Does anyone not experience the midday crash? If so, what’s helping you?

Question

I’ve learned that I generally would really benefit from a nap early/late afternoon. My body tanks to where I feel like I could fall asleep standing. I don’t know why. I don’t get GREAT sleep but not horrible either. If it’s mainly sleep then maybe I can try to work on that but it’s random things like I wake up on the middle of the night or my kids do. I wake up at 5am every day. So by 2/3 I’m DONE, but obviously have to power through.

Answer

What are your eating habits like? Do you eat a nutritionally balanced diet, or do you eat things high in refined sugars or processed foods? What about caffeine? Do you drink a lot of coffee or caffeinated, sugary drinks? 
It is common to suffer a bit of a lull in energy mid afternoon. Assuming you eat lunch, this is due to the fact that your body requires energy to breakdown and digest the food that you eat. 
However, if you’re really crashing and struggling to stay awake, I do think you need to check your diet and make sure you’re eating well. Snacking on things like fruit and nuts is far better than biscuits, chocolates and crisps. It’ll sustain you and keep your energy levels high. Replacing your sugary/caffeinated drinks with water will help your body to stop relying on ‘quick’ sugars for energy. 
Work on your sleep if you can. Make sure you’re emptying your bladder fully before bed so you can try to avoid waking up in the middle of the night to pee. You can always drink herbal teas that help you relax before bed and improve your quality of sleep. Make sure the air in your room is circulated and try not to let the room get too warm. Your body temperature needs to drop in order to fall asleep and sleep well, so if your room is stuffy and too warm, you’re more likely to wake up.

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I drink a cup of coffee in the morning and a cup at 2 pm every day to get me through until bedtime. I’m still more tired the second half of the day but I’d be done if I didn’t have that coffee 😬

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My husband and I get up at 5 everyday. Around 2-3 it's the same for us. We do feel tired but we must keep going. We go to be around 8pm. By then we are super tired. Naps are good but for us when we take naps for a hour then we wake up with headaches. If he gets off early we can get maybe a 2 hour nap in but it's hard for us to fall asleep at night.

Does anyone not experience the midday crash? If so, what’s helping you?

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