I noticed last year that using a standing desk (in lifted position) half of the day helps me to focus significantly.
Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?
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#22Keep water near you and drink more than you think you need. The side effect besides keeping you awake is that you’ll have to walk to pee, which wakes you up too.
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#23I used to wake up at 0430, do a workout at home (push-ups, squats, abs, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, etc) for 30 minutes (hundreds of push-ups and squats, etc). Then take a shower. Then breakfast: water, 4 eggs, steak, turkey scallops, half a liter of milk (well, café au lait), fruit). I'd go out and feel I could slay dragons and bite the moon, and feel that way throughout the whole day. My classmates would get…
For most what you eat matters a lot. A high protein / fat diet gives a huge amount of energy. A high carb diet makes you hungry very fast and then a huge drop in energy. If I eat a small light breakfast of a bagle and cream cheese, or a banana I am more hungry, and have less energy than if I ate nothing at all. When I eat bacon, eggs, sausage, cheese for breakfast. I have a ton of energy all day. Lately, with WFH I have been skipping breakfast, and eating "breakfast" during lunch, but that same food. I have lately been doing a 20 hours daily fast, eating in a 4 hour window, and a 1 day a week fast. And I have so much energy and almost never hungry, and I think keeping low carb is a big part of that.
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#24I used to wake up at 0430, do a workout at home (push-ups, squats, abs, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, etc) for 30 minutes (hundreds of push-ups and squats, etc). Then take a shower. Then breakfast: water, 4 eggs, steak, turkey scallops, half a liter of milk (well, café au lait), fruit). I'd go out and feel I could slay dragons and bite the moon, and feel that way throughout the whole day. My classmates would get…
Eat any vegetables?
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#25What works for me is a cup of coffee and avoiding sugar all day.
Also, doing something that you like and feel proud off helps a lot.
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#26Wihtout any guarantees:
You could try skipping a lunch or only eating half of what you usually eat.
I myself tend to eat a lot more than I actually need to. A full stomach will actually drain your batteries for a few hours.
While intermittent fasting (the way I did it - 2/5) was nothing I would do for a regular work week, skipping a lunch once a while or eating just enough to not get really hungry gives me an incredible boost.
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#27I find that I tend to drift into an pseudo intermittent fasting routine. I usually eat one large meal a day, in the middle of the day. I try to avoid anything that has sugar, carbohydrates (though I do eat a decent amount of rice), dairy, stuff like that.
If you eat bread in the morning or drink coffee/tea/juice with sugar, cut that out immediately. That is probably a big contributor to your tiredness.
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#28Don't eat carbs, don't drink too much coffee, do take cold showers.
Agree. There is no essential carbs. The only reason to eat vegetables is for the vitamins and minerals. But there are essential fats and amino acids.
Not sure why you are being downvoted. You are right, there is no such thing as "essential carbs", the body can easily create glucose it needs from protein and dietary-fat. Whereas the opposite is not generally possible.
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#29I used to wake up at 0430, do a workout at home (push-ups, squats, abs, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, etc) for 30 minutes (hundreds of push-ups and squats, etc). Then take a shower. Then breakfast: water, 4 eggs, steak, turkey scallops, half a liter of milk (well, café au lait), fruit). I'd go out and feel I could slay dragons and bite the moon, and feel that way throughout the whole day. My classmates would get…
Eat any vegetables?
This made me wonder how much nutritional difference there is in consuming the meat of a herbivore vs the meat of a carnivore.
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#30I used to wake up at 0430, do a workout at home (push-ups, squats, abs, jumping jacks, mountain climbers, etc) for 30 minutes (hundreds of push-ups and squats, etc). Then take a shower. Then breakfast: water, 4 eggs, steak, turkey scallops, half a liter of milk (well, café au lait), fruit). I'd go out and feel I could slay dragons and bite the moon, and feel that way throughout the whole day. My classmates would get…
Your energy might have been what enabled you to complete the workout routine every day, rather than the workout routine being the cause of your energy. How did things change when you stopped the routine?