How do you get energy?

[Beauty]

I am just so blah lately! I feel like I don't have the strength or willpower to do much of anything. I don't know if its the new medicine or what but it drives me crazy! I find myself napping and then I feel worse when I wake up. I feel sleepy or tired all the time and I need ENERGY!!! I wish I could go back to work but with Beanie now being able to be left alone for even a minute that isn't a possibility. What can I do to get some energy????

Maybe those Multi Vitamins with Energy?? But I don't want anything that will make me appetite soar either.

 

[Rajah]

Until I could no longer swallow them, I took the Centrum suppliments for energy. They helped out to some degree.

Otherwise, no idea Beth. Tell me when you learn the secret.

 

[Beauty]

Why could you not swallow them?

 

[caitycaity]

exercise.

that probably sounds counterintuitive, but really when i am sleepy or feeling blah, exercise perks me right up.

 

[Rajah]

Originally posted by Beauty
Why could you not swallow them?

Don't know. I've just gotten to where I can't swallow large pills. I choke on them, and I'm too lazy to take 4 pills in place of 1 (which is what it would take if I cut them into pieces I could swallow)

 

[Beauty]

Caity I know your right but thats where the self motivation comes in. I need a big microphone saying "Beth get your a** up and do something...NO DO NOT LAY DOWN!" Maybe some kind of shock mecanism on the couch...LOL!

 

[DisneyJules]

My sister and my mom ( I should be taking them too both take a mult ivitamin every single morning and they both claim, it makes a HUGE difference in terms of energy levels throughout the day. They don't affect your appetite either, they're called "stress tabs."

 

[Itsanalias]

Originally posted by caitycaity
exercise.

that probably sounds counterintuitive, but really when i am sleepy or feeling blah, exercise perks me right up.

That's not counterintuitive at all. Exercise releases endorphins, which perk you up. That's what I do when I'm feeling blah.....

 

[LuvTigger]

I'm a vitamin junkie. There could be lots of things contributing to lack of energy, but I've heard that B vitamins are important for energy. I take a multi-vitamin and additional B complex vitamins (amongst other things!).

I know several people who feel that being out in the sun energizes them too.

 

[Kitty 34]

I put some of my favorite "peppy" music on and dance/exercise. It really helps with the blahs.

 

[Beauty]

I will get some vitamins too! Being out in the sun does energize me as well but I have to stay indoors with Beanie all day and she sleeps all the time which probably contributes to me being blah!

 

[hercamore]

It IS hard to exercise.

But it makes such a difference in my energy level. I swear by vitamins and walks. Also, the walking gives me a deeper level of sleep, which in turn gives me more energy.

How about taking one of your dogs for a walk?

herc.