tiredness and lack of sleep.

Tok

Hi,

I have upped my exercise greatly in the last month and a half, but I have noticed a side-effect that is really annoying; I’m tired nearly all the time, which I understand about, I’m burning more energy so until my body adjusts I’m going to be tired.

But really gets me is that I find it very hard to go to sleep, last night it took me about 2 hours to fall asleep and I don't know why.

My diet is pretty good with little caffeine (2-3 cups of tea a day and maybe 1 can of diet coke a week) and alot of veg. I don't eat fried food more than twice a week. And I drink about 3 litres of water a day.

If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it.
Regards

Easygainer

What size were you before you started exercising and what size are you now?

Also, do you have a regualr sleep routine and did you beforehand?

How much sleep are you getting per night and how many calories are you taking in, and what exercise are you doing?

Lot of questions, but here's where I'm going:

1) You started off light and are putting on size: I get this a lot. Children need more sleep because they grow, but even so, they only put on a few pound a year. I've put on +30lbs since summer, nearly all muscle, and am ridiculously tired from simply growing! It uses a lot of resources and I don't have the time to sleep 10 hours or more a day. (Note: this was on the rebound from a diet where I lost some muscle, it's not a linear growth pattern!)

2) You started off heavy and are getting lighter: You are over dieting or over exercising or both. Aim to lose no more than 2lbs per week after 2nd week (first 2 it flies off regardless). I have done this before too. You feel weaker, tired, drained, people say you look ill and you don't feel great.

If it's not one of these, we'll see about the sleep. Personally, I've more energy when dieting (properly) because of the excess of calories burned, and the opposite when growing.

Tok

Easygainer,
right I'll start at the top of the list and go from there.

1. i was 185lbs before hand and now i'm about 176 (i'm 6'2")

2. my sleep was ok before hand, every now and again i'd take a while to go to sleep but on the whole i'd been grand. I'd get 7.5 -8 hours a night depending on work and such.

3. Calories ? I don't keep any diary but I'd have cereal (branflakes) in the morning, a sandwich or soup with a pint of Super milk for lunch and a meat and veg dinner. no chocolate, crisps or biccies for me.

4. it's mainly cardio work for fitness,
about 120k of cycling over 6 days,
15k of running over 2 days.
Pilates
some dumbbell weights, but no real routine for them

hope that provides more detail

daveirl

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Easygainer

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At start of summer? I was about 90kg and just under 110kg at moment.

Before I ever lifted was around 80kg, within 2 years was 110kg and within 3 years of starting was 120kg, then went down to 98kg, then back to 110kg, then to the 90kg last summer and back to where I am now! It's been a rollercoaster of figuring out what works and what doesn't. I'm carrying the most muscle I ever have at moment but not as lean as I was at 98kg at end of summer. (was c 8-10% then!)

daveirl

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Easygainer

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Yeah I got them on my biceps, where the lats and tris insert, where chest inserts and where quads insert!