Lethargic after eating

[HillaryD]

I have completed my 30 days and am in the reintroduction stage; however, I noticed even before the reintroduction phase that I was getting very tired after eating meals (especially lunch).  I have Hashimotos Disease so I am not sure if that is playing a part in this or not.  I try to eat different things to see if that will have an effect, but it does not seem to do much.

Please help.

[ladyshanny]

It's really impossible to offer any sort of opinion/thoughts if we don't know anything about what you've been doing. How much water are you drinking? How much sleep are you getting? What is your meal timing like? Do you eat within an hour of waking? Do you exercise? If so, pre or post workout food? What's your stress like? How are your meals composed? Are you snacking? If so, on what? What are you eating for lunch that you aren't eating at other times?

Fill in some blanks and we can see if anything stands out.

[HillaryD]

I try to drink 2 liters of water per day.  I am getting between 7 1/2 and 8 hours of sleep a night.  I do eat within an hour of waking.  I eat at 8am, 12:30pm and 7pm approximately.  I sometimes have a snack between 3-4pm - usually an apple with almond butter. I do exercise 3 times a week and eat post workout.   I eat different things for lunch - usually a salad with some type of protein (beef, salmon or chicken).  Sometimes I eat leftovers with a protein, sweet potatoes and a veggie.  In general here is my eating schedule:

8am - Breakfast - eggs, veggies and sweet potatoes

12:30pm - salad with a protein on top and a tbsp of dressing

7pm - protein and 2 veggies (if I am really hungry, I add a sweet potato)

 

[ladyshanny]

Hi @HillaryD - you could try moving the sweet potato from breakfast to dinner as many people report better energy and sleep with that timing. Also, if you do need a snack between lunch and dinner (and ya, 7 hours or so would call for that!), have protein and fat or protein and veggie rather than the fruit/nut combo.

It's hard to give specific advice without more specific info (portion sizes, veggie & fat types, exercise intensity, post-workout meal composition) but the tweaks above might help.