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Burn-out, overtraining, weight gain…

Hi guys,

Since October this year, I lived big stress due to emotional shock coupled with stressful conditions. Months of panicks, insomnias, then got a cold that took long to recover, never really fully recovered in breath etc… Beginning of the year, I tried to workout again, for long moment I had to content of walking or some little little exercise. During spring, I felt really tired, and definitely pushed with school, obligations I felt I had and because I had the impression that sport was one of the last thing I had on this situation, it was difficult for me to let it aside. Multiple times, I had to sleep up to 16 hours was feeling really stressed, but yeah was so used to, that I continued with everything. Up to final April. I decided to do a partial school break for a week, working less for it and not working out, only walking. Definitely I was working out way way less than I used to, but at this moment every week seems to manifest a drop in energy. End of April, I thought about overtraining, because of not respecting my state and also summer before that, while I was living big big stress, I was never physically stopping. Working as a waitress, working out intensively, feeling insecure where I was living and trying to support mentally ill person.

I thought about 1 month overtraining because it was the moment it dropped the most. Actually since October I was not feeling myself anymore. Me that used to feel super energized and enjoying moving, I was feeling like an automatic pilote. Since some weeks, I thought about burnout. My nervous system is crazy, now a little less, but very thing is disordered. I haven’t been able to walk more than 1 km, feel very tired, my appetite is so so crazy, sometimes have to eat up to 5000 calories, when actually not moving at all. Sleep is better but always kind of unbalanced. Of course, esting like this and not being able to move, i gaines weight. Don’t know the number but can’t wear moste cloths anymore. It doesn’t seem to be emotional eating. Definitely, when being woke up at 3 am to eat, although having eaten a big satisfying meal for dinner… nothing enjoyable. I stick to 8/1/1 because fruits have been an intuition before coming to know 80/10/10. It helped me with lots of issues, but I have to admit, sometimes, I felt close to abandon myself to an hospital, but no. I am seeing doctor since then. Since burnout i had drop in b12 and iron, iron more than half. I am taking supplementations and had another blood test yesterday to see about thyroid. The doctoress found my throat seems larger. To be honest, I find everything larger now, so don’t know haha laughing but definitely, omg, it is causing me pain to see me in this state. Me that had planned maybe get a sportive coach, move, get a job and changing my studies for something more aligned with the direction I want to take, i find myself far from this. I accept it and know that I need time, to heal. But I want to heal well. See what has to do with rest, sleep good, meditate, seeing with some alternative medicines for somatic aspect. Also, I am going to see a cardiologist, because of this heart rate not calming. But I would like to make sure I am not missing something. About thyroid, I thought about iodine. I don’t want to feel confused on internet or social medias, I stopped searching that much. But yes I wanted to ask you, people eating 80/10/10 fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, if things like these have already happened to you? What did you do? And espacially iodine? I am going to see in function of blood test results, but I talked with a raw vegan nutritionist that told me about urine test for iodine.

I am not having anything for the sea since more than a year. I had some raw nori spring 2024 time to time for some weeks but felt some pain throat so stopped. This nutritionist also told about the difference with certified nori or other things like sea moss or kelp form good quality. So yeah, can iodine be lower with stress? Should we consume nori? Often? Do you do? Does someone has similar symptoms and what did you do?

About thyroid it feels confused because I have symptoms of high and low, so gonna see with results but yeah!

If some people could share their experience I would be very grateful.

In a way I know that it is a blessing because, I wouldn’t have been able to stop my studies by myself, I am learning about my limits, affirm myself etc, but in another it feels like a lot and for an impatient girl, long time. I abandoned control over things and try to take day after another not trying to prove anything, but with doctors form different background, sometime it feels though and confusing, especially when you are not an exemple of vitality anymore. Omg shouldn’t say that, I respect and consider the background I live for years, but I mean from the outside. So yeah, would you have advices/similar experiences?

Have the best care, definitely I think that in a way with this diet, by seeing so much energy and resilience, I tend to think like no limits… but the burnout is true. Not blaming the diet or lifestyle or myself, just sharing that definitely, stress is a thing, consider ourselves a big big too and life keeps being life. I mean limits, things coming from the outside and relation to ourself so important.

Besos,

Emma

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