56 and the 3pm thing has been going on so long I genuinely thought it was just... me. Just my personality. Just being a bit rubbish in the afternoons. But I've been paying attention this past fortnight and I'm starting to wonder if it's actually about what I eat in the morning, or more accurately what I don't eat. Most days I have toast. Sometimes just coffee and then toast at my desk at half nine. And then by three o'clock I'm sitting there feeling hollow and slightly furious and reaching for whatever biscuit is nearest. So last week I tried eggs two days running, proper breakfast before I left the house, and both afternoons were noticeably different. Not fixed, not bouncing around, just... less dire. I'm not reading too much into it yet because two days is nothing. But I'm curious. I'm also trying to meal plan properly for the first time in years. Just three dinners ahead, not the whole week, because the whole week always collapses by Wednesday. Three feels manageable. The other thing I want to do is write down when the crashes are worst so I've got something to actually show my GP. I've put on about half a stone since last year and I can't really explain it because nothing obvious changed, and I'd like to be able to talk about that properly rather than just going in and shrugging. Has anyone else tracked this kind of thing before an appointment? Did it actually help? x
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