{"id":582511,"date":"2026-08-04T02:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/582511\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:56:13","slug":"im-a-44-year-old-mum-and-doctor-these-5-simple-habits-transformed-my-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/582511\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I\u2019m a 44-year-old mum and doctor \u2013 these 5 simple habits transformed my energy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve opened this article, you\u2019re probably no stranger to getting through your days running on empty. 44-year-old Rewa Keegan<\/a> can relate. \u2018I\u2019m a specialist surgeon and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician with 18 years in clinical practice,\u2019 she says. \u2018Between the clinic, the school run, competing in Hyrox<\/a> and life in a busy blended family household, I also know exactly what it feels like to try and prioritise your health when everything else is competing for the same limited hours.<\/p>\n

\u2018I spent a period of my own life running on completely empty while knowing exactly what the research said I should be doing.\u2019 <\/p>\n

She\u2019s since launched The Capacity Code<\/a> \u2013 a free guide for midlife women who are exhausted, depleted and not quite sure what\u2019s gone wrong. But that didn\u2019t come before she tested the method and lived it for herself. Below, she shares the five habits that transformed her energy \u2013 and why they\u2019re so effective, as posted on Instagram<\/a>. \u2018None of this is glamorous, and I still fall off every single one of these regularly, but together they\u2019re the reason I\u2019m not white-knuckling my way through every 3pm anymore,\u2019 she adds.<\/p>\n

1.I set myself training goals \"Image<\/p>\n

Instagram @drrewakeegan<\/p>\n

\u2018I started training for something rather than just exercising to tick a box, and having an actual goal<\/a>, a race, a number on a calendar, gave me a reason to show up for myself that \u201cjust staying fit\u201d never quite managed. And now I\u2019m obsessed with Hyrox (please don\u2019t judge me).\u2019<\/p>\n

2. I started fuelling my workouts<\/p>\n

\u2018I finally started fuelling myself properly, a pre-workout snack<\/a> instead of running on fumes, a big breakfast instead of a coffee inhaled standing at the bench, enough protein<\/a> and enough fibre<\/a> through the day. None of it revolutionary. All of it more effective than anything trendy I tried first.\u2019<\/p>\n

3. I started delegating the household chores <\/p>\n

\u2018I finally started outsourcing the mental load I\u2019d been quietly carrying for years, the chores, the cooking, the groceries, the endless invisible admin that runs a household. Turns out I was never going to feel less exhausted while doing it all myself and calling it \u201cjust how it is.\u201d Wild concept, I know, sharing the load with the other functioning adult in the house.\u2019<\/p>\n

4. I started sleeping by 9pm \u2013 always for eight hours
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@drrewakeegan\/\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u2018Then there\u2019s sleep, properly, bed by 9 and up before 5, which usually gets me a raised eyebrow when I say it out loud at a dinner party. But good quality sleep before midnight has done more for my energy than every supplement I\u2019ve ever tried combined (and I\u2019ve tried a lot of them).\u2019<\/p>\n

5. I cut out alcohol\"two<\/p>\n

@drrewakeegan\/\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u2018I said goodbye to alcohol a bit over a year ago, mostly by accident, and haven\u2019t looked back once. I\u2019ve traded my old FOMO for what I proudly call FOHO, fear of the hangover, and at 44, with kids depending on me functioning by 6am, it\u2019s honestly served me far better.\u2019<\/p>\n

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As Women\u2019s Health UK\u2019s fitness director and a qualified Pilates and yoga instructor, Bridie Wilkins has been passionately reporting on exercise, health and nutrition since the start of her decade-long career in journalism.<\/p>\n

After earning a first-class degree in journalism and NCTJ accreditation, she secured her first role at Look Magazine, where she launched the magazine\u2019s health and fitness column, Look Fit, before going on to become Health and Fitness writer at HELLO!<\/p>\n

Since, she has written for Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, The Metro, Runner\u2019s World and Red. Today, she oversees all fitness content across Women’s Health online and in <\/a>print, spearheading leading cross-platform franchises, such as \u2018Fit At Any Age\u2019, which showcases the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise.<\/p>\n

She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks \u2013 all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them how. Outside of work, find her trying the latest Pilates studio, testing her VO2 max for fun (TY, Oura), or posting workouts on Instagram. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n