Twinkie wrote:
I went through a bad breakup in college so fixed it with training. Ended up being way more depressed, losing 30 lbs, no gain in progress after a certain point, getting sick A LOT, and could never not feel refreshed after waking up. turns out - once I stopped. I felt GREAT. Totally new world and man. I thought it was the breakup. Turns out it was over training made me feel 100x worse.
now this was my training. About a half marathon a day, then swim maybe 3000-4000 yards, then weight lift for 2 or so hours with naps in between. I worked out so much i never had an appetite. Lost weight like a mountain loses snow in an avalanche. I was so depressed it was absurd. be careful
Ditto this mate. Failed marriage here where the lady faked a long term serious illness that I believed was real for a year. Then it all came down when her girlfriend told me the truth about her lies and that she had been cheating on me/aborted our or someone else's child. Very depressed and buried myself in training. I'm 181 cm and went down to 61 kg (should be 66 or so at race weight, 72 kg in the off season). I would train myself in to the ground every day just so I didn't have to deal with the hurt and pain. At first I was okay with the weight loss because my w/kg went up and my paces increased. Then frequent sickness. Then depressed heart rate which I initially thought was due to increased fitness, until it became abundantly clear it was not. Power started dropping. Then the fatigue and malaise non stop. I would wake up every day after 10 hours of sleep and still be exhausted. When I finally got medical counsel and had blood work done things were not great. I destroyed my Testosterone levels and overall health for 6 months. Through adequate rest and a smart and gradual taper back in to training I eventually recovered a few years ago.
Please look after yourself and find a doctor who deals with athletes.
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turdburgler: Jun 7, 18 9:37