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I typically do 3 days of HIIT and 2 days of yoga and two days off. I think when I get back to it to try your method. I would rather adjust and keep going than to keep experiencing this. Since I overtrained 7 years ago, I have to be careful. It seems these episodes happen when work and working out get too stressful.…

It's interesting that many of you say to eat more. The cause of exhaustion came from too much work and too much working out. Typically I don't get laid up with it, but I slow down a lot. This time it hit pretty hard. I went from being able to workout as normal to not being able to handle the vacuum. I'm resting. My…

It's a great goal to have, however, what are you going to do after the holiday? I believe you can to better than losing weight just for a holiday. Hopefully, if you do a lifestyle change, you never "have" to fit into a swimsuit again. It just fits all the time, and you feel better too.

How about a beef stew inspired by Thanksgiving? I tried this one and it was really good. You can skip the chipotle if you don't want it spicy.

I'm wondering if you restricted your calories too quickly. Do a lifestyle change for healthier eating should not involve suffering. It took me two months of small changes to even count calories. By then I had dropped 200 calories from my diet. My getting to 1600 took a few more months. I didn't starve. But my body had to…

All I have to think about is the two years it took me to recover. When I left the hospital, I was a weak mess. I went from being very strong and powerful to someone who couldn't carry her groceries. My husband thought I was going to die. I picked up yoga during the recovery period and it keeps me active on my days off.

No, not an exercise bulimic. For me it was competitive. I was trying to get in better conditioning for a physical test. I was competing against men and was trying like hell to prove I could keep up. It wasn't a physical test where it was like weight lifting, it was me saying "If they can muscle this piece of equipment, so…

That's why I started this thread. I knew there were others out there. I know I'm an extreme example. However, I think most of use are trying so hard to lose weight and prevent obesity that we push it too hard because we think we're supposed to.

I now work out 5 days a week. I do a really hard day on Mondays (because I have time). I do yoga on Tuesday and Thursday as active rest. Then I do a 45 minute hard workout (with warm up and cool down) on Wednesday and Friday. I don't workout on the weekends. I walk 10,000 steps a day to keep active as I have a desk job. I…

My health has been good. I was young enough not to do any permanent damage. I am recovered now, but I can tell you, it's never really gone. I am experiencing a setback today. Things got busy at work and after a few weeks, started to feel like I was overreaching. I skipped a hard workout today because I became winded on the…

I was doing HIIT 7 days a week. It took months before I ended up there. The docs thought I was having a heart attack. I had the chest pain and shortness of breath along with weakness. You are right, it is rare. But I also am the sort to keep pushing through stuff. Until my body went haywire. The doc who finally diagnosed…

Just eat a balanced diet. Eat carbs, protein and fat. It's silly to restrict any of them.