When I was in Hungary, we walked around a lot and I am sure I didn't eat enough calories to keep up with that. I had crazy cold hands and feet on the whole trip and I noticed, when I came back, my appetite suddenly increased tremendously and I became very exhausted and tired the following days/weeks. Also, I expected my period around the 4'th but it never came, although I had all the signs; breast tenderness/increase, mild discomfort in abdomen and depressed mood/mood swings.
Conclusion: Stay in bed all day. LOL! That of course is not a sustainable option but it sure explains why I still have no desire to train, what so ever. I guess I need to be more aware of not requiring more of my body, that it can deliver, at this point (which is very little). I guess its weird to realize that my body is a lot weaker than I first thought. All the signs are there, that I can't push too hard and if I do, I will most definitely pay the prize, straight away.
I need to work hard on not working hard. Rest is key.
Sheila!!!
SvarSletIt is interesting to see how your body temp fluctuates throughout the day. I am curious, does your temp change when you have to do laborious activities?
Stay In Bed All Day!! Are you crazy?!?!
Just kidding..that may work but for me I feel sickly if i do not at least go outside and do something.
Also how is your appetite. Mine seems to have decreased recently but I am not sure as to the reason why.
Riles!!!
SvarSletYes, It most definitely does! It doesn't really take much. Just up and about, walking and just using energy in general, makes it drop almost at the spot.
I am crazy but that's besides the point ;-P
Yeah, staying in bed when your not actually feeling sick, that's just "sick" man..
I still don't have a lot of energy though. Still waiting for that turning corner.
My appetite is still big. On some days I still eat just as much as I did in the beginning of RRARF! I believe it's somehow related to my hormones. They definitely aren't in place yet.
Your appetite have decreased recently? Interesting. Do you know how big a cut in your calories that is? Has anything changed on the scale as well?
Now I'm NOT a doctor :P but I have been reading alot about elevated cortisol and almost all your symptoms are closely related to it: inhibits sodium loss, acts as an anti-diuretic hormone, weaken the activity of the immune system, kidneys produce hypotonic urine, shuts down the reproductive system, weight gain and many others...
SvarSletAnother thing i read is that with elevated cortisol, it cooperates with epinephrine which causes you to have very good short term memory. This fits me perfectly at the time when I was low cal eating. I could remember every little detail about things. Almost photographic memory.
About my appetite, I would literally feel sick trying to stuff down the normal amount of food I have been eating. sometimes as much as 500 cals. I dont really ever weigh myself, I just look in the mirror and I definitely look/feel leaner.
Doctor LOVE is a doctor too ya know ;-D
SvarSletVery interesting reading about cortisol. I myself have had a suspicion about it and have also read a lot. On one of my first blood test I was tested for cortisol, which was through the roof. My doctor told me you couldn't always trust those cortisol blood test and didn't make a deal out of it. I have thought about getting some salvia testing on it. It is said to be more accurate.
My only question is: Where is all this cortisol supposedly coming from?? I mean, I am not stressed?? Unless it's some malfunction of sorts..
Funny thing about the short term memory. I am the same! I have great short term memory but my LONG term memory is a different story, which really bugs me. A little while after reading a book, I literally can not tell another person what it was about (yes I have tried reading about interesting stuff, lol)!
Ok, reading the last part.. Now I just hate you. LOL!
Joke aside; is this the first time you have experienced this? You might be at some kind of turning corner.
Sounds you you are just broken ;) lol
SvarSletMaybe your body is stressed by the sudden lack of stress??
So weird, my memory is the same way, after watching a movie I have trouble remembering and telling people what actually happened in it.
So far, the appetite suppression isn't everyday and comes and goes. Normally it is my "lunch" time meal that is effected most.
Hard to know what is really happening but I try to do a lot of positive visualization and thinking which may also be having some kind of effect.
*Maybe your body is stressed by the sudden lack of stress* -Say WHAT?? Is that even s sentence?? LOL!
SvarSletAll I know is that I get easily stressed, for sure. I think that might be because I might have some fair amount of cortisol fluctuating in my body already. Where it stands from, I don't know yet..
I am the same! I love watching movies and watch alot but if you ask me about the different ones, I can't remember?? I remember Inception being one of my new favorites but now I can't remember what it was about?? My brother always calls me an old senile lady. LOL! But I actually find it a bit more scary than funny :-/
Funny thing, at lunch time my appetite is at its highest.
Hmm.. Interesting.. I used to do that a lot in the beginning but I have kinda neglected that of late. Maybe I should put more of an effort in that again.
Do you do it like some kind of meditation or is it just your general thinking that you try to become conscious about?