Why Does My Body Feel Heavy and Weak

Most people suffer from feelings of fatigue, heaviness, and weakness at times.

Here are 10 reasons your body may feel weak and heavy after you eat, after activity, in the morning, or the afternoon hump and evening stretch.

1. Food Timing

The energy level of our bodies is directly linked to foods we eat, and the timing/how often we have them. Daily consumption of processed and sugary foods will cause us to feel exhausted/bloated, or give us that "heavy feeling in my stomach".

Tip:  Opt to have sugary and processed foods as a treat a few times a week and after workouts when your body is primed for glucose intake.  Fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole food fats give your body a steady flow of energy.  Eat your last intake of food/drink of the day earlier in the evening, which helps with sleep quality and hormone balance (See #3).

2. Food Intolerances

Feelings of heaviness often occur after meals, where healthy meals energize us and meals that upset our microbiome make us tired, sluggish, and searching for caffeine.  Food intolerances are common, around 3 in 10 adults and 1 in 10 kids, causing fatigue and discomfort after eating.  Food intolerances cause irritation in the gut, which leads to bloating, acid reflux, and the feelings of heaviness.

Tip:  Trial an elimination diet to learn your current food intolerances, reducing gas, bloating, and stomach discomfort.  Healing the immune system will allow you to later once again tolerate many of the foods that may currently make you feel heavy and tired. 

3. Sleep Deprivation

Based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Healthy adults need 7 to 9 hours of rest each night. The CDC estimates that one out of three adults sleeps seven hours or less, increasing the risk of developing chronic disease.

TIP: If you get less than seven hours per night of sleep and your fatigued, it helps to optimize your sleep routines: going to bed earlier, avoiding screens and blue lights before bed, and having a cool and dark bedroom without electronics/phones,,, turning your wifi router off at night.  Eating your last food and drink earlier at night helps your body make hormones during sleep, increases insulin sensitivity to lower blood sugars, and reduces feelings of heaviness.

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4. Exercise

Physical activity is vital to maintaining your energy levels. While exercising, your body creates more mitochondria, structures in the cells of your body that convert oxygen and food into energy. The more mitochondria your body has the more energetic you are.

The CDC states that healthy adults can enjoy at minimum 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity or 75 mins of vigorous aerobic exercise per week, or a mix of each.  Tip: To increase opportunities for exercise it helps to increase sleep quality at night which increases your energy capacity for workouts (See #3 above).

5. Dehydration

Weakness and fatigue are both common signs from dehydration. Researchers show that this is caused by a decrease in the blood volume of your body when you don't stay hydrated. If you're not getting enough blood flow, your blood pressure may fall, making it difficult for oxygen and nutrients to get to the brain.

Scientists suggest daily water consumption of 11.5 cups (under 3/4 gallon) for women, and 15.5 cups (1 gallon) for men. This includes plain water as well as water from other drinks and food sources. About 20% of our water comes from food , the remainder you can drink. 

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6. Stress

Stress in the workplace is rising fast according to a new study from the American Psychological Association. The stress of money and relationships, work, and many other issues in life can drain your energy levels and cause your body to feel heavy, tired, and sad.

Tip:  To deal with stress, start with venting your emotions,, such as punching a pillow or yelling into it, meditation/deep breathing, exercise, sunlight/time in the trees, and empowering yourself to believe that stressors can make you stronger in the end.

7. Anemia

Anemia is a condition when your body fails to produce enough red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. Insufficient oxygen to organs and tissues causes your body to feel fatigued and heavy, have migraines, menstrual issues, dizziness, nausea, and heart palpitations/ atrial fibrillation (A-Fib).  Anemia typically occurs due to an iron dysregulation (not iron deficiency), which is worsened by low copper levels and high zinc levels in the body. 

TIP: Supplementation with high quality copper supplement, taking 15 mg or less of Zinc daily, and giving whole blood donations help the majority of iron dysregulation causes. 

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8. Insulin Resistance

Insulin is a hormone that your body uses to turn sugar as glucose into energy. It assists your cells to take glucose from the blood or keep it in storage for use later.

If cells become insulin resistant, glucose can't enter cells and transform into energy. This lack of energy can cause you to feel tired as well as heavy and weak.  Anyone can develop insulin resistance, however, those with unhealthy lifestyles and larger stomachs are most at risk. 

Tip:  To help increase insulin sensitivity, you can exercise, increase sleep quality (see #1), and supplement with Berberine, Apple Cider Vinegar, and Inositol. 

9. Depression and Anxiety

Feelings of weakness, fatigue and weight loss often come with anxiety and depression. When depressed or anxious we feel weighted down and heavy because neurotransmitters that regulate energy levels (like dopamine and serotonin) aren't functioning properly.

The heaviness and fatigue can occur from anxiety-related stress. Life stressors/anxiety release hormones to fight or flight hormones, and following that it is when you "crash" as the hormones levels drop quickly.  The more times this happen the quicker it leads to adrenal fatigue, high cortisol, and weight gain, leaving you feel heavy and weak. 

Tip:  Proper dopamine and serotonin highs include comedy movies, sex, and working out.  Serotonin levels also increase with St John's Wort, a plant that increases the body's production of natural serotonin to help you deal with stress and depression.

10. Hypothyroidism

Thyroid hormones regulates the body's processes of metabolism and digestion, as well as heart rate. Hypothyroidism is an under active thyroid, where the thyroid can't produce enough hormones, often due to nutritional and mineral deficiencies.  Without thyroid hormones, system functions slow down. The digestive system can't process energy and nutrients which means that the body can feel heavy and weak. 

Tip:  If you think you have hypothyroid start with massaging the thyroid from top to bottom a few times a day.  Supplement with topical 2% Lugol's iodine and take daily selenium in pill form or from organic brazil nuts, that will increase thyroid hormone production and reduce thyroid antibodies found in Hashimoto's Disease.

Conclusion

Always empower yourself and celebrate all your daily victories. We are all a work in progress, and if you can't find the reason your body is feeling heavy and weak we are here to help, specializing in telehealth functional medicine and distance quantum energy sessions.

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