Anyone to tired to workout?

[avabelle]

Hello everyone- I'm new! I've been doing Atkins for 2 weeks now and whenever I try to work out I'm much more lethargic and tired vs. before when I'd work out. I almost have no evergy to work out. Anyone experience this?

[greedyvw]

I have experienced this before, I have also been having some lower back issues as well so I really really don't want to work out. But, that being said when I push through a half hour or so of vigorous, sweaty heart pounding exercise I feel 10 times better than I did before. My back pain even goes away for awhile. I worked out last nite and I am still full of energy here today @ 2 in the after noon.

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by avabelle

Hello everyone- I'm new! I've been doing Atkins for 2 weeks now and whenever I try to work out I'm much more lethargic and tired vs. before when I'd work out. I almost have no evergy to work out. Anyone experience this?

What is your menu? When are you eating and when are you exercising? What are you eating before/after exercising? How many carbs, fat, protein?

Did you decide what you're going to do? Induction a little longer or move to OWL? Adding a few more veggie carbs might solve the problem.

[avabelle]

Thanks for the replies! Greedyvw- good to know I'm not alone!

Hi Gerogina- my typical menu-

breakfast 2 fried eggs and 3 slices turkey bacon. Black coffee
Lunch- grilled chicken over salad with oil/vingear.
Dinner- hamburger no bun, or grilled chicken or steak, maybe another small salad or if no salad and a small side grilled veggies.
Snacks- piece of swiss cheese, a pepper cut up with ranch dressing or a small handful of nuts. I know nuts aren't allowed on induction but I still enjoy having them. I drink tons of water- maybe have a diet pop every 2 days but mostly water.

[Georgiana]

Okay, I was afraid you're not eating enough, but that looks good.

So how much did you lose during Induction? Did you lose a lot in these two weeks? What's your degree of metabolic resistance?

[avabelle]

Well it will be offically 2 weeks this Friday and I haven't weighed myself in the past 2 days- but before I was down 3 pounds. I will weigh myself tom morning. How do I find out my degree of metabolic resistance? My stats so you know are female, 5' 8, 171 to start and was 168.8 last time I weighed.

[chinadoll]

It looks like your fat intake could be low. If you aren't getting 65% of your calories in fat that could account for your lack of energy. Are you taking your vitamins and supplements?

I do 3 cardio intervals/week, 3 weight training (heavy) sessions/week, 2 cardio core workouts/week and 120 pushups every other day on about an average of 30 carbs a day with no low energy issues.

[avabelle]

Oh thanks for letting me know that!. I'll try to up my fat intake- hopefully that will help. I need to take vitamins on a regular basis which I'm gonna start. I usually just take them when I remember.

[imagood1]

hold the nuts until rung 3 also -- find something else other than nuts to satisfy your hunger.

[avabelle]

I'll try but sometimes the nuts are the only thing that get me through on this diet!