How to Avoid Energy Dips

As the winter comes, you may start to crave more comfort foods and your hope of achieving a flat stomach by the end of the year could fall by the way side!

You may find that your energy levels tend to dip around 3-4pm each day and all you want to do is dive head first into the nearest box of donuts.

Well help is at hand, I’ve put together my 6 top tips to stop you hitting the floor by mid-afternoon and to keep those extra pounds at bay.

Keeping you on the straight road to a flat stomach.



1. Eat Breakfast
Breakfast is breaking the fast after a number of hours of not eating; your body is craving nutrients to get it going. A good breakfast is vital in the morning and will set you up until your next meal. Slow releasing carbs are perfect, so go for oatmeal with some eggs on the side or perhaps throw some mixed berries onto your oatmeal. An Omelet with some spinach and peppers is also a great breakfast.

2. Caffeine
Limit the amount of coffee or tea that you consume each day to 1 cup of either coffee or tea. Caffeine is a stimulant and once you’ve had the high then the inevitable low will come, making you feel more tired than when you first started. Avoid drinking caffeine after lunch time as you certainly don’t want it to interfere with your sleep at the end of the day.

3. Snacking
Once you’ve had your breakfast in the morning you want to make sure that you keep your energy levels up by eating every 3 hours. So what you’re looking for is 5 small meals each day. Your mid-morning snack or your mid-afternoon snack should include a piece of fruit with some almonds or a few sticks or celery with some natural peanut butter.

4. Water
Always keep a bottle of water with you at all times, you’re looking to aim for at least 2 litres every day and remember this needs to increase the more active you become. Sometimes when you are feeling hungry you need to think when your last meal was, if it’s less than 3 hours then drink some water. Feeling hungry can sometimes mean that you haven’t drunk enough.

5. Food on the go
Keeping readily available snacks with you at all times is vital when you’re aiming for a flat stomach. Having your own foods means that you don’t need to even consider eating junk foods as you have your own healthy foods at hand.

6. The correct mix of foods
When you are eating healthy carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables, brown rice, brown pasta, always have a protein source to eat along side them. When you eat carbs on their own your blood sugar levels tend to spike but when you combine them with proteins your blood sugar levels will be kept at a consistent level, they basically balance each other out. Keeping your energy levels up for far longer.

There you go my top tips that will stop you from reaching for the junk foods mid-afternoon and by doing this you will achieve a beautiful flat stomach quicker than you think.

Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!

Steph.

Author of The Flat Stomach Solution

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Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!

Steph.

Author of The Flat Stomach Solution