Not able to sleep when hungry - also diet pill question

I have the same problem with sleeping when hungry. I usually have a glass of water. If that doesnt work I have a very tiny snack. As for the diet pills, I have no answer as I have never taken them. Good luck in the diet/exercise plan.

Does anyone else have the problem of when they are the least bit hungry before going to bed they can't sleep? What do you guys do about it? Becuase if I have had a really good day sometimes I mess it up just because I can't sleep so I eat something.
Also, lately I have been getting the feeling that when I take a diet pill it makes me more hungry. I have recently stopped using them because I realized that I was really shaky with them and when I feel sick I always think the solution is to eat something to make me not feel sick any longer... does anyone have a reason why the pills make me hungrier then I would be without taking them in the first place? Thanks! This is my first post and I am looking forward to sticking to a diet and excersize plan in the new year!

I eat before bed. Contrary to popular belief, your body isn't aware of what time zone you're in, so having a snack (as long as you don't go over your calories) will not cause fat gain. There's no reason to try to go to bed starving. Space your meals out or cut back on dinner and have a snack afterward.

There's really nothing positive I can say about diet pills. They're just caffeine pills with nonsense herbal supplements added. They make you shaky because they're stimulants. They increase your blood pressure and heart rate--what a great idea when you're exercising, right? (Sarcasm). Hunger isn't understood--there is an idea of what causes it, but nothing concrete. So the caffeine could be doing any number of things to increase your feelings of hunger.

I also dont believe that it matters how late you eat for the most part. In many parts of the world an 8 pm dinner is the norm. I almost always have a late dinner and I am still losing weight.

Some people dont sleep well on a full tummy however I sleep best with a late dinner or else I wake before 6 am starving...if I eat before bed I sleep till 8

Go to bed full, wake up weighing more. All the more reason, from my point of view, not to do so.

But if it's not fat...why does it matter? :huh:

It may not be fat, per se, but it can be psychological feedback that makes people fat.

So many people on this site moan and complain about the scale reading...

So much of the daily and even weekly fluctuation in weight is exactly that. And the more you slow your digestion, the more you magnify that effect. And the more frustrated you get, etc., etc.

Eating during the day means digesting food faster, being more regular, and seeing less weight volatility. Which to a lot of people has a big impact on their psyche and their progress.

Also, last time I checked, most binging is done at night. Which is why many diet gurus try to train people to just stop eating after a certain time. For people who are vulnerable to late night binges, it can have a huge impact on their weight loss and their health.

I just think that the psychological element of dieting is just as important as the thermodynamics (cal in < cal out leads to weight loss). Most people are smart enough to understand that equation. But that same mind that understands all the logic still falters in the face of the refrigerator - especially at night.

Yellow_Pepper,

You are certainly right about binge eating and if one isn't eating enough and frequently enough during the day, they will naturally want to binge late at night.

We were talking about going to bed hungry. Why be miserable when a small snack will help you sleep? You can also sabatoge yourself psychologically if you feel hungry frequently. I can't sleep if I'm hungry, and sleep is very important to weight loss.