To not understand why my healthy (I think) way of eating isn't making me feel energetic and fabulous

Couldn’t agree more.

If you’re not fuelling your workouts, you can’t perform.

How does one fuel workouts? Complex carbs.

All carbs are refined? What a crock

What are you actually talking about
how much protein do you think she should be eating?
Breakfast contains milk, milk powder, yoghurt and peanut butter. Since when is that not enough protein?

I agree with other posters that its probably just expectation mismanagement, thinking that you're going to feel on top of the world (whatever you deciede that feels like)

And the general grunt and grind that affects everyone is an indicator that something is 'wrong', look how many posts are leaping to 'you're deficient in iron and b12'

She probably just feels like the majority of us do. Thats being human.

Always good to double check of course,

No where near enough protein, especially for breakfast!

This reply should be saved and trotted out as a prime example of why crowd sourcing nutritional information on social media is a terrible idea.

@guestsareinvited Have you never run across oats, quinoa, sweet potatoes, chickpeas, lentils, brown rice, peas, potatoes or fruit (to name just a few)?

OP, I agree with the others - start with a blood test, including hormones. And how's your sleep? HRT status?

People should have to disclose their IQ before posting dietary advice

It looks super healthy to me OP, I don't think it's your diet that you need to worry about - maybe iron though? Do you have red meat occasionally? If my iron gets low I know about it as I feel really tired. Soaked chia seeds in your smoothie could help too.

I'd look at exercise and sleep - I can tell you if I do an hours walk that includes a couple of good hills I sleep so well and have so much more energy. The difference it makes is quite amazing.

You should feel really good on this diet- apart from it having nothing fun or tasty- I would say you either have a medical issue , or this diet is making you depressed-it would make me depressed.

Im 4 stone overweight- so obese and Im slowly changing my diet. First step.was to increase dietry fibre - thats making me feel a lot better.

Do people think our forebears ate huge amounts of high-grade animal protein? They certainly ate more offal, but very few could afford red meat or chicken on a daily basis. It has been observed that the 1940s diet, dictated by rationing and very low in refined sugar, was very healthy. But it didn't, and couldn't, contain large quantities of meat.

Exercise more. My biggest energy booster is vigorous exercise.

Your diet could use a few beans, seeds, and nuts IMO, but exercise needs to be added to get the fuel running better in your engine.

Bring back the 😂 button.

TBH I think you are unrealistic to expect any diet/meal to make you feel 'energetic and fabulous'. That's going to be much more dependent on sleep, mood, work, family, weather etc. Have a lie in then off to a spa day? Feeling fabulous! Get up early to drive to work through roadworks then have a stressful meeting? Feeling tired, down and anxious. What you had for breakfast won't make much difference to those scenarios.

OP still hasn't said how her life is negatively impacted by not feeling fabulous (enough) and energetic (enough).

I could not agree more. I suspect a lot of the kneejerk 'Not enough protein!' responses are reacting to OP saying she doesn't eat meat.

Again,
Milk
milk powder
yoghurt
peanut butter
eggs
cheese
salmon/prawns
all sources of protein. How much protein do you think she should be eating?

Too carby and not enough protein. I would fall asleep after that breakfast and then feel
hungry after lunch/dinner. I also suspect it’s not really enough calories.

Milk
milk powder
yoghurt
peanut butter
eggs
cheese
salmon/prawns
all sources of protein. Assuming OP is eating decent portions which as she isn't trying to lose weight she probably is, this is plenty of protein. Honestly, how can you look at that and say 'very little protein'? It baffles me

V little protein!

Her diet is fine!!
This whole thread is nuts and so disordered

This is simply not true. Sourdough has a slower blood glucose effect than standard bread and peanut butter is fat and protein NOT high carb which has the effect of slowing blood sugar rises. Having a carb based snack is not a bad thing! Eating plain white processed bread with jam - definitely going to spike blood sugar. Sourdough toast and peanut butter- satiating, nutrient dense and delicious.

There’s nothing wrong with grapes and bananas and of course you can have more than 1 egg a day or how the hell would you ever have scrambled eggs?!

this thread is batshit

Wow none of that would fill me up at all! I must be doing something wrong.

Of course there are, but I doubt they are living on the same diet as OP! They will have properly tailored diets to give them energy.

This 'peaking and crashing' sugar levels is completely overstated.

Its normal for sugars to increase after eating and a bit more depending on what we've eaten. It doesnt suddnely mean people cant get off the sofa