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Sick after exercise

Heather said: "What sorts of food are you eating, Shorti? You want to be sure that you're taking in enough calories to support your basic daily needs otherwise you might go into starvation mode and slow your progress.."

UniqueMystique said: "Having too much water in your tummy before working out can make one feel sick too!"

spectrachic311 said: "I sometimes get kind of nauseous after a long run where I'm sweating a lot. If your electolyte balance is off, you may feel kind of ill after working out. I don't think you are working out long enough/hard enough for that to be happening though. It's more than likely just your body getting used to the feeling of exercise. When you work out, you stimulate your "fight or flight" response...you're "flying" away from the stress. So your nervous system does things to try and prep your body for exercise. Tries to empty your stomach, intestines (ever heard of runner's runs??), increases your HR, ups your BP, etc. How'd it go today?"

klynnfosh said: "You should try your nutrition bar before working out it might just help, and drinking a little water before and water afterwards probably will help too. You probably need a little more fuel to get you through the workout and if you become dehydrated you will feel weak and sick and your stomach."

help6363 said: "Shorti:) How's your blood pressure? Hope everyhting is okay. Keep us up-dated!"

lakelady said: "[QUOTE=**Shorti**]Friday night and last night, after I exercised for 1/2 an hour I got sick to my stomach...woozy.. and just icky feeling. Almost like I was STARVING. However by the time I go to the gym everyday I have already had 30+ oz of water and at least 700 calories. Should I be worried? Do you think I just need to eat more before gym time? Why am I getting so sick at so little energy? Why didnt it happen on Monday? The only difference is that on monday I had a nutrition bar at around 3ish, which was 170 calories. could that have helped with the sick feeling after an hour of exercise 2 hours later?[/QUOTE] When I ran track in high school, I regularly lost my lunch during the early practices, my brother too. After a week or so it went away. But shorti, about half the time something like this happens to people, they have a little bug they're unaware of. Is there something going around where you are? Also, don't drink all that water [I]immediately[/I] BEFORE you workout. That always makes me nauseous."

**Shorti** said: "Friday night and last night, after I exercised for 1/2 an hour I got sick to my stomach...woozy.. and just icky feeling. Almost like I was STARVING. However by the time I go to the gym everyday I have already had 30+ oz of water and at least 700 calories. Should I be worried? Do you think I just need to eat more before gym time? Why am I getting so sick at so little energy? Why didnt it happen on Monday? The only difference is that on monday I had a nutrition bar at around 3ish, which was 170 calories. could that have helped with the sick feeling after an hour of exercise 2 hours later?"

**Shorti** said: "I think my diet is okay. I might need to re-incorporate fresh fruit. I have been eating this fruit snack but i havent eaten really fresh fruit for over a week now. So more fresh fruit (I get paid this friday so yay shopping) I am taking tonight off of the gym, I will see how I do on thursday! thanks guys!"