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Originally Posted by sheri

I am currently studying to be a personal trainer, I am a workout nut and love to eat healthy. The one problem I have is, (and this is me trying to research and figure it out) is I am overwhelmingly tired. Last week, ,I was sick and slept for 47 hours over a total of two and a half days. I am normally not a sleeper when I am sick. For a couple days after that, I felt good, but now I am back to being tired.

My current calorie intake is 1340. My workout schedule is:
Monday-Intense circuit training
Tuesday: 6.5-7 mile speed workout
Wednesday-Intense circuit training
Thursday: 6-7 mile hill workout
Friday: Intense circuit training
Saturday-long easy run, anwhere from 8-15 miles, I'm usually training for a mini
Sunday-rest day

My goal is to look as toned as I can, I am a big believer in I better live what I preach to other people, so I better look like I work out. I don't seek a level of perfection, just to be as toned and fit as I can. I master this nutrition thing most of the time, but then I crash, like this week, so my question is, is my fatigue coming from eating, lack of calories, too little carbs, what else?

I try to get 7.5 hours of sleep, I to bed at 10 and rise at 5:30am.

I try to eat every 4-5 hours, I am a balanced oxidizer, and I try to stick with protein and carbs at every meal and snack....any other thoughts?

Should I post this somewhere else? The only thing holding me back from where I want to be are these eating setbacks, but I think it's because I'm missing something somewhere, so hopefully someone can suggest something, in the meantime, back to researching!

sounds like some adrenal fatigue from a touch of overtraining/under nourishing which might mean taking a serious look at caffeine, alcohol, sugars of any kind and if those are not in your diet at all, then you might just need some supportive herbs like licorice root extract to give your system a boost. You may also have to check in with someone who can test your blood and see what else may be going on if anything.

Because of how much you exercise though I'd try giving yourself a break from all of it for at least a week. indulge in sleep and nutrients/supplements. Then when you return to it you need to give yourself more rest days. You'll make more progress by doing more of a 4 on, 3 off alternating split workouts - especially if you're working out at high intensity on all of your on days.

high intensity workouts can actually cause a release of stress hormones that are more harmful than helpful and might be slowing down your progress.

your body is just trying to tell you something. you're smart to listen to it.

keep us posted on your progress.