Mr. Misery Wrote:
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> I don't know exactly what it is, but I think I
> have it. Lemme no if you no what Eppstein-Barr
> Syndrome is. I have no energy, no zest, no pep. I
> take 15mg amphetamines every morning and still
> nothin'. Minimal pep. I'm tired all the time. Do I
> have the Eppstein-Barr??
>
> I was going to put a picture of Roseanne Barr
> here, but I'm too tired. Here's I-Roy instead.
Serious response here.
Your diet could be a big part of your problem.
Ivan Lendl was a world-class tennis player who felt constantly drained of energy, and would sleep half the day.
At the time he was eating the kind of junk food/high cholesterol/red meat-type meals you do.
When he changed his diet, he experienced an immediate improvement in his energy level, and was also able to feel well-rested with less sleep.
You should think about changing your diet, Miz. That may be at the root of your fatigue, and lack of pep. In particular, as you get older, your body may not let you get away with the kind of bad diet that you formerly overcame through the energy and resilience of youth.
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Lendl found himself feeling sluggish and heavy, even in practice. He lost badly in the early rounds of several tournaments. In august, Lendl asked Solomon to call Robert Haas, who had worked earlier on a diet and conditioning program for Martina Navratilova. "I told Jerry I wasn't sure what Ivan's problem was," Haas remembers, "but that if it had anything to do with endurance and fitness, then I could definitely help."
Haas did a series of blood tests and discovered that Lendl's diet was exceptionally high in protein, and that his cholesterol level was way up in the danger zone.
Sure enough, Lendl told Haas that on a normal day, he might eat five or six scrambled eggs for breakfast, a couple of McDonald's hamburgers for lunch,
and a steak for dinner.
"It was the sort of diet that will throw up a brick wall in the way of performance," says Haas...
Lendl switched to a diet dominated by pasta, soup, water, fruit, a bit of chicken, and virtually no red meat. He even ate the once-hated vegetables in the service of a greater good.
Lendl noticed changes very quickly. Having once slept as much as fourteen hours a day, he now felt rested with no more than eight even during the most strenuous tournaments, as few as four or five when he wasn't playing competitively.
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Source:
http://www.menstennisforums.com/archive/index.php/t-23444.html