2-minute assessment · no account needed

What is actually behind the afternoon crash?

How steady your energy feels after a meal has a lot to do with the shape of that meal — whether protein and fibre were on the plate, how regular your meals are, and whether you moved afterwards. Each of those is associated with how even people report their energy through the day.

This assessment scores those habits and shows you, plainly, where yours stand. The crash is usually built at lunch, not at three o'clock.

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16 questionsNo email to startAdults 18+
The PulseDays results screen: a score of 18 out of 100 with a personalised recap

This is for you if

  • Two hours after lunch you are useless, and you have decided that is just how afternoons are.

  • You are hungry again well before the next meal is due.

  • Your energy through a day looks like a series of steps rather than a line.

  • You want to know which meal is doing it, rather than overhauling everything.

If you are managing diagnosed diabetes or take medication that affects blood sugar, your clinician leads on this — talk to them before changing how or when you eat. This is a habits programme, not care.

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Answer 16 questions

2 minutes, no account. Habits, not weigh-ins.

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See your score

Out of 100, across four areas, with your two priorities named.

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Get your day, decided

One action. One plate. A button for cravings. 20 seconds to log.

What you get, free

The PulseDays results screen: a score out of 100 with a personalised recap01

A score out of 100

Across everyday eating, meal rhythm, movement, and sleep and stress — so you can see which one to start with.

A man walking a tree-lined path in golden morning light02

Your two weakest areas

Named specifically, in order, with what tends to move each one first.

A woman having a calm breakfast by a sunlit window03

Something to measure against

Retake it later and compare. If a change worked for you, you will see it in the number.

No product is required to complete this assessment, and nothing here is a substitute for talking to your own doctor.

Then, if you join

A day you can close, and a record that argues from your own life

One action a day, a 20-second check-in, and four small anchors. Every day you close becomes evidence — and the record only ever compares you with your own days.

The PulseDays Today screen in the evening: tasks, anchors and a day score

Today, decided for you

The screen knows morning from night. Tick what you did, close the day, and the score explains itself — every point accounted for.

The PulseDays weekly review: day-by-day bars and a comparison against your own weeks

A week you can read

Seven bars, then this week beside your last two. When nothing moved, it says so plainly — a real answer, not a cheer.

The PulseDays record: lifetime stats, weekly recaps and a calendar of every logged day

A record that accumulates

Every day you have logged, what you noted, what you built. Milestones count total days, so missing one never takes anything back.

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Why habits, and why a score

The afternoon dip is one of the most commonly described patterns in ordinary life, and it is usually treated as a coffee problem. It is more often a lunch problem.

The one rule the programme is built on is protein and fibre first: put a protein source on the plate, then a fibre source, then build the rest around them. It survives a busy week, requires no counting, and works in a canteen.

Meal rhythm matters too — regular meals are associated with steadier energy than grazing — and a short walk after the largest meal is the smallest useful version of movement, which is why it is the habit people actually keep.

This assessment scores those habits, names your two weakest, and then compares your own logged days against each other. Whether it works for you is a question your own record answers.

What this is not

  • This is not diabetes care and it is not a substitute for it.
  • It does not measure anything in your blood — there is no meter, no reading and no device.
  • It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
  • It rates how steady your energy felt, which is your own experience and nothing more.

Questions

Do I need a glucose monitor?

No. There is nothing to buy and nothing to wear. The daily rating is how steady your energy felt, which is your own experience.

Is this for diabetes?

No. It is a habits programme and it is not diabetes care. If you have a diagnosis, your clinician leads and you should talk to them before changing how you eat.

How long does the assessment take?

About two minutes. No account, and no email needed to see your score.

What happens to my answers?

They produce your score and personalise the programme. They are never sent to any advertising platform.