Advice- Sleep issues

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  • Aint2Proud2Meg
    Aint2Proud2Meg Posts: 193 Member
    sllm1 wrote: »
    I read something recently that resonated with me:

    "Problems with sleep are most common during the prementrual phase."

    I just so happened to be doing the same thing you are at the time I read it - going to sleep fine and then waking up in a couple of hours and not being able to go back to sleep. It just so happened to be right before my period. I started TOM and the waking up stopped.

    I wonder if because you are late, you are having a longer bit of this. It could be hormonal and could settle down once you start.

    Quite possible. It's been worse the last couple days. My TOM has changed a lot in a fairly short time. It's changed for the better though. I'm less of a miserable cow than I used to be and it's for a shorter length of time :smiley:
  • Aint2Proud2Meg
    Aint2Proud2Meg Posts: 193 Member
    Hey I know I've said it a lot but thanks everyone. Anyone who'd like, feel free to add me! Also wouldn't mind having friends who let me know if I'm doing something stupid :wink:
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    AintTooProudToMeg wrote: »
    I will up my cals but if anyone's concerned I track my weight daily and Libra says I'm averaging about -1.67 lbs a week overall. So I haven't gone TOO crazy considering I started at 222lbs.

    I think this is the key piece of information here. If that has been your average loss rate for a while, then you are not under eating, despite what your logging suggests. It also looks like (doing the math) you've taken ~ 3 months to get from 222 to 202. Is that about right?

    Read the thread on diet breaks and refeeds. When you get to 200, take a break for 2 weeks and eat at maintenance (this is the short version of the advice and I don't mean to summarize that thread this much) and see if it impacts your sleep. Just a thought.

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