There are people who ‘sleepwalk’ through life. And this isn’t their fault. These unfortunate souls get less than 7 hours of sleep which does little to get rid of their chronic tiredness and an obvious lack of energy. Remember that if you have trouble sleeping, you can’t make much of a difference in your energy levels. ‘Power naps’ aren’t the best way to overcome fatigue or tiredness. So what should you do if you are feeling tired every day?

Are we talking about you?

If you are one of those unfortunate people, then something such as placing more focus on ‘energy management over time management’ must be done. If you want to keep yourself healthy and energized and fresh, then you should consider these six simple ideas so that your body is not fatigued and remains healthy for a long time. Read on to find out more.

6 Lifestyle Tips to Try On if You are Always Feeling Tired

Tip 1. The benefits of ‘healthy’ exercise

Most tired people believe that working out would make them feel more tired. After all, it sounds logical. Any physical exercise involves spending copious amounts of energy and as a tired person, you have little of it, anyway. But the fact is that the opposite holds true. Physical exercise is successful at shrugging off chronic fatigue.

A study conducted at the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics had found that people can increase their energy levels by 20 percent by engaging in regular physical exercise.

Here, the key word is ‘regular.’ Remember exercise is all about lifestyle changes. Not just a couple of days of strength training, going flat out and then collapsing on your bed. This would have a negative effect and might even make you even more fatigued, in the long run. Always remember ‘slow and steady wins the race.’ Particularly, if it’s a lifelong race.

Tip 2. Drinking lots of water can energize your muscles

Dehydrated cells (a condition that occurs when they don’t have enough water inside them) shrivel up as they cannot control their electrolytes balance. This, in turn, results in chronic muscle fatigue and a feeling of debility and lassitude that stays with you throughout the day. However, if you were to go about drinking enough fluids, then this lethargy would dissipate. And it is even more important, especially when you are exercising and playing sports at the same time. In fact, during strenuous physical activity, you must drink rehydration fluids at quick and regular intervals so that your muscles can quickly and effectively, replace the water lost through perspiration.

And there is an added benefit as well here. A person who drinks a lot of water is less likely to get sick than someone who does not. Drinking plenty of water helps relieve and prevent headaches, flu, and even serious ailments like cancer, while simultaneously taking care of your chronic lathery too.

Tip 3. Get rid of processed food from your diet

Eating unhealthy food (read junk) is a sure fire way of slowing the body down. This is especially pertinent for various foods high in sodium, fat, and of course, processed sugar. Once you are done with a junk food eating binge, your body will crash even as it grapples with the huge caloric as per findings at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The thing is that energy is diverted to the digestive system and food procession and this leads to post-lunch lethargy when you want to lie down and go to sleep. A light lunch made up of wholesome organic food (fresh veggies and fruit, for instance) can help you stave off that post-lunch crash to a reasonable degree.

Tip 4. Improving stress management levels

De-stressing is also an effective way to combat endless lethargy. Chronic stress has to be combated on a day-to-day basis, till stress management becomes a part of your whole lifestyle. Basically, stress triggers a ‘fight or flee’ response in the human body and it can leave you feeling tired all the time. And in the long term, excessive stress levels can even compromise your autoimmune system as well. You should take time out daily, weekly or even monthly to recharge your body and relax it, so that you end up feeling incredibly invigorated.

There are various stress-busting methods ranging from spa treatment to an afternoon siesta to heading off into the mountains away from the phone and email and other responsibilities. Since stress hormones can leave you tired, you should try to diminish your stress if you really want to both look and feel considerably more energetic.

Tip 5. Consistent sleep routines also play a key part in combatting tiredness

The age-old adage “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” still holds as true to this day, as when it had been freshly coined. Here, maintaining a near constant schedule is the need of the hour, and that is why you should always aim to be in bed (and by extension, out of it as well) at the same time, day after day. Once your overall high-quality sleep cycles have been adequately synchronized, it would be possible for you to wake up refreshed to take on the day and its myriad challenges.

Tip 6. Say no to excess caffeine

Using coffee to get rid of those early morning cobwebs can be helpful at times, but that certainly does not mean that you end up becoming addicted to it. If you allow your body’s own natural rhythms to be effectively hijacked by coffee then, of course, it will lead to a pronounced dependence on artificial chemicals. Long-term fatigue treatment means that you have to rely on your own self, rather than chemicals to energize and regain the ‘pep’ in your life.

Conclusion

The above ideas are lifestyle changes one must follow for extended periods of time, or at least until you get rid of fatigue. Look at them as long-term changes, rather than stop-gap measures that you take, only to revert to your original lifestyle once they ‘seem’ to have given results. Should you do that, it will lead to even more problems and pulling yourself from the pits of lethargy will become an even more arduous task. Always remember, that the more you engage in healthy habits, the better your overall energy levels, will be.

However, should none of the ideas mentioned above work for you, seek the professional opinion of a qualified physician. Use a reliable telemedicine platform to contact a mental health counselor and check if there are any underlying biological causes, for the problem at hand.

Author Bio:

James Crook is a passionate health and fitness blogger. Currently, he is working with Centra Care –Urgent Care Leesburg facility. Follow @jamescrook911 for more updates.