Sleep and keto
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juststartedrunningagain
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I’ve always found I need quite a good carby meal to sleep well (I’m a rubbish sleeper). In the past if o haven’t eaten enough before bed I haven’t slept well. I’m not one of these I fasted and slept the best I ever have. I can guarantee if I fast led for a day I would be up all night.
So my question is once in ketosis (if anyone is a light sleeper) do you sleep well?
So my question is once in ketosis (if anyone is a light sleeper) do you sleep well?
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I am a really light sleeper, and once I got fat adapted that all changed. I fall asleep so much faster now and prefer to not have eaten close to bedtime. In the past, I couldn't fall asleep if I hadn't eaten in several hours - I felt like I was starving. Now, it's best when it's been 4+ hours since I ate, and I drift right off. The key is becoming fat adapted, at least it was for me. Just getting into ketosis did help, but I felt the real benefits after several weeks and I had become fat adapted. That's just my experience, but when you've been running on a high carb diet, your body is programmed for that and may take you some time to adjust to a different metabolic state.4
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i can't comment on this from a light sleeper point of view, but from one that makes the dead look alive, keto has helped me do better about waking up. it has been harder for me to fight my circadian rhythm (night owl); but when i win, i am able to get up much easier. (still actually a log while asleep; but recover faster. and tend not to have as many pains moving once i get up.)
hopefully you see some positive spins once you are able to finish fat adaption, as mentioned by @d_dc_lady1 -
I’m able to make it on less sleep versus what I used to require when I was a sugar burner. I would sleep ten hours and still feel tired and since Keto/ZC 6-7 hours and I’m wide awake without feeling deprived of sleep.
But I’ve never felt good going to bed with food on my stomach.3 -
I had disrupted sleep weeks 3-6 but then settled pretty well. Usually the issue is needing a pee around 4am from all the water. Now I can get back to sleep immediately instead of lying awake for 2 hours.2
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I sleep much better. I have a fitbit so it's been interesting to see the difference. I stay asleep for longer periods of time and move around less. I have really weird dreams though, but that's not so bad.0
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For christmans i got a weighted blanket and its awesome. I am a restless sleeper for sure. My wife got this blanket to keep my *kitten* still lol.
I love it. I sleep a straight 6-8 hours now "which i never ever did." It seems to keep me grounded and relaxed. Now all my girls have them and love them.3 -
I want one of these! I keep hearing about them and think I would love one!For christmans i got a weighted blanket and its awesome. I am a restless sleeper for sure. My wife got this blanket to keep my *kitten* still lol.
I love it. I sleep a straight 6-8 hours now "which i never ever did." It seems to keep me grounded and relaxed. Now all my girls have them and love them.
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I tend to get by on fewer hours of sleep since going keto in 2016. I WILL say, I have gone through periods with very vivid dreams that I correctly or incorrectly attributed to the diet. Sometimes when waking up from one of these dreams, I have not been able to go back to sleep.
I have never had a problem getting to sleep - pre or post keto. I seem to have lost the feeling of fatigue. A keto denier would say this is because I lost weight, although I experienced this after starting keto before having made much progress with weight goals.
I did go for another sleep study and I had my CPAP pressure reduced.5 -
I'm a bit over a month in and while I'm averaging an hour less a night, I'm sleeping like a ROCK. And waking up feeling rested. I'll take it!!3
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Interesting guys - looking into the weighted blanket I can see my kids loving that! Fasting definitely causes insomnia for me too to be honest I haven’t given myself long enough on keto to know if this insomnia thing wears off..0
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I tend to get by on fewer hours of sleep since going keto in 2016. I WILL say, I have gone through periods with very vivid dreams that I correctly or incorrectly attributed to the diet. Sometimes when waking up from one of these dreams, I have not been able to go back to sleep.
I have never had a problem getting to sleep - pre or post keto. I seem to have lost the feeling of fatigue. A keto denier would say this is because I lost weight, although I experienced this after starting keto before having made much progress with weight goals.
I did go for another sleep study and I had my CPAP pressure reduced.
Interesting you say that i wonder if there is a link between keto and vivid dreams iv had the same 🤔
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Is that because you’re having lighter sleep I wonder 🤔1
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I tend to get by on fewer hours of sleep since going keto in 2016. I WILL say, I have gone through periods with very vivid dreams that I correctly or incorrectly attributed to the diet. Sometimes when waking up from one of these dreams, I have not been able to go back to sleep.
I have never had a problem getting to sleep - pre or post keto. I seem to have lost the feeling of fatigue. A keto denier would say this is because I lost weight, although I experienced this after starting keto before having made much progress with weight goals.
I did go for another sleep study and I had my CPAP pressure reduced.
Interesting you say that i wonder if there is a link between keto and vivid dreams iv had the same 🤔
Count me in too. It used to be rare that I recalled dreaming at all but now I remember parts of them every night. 💤1 -
My theory is that i is an indication of improved sleep, and mental activity is probably better than no mental activity. I claim we are processing things as we sleep - working out issues when we dream. This is a good thing.2 -
So glad I'm not the only one having weird dreams! I've always been a dreamer, but lately its getting bizarre... I'm also a shift worker and was having such a hard time sleeping for my night shifts, but for the last couple weeks I've been sleeping great during the day!Shannonigans84 wrote: »I sleep much better. I have a fitbit so it's been interesting to see the difference. I stay asleep for longer periods of time and move around less. I have really weird dreams though, but that's not so bad.
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I am a really light sleeper
Same and I wish I could say that the dietary changes helped but they haven't. I'm also in so much discomfort that nothing short of heavy painkillers and muscle relaxers is going to help and I don't really want to go through all the hassle of that. Plus, without health coverage it's expensive. In addition I don't like the side effects of those meds.
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