I've noticed some sort of pattern where my energy levels are concerned.
I've come back from a 3rd burnout recently. It took 2 years to recover. It was slow and often frustrating.
In the past several months I've noticed that my energy level plummets for days at a time, usually after a couple days of busy activity (ex. Canning tomatoes for 3 days, or a weekend of my husband and me babysitting our 5 year old grandson).
I'm wondering if this would be a long term effect of those burnouts. I've been told that you don't necessarily recover 100% after a burnout, and after 3 probably much less than that.
This makes regular exercise a challenge, but I'm adapting. I know better than to push myself past the fatigue.
I've had blood work done and everything is fine.
It's just very frustrating cos I never know when I'm going to wake up exhausted or not. Some weeks I can do a lot and keep going. Other weeks, no.
Because of this I haven't completed a program or even a 2 week challenge in quite awhile. It makes it difficult to stay motivated.
Long term effects of multiple burnouts
I've noticed some sort of pattern where my energy levels are concerned.
I've come back from a 3rd burnout recently. It took 2 years to recover. It was slow and often frustrating.
In the past several months I've noticed that my energy level plummets for days at a time, usually after a couple days of busy activity (ex. Canning tomatoes for 3 days, or a weekend of my husband and me babysitting our 5 year old grandson).
I'm wondering if this would be a long term effect of those burnouts. I've been told that you don't necessarily recover 100% after a burnout, and after 3 probably much less than that.
This makes regular exercise a challenge, but I'm adapting. I know better than to push myself past the fatigue.
I've had blood work done and everything is fine.
It's just very frustrating cos I never know when I'm going to wake up exhausted or not. Some weeks I can do a lot and keep going. Other weeks, no.
Because of this I haven't completed a program or even a 2 week challenge in quite awhile. It makes it difficult to stay motivated.