Hi there,
I was working for SEO company before my contract was completed and I started focusing on my home-based business. There was one thing that made me not like that job and it was my output. I have noticed that I was not getting enough tasks done and I had to finish remainder when I came home. I started asking why am I not getting enough done. I worked well in the morning until afternoon where I would eat lunch and then 30 minutes later I would start feeling lack of clarity in my mind, being unable to concentrate, feeling bored as if I lost the sight of tasks I had to complete, drowsyness and in another 30 minutes I would be barely able to keep my head straight. It was very uncomfortable as I didn't want to show this to employer. It lasted for 2-3 hours until my mind recovered and I could focus on tasks again but there was 2 hours remaining until the work day was over.
The communte was 2 hours by public transportation and I would drink coffee in the morning with small sandwitch and would take some apples with me for the road. Sometimes I would snack before afternoon as I woke up very early. I noticed that snacking could slightly affect my productivity causing symptoms I described above so I suspected it was food that caused this drop in performance.
I started skipping meals when I had tasks to complete until evening and would at most make a coffee in the office trying to last until evening. This was not every day but it was working to keep backlog at a bay. I would postpone lunch break until I delivered work that my employer would sometimes need urgently. I knew that until lunch break I was at my most efficient productivity condition to do that. Sometimes I would get very hungry but keep pushing myself until it would get blurry in my eyes and I felt like fainting. I will also mention that at that time period I was obsessed about fitness and maintaining good shape.
Half year later the contract was over because I disliked the discomfort I experienced and realized that SEO for clients is different than SEO for someone who is self-employed and makes money with ads and affiliate offers etc.
Little did I know, that this problem would haunt me for next 2 years and today I still have it. I don't know if others have it as well or at least to such extent that I do but this problem seriously affects my productivity. Being a one-man show, you understand how time and available resources are important and that after you have already eliminated distractions and things that do not serve your purpose.
In last 2 years I found that there is one solution that helps me to consume as less food as I can, yet having advantage of not experiencing "side-effects" that food causes me, earning me time, focus, clarity of mind to move forward and get things done. I heard about "Bulletproof Coffee" and realized that MCT oil component helped me. Majority of time I do not eat breakfast and instead make ground coffee with MCT coconut oil which is said to circumvent digestive system that food normally goes through and get straight to liver which would soon start fieling fatty acids from oil to the brain. It helps me to suppress my appetite and I am able to function without food for next 5-6 hours. For a time being I would drink coffee again and stay until late in the evening completing all important tasks that I written in my daily goals list, sometimes completing less important tasks as a bonus. I would also do 15 minutes exercises, mostly aerobics which are known to get blood going through the body and flow oxygen to the brain and causing release of endorphins.
I am 33 by the way now and would reach weight of 145 pounds. Eventually I would start feeling stressed out, going to sleep late and my cognition is not as best as it was when I started my journey. A journey of sacrifice for a lot of set backs, problems to deal with and despite that not achieving results I wanted. I started asking if this sacrifice is worth all the problems I experience wondering if office job requiring analytical and creative thinking is not the type of job for me because my body is different.
So I am here to ask if productivity issue I mentioned earlier resonates with someone of people here. Do you have this productivity drop due to "side-effects" cause by food? Let me be clear that I eat healthy, that is no soft drinks, juices, no chocolate bars, no chips, no any bread. Even if I eat home made boiled food this productivity drop still happens. I quit eating meat because I heard it takes longer to digest. My diet is mostly dairy, vegetables and fruits in the evening with some chocolate for small snacking in order to eat less because I noticed that the issue happens almost always when I eat entire meal be it healthy or not so healthy food so reducing meal size to 3/4 and 1/2 helped to some extent.
I understand that this is not a place to ask for health advice and will not take replies as one but I will certainly appreciate your opinion. This was long post and I thank you for reading it!
I was working for SEO company before my contract was completed and I started focusing on my home-based business. There was one thing that made me not like that job and it was my output. I have noticed that I was not getting enough tasks done and I had to finish remainder when I came home. I started asking why am I not getting enough done. I worked well in the morning until afternoon where I would eat lunch and then 30 minutes later I would start feeling lack of clarity in my mind, being unable to concentrate, feeling bored as if I lost the sight of tasks I had to complete, drowsyness and in another 30 minutes I would be barely able to keep my head straight. It was very uncomfortable as I didn't want to show this to employer. It lasted for 2-3 hours until my mind recovered and I could focus on tasks again but there was 2 hours remaining until the work day was over.
The communte was 2 hours by public transportation and I would drink coffee in the morning with small sandwitch and would take some apples with me for the road. Sometimes I would snack before afternoon as I woke up very early. I noticed that snacking could slightly affect my productivity causing symptoms I described above so I suspected it was food that caused this drop in performance.
I started skipping meals when I had tasks to complete until evening and would at most make a coffee in the office trying to last until evening. This was not every day but it was working to keep backlog at a bay. I would postpone lunch break until I delivered work that my employer would sometimes need urgently. I knew that until lunch break I was at my most efficient productivity condition to do that. Sometimes I would get very hungry but keep pushing myself until it would get blurry in my eyes and I felt like fainting. I will also mention that at that time period I was obsessed about fitness and maintaining good shape.
Half year later the contract was over because I disliked the discomfort I experienced and realized that SEO for clients is different than SEO for someone who is self-employed and makes money with ads and affiliate offers etc.
Little did I know, that this problem would haunt me for next 2 years and today I still have it. I don't know if others have it as well or at least to such extent that I do but this problem seriously affects my productivity. Being a one-man show, you understand how time and available resources are important and that after you have already eliminated distractions and things that do not serve your purpose.
In last 2 years I found that there is one solution that helps me to consume as less food as I can, yet having advantage of not experiencing "side-effects" that food causes me, earning me time, focus, clarity of mind to move forward and get things done. I heard about "Bulletproof Coffee" and realized that MCT oil component helped me. Majority of time I do not eat breakfast and instead make ground coffee with MCT coconut oil which is said to circumvent digestive system that food normally goes through and get straight to liver which would soon start fieling fatty acids from oil to the brain. It helps me to suppress my appetite and I am able to function without food for next 5-6 hours. For a time being I would drink coffee again and stay until late in the evening completing all important tasks that I written in my daily goals list, sometimes completing less important tasks as a bonus. I would also do 15 minutes exercises, mostly aerobics which are known to get blood going through the body and flow oxygen to the brain and causing release of endorphins.
I am 33 by the way now and would reach weight of 145 pounds. Eventually I would start feeling stressed out, going to sleep late and my cognition is not as best as it was when I started my journey. A journey of sacrifice for a lot of set backs, problems to deal with and despite that not achieving results I wanted. I started asking if this sacrifice is worth all the problems I experience wondering if office job requiring analytical and creative thinking is not the type of job for me because my body is different.
So I am here to ask if productivity issue I mentioned earlier resonates with someone of people here. Do you have this productivity drop due to "side-effects" cause by food? Let me be clear that I eat healthy, that is no soft drinks, juices, no chocolate bars, no chips, no any bread. Even if I eat home made boiled food this productivity drop still happens. I quit eating meat because I heard it takes longer to digest. My diet is mostly dairy, vegetables and fruits in the evening with some chocolate for small snacking in order to eat less because I noticed that the issue happens almost always when I eat entire meal be it healthy or not so healthy food so reducing meal size to 3/4 and 1/2 helped to some extent.
I understand that this is not a place to ask for health advice and will not take replies as one but I will certainly appreciate your opinion. This was long post and I thank you for reading it!
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