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Re: Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?

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Post by Jugurtha »

nynx wrote: post #24
Jugurtha wrote: post #11

I 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?

Yes, home. I love vegetables.

I also don't eat bread. It's not out of caring for my weights (I have low fat no matter what I eat, but I don't eat bread because I don't eat bread. If I'm not eating peppers and olive oil, or lettuce with vinaigrette, or tomatos-ognons-and-olive oil, then I mostly don't eat bread). I sometimes eat it with lentils or beans in sauces, but other than that, I don't eat it.

Again, nothing against bread, it's just I'm not that into it. I use it more as a container.

Re: Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?

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Post by [deleted] »

avl999 wrote: post #28
arnejenssen wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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Re: Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?

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Post by phat_gopher »

Jugurtha wrote: post #11

I 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…

I would love to do this but have no interest in going to bed at 8:30--9:00

Re: Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?

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Post by sgt »

paulcole wrote: post #20
can16358p wrote: post #5

Don't eat carbs, don't drink too much coffee, do take cold showers.

This is funny because I do eat lots of carbs, drink quite a bit of coffee, and never take cold showers. Yet somehow I have plenty of energy. What do you think is going on here?

What works for one person might not work great for another. Maybe the cause is something else completely. I tend to eat something sweet with my coffee like 70% chocolate, throughout the day - small pieces. I don't feel that it is unhealthy at all.

Re: Ask HN: Tips for more energy during day?

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Post by xhrpost »

What has been your experience with the obvious ones? People keep bringing them up because by far they are the biggest contributors for most people.

Couple anecdotes from myself: TL;DR - Be on the lookout for patterns.

1) I noticed a pattern when I would go home for the holidays to visit family. I was incredibly drowsy on most days, for most of the day. I would eat all I want, which for breakfast might mean pancakes with loads of syrup or french toast with syrup and maybe there's an egg in there somewhere. If I made an effort to vastly reduce my consumption of high glycemic carbs at breakfast, my energy through the day would be immensely better, like night and day improvement.

2) I was also struggling with fatigue during the day sometimes while not on holiday. I found that it was tied to consumption of artificial sweetener in my coffee in the morning. I often wouldn't eat breakfast and just have coffee and be ok until lunch. But if I had saccharine(sweet n low) in my coffee, I would feel very tired. I stopped drinking coffee like this and haven't had the problem come back. My non-doctor opinion is that because artificial sweetener induces an insulin response in the body, but doesn't contribute to any blood glucose, what blood sugar I had was getting pulled out and placed into fat cells. I will sometimes allow myself sweetener but with a breakfast and be fine.

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