Hungry before bedtime
Discussion
Has anyone else had this?
I'm getting quite hungry just before I go to bed and then end up being kept up all night by it!
I've been eating 3 good meals a day and a snack mid evening but it never seems to be enough, I feel like I'm a meal short or something. I try popping down to the kitchen for some bread and water during the night but even that isn't enough. I've got a fairly sedentary lifestyle at the moment too, so its quite perplexing.
any ideas?
I'm getting quite hungry just before I go to bed and then end up being kept up all night by it!
I've been eating 3 good meals a day and a snack mid evening but it never seems to be enough, I feel like I'm a meal short or something. I try popping down to the kitchen for some bread and water during the night but even that isn't enough. I've got a fairly sedentary lifestyle at the moment too, so its quite perplexing.
any ideas?
You aren't eating three good meals if you need a snack too!
Try keeping a food diary to see what you really eat, e.g. https://www.myfitnesspal.com/
Try keeping a food diary to see what you really eat, e.g. https://www.myfitnesspal.com/
I found I had this too.
then in the evenings I started to make thick protein shakes - 200ml coconut milk with 100g protein powder in a nutribullet - makes a thick sludge. because it was heavy and sweet it cured my hunger for the evening.
snacking light items never worked for me.
another thing I do is if I'm having say chicken and rice and chopped tomatoes - I will up chicken to approx. 300g. the extra density of this curbed my hunger.
try going through your morning on just coffee and water/sparkling water / zero calorie drinks - then eating at midday-1pm then having a big meal, and then same until the evening.
protein bars are generally thick and take a fair amount of effort / chewing to eat.
then in the evenings I started to make thick protein shakes - 200ml coconut milk with 100g protein powder in a nutribullet - makes a thick sludge. because it was heavy and sweet it cured my hunger for the evening.
snacking light items never worked for me.
another thing I do is if I'm having say chicken and rice and chopped tomatoes - I will up chicken to approx. 300g. the extra density of this curbed my hunger.
try going through your morning on just coffee and water/sparkling water / zero calorie drinks - then eating at midday-1pm then having a big meal, and then same until the evening.
protein bars are generally thick and take a fair amount of effort / chewing to eat.
Wouldn't worry. As everyone knows, the calorific value of crisps and biscuits falls to 0 at 10.00pm every night!! :-)
Joking aside.
I would suggest that - from my own experience - the reason you're waking up is due to your sedatory lifestyle rather than hunger. In short, you're not doing enough to tire your body during the day so you sleep light and wake up. When you wake up, your body the requires the replenishment of calories for what it thinks is the day ahead.
It's likely that your late night snacking will be sugar heavy which is like downing a Red Bull and expecting to fall straight back to sleep.
Some form of strenuous exercise before teatime, done regularly should (all things being equal) lead to a more sound sleep which kicks your body back into the normal three-meal cycle.
That aside, I recall once reading or hearing that a teaspoon of peanut butter is effective in quelling hunger pangs for up to two hours. I have no idea if this is based upon medical fact but I do find the theory works.
Joking aside.
I would suggest that - from my own experience - the reason you're waking up is due to your sedatory lifestyle rather than hunger. In short, you're not doing enough to tire your body during the day so you sleep light and wake up. When you wake up, your body the requires the replenishment of calories for what it thinks is the day ahead.
It's likely that your late night snacking will be sugar heavy which is like downing a Red Bull and expecting to fall straight back to sleep.
Some form of strenuous exercise before teatime, done regularly should (all things being equal) lead to a more sound sleep which kicks your body back into the normal three-meal cycle.
That aside, I recall once reading or hearing that a teaspoon of peanut butter is effective in quelling hunger pangs for up to two hours. I have no idea if this is based upon medical fact but I do find the theory works.
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