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    Home » Be Healthier » Why am I so tired?

    Why am I so tired?

    Published: Jun 16, 2020 · Last Modified: Oct 29, 2020 by Caren · This post may contain affiliate links

    Feeling tired a lot?  Me too.  I have to admit, for the first time in a long time, I’ve run out of steam on my workouts. 

    Most days I overlook the desire to curl up in bed and snooze until my eyes pop open naturally.  My legs feel heavy and my brain is a little on the mushy side.

    Needless to say, my workouts aren’t very inspired and it’s hard to be creative (here especially) when I only have so much energy after my day job is done.

    3 reasons I feel tired all.the.time.

    I’ve dropped my carbs. When you do this, Your body can respond with something known as carb flu. It’s supposed to only last for a few weeks at most, but I’m going on two months of feeling “tired” now, so it’s a little too protracted to just be carb flu. Plus I’m already a low carb girl mostly, so the dietary change hasn’t been that drastic.

    My sleep hasn’t been awesome. Man, I used to be able to sleep through ANYTHING, but that’s clearly not the case anymore. I plan to spend a LOT more time looking at ways to hack/improve my sleep, but for now, I consider it a win if I don’t wake up in the middle of the night with my brain racing like I’m trying to PR a 10K.

    I’m feeling a little meh. Not depressed, but just a little blah. I don’t have as much interest in going out, doing fun things or spending time with people I enjoy hanging with. I seem to have less interest in everything lately. I’m chalking this one up to poor sleep, but I’m also wondering if this is a symptom of unaddressed gut issues that I may need to deal with.

    Related: Too tired to workout?  Here's what to do

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    I sense a modified Whole 30 in my future!!!

    Either way, I wanted to share my current state because truth is, I can be an ambassador of good health all day long, but we all have days/weeks/months where the struggle of everyday life is real.

    The key thing I want to impress is that I have a strong sense of self-awareness about my body/mind and I now know when things are off kilter (even if I don’t yet know why).

    So for the next month (at least), I plan to start doing a few things differently, just to see if I can dial in on what’s causing my energy leak, and provide a little insight into how I go about zeroing in on the cause. Because I know you’ve felt this way too. I hear it all the time from readers and clients.

    In my private coaching group, I’m focusing on yoga, meditation tools and techniques and general stress management ideas. I think this will be a great way to get the proverbial ball rolling.

    Related: Why am I so tired all the time?

    Aside from that, my strategy includes:

    • Less weights and HIIT workouts
    • More yoga and barre workouts
    • More walking
    • More time outside
    • Less festering over dumb stuff
    • More time counting breaths to center myself
    • More journaling
    • Less blogging and social media (need to get away from screens for a bit!)
    • More old school books
    • Less Instagram
    • More time with my hands in soil (hello front-of-house landscape project)
    • More time with my face in the sun
    • Zero time playing on my phone in bed
    • Less shopping
    • More unloading stuff I don’t need.
    • More healthy fats
    • Less wine and gluten-free tortillas (sad)
    • Less TV binging
    • More Facetime with friends
    • And most of all, more time sleeping. I’m gunning for 9 to 10 hours a night if I can.

    This is not an arbitrary list of “good to do” action items. They are time-tested behaviors that I know work for me. Just the other night after a blissful 40-minute yoga session in my bedroom, I came downstairs in a state of complete relaxation and told my husband I had no idea why I stopped doing yoga.

    But I do know.

    I’ve become so aggressive with my goals lately, that I forgot to enjoy the journey. I want to be strong and lean so I lift weights and do plyometric exercises. I workout 6 days a week, eat “all the protein” and spend every waking moment working more and more (either on my day job or my coaching business).

    I’m going to stop taking new clients until I get my energy back. I still have my year long group of ladies that I LOVE connecting with daily, but I wouldn’t feel good about bringing on new energy right now.

    Right now is about caring for my own energy.

    So that’s me. I’m tired. But I have a plan that I feel good about and a deep sense of commitment for getting back to my old self again.

    What do you do when you have a prolonged energy drain? Is there typically a specific reason? If you haven’t figured it out yet, look at your diet, your environment, and your day-to-day stressors. Very often it’s buried in the smallest, yet most chronic places. Feel free to share them here!! We can learn from each other!

     

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    Caren

    Caren is a certified yoga teacher, fitness instructor and ADHD Coach.  As the founder of The Fit Habit, she shares ADHD-friendly self-care, food & fitness inspiration, along with practical ways to foster mind + body wellness.

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    Comments

    1. Holly

      April 06, 2017 at 8:20 pm

      Have you had your iron or B12 levels checked recently? And to help with sleep, try taking some magnesium in the evening.

      Reply
      • caren

        April 11, 2017 at 6:30 pm

        Hey Holly,

        I do take magnesium in the evening, but the B12 is a good reminder for me. It's been low in the past, so I should check it out. Thanks for the tip!

        Reply
    2. Jodie

      April 12, 2017 at 2:48 am

      How do you give up on caffeine and sugar without having the headaches and fatigue?

      Reply
      • caren

        April 12, 2017 at 3:52 am

        Hey Jodie, I haven't given up on coffee, just dairy, and gluten. That said I only have one (bucket sized) coffee per day, so it's not a huge issue for me. I think coffee can be health promoting in reasonable doses, so I don't have any desire to give it up.

        If you are interested in ditching it without headaches, I hear slowly weaning yourself off it is the best thing to do.

        Reply

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