“I’m too tired to eat well” might be a chicken-and-egg loop. Poor eating depletes energy, which makes healthy eating feel harder, which leads to poorer eating. The fatigue is real — the question is whether it’s causing poor eating or poor eating is causing it. Often both, creating a cycle that can only be broken by intervening somewhere.
This companion covers the energy-food cycle, whether it’s actually fatigue, food as intervention, and reducing effort required. (3 min read)