Too Tired to Eat Well: Breaking the Undereating Fatigue Loop

Tired every afternoon, barely eating, and putting it down to a big week? In this episode, Accredited Practising Dietitian Becky May unpacks the undereating fatigue loop: why a smaller appetite removes the signal that normally fixes tiredness, what it quietly costs your muscle in midlife, and the four practical break points you can use this week. Plus the no-decision shelf, built from a decade inside Australian supermarket product development, and when fatigue is a GP conversation instead of a food one. Free Muscle First Checklist at the link in the show notes.

In this episode:

• The undereating fatigue loop, step by step
• Why a quiet appetite removes the signal that normally fixes tiredness
• What under-eating costs your muscle in midlife
• Protein target: 1.2 to 1.6 g per kg of body weight per day during weight loss
• Four break points: the clock, the protein anchor, keeping carbohydrate, the no-decision shelf
• When fatigue is a GP conversation
• Free Muscle First Checklist: [link here]
• This week's Substack article: [link here]

General education only. Not individual medical advice.

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