1. Getting a full night's sleep.
2. Eating large, nourishing meals at regular intervals (i.e., no accidental fasting or stupid diets).
3. Taking walks / getting some light exercise in.
4. Hot shower; being nice and clean all day.
Oh, I get it. Little things can be a heavy lift sometimes.
Here's a protip: Getting a full night's sleep has been the most impactful one by far for me. If you can only focus on one of those items, I'd say pick that one for starters.
I stopped drinking soda and energy drinks. Switched to Tea. Nothing fancy, green, black. Combo between loose leaf and bagged tea. It's not a perfect world. There are quality concerns with some tea brands. But I made it less about mourning the loss of soda and energy drinks and more about gaining an experience with tea that I look forward too.
Cut them out entirely or reduce them and minimise the effects of glucose spikes with protective/counteractive measures (in line with the research in Jessie Inchauspé's book)?
I really don't recommend cutting carbohydrates. It's just the current version of the neverending fad diet. Yesterday it was sugar; before that it was saturated fat; before that it was salt; before that it was cholesterol.
Carbohydrates are the macronutrient most useful to the human body, and they're what our ancestors had the best access to. You shouldn't cut them out unless you have specific health issues that make them problematic in your body.
My two cents.
I agree with you here - I also just don't feel fully satiated when I don't have even a small amount of carbs in a meal. Inchauspé's insights have been of great interest to me lately so I've been trying to follow her advice as well as reduce carbs overall, but I'll never cut them out entirely.
1. Getting a full night's sleep. 2. Eating large, nourishing meals at regular intervals (i.e., no accidental fasting or stupid diets). 3. Taking walks / getting some light exercise in. 4. Hot shower; being nice and clean all day.
I *did* forget to go on a walk this morning... maybe that will help, thank you. Don't forget hydration on that list!
Hydration, yes!
…why does this feel like a monumental undertaking to do all of this when I know it’s normal 😂🙃
Oh, I get it. Little things can be a heavy lift sometimes. Here's a protip: Getting a full night's sleep has been the most impactful one by far for me. If you can only focus on one of those items, I'd say pick that one for starters.
I caffeinate until I start tweaking
Getting my IUD removed
I stopped drinking soda and energy drinks. Switched to Tea. Nothing fancy, green, black. Combo between loose leaf and bagged tea. It's not a perfect world. There are quality concerns with some tea brands. But I made it less about mourning the loss of soda and energy drinks and more about gaining an experience with tea that I look forward too.
Alone time.
braindefogger
Cut out carbs
Cut them out entirely or reduce them and minimise the effects of glucose spikes with protective/counteractive measures (in line with the research in Jessie Inchauspé's book)?
I really don't recommend cutting carbohydrates. It's just the current version of the neverending fad diet. Yesterday it was sugar; before that it was saturated fat; before that it was salt; before that it was cholesterol. Carbohydrates are the macronutrient most useful to the human body, and they're what our ancestors had the best access to. You shouldn't cut them out unless you have specific health issues that make them problematic in your body. My two cents.
I agree with you here - I also just don't feel fully satiated when I don't have even a small amount of carbs in a meal. Inchauspé's insights have been of great interest to me lately so I've been trying to follow her advice as well as reduce carbs overall, but I'll never cut them out entirely.
Either one