insomnia and eating
Kelly, I can relate. It is amazing how many people on this board can relate to insomnia! Makes me think that something else is going on with the profile of people prone to obesity. Which came first, obesity or insomnia? But I digress...
I too have insomnia - usually pinging wide awake at 3 - 4am. Wakefulness usually lasts about 2 hours... and finally is put to rest by having something to eat. A small serving of cottage cheese with salsa and a high fibre cracker is my latest. Maybe if I just got up and had a snack, rather than taking a pill, I'd be better off and return to sleep sooner?
What if you just figure your caloric intake for a day as 24 hours, rather than 16 hours? In other words, build a middle of the night meal into your plan or program.
I also have another question... I don't count calories. But today, I checked out the soynuts I've been eating from the bulk barn. Holy quacamole ! HIGHLY caloric. High protein too. But LOTS of calories. The amount I eat of these would put me well over a wise level of calories for maintenance - yet - I have not gained. (thank goodness).
Does anyone else feel as though they can eat MORE caloires so long as they are high protein calories?
I too have insomnia - usually pinging wide awake at 3 - 4am. Wakefulness usually lasts about 2 hours... and finally is put to rest by having something to eat. A small serving of cottage cheese with salsa and a high fibre cracker is my latest. Maybe if I just got up and had a snack, rather than taking a pill, I'd be better off and return to sleep sooner?
What if you just figure your caloric intake for a day as 24 hours, rather than 16 hours? In other words, build a middle of the night meal into your plan or program.
I also have another question... I don't count calories. But today, I checked out the soynuts I've been eating from the bulk barn. Holy quacamole ! HIGHLY caloric. High protein too. But LOTS of calories. The amount I eat of these would put me well over a wise level of calories for maintenance - yet - I have not gained. (thank goodness).
Does anyone else feel as though they can eat MORE caloires so long as they are high protein calories?
For me, the insomnia came first. I believe it is a result of my PTSD. I think my obesity was mostly due to severe depression. I was only slightly overweight until about eight and a half years ago when I become severely depressed. I think the medication I was on caused weight gain, but I also lived alone then and was too depressed to go grocery shopping or cook healthy meals most of the time. I ordered a lot of pizza in that time. When I did go grocery shopping, I bought stuff that was really easy to fix, like cereal and milk. I gained lots and lots of weight. But I was never able to lose it, even after the depression got better.
Yeah, maybe I just need to start planning for a midnight meal.
Yeah, maybe I just need to start planning for a midnight meal.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I have been taking Ambien for years because I can't sleep.
I've had sleep studies done in the past & according to the doctors I would wake up almost once a minute all night long.
I wouldn't completely wake up but I wasn't getting any deep sleep & I didn't have Apnea.
Since my surgery I have done things in my sleep and 3 times I have eaten.
Once I woke up with a bag of multi grain crackers in my bed & twice it was cheese.
I woke up the other morning & had broken my expensive lighted Kindle case.
I'd broken off one of the prongs inside my Kindle.
I must have wanted to read in the dark really badly.
I can't get another lighted case but I got a sleeve type cover & when I'm ready to go to sleep I turn it completely off & put it accross the room.
I've had sleep studies done in the past & according to the doctors I would wake up almost once a minute all night long.
I wouldn't completely wake up but I wasn't getting any deep sleep & I didn't have Apnea.
Since my surgery I have done things in my sleep and 3 times I have eaten.
Once I woke up with a bag of multi grain crackers in my bed & twice it was cheese.
I woke up the other morning & had broken my expensive lighted Kindle case.
I'd broken off one of the prongs inside my Kindle.
I must have wanted to read in the dark really badly.
I can't get another lighted case but I got a sleeve type cover & when I'm ready to go to sleep I turn it completely off & put it accross the room.
Yeah, I had a sleep study done several years ago and I woke up about every five minutes. 11.4 times per hour. I did not have sleep apnea though. Since I was breathing OK, the doctor did not seem at all concerned about me waking up so often. I was like, hey, let me come to your house and let me poke you in the shoulder every five minutes and then see how rested you feel in the morning. Duh.
I didn't remember waking up that often. I think when they asked me in the morning how many times I recalled waking up at night, I remembered five times. Apparently if you wake up but are awake for less than one minute, you usually don't remember being awake at all. But yeah, you still aren't getting deep sleep that you need.
I don't think I've ever eaten in my sleep. Apparently Ambien does cause some people to do things in their sleep, though. I don't think it did that to me when I was taking it but it happens to some people that take it. It seems like eating in your sleep would be an awfully hard thing to deal with. All I can think of would be to not have anything unhealthy in your house so at least if you eat in your sleep, it would be something healthy.
I didn't remember waking up that often. I think when they asked me in the morning how many times I recalled waking up at night, I remembered five times. Apparently if you wake up but are awake for less than one minute, you usually don't remember being awake at all. But yeah, you still aren't getting deep sleep that you need.
I don't think I've ever eaten in my sleep. Apparently Ambien does cause some people to do things in their sleep, though. I don't think it did that to me when I was taking it but it happens to some people that take it. It seems like eating in your sleep would be an awfully hard thing to deal with. All I can think of would be to not have anything unhealthy in your house so at least if you eat in your sleep, it would be something healthy.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Well, I can't do beef jerky because I don't eat meat. But maybe string cheese would be a good thing. If you eat it sow, it can take a long time to eat. And doesn't have many calories and has protein.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
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