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  • J jith iii

    Then our row will be empty:^). Dont you feel sleepy in the afternoon.I thought It's a universal phenomenon.:zzz:

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    Weiye Chen
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    jith - iii wrote:

    Dont you feel sleepy in the afternoon

    Sometimes.

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      ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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      Ed Poore
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      How about going to bed earlier (or sometimes it helps going to bed later). For instance my father normally works from 09:00 to ~03:30, if he sleeps for more than ~6 hours he wakes up more often than not in a bad mood.  If he goes to bed at 00:00 he will often wake up at ~7 and be very active in the morning and afternoon but he slows down a bit in the afternoon. It all depends on what you're habits are and whether your body agrees with it.  I find that if I go to sleep at 11-12 I don't sleep well, but if I go to bed earlier or later I sleep well and am refreshed throughout the day.  Of course being outdoors during the day helps quite a bit. Maybe if you feel tired during work you're not finding the work challenging enough, or dare I say it, boring :rolleyes:


      The Welsh will always support two teams: The Welsh, and anyone playing England :)

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      • J jith iii

        ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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        Daniel Turini
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        Maybe you're eating too much carbs, protein or fat, and giving your body a hard time digesting all that: this makes your body slower. Reduce the ammount you're eating on lunch, and add a bit more raw salad. Avoid things like lettuce and passion fruit that are known to make you sleepy. If you don't do it yet, end the lunch with a fruit. Reduce your lunch and add a snack or a light sandwich 3 hours later. If you're already doing this, or after doing this for 5 days, you don't feel better, go see a doctor...

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        • J jith iii

          ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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          Vikram A Punathambekar
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          C'est la vie. ;P š Cheers, Vikram.


          "I am not Jesus and will never be. The fact is I was a piece of cr*p till I found Him." - Paul Selormey.

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            How about going to bed earlier (or sometimes it helps going to bed later). For instance my father normally works from 09:00 to ~03:30, if he sleeps for more than ~6 hours he wakes up more often than not in a bad mood.  If he goes to bed at 00:00 he will often wake up at ~7 and be very active in the morning and afternoon but he slows down a bit in the afternoon. It all depends on what you're habits are and whether your body agrees with it.  I find that if I go to sleep at 11-12 I don't sleep well, but if I go to bed earlier or later I sleep well and am refreshed throughout the day.  Of course being outdoors during the day helps quite a bit. Maybe if you feel tired during work you're not finding the work challenging enough, or dare I say it, boring :rolleyes:


            The Welsh will always support two teams: The Welsh, and anyone playing England :)

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            jith iii
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            I agree with you on most of the points.But even if we got good sleep in the night,we might feel sleepy in the afternoon.And this is only a general case which I observe. For my case i had a tea from the canteen and Now I feel quite OK

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            • J jith iii

              ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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              because your energy goes to digesting your food. I've found a living worth working for, but I haven't found work worth living for. :beer:
              :jig:

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              • J jith iii

                ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                RichardGrimmer
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                Apparently it's cos it takes so much of the body's energy to digest the food you've just eaten, that it makes it a "High Priority Task", and evertything else gets switched to a lower priority thread "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox

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                  C'est la vie. ;P š Cheers, Vikram.


                  "I am not Jesus and will never be. The fact is I was a piece of cr*p till I found Him." - Paul Selormey.

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                  Unless you follow it up with Baileys on ice in a hot bath...;) Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.

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                  • J jith iii

                    ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    Because you eat too much, and too many carbs, which are rapidly digested and create a sugar rush and then the body overcompensates and you end up with no energy. Instead, eat a smaller, more balanced meal of protein, carbs, and fat. And do a little physical activity too. Walk around to block (of course, the block around my house a 2.5 mile walk). Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                      Maybe you're eating too much carbs, protein or fat, and giving your body a hard time digesting all that: this makes your body slower. Reduce the ammount you're eating on lunch, and add a bit more raw salad. Avoid things like lettuce and passion fruit that are known to make you sleepy. If you don't do it yet, end the lunch with a fruit. Reduce your lunch and add a snack or a light sandwich 3 hours later. If you're already doing this, or after doing this for 5 days, you don't feel better, go see a doctor...

