91–96 of 96 posts
You could use stimulants. Coffee, nicotine (there is gum, but it is easy to be addicted and detoxing causes noticeable brain lag for a few days), and you could use nootropic stuff like adrafinil (works well for me).
Background: Father with a 13-month old baby and a full-time job, 3/2 split in WFH/WFO. Aside from the obvious things you mentioned, I found that these items work for me: - Light lunch is the single most important thing after a good night of sleep; - Replacing dinner with some snacks not only helps with weight but also with awareness; - Never drink Coffee if you don't need it. Drink caffeinated ones if you need the fl…
- OMAD (one meal a day)
- walking
- no sugar
- no processed food
- no grain
- no vegetable oil except olive oil
- lots of vegetables
- lots of eggs
- moderate amount of meat
- working outdoors
- sun
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anybody who's done something like the above knows that the early morning workout is the ignitor that gets you on track, syncs your circadian rhythm, etc. When you sleep in etc, that's when you start to get low energy and lethargic.
"Anybody"? I tried exercising early in the morning for several months and hated it. It turned out that 1) I got very sleepy during the day 2) I can't exercise as hard as usual because I'm just not in the right mood that early.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-985/eleuthe...
Since then I've read a variety of research papers on PubMed about it and it does not seem to work for everyone. It seems to work better for people who are older. The effect on me is dramatic, within moments I feel more awake and energetic, before I even swallow the powder (so it must be entering through the skin of the mouth). It lasts about 4 hours, and then I feel fatigued again, but there is no crash like with sugar or caffeine, I just feel like I did before. It's cheap and easily available as a herb, also called Siberian Ginseng (although it is not actually a ginseng, real ginseng just seems to raise my blood pressure). I don't use it often but when I want to stay alert and am feeling tired I use it and for me it is very effective. It seems to have been widely used in Russia over many years by the elderly. For me a single bottle of capsules is probably a life time supply.