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mikacat · Coach

Tips for having more energy

Kelly · Hermes

This might sound stupid, but do you take vitamins and eat right? I always start to feel sluggish after a few days of eating crappily. I feel my best when I eat enough fruits and vegetables, and remember to take my iron and my vitamins.

ETA: And if I have a cup of coffee or tea

-- Edited by ttara123 at 12:36, 2006-08-26

tina242 · Kate Spade

I totally agree w/ ttara123 - vitamins - if I don't take my Nutrilite vitamins I get sick and sluggish. The crappy vitamins like Centrum don't really do much, but good vitamins make all the difference!!

Oh and I take fruit & veggie pills, so I don't feel so bad if I don't eat my full serving each day!

-- Edited by tina242 at 16:25, 2006-08-27

twinkle · Coach

tina242 wrote:

I totally agree w/ ttara123 - vitamins - if I don't take my Nutrilite vitamins I get sick and sluggish. The crappy vitamins like Centrum don't really do much, but good vitamins make all the difference!!

Oh and I take fruit & veggie pills, so I don't feel so bad if I don't eat my full serving each day!

-- Edited by tina242 at 16:25, 2006-08-27

tina can you expand on exactly what you take?
what are fruit & veggie pills?

mikacat, i'm in the same boat as you- i need at least 7-8 hrs of sleep a night to feel OK and i feel like other people can get away w/so much less.

Cortney1982 · Chanel

Have a good breakfast. I have an Instant Breakfast every morning, they are full of vitamins. I don't like going without!

squishy · Coach

how much water do you drink daily? i've noticed that if i drink 4-6 cups of water, i feel fresher the next day

NCshopper · Hermes

I've been taking B complex vitamins for the past month or so and they work wonders. If I forget to take it in the morning, I feel super sluggish when I get home from work and just feel like sitting on the couch. When I do take them, which is more often than not, I still have energy left over when I get home. The difference has been pretty dramatic.

subwolley · Kate Spade

Thank you for posting this thread! I am EXHAUSTED. I work full time and go to school full time, so I need all the energy I can get. I'm taking a B vitamin, but I think I need to take some other vitamins as well. I'm definatly not getting 8 hours sleep a night.

blubirde · Chanel

I don't know... it kind of seems like it's okay to be tired after you work a full day, go to the gym, and then cook dinner. It seems reasonable to me to be tired after that day.

But if I want to get other things done after gym time when I get home, I don't sit down. If I sit and rest, I'll crash. So if there are things to do, I just do them. If I'm going out afterwards I'll never even take a minute to chill after the shower or else I'll never make it out of the house. How can we be blamed? Our couches are so comfy...

Also, I've found that a little mid-afternoon caffeine (in my case a diet soda) helps boost my energy for the evening. I wouldn't recommend any later because then you might have a hard time sleeping but around 3 o'clock I almost always have something caffeinated to give me a pick-me-up.

mikacat · Coach

good tips--a b vitamin would be a good idea. I can't ever remember to take them so I think i will leave them on my desk at work. More water is always a good idea. I eat pretty good but could always eat more veges and fruits and less refined sugar. I don't drink caffeine so i won't start that.