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4am and I'm so hungry!! Do I eat?

Leanne3552000
Leanne3552000 Posts: 395 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've woken up really really hungry ( to the point where i feel sick) but I will probably go back to sleep soon. Should i have something to eat now or wait until breakfast?

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  • megz4987
    megz4987 Posts: 1,008 Member
    If you can fall back to sleep, wait til breakfast. If you're unable to sleep because you're hungry, eat
  • ltlane
    ltlane Posts: 120
    that happened to me the first few days i started changing my eating.. which today is day 4... i wake up at 3am, have insomnia some nights, and stomach is growling beyond control. i went ahead and had a low cal snack, the thing with that, is when it was breakfast time, which i like to be 8am i wasnt hungry... i didnt eat breakfast til 10am, which is snack time for me.... anywho if you cant go back to sleep and you need a snack of some sort, grab low cal...
  • Forensic
    Forensic Posts: 468 Member
    Perhaps drink some water, but don't eat anything.

    You don't want to train your body that it's 'okay' to wake up and eat at that time of night.
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