How Is Your Energy During the Day?
I need you do something for me. Can you rate 1 out of 10 how your energy level is following lunch, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. Just sit with that number for a minute and take a long deep inhale and a slow exhale.
I have another question for you. Come on!! Play along with me.
Do you crave chocolate after lunch or feel so tired in the afternoon that you seek out caffeinated products to help drag you across the finish line?
I’m going to be completely honest with you, this was me throughout the majority of my forties, with horrible cravings, crippling fatigue, tummy inflammation and mental health disease, the dreaded depression.
Have you experienced any of these symptoms?
I have good news for you - it doesn’t have to be this way. You don’t have to accept these symptoms as part of the Midlife Era. The solution to improving your daily energy is simple and requires baby steps of action such as:
tweaking how you consume your food
adding JUST 10 minutes of movement after you eat
Let’s look at how to tweak what you eat and what type of movement is required to feel like an energizer bunny!!
Here are my 3 TOP Hacks to Improve Your Energy
Start your morning with a savory breakfast. Think omelette (loaded with eggs & veggies). Too busy to cook first thing in the morning, make a protein shake instead such as this one. Starting your day with protein instead of coffee on an empty stomach or sugary cereal, will reduce your morning glucose spike and keep your energy levels steady, for the rest of the day. Who doesn’t want that?!
At lunch start with your vegetables or salad first, before you eat your bread, pasta or carbs. The fibre in the vegetables will slow down the digestion of carbs in the body, flattening the glucose spike. Remember, the goal is sustainable energy all day long without a glucose crash, that will send your body craving sugar or coffee to pick you back up.
Following a meal such as lunch or dinner, take a 10 minute walk outside, around the office or at home. TIP: when on a call - walk don’t sit. Movement even as simple as a walk will support your blood sugar levels by promoting the uptake of glucose by the muscles, reducing the spike in blood sugar.
Ask yourself - how bad do you want to feel good?
These easy hacks helped me shake off sugar cravings, fatigue, inflammation and mental health issues. Try these solutions for 3 weeks and document how you feel in your body and share with others.
small tweaks
take the action
document how you feel
As easy as 1,2,3 for building the energy you want to live with, each and everyday.
Comments are OPEN for discussion when you’re ready!
With so much love, Jessica
Your Transformative Health Coach in Movement, Nutrition & Mindset
