"Why Am I Always Tired?" - Free Resource For Ending Tiredness

Liste up folks, we all know it’s a huge nuisance to have the fog of tiredness constantly hanging over you.  But what’s even more frustrating, is that most people don’t even know what the heck to do about it.  So many things contribute to our causes of tiredness that we end up desperately just trying to sleep more and throw our body further out of whack by taking naps and sleeping too long.  Yes, you heard me right, there’s definitely a detrimental side-effect to too much sleep, and learning proper sleep habits is essential.  However, I’m not writing this article just to tell you that you should get into a better sleep pattern, nope, I want to talk about two of the lesser known causes of tiredness and fatigue as well.

 
1) First up, diet.  And no, this is only partially an “eat healthy foods” rant, I promise (again, there’s more to it than that)!    People drastically underestimate the effect that not only what TYPES of foods you eat but what TIMES you eat your foods as well.  For example, breakfast is extremely important for anyone who hopes to have enough energy to make it through the day because this is your body’s first chance to fuel up before being expected to exerted itself with daily activities.  By getting in the calories early in the day you can drastically increase not only how strong and capable your body feels but also how awake and sharp your mind is as well.
 

In conjunction with your food diet, you need to also make sure that you are staying hydrated.  Mild dehydration is one of the causes of tiredness that is talked about plenty enough, but not really understood.  Basically what happens is this:  Most of your blood is made up of water, a lack of water will result in blood that is thicker and moves more slowly throughout the bloodstream.  While the measurable difference in consistency of the blood is minor, it does make your heart work much harder to pump the blood around to the necessary organs.  This extra effort forces your heart to work harder and, because your body wants to reserve as much energy for the heart as possible, you start to experience fatigue as your body tries to tell you to rest up so that you can fuel the extra effort your heart is taking on.


In summarizing this point, I also should note that you want to try and have a high fiber and protein diet because these are the “slow burning fuels” of the body, eating sugary fatty foods will ultimately result in a crash a few hours down the road.
 

2) Exercise… of lack thereof.  It is extremely important to have an active lifestyle, but don’t worry, I know we’re all busy and I’m not about to lecture you on health, I’ll stick to talking about exercise here as a cause of tiredness. ; )

 
Think your energy and tiredness levels as a supply-and-demand system.  If your body is used to having to put out a lot of energy, it will stock itself up to accommodate that.  However, if you are used to a low energy lifestyle, you’re going to find it hard when you have a day where you need to go the extra mile or choose to do something physically exerting.  But, like before, this is only one piece of the puzzle.  Another issue entirely is the chemical reactions in the brain that occur when you work out.  Physical activity increase the rate of reactions in the brain and one group of chemicals that are released, you may have hear of them, are known as endorphins.  Endorphins give you an excited, happy and energized feeling, and in this way working out effectively can actually make you LESS tired (imagine that!). 

 
For more information on the causes of tiredness and how you can REALLY accelerate your progress towards a more energized and productive life, and how you can eliminate tiredness completely, you should pick up my newsletter (in the sidebar to your right) and also make sure you check out my review of the End Tiredness Program located on my homepage Here.


   - Angela Daniels

Today I want to talk a bit about what exactly makes us tired.  There’s a lot to know when it comes to fatigue and tiredness and, like so many other things out there, misinformation runs rampant.  There are the obvious factors that we associate with tiredness, such as sleep habits, but it’s the underlying and more subtle issues that give us the most trouble.  And really this makes a lot of sense, how can you correct something you don’t even know is wrong?  This article is going to discuss mental causes of fatigue, and how chemicals in the brain affect your energy level.

 
If you think about it, you can probably already identify that tiredness isn’t as simple as it seems at a glance.  For example, sometimes you see the dog at home wagging his tail happy to see you, or you hear that your favorite meal is for dinner, or some other good news and all of a sudden your tiredness is gone.  This is enough to tell you that there’s more to your energy level than just how much you sleep.

 
Stimulating and positive mental influences release endorphins in the brain, flooding the dopamine receptors and making us feel happy.  On the flip side, negative or saddening influences will release serotonin, a chemical that makes you sleepy.  Serotonin is the chemical release when your body is trying to tell you that you need rest, but it, as I said, it can be brought on my other factors as well.


Much of our tiredness is tied to our mood.  Which makes sense really, it’s hard for you to get excited about something you don’t really want to do, and therefore your alternative is a lethargic and non-busy day.  For this reason, depression also usually causes tiredness and fatigue. 

 
Believe it or not, your energy level is very much based on a “need” basis.  This is why someone who exercises a lot is going to have more energy and feel more alert on any given day, because their body is used to having to provide the means to be active.  Someone who never exercises doesn’t really have much of a need to store energy and therefore has a hard time making it through the day without a nap.

Overcoming the causes of fatigue and tiredness isn't really all that difficult with the proper guidance and I personally recommend the End Tiredness Program for addressing this.

You can find a full review of the program on my homepage Here.

                                                                                       Best of luck to you!

                                                                                                               - Angela Daniels