Afternoon Crash-So Tired!

robinskv
robinskv Posts: 107 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am struggling with getting so tired after I eat in the afternoon. I walk around and drink plenty of water....any advice?

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  • robinskv
    robinskv Posts: 107 Member
    bump
  • vedra_b
    vedra_b Posts: 136 Member
    Totally following, This happens to me around 2 pm every afternoon. I have resorted to v8 energy
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,662 Member
    This post is over a decade old. 😬

    My afternoon slump comes when I’ve worked out really hard and undereaten. When I get The Naps for a couple of days in a row, I bump my calories up.

    It’s my experience that my body is signaling severe under-fueling.
  • Elphaba1313
    Elphaba1313 Posts: 205 Member
    Love a zombie thread.

    For me it's if I have a sandwich or anything carb heavy. Have to save those for the evenings - otherwise I'm nodding at my desk half an hour later.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    edited November 2023
    A lot of it is blood sugar issues if the tiredness is after eating. Normally associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, and most people have no idea they're progressing towards IR and this can be a telling sign. There's also the body's natural ability to produce serotonin from tryptophan found in protein and then the carbs that are eaten in that meal synthesizes the tryptophan in protein to serotonin which is a precursor to melatonin which regulated our sleep-awake cycle, anyway, it's basically hormonal, either way for the most part. Of course it could be fatigue from undereating and a few other situations as well.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Elphaba1313 wrote: »
    Love a zombie thread.

    For me it's if I have a sandwich or anything carb heavy. Have to save those for the evenings - otherwise I'm nodding at my desk half an hour later.

    Yep, this used to happen to me when I had sandwiches with regular bread and/or didn't get enough protein in relationships to carbs. If I up the protein and use sprouted bread (Dave's, Food for Life and Alvarado St. Bakery are some brands that make this) and get exercise at lunchtime, I don't get sleepy in the afternoon.

    Overeating can also cause this - when we used to have Mandatory Saturdays at work, lunch was on the company. We'd all be in a food coma in the afternoon. Between figuring out what to eat, eating, and the food comas, it was a waste of time to bring us in :lol:
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Lack of regular sleep also contributes to wanting to nap in the afternoon.


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