Do you often doze off on your desk at work? Fatigue is a major workplace hazard. It reduces your performance and productivity.
But what is the cause of fatigue?
Most of the time, it can be traced to one or more of your daily habits or routines. It is usually a result of physical exertion, poor eating habits, emotional stress, boredom, lack of sleep or weight.
With a few simple lifestyle changes, you can regain vitality and boost your energy levels.
Always be active
Walk over to your colleagues instead of using the chat messenger or email to communicate with your work mates. Take the stairs instead of the lift if your workstation isn’t too high up in a building. Park your car a little further off and walk to your office.
Go for small meals
If you are used to eating three big meals a day, break it up into six to eight meals, and eat every two hours. Remember this; digestion is a calorie-burning activity in itself. Your body burns calories to digest the calories you eat.
Have a hearty breakfast
Avoiding breakfast isn’t smart, you may think you are eating less food during the day by directly going for your mid-morning tea or lunch, but not eating breakfast makes you gain weight. Because your body has been starved of food while you were sleeping, it needs food within an hour of waking up, to get its various systems running smoothly.
Sleep on time
Sleep deprivation causes weigh gain and makes people tired very easily. There are two main factors that regulate appetite. Leptin is the satiety hormone (which gives you the signal that you are full) while ghrelin is your hunger hormone (which gives you the signal that you are hungry). There are studies that suggest sleep deprivation causes both leptin and ghrelin to malfunction, leaving you with the feeling of not being full enough or making you feel hungry even when you may not need food.
Exercise on weekends
If you’re too busy with work to incorporate exercise in your daily routine, make it something you look forward to every weekend. Clubbing fun with fitness is the key to staying motivated.
Originally Published In Times Of India
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