Feeling Worse After Losing Weight.
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It sounds like to me YOU ARE LOSING YOUR MOMENTUM...You know at first im sure it was all fine and dandy seeing results and feeling good about yourself. Now it may seem like a chore to be dieting and to keep with it all. Well the goal is to find your momentum again, no one says its easy to lose weight. I know for ME ive been at this straight for 3months and STILL NO REAL WEIGHT LOSS, tho I have gotten noticably toned and stronger, the places we really want fat to come off of are the last places to do so which sucks!! Just go back to the main reason y you really want to get fit and feel good. HINT I too have bouts of anxiety and b4 I started to workout I felt like it every freakin day. But now that I workout I dont feel it as much. Something Has to be weighing you down other than just being 1/2 to your goal weight. Find the source of the problem address it the best you can and CONTINUE ON, YOU CAN DO THIS!
I CAN DO THIS AS WELL
I know you dont feel so good right now, but hey really look at the accomplishments youve made so far!! and congratulate yourself for this. ohhh also try yoga really it helps alot for anxiety too. I dont take meds either. but doin this working out and eating good does help tons...LETS NOT GIVE INTO MEDS, THOSE THINGS MAKE IT WORSE, ITS ALL IN MIND FRAME JUST BELIEVE YOU CAN GET THRU IT AND YOUR STRONGER THAN YOU THINK 0 -
agreed.Normally, when you have to ask someone "should I see a doctor?" it means that you should.0 -
It could be a plethora of things, maybe even non weight loss related. The doctor should ask you a slew of questions along with a physical examination to help get to the bottom of it. Definitely go see one before you get worse. Hope you figure everything out!0
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To sum things up:
I will be seeing my doctor.
I will be seeing a dietitian again.
This could be caused by some medication I began taking over the summer.
I eat 1500-1800 calories a day. I eat to make up the calories I lost during exercise. I have a post-workout snack. I keep hydrated. I read every single piece of info I could about running before I began the program.
I strive to eat balanced meals. I take a multivitamin.
I see a counselor who said exercise was a great natural antidepressant, and so I committed myself to sticking to a running program.
I run 3x a week, with days to rest in between. It is only for 30-40 minutes.
I am just concerned that I felt better overall when I weighed 190 and ate **** like Taco Bell 5 nights a week/sat on my *kitten* watching Netflix for days, and now that I eat healthy/exercise AND lost weight, I feel worse (not just energy wise, but concentration/emotional wellbeing). Obviously this is a topic that needs medical attention to really be investigated. I appreciate the advice everyone has offered me in this thread.0 -
I need some opinions or stories or whatever, please!
I started eating better/exercising last summer. Ate 1200 calories for a long time, am halfway through my weight goal. Saw a dietitian at the college I go to for a school project and she calculated that I needed to eat 1500 calories now. Been doing that, logging off and on, ran a 5k last weekend, and am running 3x a week now because I want this subcutaneous fat GONE!
My problem is that despite the fact that I am halfway to my goal weight, I am feeling WORSE. I am tired 24/7, my anxiety/depression problems that disappeared are back (and intense/worse), low to non-existent libido, I'm having a hard time focusing on my studies (when I read, I can't focus on words and my eyes are jumping all over the place), and I just feel like crap about myself. I haven't weighed myself since my visit to the dietitian a couple of months ago. I don't log on here every day, but since starting I have a very good general idea of what to eat and what not to eat. It's really bumming me out that I'm not "feeling better" like everyone said I would. I feel sluggish, depressed, and like a pile of crap all the time. I am in counseling doing CBT and don't take antidepressants.
Should I be seeing my doctor? (I do have health insurance so I can.) Or is this normal to feel this way halfway through your goal? Any help is appreciated! (I know you guys aren't medical professionals, but I am concerned that despite my 25 lb weight loss, I am feeling the opposite of what science/medicine/common knowledge says I should be feeling.)
Try getting more sleep - at least a solid 8 a night for a few days. If that doesn't help, got see a doctor.0 -
I really know and understand how you feel. Sometimes when we are working so hard to reach a goal, especially a weight loss goal, it can be physically, mentally, emotionally challenged. I worked in the medical field for a long time and your symptoms do sound like a thyroid problem. However, sometimes when we work so hard and even though you are halfway, we can sometimes get a bit depressed. You are doing a GREAT job! Keep up the good work and keep us posted! :happy: Kim0
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bump. Keep us posted 1
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It's amazing that the human species ever survived much less thrived.
I can empathize with you. I've lost 45# and figured I'd feel 200 feet tall and bulletproof. That's simply not the case. My hips hurt. My right knee hurts. And I also have the energy level of a tree sloth.
But I'm also in my fifties now.
Maybe we're just not meant to live as long as we do or the damage done in our youth is irreparable.
Either way I'm questioning why I took this weight loss journey to begin with. I would've been fat. I might've died five years earlier. But maybe, just maybe, I would be having a lot more fun.
Just some food for thought....2 -
Sadly the thread dates from 2012 so a lot of the participants are not around.
After losing 45#, how much more weight do you have to lose / where are you, generally speaking, in the "healthy", "overweight", "obese" spectrum?
What is your current deficit, and how long have you been at it?3 -
Some of those symptoms sounds like hypothyroid ones too.
How are your vitamins? Do you get enough iron, vitamin D and b vitamins? Try taking a multivitamin and supplementing extra D and iron to see if your energy improves. And go to the doctor to have some blood tests!
Not before being tested! Especially B12 increases serum levels and by doing so can mask an actual deficiency. If a deficiency exists that is not related to being vegan then to needs injections as tablets don’t do anything.0 -
I've not read the other responses but it sounds like you are burning much more than you should versus what you are consuming. You can exercise too much and if you aren't fueling that extra calorie burn it will leave you sluggish.0
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withwolvesteeth wrote: »I need some opinions or stories or whatever, please!
I started eating better/exercising last summer. Ate 1200 calories for a long time, am halfway through my weight goal. Saw a dietitian at the college I go to for a school project and she calculated that I needed to eat 1500 calories now. Been doing that, logging off and on, ran a 5k last weekend, and am running 3x a week now because I want this subcutaneous fat GONE!
My problem is that despite the fact that I am halfway to my goal weight, I am feeling WORSE. I am tired 24/7, my anxiety/depression problems that disappeared are back (and intense/worse), low to non-existent libido, I'm having a hard time focusing on my studies (when I read, I can't focus on words and my eyes are jumping all over the place), and I just feel like crap about myself. I haven't weighed myself since my visit to the dietitian a couple of months ago. I don't log on here every day, but since starting I have a very good general idea of what to eat and what not to eat. It's really bumming me out that I'm not "feeling better" like everyone said I would. I feel sluggish, depressed, and like a pile of crap all the time. I am in counseling doing CBT and don't take antidepressants.
Should I be seeing my doctor? (I do have health insurance so I can.) Or is this normal to feel this way halfway through your goal? Any help is appreciated! (I know you guys aren't medical professionals, but I am concerned that despite my 25 lb weight loss, I am feeling the opposite of what science/medicine/common knowledge says I should be feeling.)
1500 sounds too low. You definitely need to eat more. By the way I had pretty much all these symptoms when I was undereating. Infact I was eating 1750 calories and it was still undereating. The symptoms went away when I increased my calories to 2000. Also you could be eating less than you think because of your inconsistency. Log everything and eat 200 calories more.0 -
Up your carb with healthy carbs like potatoes or whole grain bread0
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