Cutting out carbs completely. It's crazy how it knocks me out at 2/3PM like clockwork until I discovered this. Now my energy is stable through the day, and I sleep much better, and get up at 5:30am to job. It's nuts right? But try it, no carbs.
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#12Staying completely free of caffeine and other toxics like that whether natural or synthetic.
Can confirm, never felt more tired day to day than when I was drinking two cups of coffee per day. Stopped 2 years ago and never looked back. The first 30 days are the worst, but after that, a glass of water wakes me up just as effectively.
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#13Staying completely free of caffeine and other toxics like that whether natural or synthetic.
How does being caffeine free help? I drink a butt load of coffee everyday so that’s been my norm for a few years.
There's no definitive study that I'm aware of, but anecdotally many people have trouble getting to sleep if they consume caffeine too late in the day, and/or struggle to get out of bed before regularly consuming caffeine in the morning.
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#14Drinking more electrolytes.
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#15Adderall
I prefer Vyvanse for that long, slow release... no mid-afternoon crash ;)
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#16Adderall
I remember it from Silicon Valley when the carver asks for Adderall so that he could stay up for two days straight.
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#17Exercising - LONG walks
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#18Meth
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#19Lifting, animal fats, 10k steps a day, cold showers and no porn
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#20No caffeine after 3 PM (5 hr half-life, 25% remain at 1 AM), no water/drinks after 8 PM, going to bed at a regular time, and of course a mix of cardio/resistance exercise (see CDC for guidance).
Aside from that the only other thing I've found helpful is, counter-intuitively, skipping meals. First few days your body remembers that you're "meant" to eat then (i.e. hunger), but after that you get a strange energy boost instead. So if I skip breakfast/lunch I often find myself with MORE energy mid-afternoon, even if you'd expect less. I do get a little hangry/irritable at dinner time however.