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"Yesterday I was having one of &amp;quot;those&amp;quot; days: I&amp;#039;d been up with my feverish three-year-old son for most of the night and my parents were in town visiting and we had a packed schedule. Plus, deadlines were breathing down my neck so there was no time to be anything less than sharp. I had that stayed-up-too-late craving for everything greasy and sugary (toast loaded with butter, donuts \u2026 mmm). But I knew better: To shake that tired, foggy feeling, you&amp;#039;ve got to eat right! So I had a cup of oatmeal with skim milk. (A study showed that people who ate oatmeal for breakfast performed way better on tests than those who ate sugary cereals. Yes, they actually study this stuff!) I also had my usual skim latte\u2014but I made sure to have it no later than 9:30 a.m.because of the double-edged sword caffeine effect: It&amp;#039;s an amazing pick-up but as it leaves your body about four hours later, it causes a little low. And I didn&amp;#039;t want that happening at the same time I was about to have that mid-afternoon slump (which is actually a natural part of your circadian rhythms). I got to my desk energized and ready to go\u2014even sort of smiley\u2014and finished what I needed to. Now I just need to figure out how not to LOOK tired. Tell me about the little things you do to stay energized on those need-to-crawl-back-into-bed days! -Amy Brightfield "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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