Y do I wake up STARVING in the morning after a heavy dinner

Kimblesnbits

I just don't get it! Every time i have a heavy dinner, i wake up starving and every time i don't eat dinner or i eat something SUPER light, i wake up not hungry at all! Anyone else go thru this?!

Shawn_Marie

same here! makes no sense!

jillstoner1977

I don't know the cause, but I find the same thing in myself. Especially if it a high-carb meal.

MB_Positif

when I clicked on this I thought it was going to say that you wake up starving the morning after a heavy workout...but a heavy dinner...not exactly sure...good luck!

mill1295

Too many carbs, eat more protein/fat.

chocolateandvodka

dude, i have never understood this.

vettle

It's probably just because your metabolism being revved up after eating so much and then it wants more.

lisamc03

I was just thinking the same thing thus morning. When I eat more at night, I'm more hungry un the morning. But I ate little last night, and wasn't hungry this morning....what's up with that!?!

RaeN81

It's possibly thirst as a larger evening meal can be heavy in sodium as well.

lodicox7

Happens to me. I would think it has to do with your metabolism adjusting to the fact that you had a heavy meal, and expecting that to happen again the next time you eat. Kind of along the same principle that when you allow youself a cheat day, your weight loss can actually benefit from it. Your body expects to have to burn more calories when you eat next, even if you eat a lighter meal.

jillstoner1977

Regarding the revved up metabolism, that is what I was thinking as well, but wasn't sure.

hiemerapril

Same problem here too!

chantels1

I think it has to do with your blood sugar. You went to bed with high blood sugar from a big meal, but it dropped through the night, and so you wake up starving because your body is craving that high again. Smaller meals keep the blood sugar more stable, so you have fewer cravings.

bcattoes

That doesn't happen to me. I never wake up hungry no matter what or how late I ate.

lkb1025

It's called "rebound hunger." It has to do with spiking your insulin levels and a decrease in the hormone Leptin, which is a hunger suppressant.

cjpederson

The same thing happens to me. The blood sugar/insulin thing makes total sense.

EthanJeremiahsMama

same problem here too! bump

gsenriquez

This happens to me when I eat empty carbs (regular pasta, white rice, potatoes)...makes me hungry the next day. But if I eat complex carbs, protein, I am good in the morning.

cal1973

Yup, I get this too. Wake up sooo hungry that I have to get up and eat, no way I can get back to sleep!

Kimblesnbits

Last night i had chicken and broccoli, then after that maybe this is what F***ed me up! I had a couple BITES of tiramisu, pumpkin cheesecake and a bite of a brownie sunday...Could that do it?!

kitkatkait

It's hormonal

"Ghrelin, the main hunger-control hormone, is released in a pulsatile manner through the night with a peak occurring upon waking, which incites hunger."

http://articles.elitefts.com/articles/nutrition/logic-does-not-apply-part-2-breakfast/

Lift_hard_eat_big

It's hormonal

"Ghrelin, the main hunger-control hormone, is released in a pulsatile manner through the night with a peak occurring upon waking, which incites hunger."

http://articles.elitefts.com/articles/nutrition/logic-does-not-apply-part-2-breakfast/

This ^
I also hate waking up in the middle of the night cause my stomach is growling

Upcycled

Too many carbs, eat more protein/fat.

Yup, you're eating too many carbs.
"If you wake up hungry, or suffer from strong hunger pangs during the day, you are probably overconsuming carbohydrates and causing panic insulin swings. Where your body demands more carbs to regulate the already high levels of insulin in the blood."

AnninStPaul

Too many carbs, eat more protein/fat.

Exactly -- it's an insulin swing