Interrupting sleep to eat

[879654]

IMO - Sleep is more important than a meal in the middle of the night.

But what you can do is make a protein shake and keep in by your bed or near the washroom. IF you wake up in the middle of the night to take a leak, slam the shake.

I'm sure if you are drinking 1-2 gallons of water per day, night time pee sessions are a common occurrence.

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[Trevdog]

well i agree with you there.

but, given the choice of

a. eating hypercalorically during the waking hours and getting continuous sleep
b. eating hypocalorically during the waking hours and waking up to eat

i would choose the former, just for the sake of simplicity. I also want to say theres some benefit to continuous, uninterrupted sleep (something having to do with the number of 90 minute sleep cycles perhaps?), but i could be imagining this.

Also considering a 30g serving of casein alone takes upwards of 6 hours to digest, and assuming you get a decent serving of slow digesting protein before bed, the "long fast" becomes a non-issue.

I don't disagree with any of this. However, I am not certain that you wouldn't do better with two 4 hour sessions with a slow digesting shake in between.

I also like the idea of not setting an alarm and thus interrupting your normal sleep pattern. However, I always have to get up to pee, and a quick shake then probably won't do much harm, and might do a lot of good.

 

[Phil9999]

i personally just drink one of the those NEW WHEY test tubes in the middle of the night. 42 g of protein. I dont know if its mental but i feel fuller when i wake up in the morning.

 

[stevonov]

I thought the die hards and pro's did set alarms half way through sleep to eat? May be disruptive but I seem to wake up half asleep and eat all the junk my girlfriend keeps in fridge without even realizing it! Maybe setting an alarm would help that? I wonder if 3j wakes up to eat?

 

[stevonov]

Wow old posts but was wondering what the best practices would be on this

 

[3J]

no, i dont wake up and eat.. i eat a slow digesting protein before bed and enjoy my slumber...