got sic feeling in middle like I'm gonna vommit, bf suggested trying protein drink a little before and after workout, helps a little. I don't feel sick doing the treadmill though doing walking/jogging intervals, even for as long as an hour a stretch I feel fine. Last 3 times working out felt sick, 1st day working arms, 2nd working legs, then today working core. Any help, suggestions would be much appreciated!

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  • glowbugg
    glowbugg Posts: 12
    I've had that happen to me before. When I was working with a trainer it happened a few times and she told me it's because my blood sugar was dropping. She said I need to make sure I was eating something at least 30min - 1hr before strength training and suggested protein shakes or protein bars. She also suggested having Gatorade or something similar with me during training for a quick fix in case it happens again. Both suggestions worked for me.
  • Lissakaye81
    Lissakaye81 Posts: 224 Member
    :ohwell:
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    Definitely happens to me when I don't eat before strength training. It's always a balancing act on my eating/working out timing since I workout at night. Because if I eat dinner and don't wait long enough to run, I feel sick. But if I don't eat close to my strength workouts, I get super sick. So I'm working out at all hours, depending on the night, to try to keep my meal schedule close to the same day over day.

    For me, a protein shake or bar can help, but I actually lift better after a little bit larger meal. Nothing huge, where I feel super full or stuffed, but something with more substance than just a shake or a bar always does me right by lifting. :)
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    Eat more! It looks from your diary like you're doing weights on less than 1200 calories sometimes??... work hard, but eat to fuel your workouts. I had one workout last week where I came home dizzy and exhausted, looked at MFP and realized that I'd only eaten about 800 calories during the day, meaning the workout left me at a net of only about 500. Little wonder I was a wreck! I had a protein shake with a banana, sat for a while, got it together and had a good supper... and learned a lesson in the process. If you don't want to eat first, maybe try one of the shakes formulated for pre-workout nutrition, but definitely get something in there to keep you going! :smile:
  • manasunshine
    manasunshine Posts: 130
    maybe you should up your calories. that happened to me last month, i felt dizzy and my head felt heavy in b/w workouts. the doc told me it was low blood sugar.... hope you feel better! =)
  • minkakross
    minkakross Posts: 687 Member
    sounds like blood sugar to me as well. If eating something before your workouts doesn't help, you might consider talking to your primary care doctor or a medically supervised fitness trainer or nutritionist at your gym if it continues because there could always be an underlying undiagnosed medical condition.
  • Lissakaye81
    Lissakaye81 Posts: 224 Member
    Thanks, I think I am gonna up my cals. I tried working out after lunch, and for lunch had some lean turkey and potato, then half a protein shake and waited like an hour and felt so much better durning workout. I think I'm gonna hit a nutritionist or dietition see what they say about cal intake and amounts of macros n stuff. Thank for Input :)
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