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The Energy Meal System: A Simple Way to Eat for More Consistent Energy

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser
Nov 20, 2025
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Part 3 of 4 in Your Nutrition Upgrade

Two weeks ago we covered The 3-Minute System Scan That Reboots Your Energy — a simple way to identify why your body feels off on any given day.

The 3-Minute System Scan That Reboots Your Energy

Philipp Maerzhaeuser
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Nov 6
The 3-Minute System Scan That Reboots Your Energy

Some weeks your energy just flows.

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Last week we covered The 3 Eating Patterns That Quietly Drain Your Energy — and you learned how to remove the small, hidden frictions that pull energy down without you noticing.

The 3 Eating Patterns That Quietly Drain Your Energy (+ Your Same-Day Fix)

Philipp Maerzhaeuser
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Nov 13
The 3 Eating Patterns That Quietly Drain Your Energy (+ Your Same-Day Fix)

What you’ll learn in this post:

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Today is the natural next step.

The first two posts under “Fuel Strategically” built your awareness.
This one shows you what to do with that awareness — in the real world, on real schedules, with real demands.

This system is made for busy people.

Nutrition isn’t complicated — but most eating patterns benefit from a few smart adjustments that match real days, not ideal ones.

THE ENERGY MEAL SYSTEM

Most people think stable energy requires perfect timing, perfect planning, or perfect food choices.

But that’s not how real life works.

Busy Professionals don’t struggle because they don’t know what healthy is. Most people know, I`m sure you do.

They struggle because work gets chaotic:

  • Stress hits

  • Meals shift

  • Meetings run long

  • Schedules blow up

It’s when your energy drops faster than an EV on a cold morning — everything looks fine until the range suddenly collapses.

Any EV-Driver will know.

It falls apart because life is dynamic — and your meals are still static.

What you don`t need are more rules, but solutions to specific scenarios.

The Energy Meal System gives you five simple levers that keep your energy steady — even when the day isn’t.

You don’t use all five every day. You use the one lever that fits the situation.

Think of this as the “operating system” underneath your meals.

What you`ll learn today:

  • The Executive Plate Protocol — your go-to template for building stabilizing meals anywhere

  • The Meal Sequencing Matrix for adjusting meals across the day

  • The Crash Rescue Meal for stabilizing energy quickly

  • The Food Rhythm Map for designing a rhythm that matches your workload

  • The Energy Wave Map for fueling according to your real peak hours

  • Reflection questions that adapt the system to your goals and lifestyle

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