When it comes to health vitality, call it what you want one of the key meaures that we often take for granted it ENERGY. It can be taken for granted because we assume our body will do what it needs to do to provice us with sufficient energy for the demands we place upn it each day. But what if it doesn’t? When then?
There are so many factors that dicate how well our bodies can produce energy.
Sleep
If we don’t get enough quality sleep we will soon feel the effects and that drained feeling rather than leaping out of bed each morning starts to become the norm rather than the exception.
Stress
If we are in a constant state of stress from work load, long hours and very little chance of a break from it all we can tip over the edge and our body’2 ability to bounce back is compromised. We need time to recover each day. Also during our day we need sufficient breaks to allow our brains abd bodies to refuel and recharge or defragment so we can go again for another block of work.
Insulin
If we become insensitive to insulin our fat storgage hormone which is important for allowing gluscoe into our cells from our blood stream then it cannot reach the cells it needs to to power up our body and give the brain the fuel it needs to be creative and productive for the whole day. Watching our diet then is a key element to remaining sensititve to insulin.
Nutrition
If we eat well we generally feel well. We are getting the balance of both macro and micro nutirients into our body so it can them make all the necessary chemical changes to our food and use it to make nutro trasmitters – for example, among many many other things. If we starve it of key elements in our diet we risk setting ourselves up for deficiencies in our body which can only go unaddressed for a short while until bigger symptoms prevail and force us to take notice. (If we’re prepared to listen).
Exercise
Ever done a workout or been for a walk or run and felt MORE energised afterwards rather than depleted? This is exactly what you want from exercise – an increase in energy levels. If you are getting the opposite then something else is going on and worth investigating. A lack of ecxercise is linked to all cause mortality and many metabolic issues which are readily reversable if you are prepared to take action.
How do you know?
Why not down load my new energy tracker for FREE. This simple tool helps you map out when you are tired and when you are energised and can then use this to plan better during your day for maximum output of productivity. This will give you insight into when you may be lacking energy and help you decide what to do about it as well as plan your day for maximum output.
Need more help?
If you need more help with your energy levels feel free to book in here for a free chat to see where we can make some lifestyle changes that will over time boost your energy, wellbeing and quality of life with it.
Here’s the link to that tracker again: