help with being a morning person

[peachinprocess]

i've been struggling with this new early schedule.

i am finding i can get up at 7am and get moving but once i eat lunch around noonish i bonk.

it's barely 3o'clock and i am ready to curl up in a ball and call it a day.

any suggestions?

Comments

[mottsc]

Are you having a good breakfast? Are you having a small snack between breakfast and lunch? Also you're doing different things so maybe you just need some nap time?

[peachinprocess]

yep, i eat a very well balanced breakfast (cause i would pass out in class if i didn't) hmm, no snacks. i don't like to snack.

urg. i wish work had a nap room.

[uberfilmsnob]

this is assuming you're also getting to bed early, which is not always necessary to getting up at 7am...

my suggestion is to try making sure you're getting enough b vitamins. i read somewhere someday that it helps with the afternoon nap urges. and since i started taking a multi-vitamin (with b vitamins), i've noticed a significant difference in that afternoon lull. just my experience : )

also! might it be sugar/caffeine crashing?

[mottsc]

B vitamins, good suggestion! It's used in energy drinks for just that reason.

[chomp]

I have the same problem. I wake up early on weekends in order to make it easy for myself to wake up on time on the weekdays. Unfortunately, I do get tired in the afternoon. This happens most frequently for me at the beginning of the school year, but it gets easier for me after a while. Then the summer comes and messes it all up and I have to start again in the fall.

Maybe consider what you eat at lunch? When I have a large meal at lunch, I get tired.

I know you don't like snacking, but I find I don't get as tired when I spread my food across the whole day. Usually I eat when I wake up, around 10, noon, around 3, 5, and 8.

[crisper]

No carbs at lunch.

Was a productivity revelation for me when I did a brief but stringent low-carb crash a few months ago, and I still adhere to it on days where I know I need to have my best game on all day.

[izzytart]

I'm with D on this one. If I have carbs in my breakfast or my lunch, I get a major afternoon slump. If I stick to protein for breakfast (and maybe a small piece of high fiber, low carb bread/toast) and stick to protein and veggies through lunch, I am much more brain-functional into the evening.

YMMV of course =]

[stutefish]

Thirded!

Also, snacks and B vitamins: super-helpful.

[bruellaffe]

Eat less, but more often. I used to get so tired after lunch that I felt like I had narcolepsy. Your mileage may vary.