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late night hunger

Robott Posts: 29 Joined: 2006/12/17	2007/03/05, 11:48 AM let me start off by saying that i think i eat pretty well- almost no junk food, no refined sugars, around 5 smaller meals spread throughout the day, a healthy mixture of proteins and carbs, lots of water... what perplexes the hell out of me is why, at least twice a week, i feel famished after 11:00 pm, to the point of wanting to raid the fridge. these bursts of appetite don't coincide with my days at the gym, low moods, nor with anything else. what gives, and how can i keep this from interfering with my eating plans ?
conan_0822 Posts: 441 Joined: 2006/11/23	2007/03/05, 02:27 PM Eat something high in protein with some fat as your last meal.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2007/03/05, 09:45 PM Nothing wrong with some cottage cheese b4 bed. -------------- Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. Ivan Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
Robott Posts: 29 Joined: 2006/12/17	2007/03/05, 10:07 PM conan- could you give me an idea of what i might want to eat ?
Velasca Posts: 441 Joined: 2006/10/26	2007/03/05, 10:27 PM unless you dont care for cottage cheese, carivan's suggestion is spot on of course :) cottage cheese has casein protein in it which is slow absorbing to help with muscle recovery over nite... it also has tryptophan in it.which is another amino acid...this helps produce seratonin which helps with sleep and other things... you can get the 2% or 4% milkfat cottage cheese to help with the extra fat conan was talking about.. there are also some recipes in the nutrition forum of some things you can add to cottage cheese...i.e peanut butter etc.. good luck!! -------------- We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
FilthyPL3B Posts: 262 Joined: 2006/04/04	2007/03/07, 07:22 AM Tinned tuna, I get through around 2/3 of these a day. Otherwise yup, cottage cheese or a boiled egg.
drquack11223 Posts: 94 Joined: 2007/01/09	2007/03/10, 11:23 PM would yogurt be a good pre-bed snack?
jaytori129 Posts: 657 Joined: 2006/11/14	2007/03/11, 11:39 PM not necessarily DrQ due to the fact that most yogurt is packed with sugar, even the no sugar added variety i see usually contains about 12-13g of sugars....the suggestion before bed is casien protien, i.e. dairy(milkfats) you could also just do a casien protien supp also, but if the oral hunger is an issue stay with the cottege cheese, not everything is going to be roses in getting to where we wanna get
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2007/03/12, 12:05 AM Plain nonfat yogurt does not contain added sugar...the sugars it contains are naturally occurring milk sugars. I guess if you are watching carbs very closely, you might avoid it. But I have been eating it on Amy's diet (we're not supposed to have dairy, but I wasn't going to let my 3 quarts go to waste). I add protein powder to sweeten/flavor. I have eaten pre-bedtime with peanut butter and a scoop of protein. Maybe not as good a casein source as cottage cheese, but not bad.
conan_0822 Posts: 441 Joined: 2006/11/23	2007/03/12, 01:19 PM Jaytori, even worse about the sugar in the yogurt is the fact that it's high fructose corn syrup!! Or at least the ones we had. Which now it's up to the kids to eat because I ain't touching it now!!