I work out everyday 50-60 minutes.[treadmille]
by the way im 13,and i eat like 3-4 times a day,small portions.
and im always ALWAYS dizzy
and whenever i stand up from sitting down
EVERYTHING turns black and i feel like im bout to faint. what does this mean?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Health? Siren_Cytherea answered Friday August 29 2008, 2:24 pm: You're not getting enough calories, that's what that means; you're not giving your body what it needs to function correctly. If you're eating small portions, you need to be eating every 3-4 HOURS, not 3-4 times a day.
If I ate the portions I do 3-4 times a day, I'd be having your problem, too.
Not only that, but you're probably burning more calories than you're supposed to, leaving yourself with too much of a deficit.
The small portions thing only works if you're still giving your body what it needs. You don't need to enlarge your portions, but you need to adjust your calorie intake.
Do yourself a favor and take one day to record how many calories you eat in one normal day with the 3-4 meals, and record how many calories you burned on the treadmill. At the end of the day, subtract the calories you burned on the treadmill from those that you ate, and see how many you're really taking in. If it's under 1500, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it is, you definitely need to eat every 3-4 hours, and adjust upwards to get to at LEAST 1500. At LEAST. I'd probably aim for 2000 if you're working out every day, but if you're getting under 1500 you'll have to work up to 2000 so your body doesn't freak out on you.
People are supposed to have 2000 calories a day, 2500 if they work out every day, generally. With the way I work out, I'd have to eat 2400 calories a day to maintain my weight.
Call it an experiment, do the calculations, then try eating more and see if your dizziness goes away.
Let me know what happens, will ya?
-Siren =) [ Siren_Cytherea's advice column | Ask Siren_Cytherea A Question ]
Ramona answered Friday August 29 2008, 11:36 am: This means that your body isint getting enough food and if your working out 50 - 60 min then you need to be eating larger protions so that you can burn off the calories by working out it's good that your working out but try eating bigger portions next time** hope this helps!! [ Ramona's advice column | Ask Ramona A Question ]
Alin75 answered Friday August 29 2008, 8:50 am: Well I tried to research this a bit. I found an interesting response to a similar issue here:
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