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Hi all,

I lift when I get home from work and I'm really lacking energy. When I'm lifting my energy level just drops towards the middle of a set and I just feel like I'm running on empty. I'm pressing or squatting etc. and I just don't have it. I keep trying to cut out more and more of the junk I'm eating during the week and now I don't eat any junk on the days that I lift. I also started taking Nano Vapor and caffeine pills before/during my workouts in an attempt to boost my energy levels. In the beginning the Nano Vapor felt good and I think was really helping me with my energy level but now I think it might be having the opposite effect. I think the caffeine pills are helping so I'll try cutting out the Nano Vapor and trying just the caffeine alone.

Here is what I typically eat on a work day when I lift in the evening. Any help would really be appreciated because I am really struggling to stay on my diet, make sure I get enough protein and have energy for lifting when I get home from work.

Breakfast
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- 7 Ounces of chicken breast
- 1/2 Dr. Praeger veggie burger
- 1/4 cup blackberries & 1/4 cup blueberries & 1/8th cup raspberries
- Multivitamin
- Fish Oil pill
- 1 Litre seltzer

Morning Snack
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- 2 scoop protein shake with water, BCAA, Taurine, Beta Alanine, Metamucil
- 1/2 Ounce chicken breast
- 1 Orange
- Vitamin C

Lunch
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- 7 Ounces of chicken breast
- 1/2 Dr. Praeger veggie burger
- 1/4 cup blackberries & 1/4 cup blueberries
- Vitamin D, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin E
- 1 llitre seltzer

Afternoon Snack
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- 2 scoop protein shake with water, BCAA, Taurine, Beta Alanine, Metamucil
- 1/2 Ounce chicken breast
- 1/2 cup of Quaker oatmeal
- Vitamin C, Vitamin B12

Dinner ( During 1 hr. 15min drive home from work )
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- 7 Ounces of chicken breast
- 1/2 Dr. Praeger veggie burger
- 1/2 cup of Quaker oatmeal
- 1 Apple
- Calcium
- 1 litre seltzer

Pre Workout ( right after getting home from work and changing )
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- 1/2 scoop protein shake with water, BCAA, Taurine, Beta Alanine, 1/4 cup grape juice, 1 scoop Nano Vapor, 1/16th cup malto dextrose & 1/16th cup dextrose
- 1/2 banana
- 1 Caffeine pill

During Workout
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- 1 litre of water with 1/2 cup grape juice, BCAA, 1 scoop Nano Vapor
- 1 Caffeine pill

Post Workout
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- Three scoop protein shake with water, BCAA, Taurine, Beta Alanine, 1/2 cup grape juice, 1/16th cup malto dextrose & 1/16th cup dextrose
- Phosphatidylserine

Evening Snack
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- 4 Ounces of chicken breast
- 1/4 cup blackberries & 1/4 cup blueberries
- 1/2 litre water

Bedtime
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- ZMA

Thanks.