Men, how do you handle a mid-day sugar/caffeine crash at work?

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1. I work in construction so I Just power through

2. I continue to consume caffeine during the day as I go

3. Protein shake, also limit sugar intake and drink caffeine slowly.

4. Nap

5. Have a 1 or 2 pm coffee

6. Keep pouring coffee

7. I’ve gotten in the habit of having a piece of fruit in the afternoon. That’s usually enough to get me through the rest of the day.

8. Eat a lunch that is protein and veggies

9. Don’t eat sugary or carbohydrate-heavy breakfasts. Eat a bowl of eggs and bacon and cheese – eat more fats and proteins so your blood sugar doesn’t spike early morning and then crash later in the day.

10. Eat fruit

11. I don’t get them after I started IF and do a 20&4

12. My office has free espresso machine so I just fuel the addiction

13. Don’t drink coffee

    Don’t eat sugar

    Don’t crash.

14. Eggs and bacon in a wrap. Sugar free coffee additives so the crash isn’t so severe.

    Have some hard boiled eggs, trail mix, for snacks.

15. Push ups

16. I start falling asleep everyday around 2:00 without fail. There’s been times where I literally pass out for like 30 minutes. Especially if I’m working on something boring. Unfortunately I hate coffee and just cut out pop from my diet so I just try to drink a lot of water and walk around a bit.

    I actually found out recently that if I workout during my lunch break it gives me more energy to push through the afternoon. Usually try to get in at least 1-2 miles of running. I’m not sure why but it works for me…

17. I literally quit a two decades long caffeine addiction to beat the afternoon crash from drinking coffee in the morning. One of the best thing Ive ever done.

18. Do 10 pushups.

19. Eat lunch

20. I mean, 4ish liters of black coffee a day pretty well avoids that.

21. Don’t eat, don’t crash.

22. Don’t drink caffeine until 2 hours after you wake up.

23. Gave it up. It’s mostly a mind over matter thing. Once you give it up, you realize it wasn’t ever necessary to begin with.

24. Don’t consume (added) sugar or caffeine. Protein and fruit shake for breakfast, handful of nuts for mid-morning snack, protein and veggies for lunch, piece of fruit and protein bar for mid-afternoon snack, protein and veggies for dinner. Take hits of water w/lemon throughout the day to stay hydrated and alert.

25. I spread my caffiene intake throughout the day. 100mg at 7:30am, and 100mg at 1pm

26. I get up, walk around for 5min, get a large cup of cold water, and get a light snack (almonds, biscuits, digestives, etc).

27. More caffeine

28. Delay caffeine in the morning till you’ve fully woken up, 90 minutes usually does the trick. Otherwise your just moving feeling tired further down the day.

29. Use green tea or supplement with Theanine. It stops the crash.