Going to bed hungry

porkchopz

I have not slept well the past 2 nights, and I'm pretty sure it's because I am going to bed a little bit hungry. I woke up in the middle of the night both nights STARVING. Yikes! Took me a while to get back to sleep, too. I didn't eat back all of my exercise calories on both days.

Anyone else experience a bad night of sleep because of hunger?

aippolito1

I used to...when I ate a lot. Or stayed up late and then couldn't eat because I knew I wouldn't digest it well so close to bed. Nowadays, I'm fine, unless like last night, end up not being able to get to sleep until 4 and then yeah, I'm STARVING 'cause the last time I ate was about 7 hours before!

This is how I schedule my eating so I'm not hungry at night: big meal at breakfast, smaller meal lunch, medium sized snacks (2-3 depending on how early I wake up) and a small dinner AFTER I work out at night. The work out really helps.

thirtyby40

I have trouble sleeping if I am hungry. Try eating your exercise calories. You body is obviously telling you you need more. Don't be afraid to give it what it wants. As long as you make healthy choices you should be fine eating ALL your calories. Keep in mind MFP already gives you a deficit before you get any calories. You aren't doing yourself any favors denying your body what it wants.

Before someone decides I am wrong because that is not what they do. Please keep in mind everyone is different. Sounds like your body is giving you a clue that that is you! Good Luck. Hope you start sleeping better.

ashleynicoleb

I had a really hard time being able to sleep through the night without waking up with intenseee hunger cravings. I'd go to bed hungry and it would take me a long time to fall asleep, and I wasn't ever sleeping well through the whole night. It also had to do with the fact that I was sleeping in an uncomfortable bunk bed in a dorm, but being hungry probably didn't help at all.

cathcakey

Yeah I've had a night or two when I haven't eaten all my exercise calories (like majorly not eaten them and been off by a few hundred kcals) and I've woken up hungry. It sucks! Makes it almost impossible to get back to sleep, and then even harder to not eat a huge breakfast the next day!

tex43

I'll probably get some controversial feed back from this but it worked for me,I used unisom for a few days on and off untill my stomach got use to not eating past 7:30 pm because that was part of my problem,eating too late.Anyway the OTC pills helped me get a sleeping pattern and get my stomach use to the change in eating habits.

vinjama

Dont go to bed hungry , especially if you workout because your body repairs it's self while you rest. And because of that, the best thing to have before bed time is PROTEIN.

Cottage Cheese. Peanut Butter, Chicken Breast. Hard boiled egg... Something that will digest slowly through out the night.

Just stay away from Carbohydrates. Unless you plan on doing heavy cardio in the morning

tex43

He's right about the proteain,but the cottage cheese it the best because of the amino acids it contains it's almost perfect for right before bed.

AbiLuV

Try having a piece of fruit. I like stawberries for dessert about an hour before bed.

questionablemethods

A scoop of casein protein powder blended in water or some cottage cheese usually does the trick for me when I feel really hungry right before bed. I notice that when I have the casein I also don't wake up quite as FAMISHED as I normally do.

whyflysouth

+1 on the cottage cheese. Definitely the way to go. I take down a half cup cottage cheese before I go to bed most nights as a nightly summer ritual for me is to blade 6 miles or so around the loop in chicago near midnight. I get home hungry, have a half or full cup of cottage cheese and go to bed. Don't worry about the calories in something like cottage cheese, the protein in it breaks down slowly over time and feeds your body while you sleep so it can repair muscle that was damaged during exercise, etc.