Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip
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@networknerd said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
@dafyre said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
B12 after a meal is probably good. Or after a mid-morning snack.
Water and walking will usually help me as well.
I drink water like a fish all day long but could definitely use more movement. I'm on one of the higher floors of a building and have been going either up or down a flight for restroom breaks during the day.
If I take my B with some breakfast in the morning around 8am, I usually feel it kick in in the afternoons aroudn 2pm or so.
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@networknerd What works for me is doing it at the beginning of lunch, right before I eat. Thats right at middle of my day too. I have got to where i rotate my exercises now but that is up to you. You can just do 1 for a while if you want. I just want to be balanced in what I do. So i do squats one day then day while holding dell optiplex to chest, pushups next day, then next day is modified deadlift where I use a dell optiplex as weight. I try not to break a full sweat of course but that little activity at beginning of lunch every day does it for me. I no longer have those afternoon dips in energy. I'm still a little overweight because I eat too much but dang i can work all day lifting and carrying stuff if I need to because of my exercise.
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@penguinwrangler said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
You might need a sleep study done. You might not be getting enough quality sleep. I have sleep Apnea I believe @scottalanmiller has it really bad like I do as well. My heart is enlarged because of it. The doctor told me that without my CPAP, if I sleep 8 hours, I am working the equivalent rest of someone with no sleep problems would feel like after maybe 2 hours of crappy sleep. If I wear my mask I will usually wake up right before my alarm feeling refreshed. Without it, I could sleep much longer, possibly with the fishes. So it isn't something to dismiss.
Yup, mine is life threatening.
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Only cure that I have found is skipping lunch entirely.
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In addition to the sleep study, see if someone will let you test your blood sugar when you start feeling tired sometime. That's one of the major signs of the onset of diabetes, and is an easy self-check if you have access to a meter.
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@travisdh1 said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
In addition to the sleep study, see if someone will let you test your blood sugar when you start feeling tired sometime. That's one of the major signs of the onset of diabetes, and is an easy self-check if you have access to a meter.
Opposite, though. With diabetes you normally get the dip without food, not from avoidinig it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
@travisdh1 said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
In addition to the sleep study, see if someone will let you test your blood sugar when you start feeling tired sometime. That's one of the major signs of the onset of diabetes, and is an easy self-check if you have access to a meter.
Opposite, though. With diabetes you normally get the dip without food, not from avoidinig it.
Really? I always get tired when mine goes higher than it should... apparently I'm a little odd.
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You might also look at your work schedule. I've recently become aware of the fact that the tasks that seem to come up during the morning are the ones that are outside of my "sweet spot" from a personality perspective. When those occupy my morning and spend zero time doing things that give me life I end up wiped by lunch regardless of diet or exercise.
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@scottalanmiller said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
@travisdh1 said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
In addition to the sleep study, see if someone will let you test your blood sugar when you start feeling tired sometime. That's one of the major signs of the onset of diabetes, and is an easy self-check if you have access to a meter.
Opposite, though. With diabetes you normally get the dip without food, not from avoidinig it.
Prison Story:
I was the evening supervisor (sergeant) of the Ad-Seg house (commonly called "The Hole") had an offender declared a medical emergency because of low sugar. We got the nurse to him (very quickly as she was already doing rounds in the unit) and she checked him. His blood sugar was at 20. Wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes.Normal blood glucose numbers
Fasting
Normal for person without diabetes: 70–99 mg/dl (3.9–5.5 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: 80–130 mg/dl (4.4–7.2 mmol/L)2 hours after meals
Normal for person without diabetes: Less than 140 mg/dl (7.8 mmol/L)
Official ADA recommendation for someone with diabetes: Less than 180 mg/dl (10.0 mmol/L) -
@kelly said in Fighting the Afternoon Energy Dip:
You might also look at your work schedule. I've recently become aware of the fact that the tasks that seem to come up during the morning are the ones that are outside of my "sweet spot" from a personality perspective. When those occupy my morning and spend zero time doing things that give me life I end up wiped by lunch regardless of diet or exercise.
That's a good point. When you're really excited about doing something or find it very engaging, it normally does not matter how tired you might be. I say normally here because there are truly times where you are just too wiped out to even do what you enjoy.
