Can't Sleep?

holyguacamole37
holyguacamole37 Posts: 73 Member
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
I don't know if this is weight-loss related or not, but the past few nights in a row I've woken up really early in the morning, hungry. At first it wasn't so bad - 5am, 4am - but this time it's 2:30am. Definitely not normal.

Is it possible that, after working out daily for a month, my metabolism has sped up or something? I'm kindof at a loss here - I'm DEFINITELY not starving myself (this past Saturday and Sunday I didn't log calories because it was my birthday weekend and I wanted to be able to celebrate without worrying about the numbers), but I don't know what the problem is...

Anyone else experience anything similar or have any advice?

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  • Nicolee_2014
    Nicolee_2014 Posts: 1,572 Member
    I usually only experience this if I've eaten something that wasn't really nutritious or if I ate dinner early. I'm not sure if the metabolism speeds up that much that you would wake up hungry. Perhaps Google it?
  • JDNOX
    JDNOX Posts: 619
    Happened to me once and a while too. I started having a half of peanut butter sandwich before bed so I would not wake up starving. I just figured it into my calories and stuff but it helped because i was seriously starving when i woke up.
  • alanaosu
    alanaosu Posts: 85 Member
    I've had this before when I'm watching what I eat. A glass of milk before bed helps. Or if I do wake up hungry then I deink the milk then. Natural yoghurt will also help before bed. Good luck!
  • djsysstem
    djsysstem Posts: 115 Member
    Are you sure it's from being hungry? When you wake up, do you usually go to the bathroom? I used to drink a cup of Kefir before going to bed when feeling hungry. People also advise in drinking milk or having a very small snack before bed. Others say that they eat peanuts when they wake up. Kind of an interesting phenomena that I've never noticed in myself.

    I honestly just drink water when I feel hungry. It fills you up and you satisfy the daily requirements for drinking water :smile:

    The Institute of Medicine determined that an adequate intake (AI) for men is roughly 3 liters (about 13 cups) of total beverages a day. The AI for women is 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total beverages a day (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2011)



    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283
  • PennyNickel14
    PennyNickel14 Posts: 749 Member
    I've had this before when I'm watching what I eat. A glass of milk before bed helps. Or if I do wake up hungry then I deink the milk then. Natural yoghurt will also help before bed. Good luck!
    I think she was the one who tipped me off to the milk thing. I can tell you it totally works.
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