My Fata$$ started working out again… is post workout jitter normal? Next focus diet
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So I started working out again. I feel more aware after just 1 hour workout. Though, I’m super jittery. Maybe it’s adrenaline? Or low blood sugar? Idk… any way to make this jitter go away? Or should I just learn to enjoy it (along with the burst of energy) lol
Next I’ll try to focus on diet. I’m a foody and love flavor. I think this will be more difficult
You should never started back working out for that length of time if you are out of shape.
Jitters probably are low blood sugar and you need to drink lots of water.
I started slowly on treadmill and worked my way up from there… 10 min in I was feeling more energy to go faster and then hit the weights. Overall I feel good. Jitters slowly subsiding. I think it’s a mixture of the endorphins and low electrolytes. Gatorade helped a little bit
There you go. Keep on going.
Did you take a preworkout or caffeine? If so, could be why.
Neither
Did you get vaxxed?
Bhahaha!!! Please!! I’m a pureblood… no and never taking that or any other bullshit vax
Ok I'm glad u got a laugh :) I wasn't sure if you were gonna take me seriously lol
Lol all good
A very relevant question in todays day
Drink water. Have some pink salt. You need electrolytes. Keto is easy and weight loss fast.
It's pretty normal if you're not used to working out. Lots of water/electrolytes, and have like 5 gummy bears with your protein shake. Should help bring up your blood sugar level and stop the jitters. I recently started working out again as well, and the BCAA amino acid powder mix helps out a TON. Great for drinking during workout or whenever really
Not sure what you meant by jittery, but the low blood sugar feeling could very well be a sign of an electrolyte imbalance.
You can get yourself a premade electrolyte mix like this.
The mix you find in sports drinks is woefully inadequate. They skimp on the magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium, and go heavy on the high fructose corn syrup.
Alternatively, you could just buy the raw magnesium, calcium, potassium, and sodium and make your own mixture. That's what I've been doing. It really helps me with my intermittent fasting when I start feeling weak.
Most Americans are already deficient in these minerals to begin with. Any sudden increase in physical activity can easily cause what little we have to quickly deplete, especially if you increase your water intake suddenly without compensating the minerals as well.
I hear that Salt and Lemon Juice is a natural electrolyte
Salt comes in many necessary variants.
There are four different essential salts that make up a quality electrolyte drink.
If you want the raw ingredients, you'll want to buy the following:
Salt-free potassium chloride
Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate)
Epsom Salt (magnesium sulphate)
Himalayan pink salt (sodium chloride)
Fasters call this recipe snake juice.
Link to your recipe?
Follow Cole's recipe.
This guy is a legend.
LMNT has an FAQ page that includes recipes on how to make your own electrolyte mixes at home. Which is pretty cool for a company selling the stuff. https://drinklmnt.com/blogs/health/the-best-homemade-electrolyte-drink-for-dehydration
Most likely blood sugar. You should also work on your breathing. Very important when working out to get your mind and body working together. Most people just workout but did not understand the importance of being mindful in the movements and relations to breath.
Celery is a great source of electrolytes. They could help
That is most likely combination of things, fatigue due to not being in shape, and your heart not being able to handle the ups and downs, and the extra o2 you are getting due to the extra breathing.
Diet and physical exercise go together. Eat better and it will help your body durring the workout and help you aclimate. Different people ned different diets, so you will need to do some research on what is best.
If it has been a long time since you were physically active, mixing in some cardio for heart health is a good idea. Just be cautious not to iver do it.
You want to make sure you're intaking enough calories and nutrients to support exercising.
It may very well be just the new exertion, but ease into it, don't start off too gung-ho, your body needs to adjust and as well too much too soon makes it harder to keep up consistently. At least I find that the case for me.
I'm doing a keto diet, I followed a keto calculator and plan my daily intake off of it.
https://www.ruled.me/keto-calculator/
I walk about 2 miles in the morning, then later in the day do some push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and jump rope. Not a great deal of exercise, but along with a controlled diet have been dropping weight nicely.
Congrats for getting to action!
I tried keto, it worked, but not long term sustainable for me. I love food and flavor
Yeah, I was noticing that in the first post after I posted. Luckily for me, I'm fine with simplicity and ease of preparing. I pretty much have the exact same thing day in and day out, and occasionally switch it up a bit.
There's also the DASH diet I found good success with, and allows for carbs, but healthy ones like whole grain. It's Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension, not saying you have hypertension, but also a heart healthy diet. I only stopped after deciding to cut carbs out of my life.
Regardless of dietary plan, I find it easy to maintain when picking a diet type, calculating my intake needs, and then planning daily diet around it. But either way I'd recommend calculating your daily intake needs.
https://www.calculator.net/calorie-calculator.html
Edit: And by the way, my fat @$$ was about 300 pounds a few months back and now down to 255ish. I think if you gave plain Jane diet and exercise a chance for a week, the difference may sway your appetite.
You probably need more salt. The campaign against salt for the past few decades has created a salt phobia. Salt is important for energy. If you haven't already, do some research on the current knowledge around salt. I've been doing a lot of cycling lately and proper salt/electrolyte intake has been an important factor that I had to dial in for longer rides.
Eat some carbs before you workout and start out with fewer reps and work your way up. You did too much for one sitting.
Jittery from low blood sugar you needed more carbohydrates for your workout.
Don't be afraid of carbs if you are working out!
Pedialyte. You can get it in powder stick form. It’s very low calories and you don’t have all the sugar that goes along with it. I live in Arizona and work outside sometimes doing home repairs in the summer, it is essential. I know Amazon sucks, but you can get them there. Boxes of eight. In the states, you can pick them up in the baby aisle. Because it’s by the other Pedialyte. I don’t know where you would get it where you’re at. I think you’re in Poland or something like that right? Anyway good for you keep it up
I’m in the states, though in Poland quite often. I have powder pedialyte but I save those for severe hangovers 😂😂😂. It’s expensive!!
Jitters may be low blood sugar. Believe me on this one (do some research to back it up) - best post workout recovery drink around is low-fat chocolate milk - damn near perfect balance of fat, carbs, and protein (and essential amino acids) - easy to drink and way better (and cheaper) for you than most sports drinks.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/is-chocolate-milk-your-best-option-after-a-workout/
https://www.livestrong.com/article/353235-types-of-chocolate-milk-to-drink-as-a-recovery-drink/
https://bodybuilding-wizard.com/chocolate-milk-as-a-post-workout-recovery-drink/
Never would have thought! I’ll take note of that