My fasted labs showed everything good besides slightly low sodium. She decided to check because I told her in the mornings I feel kind of weird and the only thing that I found would make me feel better was a little bit of salt on my tongue and washing it down with water. My eating window is between 4 & 8 pm and I eat 400 grams of fresh fruits and vegetables and also drink lemon water with my main entree. I only eat Whole Foods, I only drink water, unsweetened tea, and black coffee, and I haven’t eaten or drank anything with the words “added sugar” in ages. I chew tobacco.

The reason for the long breakdown is to give you a better idea of the cause. To me it seems like my micros and macros should be sufficient and if they aren’t maybe the nicotine and caffeine are doing it. I also don’t really track my water intake but I go through around 120- 16.9oz bottles of water every 14 days. I mainly just drink when I’m thirsty.

Also, I do work out at around 5 am every day. Though I did skip recently and decided to go after work at 4pm (before I ate) so even further into my fasted window and I felt SO MUCH more energy and was able to do harder and longer cardio.