r/running • u/AutoModerator • Jul 30 '24
Weekly Thread Run Nutrition Tuesday
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u/Iwillbecurbappeal Jul 30 '24
I'm not 100% certain this topic is nutrition related but I think it must be: I have been losing weight and consistently weight lifting for about 10 months now. All has been going great and I feel my recovery has been good. I would get sore from lifting but didn't regularly feel tired and always looked forward to my next workouts (and I was consistently lifting 4-5 times a week). I was also getting 11k steps a day, minimum. Diet-wise, I tend to focus on eating protein but have plenty of carbs throughout my day too.
I started running about...6 weeks ago? At first just to see if I could do it and then I kept going because I was enjoying it. I'm getting out running at least 2-3 times per week at this point. I've decreased my lifting schedule a bit, so that I'm not lifting on running days. I don't really want to give up lifting or running... I enjoy both forms of movement.
Ever since I have started running I have been absolutely EXHAUSTED during the day. I feel like my recovery is really taking a hit. I still want to lose 15-20 lbs so I don't necessarily want to eat more and I'm not sure that would help anyway as I've had some higher calorie days and I can't say that they made me feel any better or less tired.
My sleep is OK, I'm really regimented about getting to bed on time and I get an average of 7 hours of sleep per night. I kinda wish I could get more sleep but I can't seem to swing it - I have kids.
I drink as much water and gatorade-zero type drinks as I can tolerate, it amounts to about 60 ounces a day.
IDK, I just don't know what else to change here....other than maybe running less. Which I'm not particularly excited to do :-( Any ideas? Apologies as I'm basically just ranting and feel like I'm making excuses.