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2002/12/02, 12:29 AM
Before anyone cuts into me about eating at night, I'm hypoglycemic and work until 2 am frequently-I'm a night nanny. If I go more than 3 hours with no food, my blood sugar gets cripplingly low (delirium, dizziness, semi-consciousness ect.). The only way to deal with this is to take carbs and protein together. I often work out between 9 and 11 pm, and I won't make it without food. My usual snack is a toasted sandwich on whole multi-grain (birdseed) bread with a thin slice of reduced-fat cheddar, and a fat free/sugar free yogurt cup. I've been trying a plate of raw veggies lately as well, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots and mushrooms with low-fat dip. I only eat late on nights when I'm working (3 per week), it's a private home and I bring my own food and eat when I need to. It's funny at supper time because the kids are like "what is it tonight, chicken or turkey?" when I walk in the door with my big bag of food. I guess the main question is, how much is this hurting my progress, I'm quite pleased so far, but if I can do better, I wouldn't mind. The thing is that when I'm awake, I do have to keep my blood sugar as steady as possible, or I'm not good to drive or anything like that. Any other suggestions for late night foods. I try not to eat after midnight when I can, but that's as good as I can do. Keep in mind as well, that I do have to have carbs inorder to bring my sugars back up, proteins help but work too slowly. Thanks in advance.
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Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
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2002/12/04, 01:26 PM
There's absolutely nothing wrong with eating at night. In fact, some of the most dedicated bodybuilders wake up in the middle of the night to take protein to prevent overnight catabolism (after all, you go without eating for 8 hours!). Like Philia said, though, try to avoid grains if you can. And, of course, get some protein.
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"Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!"
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