does anyone else crash at like 330-4o'clock ish

DNicholes Posted: Apr 10, 2008 03:59 PM

does anyone else crash at like 330-4o'clock ish

I could fall asleep right now and it always happens around this time.....

Anyone have any tricks to prevent this? should I be having a healthy snack at like 3ish

vmystique33 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:00 PM

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Im a granny I need nap time

MeNBobs Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:03 PM

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Everyday at this time I am ready to pull a Costanza and take a nap under my desk. I think the nap would get me in trouble though.

I either go to the kitchen to get a bottle of water or go for a walk to the ladies room. It also wakes me up if I call someone. Just a quick 2 min phone call to a friend and I am not so sleepy.

An hour and a half left!

PeteysBride Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:05 PM

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I usually hit the lull at like 2pm and want to die till 4pm. I read somewhere that lunch can ahve something to do with it. because normally most people eat pretty substantial lunches and the time it takes for the body to break it down, especailyl for people at desk jobs who arent moving around, can just amek you feel sluggish.

KandR419 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:13 PM

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Yes, it happens to me also on most days. Usually I'll try to eat a piece of fruit and that seems to help. (Although what I would REALLY like is a Snickers bar )

HamptonsBride Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:15 PM

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that's usually when i have my 2nd cup of coffee for the day...

diva7531 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:22 PM

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yes, at have an apple or something

SusiBtoM Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:25 PM

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yep.
Full belly from a late lunch (around 2ish), so I grab a cup of coffee to get me thru the rest of the afternoon.
A little groggy from my allergy meds too.

carolinebr Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:26 PM

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YUUUUUUUP

drinking coffee right now. I almost always have green tea or coffee at 4 pm otherwise I yawn my whole drive home

Cpt2007 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:28 PM

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it used to happen to me. now, I get a hot tea every day with lunch (English Breakfast most days), and that keeps me good until we get home for dinner around 7/730.

SusiBtoM Posted: Apr 10, 2008 04:28 PM

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Posted by PeteysBride

I usually hit the lull at like 2pm and want to die till 4pm. I read somewhere that lunch can ahve something to do with it. because normally most people eat pretty substantial lunches and the time it takes for the body to break it down, especailyl for people at desk jobs who arent moving around, can just amek you feel sluggish.

When I eat too many simple carbs at lunch, I get especially tired. I try to eat more protein and veggies and fruit.

Nuts are a good snack at about 3pm to ward off the 4pm

ant n tilde Posted: Apr 10, 2008 05:27 PM

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at 3PM i will get a small coffee or eat a 100 cal snack

otherwise i would never make it!

magbride Posted: Apr 10, 2008 05:32 PM

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I get like this sometimes...almost all of last week. I don't think I was having enough protein at lunch (I was eating soup and salad almost every day). This week I've been making an effort to make sure I'm eating protein at lunch and I'm feeling better. Also, watch the amt of coffee you have in the am. It could be a caffeine crash from your morning cups.

drpepper318 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 05:51 PM

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Yes sometime between 2-4 pm I start to feel completely wiped out. It's like this feeling of exhaustion just hits & I'm not productive at all the rest of the afternoon.

NinaChris07 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 05:55 PM

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I usually walk up 15 flights of stairs around 3pm to wake me up. (I just walk from the main level to my office on the 14th floor)

Also, the simple carbs and high fructose corn syrup in our diets might play a role.

tlp123 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 06:56 PM

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I eat chocolate. I should find a better habit though. But I am addicted! Its the same time everyday, 3 - 3:30, where my body really calls for it.

ligirlz Posted: Apr 10, 2008 07:00 PM

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I usually have had it by 2PM and I drag the rest of the day. I get my cup of coffee and try to stay awake.

JennNicole Posted: Apr 10, 2008 09:06 PM

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my time is around 4:30 or 5

than I get a second wind and I am up to all hours of the night

Summer07Bride Posted: Apr 10, 2008 09:08 PM

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I am usually exhausted at this time, but then I hit the gym and get over the hump for a bit, but then am ready to crach again by like 7:30.

fallinlove91407 Posted: Apr 10, 2008 09:11 PM

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same thing happens to me -- when I used to work in a school I would always stop for a Coffee on the way home -- now I just bring a snack for the afternoon now that I work later