With all due respect, if you read my post the first thing I asked the OP is "why". My "Dr. Phil pep talk" was about the natural effects of working out a lot and then stopping. That is common sense. The OP does not suggest that he felt sick and then stopped working out. He simply stopped and felt a drop off in energy. You don't need to follow my advice, but to call it bad, very bad and bordering on stupid sounds more like a knee jerk reaction that a well crafted reply to the OP or my post. And as in my previous post, this is just my opinion...