How I Stopped the Afternoon Energy Crash

Hey friend,

You know that crash that hits around 3pm? Your energy tanks, you get cranky, and all you want is something sweet or a nap. I lived there for years. I figured it was just me, or just getting older.

It turned out a lot of it came down to one thing: my blood sugar. When it shoots up fast and then drops, you feel that drop as a crash and a craving. The good news is you don't need a diet or a ton of willpower to smooth it out. You just build your meals a little differently.

What changed everything for me was simple. At every meal, I put three things on my plate:

• A protein, like eggs, chicken, or Greek yogurt.

• A healthy fat, like avocado, olive oil, or cheese.

• Something with fiber, like veggies, fruit, beans, oats, or brown rice.

When those three show up together, your body takes longer to break the meal down, so your energy stays even instead of spiking and crashing. That's really it.

A few small things helped me most. I stopped eating carbs by themselves, like toast alone or a granola bar on the run, because that left me starving an hour later. I have my coffee with breakfast now instead of on an empty stomach. Most days I take a 10-minute walk after I eat, which sounds too small to matter but really helps.

Want to try it? Pick one meal today and put all three on your plate. Look at it before you eat and check: protein, fat, fiber. Then see how you feel a couple hours later. That's the whole idea of a Reset. One choice, one meal, one day at a time.

If you want all of this laid out simply, with my favorite meals and the habits I use for all five foundations, that's exactly what I put in my Midlife Reset Playbook.

You've got this.

Love you big,

Jen