I Am SOOO tired....Any Suggestions?

I have been drinkin the below smoothie becasue I was looking for a natural pick me up.

Drinking green smoothies is a great way to incorporate tremendous amounts of greens into your diet – far more than just eating your veggies.

Greens have more valuable nutrients than any other food group on the planet. You might be surprised to learn that greens even have high-quality, easily-assimilated proteins – enough to build the muscle mass of the mighty, greens-eating gorilla, which pound-for-pound is the strongest animal on earth!

Blending helps make greens’ full spectrum of nutrition readily available to the body. Nutrients are encased inside plant cells and getting their benefits requires these cells’ walls to be ruptured. Greens need to be worked down to a creamy consistency, but most people simply don’t chew that much! Blending addresses this problem, helping your body absorb the maximum amount of nutrition from your greens.

Here is an easy recipe to try:

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups water
1 head organic romaine lettuce, chopped
3-4 stalks organic celery
1/2 head of a large bunch or 3/4 of a small bunch of spinach
1 organic apple, cored and chopped
1 organic pear, cored and chopped
1 organic banana
Juice of 1/2 fresh organic lemon

optional:
1/3 bunch organic cilantro (stems okay)
1/3 bunch organic parsley (stems okay)

Directions:
Add the water and chopped head of romaine to the blender. Starting the blender at low speed, mix until smoothi. Gradually moving to higher speeds, add the celery, apple and pear. Add the cilantro and parsley, if you are choosing to add them. Add the banana and lemon juice last.

Some green smoothies are an acquired taste, but this one tastes GOOD! The lemon and apple cut right through the green taste, giving it a flavor and texture I this is like an exotic applesauce.

Ideally, you should have one green smoothie a day. By mixing and matching different greens and fruits you can easily fit a wide variety into your diet.

For more information on the power of the green smoothie, I recommend reading any of the research from Dr. Ann Wigmor or Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko.

per Nutritionist Kimberly Snyder

Excercise and take your multi-vitamins and b complex. Um I would also be asking your boss for more work and projects. Review time is bound to come around and what will you have to show for it once you sit down to talk about your accomplishments etc...Be proactive and seek out some things to do to lessen the boredom.

oh wow - to get more energy try B-Complex Vitamins along with a womens one a day with calcium and vitamin d. You also need to be engaged at work. The situation you describe can't go on much longer. Especially in this day and age when corporations are cutting cost as much as possible. In many cases, they let the more experienced people go 1st becasue they are the ones with higher pay, and granfathered benefits. They will also take productivity into account. They may track your interent usage to see how productive you are. If I were you, I would go in and complete your work 1st thing in the morning, then go to your supervisor and request an additional assignment. Tell them you are finding yourself with down time and would like to use that more productively. Suggest some ways you can streamline the process or improve customer satisfaction or whatever. Try to be sure your bases are covered so when the big wigs make cuts, you aren't on the chopping block. It should help to reenergize you as they give you new assignments and you start to see yourself rising in the company.

Will your work support you taking an online class (CBT, Computer Based Training) while you are at work?
Use the time to better yourself, hone your skills, achieve a certificate - and it puts you ahead of everyone else.
The company is not going to keep 11 people around to do next to nothing indefinitely.
Be prepared to be more qualified than the competition so when the lay offs happen, you will have less to worry about, and if you are laid off the extra training will make you more marketable.
I think some mental stimulation, a purpose/goal will help with your lack of energy problem.

I would ask other departments if you can help them out. Another thing that may be useful is documenting processes in your department, if that hasn't been done, or verifying and updating them if it has. I also agree that you could request to use your work hours toward doing some kind of online education or study on your own. Make sure to pick something that will benefit the company.

Do you get a lunch hour? If so, head out to a gym during your lunch hour. Do a quick workout and go back to the office. That should raise your energy level.

You could take B12 supplements. Many women have low B12 and don't realize it. It can make you feel fatigued.

It sounds like you are stuck in a rut and need a change. I agree with pp. Ask for more work or ask to help out others with their work. Volunteer to take on tasks for your manager.

Or make up tasks for yourself. Find ways to automate processes in other departments.

I've been in your position before and I know it can be tiring and can cause you to lose motivation. I'd rather have more work than I can handle than have too little... Hopefully, you can find ways to take some work off of other workers hands!

gosh, this has me wondering where do you work??

My staff & I bust our butts every day, but are harassed about keeping to our hours when we stay late to get the job done! I'd LOVE more hours for them, and/or another person on staff and here you are 11 of you ??

yikes? where do you work? You can email me privately if you'd like: ____@____.com

You mention being so bored at work all day - so it seems like part of your energy problem may be too little stimulation! I know you said you feel too tired to exercise, but have you tried it and how does it feel? Also, do you get out and about with your family in the evenings? Again, it feels counter-intuitive if you're tired, but get up and moving - go for walks as a family and get some fresh air. Also, have your hubby feed the baby every other night so that you can have some nights of UNINTERRUPTED sleep because that's very important too

Just a thought but have you had your thyroid level tested? I too was so tired all of the time. At the time I was a SAH mom & couldn't make it through the day without a nap. I finally went to the Dr. & had some bloodwork done only to find out I was Hypothyroid. I was put on Synthroid and after 5 months of adjusting the doses, I'm finally starting to feel "normal" again.

There is nothing slower than a day at work with nothing to do. And having a new baby is exhausting-- even though you are getting a good amount of sleep, it isn't uninterruped, and that is what your body really needs. I would check in with your doctor and make sure that nothing is wrong (low iron, thyroid, etc.). If you check out, then use that time at work to make your life more organized. Do your couponing, grocery list, birthday cards, shopping, etc. when you don't have work to do. Make it so you don't ever have to turn on the computer at home. Do research for home projects that you have coming up, even if you aren't ready to do them yet.

The other thing you can do with that time is look for a new job, because, let's be honest, they are going to start laying people off-- or go out of business. But if you can be really organized while you are at work, it should make the home time less stressful and more restful.

Arbonne has an Enegy Supplement as well as a drink that gives you energy. Both of these are made with natural herbs and botanicals no artificial ingredients or added sugars etc. If you PM me I will send you the link to my web site and you can check them out. Coffee give you a sudden energy burst and sugar does too then they leave you crashing when they wear off the products I mentioned above do not do this. I also suggest a good daily womens essential vitamins and minerals supplements which Arbonne also has. I wonder why I feel tired some days when I haven't done a thing then I remember I haven't taken my vitamins for a day or two. I hope you can find a job that keeps you busy soon.

Can u stretch or take a walk for 10 minutes outside.
As a single working mom with no local family and an uninvolved ex.; your life sounds amazing! Read a good book, take an online course; bring a sewing project to work.