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Maybe start eating breakfast?
by dmishe 13y ago
Maybe start eating breakfast?
- com2kid 13y agoIntermittent Fasting + Ketogenic Diet is awesome, fully recommend it. It is like having an internal source of energy that just goes on and on forever! Cereal and toast means a blood sugar crash a few hours later, no thanks!
- enraged_camel 13y ago>>Cereal and toast means a blood sugar crash a few hours later, no thanks! Well, you could try eating like an adult and see how it works for you. I have a protein shake every morning. Milk, banana, peanut butter and chocolate protein powder. Works great: it's filling, delicious, healthy and it doesn't cause a sugar crash.
- com2kid 13y agoI've also done high protein breakfasts, they work out well. IF provides unique benefits, not saying it is the only way, but it is a comfortable way. My lack of energy in the morning is more due to my internal clock being shifted about 8 hours forward. My natural hours would be to take at ~1pm and be up until ~4am. Separate issue. :)
- ugexe 13y agoHave you done a sleep or diet study or are you just making assumptions based on your experience?
- dijit 13y agoThere are numerous studies into 'night owls' and such a people do exist, I was actually reading about this earlier due to the fact I've always been more active, alert and mentally capable when waking up at 11-13 as opposed to times earlier, and the energy lasted throughout the day. I think the Wikipedia page on night-owls explains in greater detail the exacts of what is essentially a genetic predisposition, the sources hold up too. Anecdotally, I've tried many diets, I thought I had insomnia at one point and the doctors did not disagree, taking pills does not make it easier- you feel more disconnected and my usual grumpy demenour is more apathetic. As with most things YMMV
- jackhammer2022 13y agoMy guess is the Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder )
- VexXtreme 13y agoOne problem I have with doctors is that everything is a fucking disorder if it deviates from the mean in any way. There are people who are far more functional and productive following this sleep pattern. I can't imagine going to bed at 11 and waking up at 7 every day.
- derefr 13y agoA thing is called a "disorder" if 1. it makes it hard to function in society; and 2. it can be treated or mediated somehow, so there's a point to having a name for it. Basically, a "disorder" is a node connecting "symptoms" to "treatments."
- jmduke 13y agoThis is the exact same shake I have and it's wonderful. If you're a coffee person, try adding some cold brew as well.
- nocman 13y agoThere is nothing childish about cereal and toast. He didn't say "Lucky Charms" and "toast loaded with grape jelly". I eat a low carb meals also, and I totally get not wanting a sugar crash due to eating a carb-loaded breakfast. But sheesh "Well, you could try eating like an adult" just sounds terribly condescending to me. Plenty of adults eat cereal and toast for breakfast and are just fine doing so.
- lampe3 13y agothere are cereals without sugar... fasting for a longer time can be dangerous... your body in the morning needs energie its like a engine... I don't eat after 7:30 PM I can't sleep with a full belly
- jadyoyster 13y agoFasting for a day is not in any way dangerous. We've evolved to cope with situations much more extreme than that just fine.
- 6d0debc071 13y agoI generally have oats and raisins for breakfast, (my boyfriend makes a cooked breakfast sometimes but that's far from a regular thing,) never noted a blood sugar crash.
- collyw 13y agoHow old are you? And what sort of body type? Intermittent fasting sounds really interesting, but I am already fairly skinny. I don't really need to loose weight.
- orbitur 13y agoI also don't break the fast until 1/2pm after I get up at 830/9am and I operate just fine. com2kid just needs better sleep. Change pillows, change beds. Also, for your sake, take your laptop to bed with you and use something like f.lux to change the hue of the screen, anything but sitting at your desk (although getting that LCD out of your face would be optimal). You could probably use an extra hour of sleep.
- andy10 13y agoAlso, making sure that when you do sleep it is pitch dark. Cover all lights, smoke detectors etc. Will make for a better quality sleep.