                      I don't see dead pixels anymore... Yes, even I am blogging now!

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                      Daniel Turini wrote:

                      Avoid things like lettuce...that are known to make you sleepy.

                      I didn't know that! What's in lettuce? Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                      • J jith iii

                        ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        Eat a snack around 3 to get your blood sugar back up and you'll feel fine. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                          Daniel Turini wrote:

                          Avoid things like lettuce...that are known to make you sleepy.

                          I didn't know that! What's in lettuce? Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                          "The wild predecessor of our modern lettuce, Lactuca serriola, can still be seen all over Europe and the more temperate parts of Asia. It is likely that it originated on the Mediterranean rim on rocky wasteland or woodland clearings. This ancient wild relative of the modern lettuce contains lactucarium, a narcotic similar to opium. The Romans took advantage of this property by eating lettuce at the end of a meal to induce sleep." from Wikipedia[^] Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

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                            Daniel Turini wrote:

                            Avoid things like lettuce...that are known to make you sleepy.

                            I didn't know that! What's in lettuce? Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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                            hairy_hats
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                            Marc Clifton wrote:

                            What's in lettuce?

                            Wikipedia is your friend.

                            Asynes yw brassa ages kwilkynyow.

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                            • J jith iii

                              ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                              Joe Q
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                              I take a 20 min "power" nap at the end of lunch whenever possible. I stay alert until the end of the work day (going home wakes me up pretty well, too). My work discourages people from napping at work, even on their lunch break, so I showed my boss that some of the bigger bosses (director's and VP's) do it and I would quit taking power naps if he told them to quit taking power naps. I have my naps during lunch when I can. Good luck on staying awake :zzz:

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                                ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                                Nish Nishant
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                                Don't eat food that'd normally feed a group of 3, then you won't feel that sleepy :rolleyes: Regards, Nish


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                                • C Chris Maunder

                                  Eat a snack around 3 to get your blood sugar back up and you'll feel fine. cheers, Chris Maunder

                                  CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                  Nish Nishant
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                                  Chris Maunder wrote:

                                  Eat a snack around 3 to get your blood sugar back up and you'll feel fine.

                                  Or eat from Amy's and you'd feel odd till midnight - and sleep would be a distant dream :rolleyes: Regards, Nish


                                  Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                  Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)

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                                    Chris Maunder wrote:

                                    Eat a snack around 3 to get your blood sugar back up and you'll feel fine.

                                    Or eat from Amy's and you'd feel odd till midnight - and sleep would be a distant dream :rolleyes: Regards, Nish


                                    Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
                                    Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog (New)

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                                    Chris Maunder
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                                    Amy was great. The new owners, though? :~ cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                      Amy was great. The new owners, though? :~ cheers, Chris Maunder

                                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                                      Nish Nishant
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                                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                                      Amy was great. The new owners, though?

                                      Wow - I didn't know this - though I suspected this when I didn't see her there for a while. That explains things then. :eek: Regards, Nish


                                      Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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                                      • C Chris Maunder

                                        Eat a snack around 3 to get your blood sugar back up and you'll feel fine. cheers, Chris Maunder

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                                        Jeremy Falcon
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                                        Ah, you beat me to it! :-D Jeremy Falcon

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                                        • J jith iii

                                          ....After having lunch, :sigh: even if we had works -- modified at 5:27 Thursday 6th July, 2006

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                                          Ennis Ray Lynch Jr
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                                          Sorry I love that wiki parody. Anyway there was an article in Reader's Digest several years back addressing the issue of naps in the workplace. They described a study in which productivity was measured between the control and workers who got a 1 hour nap after lunch. The workers with the nap were more productive. "Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage" -- Jean Anouilh

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