Thanks for your answers and suggestions everyone. From them I'm going to book an appointment with the doc to see if something is going on. I had suspected low thyroid output several years ago but it cleared up OK then so it might be worth looking at something similar again.
A little bit about me for those who asked.
Female, 25 years
170cm and 85 Kg - So it's a no brainer I'm carrying more fat that is optimal right now. But until the end of the year I'm caring more about my muscles, but don’t want to blow up too much ya know.
Food - I haven't tracked regularly recently so I can’t give an exact answer but I can say I’m getting a lot. I'm aiming for something like 2500 on lifting days and 2000 on non-lifting days. That's made up of 180g or protein and the rest fat and carbs with a minimum of 100g each with more emphasis on fat (I work better that way). I've tracked this before and as I said before I've been getting over this regularly. If you can suggest any changes to this I'm all ears.
But seriously I've been pigging out and eating much more than usual. So if it's anything to do with food it can only be a permanent food coma. Including a week spent away on holiday (even more pigginess) in the last month I've actually put on 5Kg. Yes, you heard right, 5Kg in a month, so I'm not eating too little. Actually that much gain leads me to suspect hormone crappiness even more. What is odd that is that someone actually remarked that I look more lean than before, but even I can’t pretend that's all muscle.
I'll try to take pay more attention to water intake. However I do tend to need to piss every hour. I have to consciously decrease water consumption prior to going to the movies
As said before the last month has included a week of holiday (no training) so it's less likely to be adrenal fatigue (even if you use the term 'burn out' instead). But training is high with a typical week being 3 days weight training and 4 of martial arts sessions (MA is not always high intensity though).
Hey Riddles, unsure what it could be. I'd consider things like stress factors and how your body may use its nutrients during daily stresses. If you don't already take a multi-V, that may be a good start. I regularly take non-chewable vit C and have better energy with it, compared to not. Umm and caffeine can be a weird thing, so if you have it a lot, I know its caused me problems before. Goodluck. And I sleep 7 hours usually, but up to 9, sometimes only 4 hrs. Just have naps lol.
