Even after a full-day of sitting at a nutrition conference and then driving for 40 minutes, I made it to the gym for a workout. Glad I did it and feel better for doing it, and now it’s only 8:30pm and I am ready to get some sleep. Many people do not realize when you are using your brain your glucose levels plummet and hence your glucose requirement escalates. It is a pretty easy to understand relationship too, the more you stress the brain when learning and studying the more glucose it needs. For this reason I know how I would feel if I did not eat well and often and stay hydrated during an eight hour learning session. I start at home with a great breakfast, this morning was a two-egg omelet with green onions and some cottage cheese 1% fat and all my supplements. Then a couple of hours later a banana and yogurt. Then lunch was two white meat chicken skewers, salad, and steamed veggies and supplements. Snack two hours later was a protein shake. One hour later was a cubed mixed fruit bowl. Dinner consisted of fava beans, salad, and sea bass and supplements. Of course throughout the entire day I sipped water and stayed well hydrated. By the end of the day even though I was very exhausted from the listening and learning process I was not that physically tired, so I was able to go to the gym and have a decent workout.
Just sharing what I know people go through when they have sit-down type jobs or careers but it doesn’t have to be so tiring that you cannot have the energy to get to the gym on a consistent basis.
Try the above eating regime and see how it works for you. Eat healthy every two hours or so and stay hydrated.
The best of health and a good night’s sleep.
Tony D.
