Re: Beta endorphin spiking and 4 day crash

Hi Fiona

Thanks so much for posting this. I started walking an hour a day a few weeks ago, and got constant crashes one after the other, to the point where I stopped exercising as I thought the exercise was making me so high that I was crashing from it.

I was hoping I could avoid eating more, because I am on a very low budget, and can't really afford to buy more food.

I will look into it, as I felt soooo much better when I was walking, and of course got a crash from stopping it. I was like on a constant crash for three weeks, not good.

I would be happy to hear about other people's suggestions on how much more food to eat when they exercise. I currently eat chicken breast as protein at every meal, veg, and potato. Perhaps I would be better eating minced beef, which worked for me in 2009 when I was exercising, but when I stop exercising I downregulate to the fat, probably because I am not using any of it up?

Thanks again

Love

Jane
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: Hi Jeffrey,

: How are you doing? I am having a day
: where I am eating a lot after a
: few days of not eating enough for
: my workouts (I noticed this when I
: looked back over my journal) and I
: remembered your post and wondered
: how you were doing.

: If you have worked out something
: please let us know because I and
: others may find it helpful too.

: I am finding that if I don't eat
: enough on the days I do my
: workouts I have a 3 or 4 day crash
: where I eat lots more than normal
: and even though it is usually
: healthful food I don't like doing
: it. Also on the days I need to eat
: more I don't concentrate as well
: and can't stay focused on a task.
: It is hard for me to trust and
: just eat what my body needs every
: day though I am getting better at
: it. Do you find that your weight
: stays stable?

: Sometimes I try to get an idea of
: what other people eat and I
: remember talking to a couple of
: guys who were working out at the
: gym doing a similar sort of
: workout to you and they ate all
: day (no sugar or junk - just good
: food). One of them was about 5ft6
: and he said he ate 3200 calories
: of food every day and the other
: one was 6ft and he ate 3500-3600
: calories of food every day. They
: talked it about it in calories and
: we talk about it in volume but it
: may be worth checking it out.

: Hope you are doing really well.

: Fiona

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