Tiredness

[daz3210]

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

[boobles]

Are you sleeping well during the night?

[daz3210]

I think I sleep well during the night, but don't want to get up on a morning. Put it another way, I don't remember not sleeping during the night.

[Hoofy]

By tea, you don't mean the drink but lunch or dinner, right?

If so, it's due to the type of food you're eating. Read up on the glycaemic index and how to choose better foods via a GI diet. Or just avoid white carbs.

[daz3210]

Hoofy said:

By tea, you don't mean the drink but lunch or dinner, right?

If so, it's due to the type of food you're eating. Read up on the glycaemic index and how to choose better foods via a GI diet. Or just avoid white carbs.

Yes, sorry I meant evening meal.

[illmonkey]

I used to get this after lunch, well, get sleepy in afternoons. Try eating different things. Less stodgy bread etc.

I still get it sometimes, but not that often now I've changed to salad wraps etc.

[boobles]

That would rule that out then. Atleast if you had said you wearn't sleeping that well during the night, that could have explianed feeling tired during the evening. I often feel tired straight after dinner but I put it down to the red wine I am consuming with dinner.
Alcohol can make you feel tired especially after a long day.



I would say that certain vitamins may help but it's also worth having a read of this.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=v...

[Hoofy]

illmonkey said:

I used to get this after lunch, well, get sleepy in afternoons. Try eating different things. Less stodgy bread etc.

I still get it sometimes, but not that often now I've changed to salad wraps etc.

That's exactly why I started investigating wtf was going on. I could barely stay awake at 2pm. Changed from white bread sandwiches to brown/whole bread and no problems.

[Halb]

Hoofy said:

Changed from white bread sandwiches to brown/whole bread and no problems.

That change made the difference?

[goldblum]

daz3210 said:

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

No.

[daz3210]

goldblum said:

daz3210 said:

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

No.

Thanks for the blunt but useful answer.

I'm beginning to think the myfitnesspal thing is flawed, just had a shedload of fruit, and its still telling me I have had no sodium, potassium etc etc, even though the packaging on the fruit listed what it typically contains.

[Hoofy]

Halb said:

Hoofy said:

Changed from white bread sandwiches to brown/whole bread and no problems.

That change made the difference?

Yes, I distinctly remember being bored but wide awake at work afterwards.

[Hoofy]

daz3210 said:

goldblum said:

daz3210 said:

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

No.

Thanks for the blunt but useful answer.

I'm beginning to think the myfitnesspal thing is flawed, just had a shedload of fruit, and its still telling me I have had no sodium, potassium etc etc, even though the packaging on the fruit listed what it typically contains.

MFP isn't flawed. The people who enter the data are lazy. The database is entirely created by the users who are sometimes only interested in calories.

[illmonkey]

daz3210 said:

goldblum said:

daz3210 said:

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

No.

Thanks for the blunt but useful answer.

I'm beginning to think the myfitnesspal thing is flawed, just had a shedload of fruit, and its still telling me I have had no sodium, potassium etc etc, even though the packaging on the fruit listed what it typically contains.

The flat in "myfitnesspal" is it relys on what a user has entered in for a product. So, if 'Dave' decided not to add the sodium level when adding that item, you won't get it in the report.

If you want to keep 100% accurate levels, I suggest you add the product yourself and use it, or keep a spreadsheet somewhere else.

I use it for general calories, and even that is sometimes hugely out, but its only an indication, so I know that 8 pints and that curry I had last weekend was a little over my allowance.

[goldblum]

daz3210 said:

Thanks for the blunt but useful answer.

I'm beginning to think the myfitnesspal thing is flawed, just had a shedload of fruit, and its still telling me I have had no sodium, potassium etc etc, even though the packaging on the fruit listed what it typically contains.

Have a banana.

[Muncle Trogg]

If it helps I often feel the same when I've not taken on enough fluids during the day or have eaten too much bread (much more of a rarity these days). I'd suggest making sure you drink plenty of water during the day and, as others have said, try and include foods that release energy slowly.

In my opinion vitamin supplements are a last resort, I'd much rather just adjust my diet.

[daz3210]

Hoofy said:

daz3210 said:

goldblum said:

daz3210 said:

Often after tea I feel seriously tired, and fall asleep for a couple of hours. Last night was a prime example.

But, over the last week I have started using MyFitnessPal, and this has highlighted that I am possibly not getting enough of the various recommended vitamins and essential salts.

Would a multi-vitamin supplement help stop the tiredness, and make me feel more energetic?

No.

Thanks for the blunt but useful answer.

I'm beginning to think the myfitnesspal thing is flawed, just had a shedload of fruit, and its still telling me I have had no sodium, potassium etc etc, even though the packaging on the fruit listed what it typically contains.

MFP isn't flawed. The people who enter the data are lazy. The database is entirely created by the users who are sometimes only interested in calories.

So it is flawed, but mainly because it is only as good as the info that others input.

Trouble is that the packing on the fruit doesn't give full breakdowns of what is in there, I was hoping that MFP would already know.

Thanks for the info.

[Hoofy]

daz3210 said:

So it is flawed, but mainly because it is only as good as the info that others input.

Trouble is that the packing on the fruit doesn't give full breakdowns of what is in there, I was hoping that MFP would already know.

Thanks for the info.

Well, this is like suggesting a computer is flawed because someone made an error in a line of code.

Oh, one area it IS flawed is the calorie burn from exercise. I cannot believe most of the suggested burn rates so divide everything by 2.5 (or 3 if you want a rule of thumb).

[daz3210]

Hoofy said:

Well, this is like suggesting a computer is flawed because someone made an error in a line of code.

Oh, one area it IS flawed is the calorie burn from exercise. I cannot believe most of the suggested burn rates so divide everything by 2.5 (or 3 if you want a rule of thumb).

TBH the calorie burn rate matches more or less what the gym machines say for the likes of treadmill, exercise bike and rower. These also match more or less what the HRM says too.

But what is strange is that weights apparently burn no calories.

As for the flaw, there is a flaw, but I accept it is nothing to do with teh MFP itself, but the data within.

[Hoofy]

daz3210 said:

TBH the calorie burn rate matches more or less what the gym machines say for the likes of treadmill, exercise bike and rower. These also match more or less what the HRM says too.

But what is strange is that weights apparently burn no calories.

As for the flaw, there is a flaw, but I accept it is nothing to do with teh MFP itself, but the data within.

Not for my exercise bike. It's always about a third less.

Maybe my bike is wrong. In which case, I'd better eat an extra gateau every day to make up for the calorie burn.

However, I've compared it to other calorie burn calculators online and am not convinced.