Don't know what's going on, but I have had no energy for the last 4 days, don't feel sick, but head is groggy/tired. I have been working out 5x a week. Yesterday was mothers day, so I gorged on good food mostly, hence some m'n'ms, thought perhaps I was not eating enough carbs. Not TOM either. I have been upset lately with some personal issues, I could be emotionally worn out.

Do you folks have these days? And if you do, how do you re-energize yourself? Btw. Not much change on the scale, but feeling toned....lol...just need some sanity.

As a full fledged caffeine addict I can tell you the solution for me is usually more coffee.

How many calories are you eating usually and how long have you been exercising for?

I hydrate, go for walks and sleep.

Whenever I feel worn out I just try to take some time off and relax, not just physically, but rest my mind as well. How about a warm bubble bath, aromatherapy or maybe even going to get a massage? Drink more water and try to stay away from sweets for a while, because while the sugar gives you a momentary boost of energy it can leave you feeling tired.

Well I don't count calories, I'm going to guess between 1200-1500 a day. Perhaps I should up the caffeine trick, but don't want to get jittery.

You are right. I perhaps need to relax more!

Thanks I'll give it a try.

You skipped the exercise component of the question. My guess based on the calories would be you're over doing the exercise and/or mentally taxed or perhaps you're just trying to do too much too fast.

I don't think energy levels can easily be accounted for with a single factor but often times they are fixed by changing a single one. Short term stressors are easy for our bodies to handle but repeatedly stressing the body and it sometimes cannot so easily recover.

How is that for a generic answer?

Oops sorry! I workout at least 5x a week. 3x body strengthing and cardio at least an hour a day. Just got a personal trainer, it's sink or swim this time. I am toning not losing much weight, but perhaps over doing it ..or just getting frustrated too soon. Yes I need patience and serenity

Sustainability is crucial. Sounds like you might be going after it a little too hard on too few calories. Maybe not though. If you want to find out - take a week and only go light cardio for no more than 30 minutes maximum 3x in a week.

Calorie counting/tracking food really helps me in figuring out whether it's my diet that could be causing spells like this, or something else. I found out this way that really low carbs probably aren't right for me.

Also if you changed your workout at all -- sometimes it's change in a workout that didn't seem like a lot of effort at the time, but resulted in muscle fatigue/dragging a couple of days later. Last week I did a run of Jillian workout tapes, which I don't do very often, but I had to stay in the house on days that I usually go to the gym. Even though the workout doesn't seem hard at all compared to when I started, and I wasn't sore at all, two days later I was going, "Man, why can't I move my legs on my run today?"

You could also check your cycle, or external things like hay fever/allergies. Sometimes it's just fine skipping the workout for a day or to, although for me it's better to do the workout but an easier one in terms of keeping up the routine.

Just throwing this in there- I don't know where you live, but here in the Mid-Atlantic, allergies have been terrible. I was feeling really groggy and thick headed, and couldn't figure out why- I don't usually get seasonal allergies. I guess with all the early warm weather, it's been a perfect storm for everything to bloom and shed pollen. Of course I have no idea if this applies to you, it's just a thought.

You might be right, it could perhaps be allergies, no other explanation so far.