Right, I'm going to write this out properly because I keep starting things and then abandoning them after four days and I want to have a record this time. I am 54, perimenopausal, and I have officially had it up to here with the internet telling me to eat less and move more as though that is some kind of revelation. I have been eating less and moving more, on and off, for approximately thirty years. What I have not been doing is paying attention to what actually happens in my body on a given day depending on what I ate at breakfast. So that is what I'm trying now. The thing I'm testing this week is just: does a proper protein breakfast make any difference to the 4pm thing. You know the 4pm thing. The wall. The point where I would genuinely eat the kitchen cupboard door if it had any calories in it and then I can't think straight and I'm snappy with the kids and I end up having a biscuit (or four) and then I'm not hungry for dinner but I eat it anyway because I made it and it was a budget week and I'm not wasting it. So. This week I am having eggs or Greek yogurt or leftover chicken or whatever I can find that has actual protein in it before I leave the house. Not a cereal bar. Not toast with a scrape of something. Real food that takes a few minutes. I'm writing down: - what I had for breakfast - whether I crashed at 4pm (scale of one to five, one being fine, five being feral) - how hungry I am at dinner - how I slept That's it. I'm not counting anything, I'm not cutting anything out, I'm not starting a new plan with a name. I just want to see whether there's a pattern over two weeks that I can actually look back at. I'm also going to mention the energy crashes to my GP when I go next month because I've never actually said it out loud in an appointment. I always end up talking about the hot flushes and the sleep and then the ten minutes is up and I've forgotten the other three things I wanted to say. If anyone else is doing something similar or has noticed a pattern with breakfast and afternoon energy I would genuinely love to hear it. Not looking for a programme, just curious what other people have noticed for themselves x