Food and sleep can feel like separate problems until the same day keeps repeating: coffee, not much lunch, a huge dinner and another tired morning. Alyssa B offers a way to question the routine before reaching for another bedtime fix.
A bigger dinner seems sensible if it stops the late-night snacking. Breakfast sounds sensible, too, until eating it leaves someone feeling hungry all day. Those objections put the usual advice under pressure. What is Alyssa actually asking to change, and where does an ordinary day get in the way?
Then there’s the coffee that isn’t really about needing coffee. Or the chips that answer something other than hunger. The uncomfortable question isn’t whether every habit is bad. It’s whether familiarity has made exhaustion feel like the only available version of normal.
Topics: food and sleep, dinner habits, late-night snacking, caffeine, eating on autopilot
GUEST: Alyssa B | Nourished By Alyssa | A to B Program
Originally aired on 2026-10-22
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