Half hour nap. Plus caffeine afterwards.
Same here when I can get it. Otherwise just coffee and movement. Getting my brain into another task helps too.
I really cannot function without that half hour nap. But unfortunately I can’t do it at work 😞
It depends on your age or health I guess. I’m now 34 and I am learning some types of food will tend to make me sleepy while others will help me stay away and focused for longer (or maybe they just don’t make me sleepy?)
Basically avoiding any type of heavy carbohydrates does the trick to me. Bread, spaghetti, potatoes, milk (in your coffee).
If I do get sleepy, also not sitting straight after lunch helps, I recently got a standup desk and I stand the first 30 min after lunch for work, really helps.
Also avoid any kind of sugar at all costs. Candies, dessert, ice cream, chocolate, sweetened coffee, and counterintuitively even some fruits such as bananas may give you a sugar crush.
Take a 5-10 minute walk. Research has shown it’ll reduce yor blood sugar after a meal by up to 50%.
Sounds interesting. Do you have a source for the mentioned research?
I may have misremembered the exact amount… It was shared on Lemmy not long ago, but I’m not finding it with search. 🫤
This is the closest I could find: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-022-01649-4
Dont eat that much?
I lay down on couch for 20 minutes.
When I work from home. In the office I can not manage to rest even on the couch.
I try to eat less the next time. I find that there is an optimal amount of food that prevents me from being hungry that doesn’t causes tiredness.
It’s also about what one eats. I find fatty food to be the worst. It takes so much energy to digest I literally fall asleep at the table.
2 cups of coffee (1 with breakfast, one mid morning). Small lunch.
10-20 minutes eyes closed/nap. Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.I try to take cat naps, but you would be amazed at how big a difference just closing your eyes for 10 min makes. Mid day brain haze completely gone!
I drive for UPS and the pick me up I get from taking a quick cat nap in the back of the truck cannot be overstated.
By not having lunch… just a snack really
I don’t have enough time in which to eat at work. That said food doesn’t make me sleepy.
If work doesn’t give you time to eat, unionize or quit
Mate, I am in a union, and the Teachers Federation even got us our pay rise, which should start this month. We are all looking forward to it. But school is over fast, I find I forget to eat at the gaps, better to eat before and after school.
Not well
Caffeine
Eat a modest portion and eat something with plenty of fiber. But you may need to experiment as everyone’s body works differently. Lentil soup/stew/salad has been my go to.
Have a job where you don’t get to sit down, that did the trick for me
I start some easy task so I’m distracted from that im tired. Then it flows from there.
Can’t speak for others but I notice I only feel sleepy if I have a huge meal. A normal sized meal followed by a fruit usually keeps me going till home time.