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Originally Posted by Succeed09
Mkroyer - when you started stabilization, did you notice improvement in your endurance or how you felt when running? I've struggled the last couple of weeks with a lack of energy when working out. I was up to running (ok...jogging) 3 miles without stopping (including up some decent hills), and then about 2 weeks ago I couldn't do it anymore. My heart rate was up too high and I just felt exhausted. I have to walk for a couple of minutes, then start jogging again. Today I went to a step class at the gym, and my quad muscles burned out earlier than they were before. I'm also having more crampy muscles the last couple of weeks...even woke up one night with a quad muscle on the verge of a full cramp. My losses have really slowed the last few weeks. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm in starvation mode? I'm only working out 4 days a week, but I go hard for an hour each time. I'm close to starting stabilization and am wondering if the extra foods/calories will help? Did you notice any improvement during Stabilization?
Yes! This is exactly what is happening to me! My heart rate is higher than usual and I haven't even ran close to what I usually am at that point. My legs feel like logs that I am trying to throw one in front of the other...and then they start to ache a little. Weird because, like I said before, I was running 6-7 miles at a time and this wasn't happening and now it is at mile 1.5! Could it be starvation mode? Obviously I am not getting enough calories (which they told me not to count).
TeresaG- My center told me that I could have an HNS before I work out and then I have to have breakfast 1 hour after it...We were trying to figure out why that specific HNS had to be 1 hour and all the others were 2. Your center told you that you can eat breakfast 2 hours after your HNS? How long after you wake up are you drinking it?