Does anyone else have trouble sleeping well when training hard and eating in a deficit?

I'm not sure when you're training - could you try at a different time?

And, yes, I used to have that type of problem. I simply took a sleeping pill (which happens to be an antihistamine, so it helped with my allergies, too). That helped a bit. For what it's worth, I train in the morning. On days I trained at night, forget about it - I wasn't getting to sleep until late.

You can get over the counter sleeping pills. I took Z-Quil (same makers as NyQuil) a couple times and it worked well, but make sure to start slowly with a small dosage until you understand how it affects you and if you'll still be tired in the morning or not. You can also ask your doctor and they will usually prescribe something, although I haven't done that yet, I know people that have.

Are you waking up hungry, thirsty, needing to pee? Is there a lot of background noise in your home?

You can always take a melatonin half an hour before bed. That really helps me.

My big problem is leg cramps waking me out of a dead sleep. I have started drinking a few glasses of water and eating a banana before bed and that helps. Some people just don't need very much sleep. Some new study shows that happier people require an hour less sleep a night than unhappy people.

Just curious if you've just recently started training. I usually have a similar issue once I start something new or up the intensity of something I'm already doing. If you're in the same boat, I'd give it a couple of weeks - generally once I've adjusted to the new activity/intensity I sleep great!

Good luck...!

I am having this issue. Not sure if it's related to (other, mental) stress or is part of "lady problems". I'm reluctant to take sleeping pills, but am considering something like tylenol PM or Z-Quil for the days when I just really **need** to sleep. I've also read about rebooting your sleeping by figuring out how many hours you're actually sleeping, and staying up until that many hours before your alarm goes off. Then you gradually add more time in. I haven't started it, it sounds like just adding to sleep debt... but who knows. I'm tired. I'm cranky, and I just want to STAY asleep.