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My cheap oatmeal breakfasts every morning helped me lose the afternoon slump.
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leewood6mo ago
Yeah, @alexperry is right about the simple swaps. I started adding a scoop of peanut butter to my morning oatmeal and it totally fixed that 3pm crash for me.
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mason_reed475mo ago
Wait you CUT OUT your afternoon coffee and it HELPED? That's wild, I would have bet money it would make things worse. I always grab a latte at 2 like clockwork thinking it'll push me through. The idea that skipping it could actually fix the crash feels backwards but I guess it makes sense if the crash was from the earlier caffeine wearing off. Might have to try a week without and see what happens.
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alexperry6mo ago
That afternoon slump really shows how little fixes can beat big overhauls. I see the same when people swap soda for seltzer and get steady energy all day. Why do we always reach for complicated solutions first?
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miasanchez6mo ago
Honestly that soda to seltzer swap is such a perfect example. I used to crash hard every day around 3 and tried all sorts of stuff. Then I just cut out my afternoon coffee, which felt too simple to work, and my energy leveled out so much. We're kinda trained to think the answer has to be a big life change or some special product, so we skip the obvious stuff.
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