So tired in the evenings!

[AngelaL 0]

Hi - I had my surgery on January 5th, 2011, and have noticed that I am ridiculously tired in the evenings. Now I will admit that I have a 2 year old who gets up very early (usually before 6 am) - but that is nothing new for me since he has always been an early riser. I am getting a minimum of 60 gms of Protein a day (more like 70-80) and have been trying to keep my diet realtively low carb. I thought that maybe it was the low carb thing, but even if I eat more carbs I am still dozing off by 8pm! It's terrible! I should also note that I have been excersicing too - I am doing 33 minutes of cardio every other day. Any thoughts? I need more energy, STAT!!!

Thanks in advance for your responses -

Angela

[lucky13girl4652 1]

I don't have any advice, but I am having the same issue. I can't stay awake past 9pm lately - I'm an early riser too due to kids too and at night, I'm exhausted. My surgery was on 12/15/10 and the first few weeks, I chalked it up to post surgery, but now I'm starting to get concerned. I rely on the 2 hours at night to get stuff done while my kids are sleeping. Now, I'm falling asleep on the couch which I NEVER did. I, also, am getting 70-80 gms of Protein in day and taking multi-vits and Vit D, so I don't know what the issue is.

Anyone out there have any thoughts???

[reverie 49]

Maybe your Vitamin D is low? Are you taking a MV? Either way a busy day will drain anyone so..

[AngelaL 0]

Maybe your Vitamin D is low? Are you taking a MV? Either way a busy day will drain anyone so..

Hmmm - I take 50,000 IU of Vitamin D once a week, so I don't think that is the case - guess I better call my NUT.... :/

[JoMi 5]

Hi - I had my surgery on January 5th, 2011, and have noticed that I am ridiculously tired in the evenings. Now I will admit that I have a 2 year old who gets up very early (usually before 6 am) - but that is nothing new for me since he has always been an early riser. I am getting a minimum of 60 gms of Protein a day (more like 70-80) and have been trying to keep my diet realtively low carb. I thought that maybe it was the low carb thing, but even if I eat more carbs I am still dozing off by 8pm! It's terrible! I should also note that I have been excersicing too - I am doing 33 minutes of cardio every other day. Any thoughts? I need more energy, STAT!!!

Thanks in advance for your responses -

Angela

I was having the same problem until I started eating a thomas' whole grain bagle thin in the morning. My body NEEDS some carbs!

[hiddnstar 167]

it sounds like maybe your body just needs to recover from major surgery dont stress about it and get your rest.

~hiddn

[Keia 4]

I went through this. After 3 - 4 weeks, I started feeling normal again. I'm still trying to get back into my pre-surgery routine.