If I Always Had an Afternoon Slump, Here’s What I’d Do 👇

Tired of the afternoon energy crash?

Could be lots of reasons, but one thing it’s NOT is a caffeine deficiency ☕️🙅🏻‍♀️

Maybe your body is asking for something simple:

Movement 🏃🏽‍♂️

We weren’t meant to sit at desks and computers all day.

Even a little bit of movement can combat that slump by promoting circulation, regulating stress hormones, and boosting feel-good chemicals in the brain.

Some ideas:

✔ Take a 10-minute walk outside ☀️

✔ Stretch or do some desk yoga

✔ Try 20 bodyweight squats or jumping jacks

✔ Use a standing desk for part of the afternoon

What’s your favorite way to re-energize in the afternoon?

Sugar Crash—Explained 😮

👀 Pause the scroll and spend a minute with me…

Ready for a crash course in exactly what happens at the cellular level when you eat too much sugar at once?

(let’s say—a big gulp slushie 🥤)

When the sugar hits your digestive tract, it’s absorbed into your bloodstream as glucose (aka blood sugar)...

…which signals beta cells in your pancreas to release insulin (a hormone) into the blood as well.

⚠️ Remember this: because we’re dealing with a slushie here, a large spike in blood sugar triggers a large spike in insulin.

Insulin facilitates the movement of glucose into cells so it can be used as energy 👏👏

Sounds great EXCEPT…

Because of the sudden nature and magnitude of the sugar spike and insulin spike, glucose is quickly moved into cells and blood sugar drops dramatically (the CRASH 🫨)

Cue hunger, cravings, shakiness, brain fog, anxiety, you-name-it.

👉 The point is that our bodies were not made to deal with excessive sugar intake.

If repeated day in and day out, eating high amounts of sugar or refined carbs without healthy fats, fiber, and protein…

…is the main cause of insulin resistance.

If you’re still with me, like ❤️this post and follow 🚶‍♀️for my upcoming posts on how to keep a healthy blood sugar balance.