Will eating less or a drastic diet change make me tired?

[Anonymous]

About three weeks ago I moved and my diet changed.

I drink mostly water, by mostly I mean water is all I drink unless I go out to eat (About once every two weeks) I'll sometimes order sprite and refil water.
I eat one big meal a day usually. (To me personally a big meal is two bowels of cereal or like 3 bowels of salad) and I snack on fruits or vegetables sometimes poptarts.
I go through a minimum of five 16.9 ounce water botteles a day so I'm drinking enough water. My new roommates are gym rats and I started working out with them, but I get really tired afterwards and I have insomnia (doctor diagnosed) so in general I never sleep this much and I was wondering if my new diet is because of it?

Before I lived with my parents so I had less control of groceries and my usual diet was like one bottle of water, breakfast, lunch, dinner, lots of juice and soda and snacks foods like snack cakes and such.

[jesshkah]

Yes drastic changes in diet and workout routines will make you tired. It's totally normal to get tired even if you workout all the time and start a new split. Honestly your new diet doesn't sound like the healthiest thing for your body though, so you being tired is also likely because you're not giving your body enough energy to function throughout the day since you're putting all the calories into one time frame. Drinking water is good, but you shouldn't be only having one large meal a day. Have a bunch of small meals throughout, and you should be eating more of a balanced diet. You need fats, proteins and carbs. Especially if you're working out you need protein.

[Asker]

I eat lots of snacks, but I just don't get hungry enough to eat multiple meals multiple times a day, much anymore. I'm not purposely trying to starve myself or lose weight because I want to gain muscle. I am eating when I'm hungry though and I eat till I feel full.

[jesshkah]

Well meals don't have to be like full on, like big plate of pasta or mac and cheese meals. I'm surprised you're hungry so little then, because your calorie output seems to be higher. The only thing I can think of now is that you're full off all the water you're drinking. Again, not that drinking water is bad, but it does fill up your stomach.

[Asker]

I understand what you mean and that makes sense because I don't feel hungry right now, but if someone ordered pizza I could eat about four or five slices anyway though.

I'm not sure why that is though. Like I don't feel hungry, but I don't feel full either. I could eat if it were in front of me, but I don't often feel hungry to the point that I want to actively get food.

Also my roommates are gym rats and I work out with them, but not as often or hard as they do. Sorry for such a late response.

[jesshkah]

thanks for MH. well, like I said, you probably feel full off liquid, that's totally normal. At your point, since you don't seem to really feel hungry much, I would just eat (not until you're stuffed) but just to keep up your energy throughout the day.

[Asker]

No problem, you helped a lot.

And thank you I will

[SoFeckinAddicted]

Yeah of course. You need a healthy steady diet to function properly.

[Asker]

Considering my old diet this new change seems a lot healthier I would assume anyways.

[SoFeckinAddicted]

It doesn't sound healthy or balanced at all

[Asker]

Oh I felt it was because I cut out most of the sugar and unnecessary fats

[SoFeckinAddicted]

Two bowls of cereal or 3 bowls of salad is not a meal. Poptarts is just lol

[Asker]

I mean I get too tired to cook every night, but poptarts are one of my favorite snacks.

I feel like I sleep too much to be eating anymore and I eat when I get hungry and eat till I get full. I just don't get hungry often.

[SoFeckinAddicted]

Yeah but you're not having balanced meals

[Asker]

Can you explain to me how I would? I'm not really sure how to ask without sounding like I never took 7th grade health.

[SoFeckinAddicted]

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[Asker]

I eat all of that just not in one day usually over a few days, but my diet is diverse I think, but I understand what you mean. I'll try to start eating like that more often in one day.