People with high energy levels share your secrets

[LeavingTheSandBehind]

Hi,

Hoping to get some inspiration from people with high energy levels and general lust for life. I am feeling run down, tired (partly due to chronic insomnia) & fed up and would love to hear what you do to make yourself feel well and happy. Thanks!

Amphetamines. Not helpful to the masses, I know

I have ADHD and my chronic insomnia was linked to that. ADHD brains typically have a delayed sleep cycle (my optimum sleep pattern is 2am - 10am), which isn’t conducive to working in our society so I was exhausted all time time before I was medicated.

How would I know if I was a person with higher energy levels?

Roughly same bedtime and waking up at the same time early each day.
Fasting until lunch has been a massive game changer for me.

Vitamin d. Fizzy orange and zinc.

I'm about 3 stone over weight but I have more energy now then when I was a size ten.

I suffer from toddler. I'm permanently knackered, sleep about 4-6 broken hours a night. Vitamins keep me functioning but not thriving.

Mine are:
More exercise than you think you need. I work out with weights and HIIT 3-4 times a week, do a 2 hour yoga class and go for walks too. My energy has increased a fair bit since doing this.

If you are in UK, use a Vitamin D spray from October to May.
I also take an iron supplement, and if I'm run down, a multi vitamin too.

Do small things every day that give you a little lift - make a cup of really good coffee in the morning, feed the birds and watch them as you drink the coffee, put on favourite music when making dinner or folding laundry, watch a comedy sketch, run a deep Epsom salt bath and lie in it, reading a book for 20 mins.

Always have something to look forward to: immediately, very soon, this week, this month, this year.
E.g. Immediately - a cup of coffee after completing a task at work
Very soon - a favourite exercise class this evening, or a catch up on the phone with friends
this week - a night out with your partner or day out with family at the weekend
This month - a gig or weekend away
This year -a big thing like passing an exam or moving house or a trip of a lifetime or running a marathon - the stand out thing of the year.

I think those things give you energy as they propel you through life with lots of stations along the way to look forward to.

This is an old thread.

I hope there OP and the other poster sorted their insomnia.

@lljkk

How would I know if I was a person with higher energy levels?

I think you'd just know.

Like you know if you're tired, because you feel tired. It's the same as that, but opposite.