To ask what your biggest energy boosters are?! Some mums get so much shit done!

[upsidedown2017]

I'm knackered. All the time. If you have plenty of energy please tell me what you're eating/drinking/sleeping/doing!

I shouldn't feel like this in my 30s should I?

Any suggestions for what I can do to improve things?

[millmoo]

Watching with interest ...
I’m knackered all the time too

[RitaConnors]

I go to bed at 9.30.

[lifesaverormassmurderer]

Cutting out white carbs had made an amazing difference to my energy levels.

[RavingRoo]

Espresso
A husband who does housework
Lists
Multivitamin
Exercise - this is a big one

[BillywilliamV]

I run, 40 minutes 3x per eeek

[ZigZagandDustin]

A cleaner. Just knowing someone else has my back motivates me to keep up too.

[BillywilliamV]

Week.

[Darthvadersmuuuum]

Crack

[Lethaldrizzle]

Exercise.

[Want2bSupermum]

B vitamin shots (needed for medical reasons). Lots of water. Eat relatively well if you exclude the chocolate.

[Noofly]

No coffee. Coffee makes me sluggish after the initial caffeine rush. I stopped drinking coffee in January and it’s made such a difference.

[tittysprinkles]

Exercise
Coffee
Avoiding alcohol
Lights out at 9pm
Make lists
Use a diary

[Soyalatteforme]

I'm by no means bouncing with energy, but I posted something similar a few months; what has helped me feel marginally feel energetic is:

• no alcholo during working week (Mon-Fri for me)
  

• get cleaner to do ironing once every two weeks
  

• two evenings a week doing exercise
  

• two evenings a week bed before 10
  

• succumbing to my coffee addiction

[twilightcafe]

Iron supplements have made a big difference to me. I use Spatone sachets.

[Soyalatteforme]

And Spatone iron sachets.

[Soyalatteforme]

😊 not copying twilight! Promise!

[BikeRunSki]

Red Bull

[BillywigSting]

Lots of water
Lots of fruit/veggies
A proper filling breakfast
Enough sleep.

The enough sleep thing doesn't happen all of the time by any stretch of the imagination but it makes the biggest difference by a country mile.


Other than that it's coffee and stuff that actually gets me excited/motivated eg, friends coming for dinner so house gets a proper scrub

[Sirzy]

Vitamin c and d supplements

A SAD light

Running

Caffeine

A scary long to do list!

[Raver84]

Exercise for at least half hour a day. Fresh air. Limit caffeine and eat well. It's really that simple

[anothermalteserplease]

Exercise, really early night at least once a week and keeping busy. The more busy I am the more I get done. If I’ve no deadlines etc then I don’t achieve so much overall.

[Strokethefurrywall]

• no processed food/limited carbs
  
• no alcohol mid-week
  
• bulletproof coffee
  
• fasting 20 hours of the day
  
• cocaine
  

Genuinely, having tried every other energy booster, the only thing that really works for me is not eating until after 2pm and starting the day with bulletproof coffee. I'm mentally more alert than I've ever been and can effectively deal with multiple things at work at the same time, efficiently as well. I don't get any midday slump, I just drink plenty of water and power on through until the evening's meal.

I'd say exercise too as I feel like I could eat nails when I start the day with a run.

[Frouby]

I always have a mid afternoon slump if I have bread for lunch. If I have soup or salad I eat then crack on.

A sandwich has me stuck to mn or fb until dd is home from school.

[Parker231]

Lots of coffee, plenty of exercise and fresh air, drink lots of water and plenty of sleep. Outsource the cleaning and ironing and make life as easy as possible.