Energy levels

Gillo

Can anyone suggest anything to help increase them.

I swim 4 or 5 nights a week, and average about 1km distance each night, but am completely knackered half way through, it's a case of do a lenght and back, stop for half a minute and then go again.

Normally I'd have a bowel of pasta about 4:00, take an energy gel sachet at 6 and am in the pool for 6:20. I swim after work, and would normally work just short of a 10 hour day.

Ideally I'd like to work up to 2 km a night or at least not be completely knackered.

seamus

What's your sleep like? How many hours of actual sleep do you get - i.e. not just when you go to bed?

DrIndy

Also how much coffee/cigarettes/alcohol do you use? All these can reduce energy levels......

Gillo

I just worked it out, I'd say about 5 to 6 hours sleep per night and maybe 30 minutes on the train / bus in and out to work.
That kinda answers the question dosen't it...

Smoke; no
Drink; occosionally (often drink non-alcholic drinks when out)
Coffee, I've cut down from roughly 8 mugs to 2.

I eat ok, I woudn't call it healthy but it's definetly not unhealthy, it's somewhere in between and also take Rubix Megavites.

seamus

Yeah, you definitely need more sleep.

Try and replace your coffee with decaf. If you're down to two mugs, you shouldn't really notice the difference.

Gordon

How much water do you drink? I observed a great change from relatively no water and feeling tired all the time and braindead, to over 4 litres a day and feeling fine all day.

Transform

gillo wrote:

I just worked it out, I'd say about 5 to 6 hours sleep per night and maybe 30 minutes on the train / bus in and out to work.
That kinda answers the question dosen't it...

Smoke; no
Drink; occosionally (often drink non-alcholic drinks when out)
Coffee, I've cut down from roughly 8 mugs to 2.

I eat ok, I woudn't call it healthy but it's definetly not unhealthy, it's somewhere in between and also take Rubix Megavites.

Need more info e.g. exactly what you eat for b.fast, lunch and dinner including water snacks etc

Its too general to answer otherwise e.g sleep, food, stress???

Most issues from feeling tired are related to insulin levels etc

DrIndy

Transform wrote:

Most issues from feeling tired are related to insulin levels etc

No, unless you have diabetes, your insulin levels are always rigorously controlled and have nothing to do with feeling tired.

@Gordon - sound advice, if you are dehydrated, you just feel sluggish and crap - but 4 L is on the high side unless you live in Greece!

when do you drink coffee?

You need to sleep more, aim for 8 hours or as much as you can.

Transform

DrIndy wrote:

No, unless you have diabetes, your insulin levels are always rigorously controlled and have nothing to do with feeling tired.

@Gordon - sound advice, if you are dehydrated, you just feel sluggish and crap - but 4 L is on the high side unless you live in Greece!

when do you drink coffee?

You need to sleep more, aim for 8 hours or as much as you can.

Nothing to do with feeling tired!!!

Now if i were to eat a white baguette with jam i KNOW i would be grumpy and tired in about 30mins or if you overeat you can become tired e.g. post Christmas dinner feelings.

Insulin levels play a MASSIVE role in peoples level of tiredness e.g. those that are borderline diabetic will have symptoms of tiredness etc

I have given lectures at the national diabetes conference and i can tell you all the people there (nearly all diabetic) had issues with tiredness when their insulin levels were out of range.

Sleep - yes i agree.

In need of diet adjustment, well he hasn't posted his yet so wait and see

jcoote

90% of daytime tiredness is due to dehydration...as soon as i started drinking water/eating fruit the tiredness went away