Question about sacrificing sleep for more food

[Big L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Big L]

I would like to ask you guys if this sounds abit extreme i was talking to my hrt doctor and he tells me he wakes up in the middle of the night to eat some FAGE yogurt with fruit and protein drink. Now do you guys think its better to get your 8 hour sleep or wake up have your drink and yogurt and try to go back to bed

[Nature101 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nature101]

To me- it doesnt sound extreme. Then again, I also believe that if your not waking up in the middle of the night to pee then youre not hydrated enough. Everyone will be diff. Give it a shot! Lol

[Pauliuch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pauliuch]

Sleep. If your that worried about the long fast while asleep take some cassein protein before bed. I can't imagine even the pro's getting up for that.

[MrBig Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MrBig]

As long as you can get up have your meal go back to bed and still get a full 8 hours........why not? I do like Pauliuch's idea with the cassein protein better and I also do this to.

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

Sleep. If your that worried about the long fast while asleep take some cassein protein before bed. I can't imagine even the pro's getting up for that.

actually, i have heard of pros waking up once or maybe even twice a night to get a meal in. its not very uncommon. a little extreme, maybe. like pauliuch said, if youre that worried about the fastt, some casein will fix the problem. thats the point of the stuff anyway

the problem i have with waking up in the middle of the night is, youre only growing and recovering once your body goes into a certain phase of your sleeping pattern. once you wake up and break out of that phase, you dont go right back into it when you lay back down and fall asleep. it starts back over, wasting precious time to grow and recover

[cmode44 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cmode44]

I agree that if you are drinking what you need to stay hydrated, you should be getting up to take a leak at least once a night. For me, that's typically between 12 and 2 a.m. I mix up a protein shake before bed and stick it in the fridge, that way when I get up to take a leak, I chug my shake, take in 30 grams of protein, then fall right back to sleep!

[e.gg Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close e.gg]

I would like to ask you guys if this sounds abit extreme i was talking to my hrt doctor and he tells me he wakes up in the middle of the night to eat some FAGE yogurt with fruit and protein drink. Now do you guys think its better to get your 8 hour sleep or wake up have your drink and yogurt and try to go back to bed

Hm- since you release your natural GH while you sleep, it sounds a little counter active. I would say if you naturally wake up in the middle of the night then eating would be a good thing, but if you have to set an alarm or something to wake up it wouldnt prove to be much more beneficial (unless you do your GH in the middle of the night too) (if you do gh)

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

Hm- since you release your natural GH while you sleep, it sounds a little counter active. I would say if you naturally wake up in the middle of the night then eating would be a good thing, but if you have to set an alarm or something to wake up it wouldnt prove to be much more beneficial (unless you do your GH in the middle of the night too) (if you do gh)

Exactly my point. Casein can take up to 8 hours to fully digest so i just dont see the point in interupting the NATURAL growth process when it can be solved with a simple casein shake before you fall asleep

[xamo Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close xamo]

I believe it's going to far ... unless you're a pro competitor there's no need for you to wake up in the middle of the night. With my schedule I can only sleep 4 to 5 hours a day...omg what wouldn't I do for a few more hours. If you're given the opportunity to sleep more without interruption then take advantage of it.

[Nature101 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nature101]

Yeah, if u wake up to pee, drink one! If you dont normally get up -casien works wonders. But, if you are drinking your 12 tall glasses of water a day chances of u waking at night increase so therefore it may work for ya to whip up a quick shake- or have one ready. For me I never tske shakes before or during sleeping hours. Our bodys use up about 65% of our energy to digest food and if we are sleeping to repair our body wouldnt having something for the body to digest actually counter our repair? Obviously- there is a lot to consider!

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

Yeah, if u wake up to pee, drink one! If you dont normally get up -casien works wonders. But, if you are drinking your 12 tall glasses of water a day chances of u waking at night increase so therefore it may work for ya to whip up a quick shake- or have one ready. For me I never tske shakes before or during sleeping hours. Our bodys use up about 65% of our energy to digest food and if we are sleeping to repair our body wouldnt having something for the body to digest actually counter our repair? Obviously- there is a lot to consider!

I can see where that could make since but youre still sleeping which meens youre still recovering and growing. It only take about 1 hour to digest a whole food meal, and about anotther hour or 2 for your body to shuttle thouse nutrients to where they need to get to. I doubt a simple little casein shake takes that long to digest. Now, releasing is a differet story. Like i said, casein can take up to 8 hrs to be broken down which is just enough time to get all the rest you need in one night to fully recover.

The main reason i dint agree with breaking the cycle of sleep is, if you cant get the nutrition that you need in during the day, youre not doing something right. Everything has its places in this sport. Eating, sleeping, training, etc, and i think its very important to keep these as a priority. They should all go to gether, but yhey are all completely different.

[Nature101 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nature101]

I can see where that could make since but youre still sleeping which meens youre still recovering and growing. It only take about 1 hour to digest a whole food meal, and about anotther hour or 2 for your body to shuttle thouse nutrients to where they need to get to. I doubt a simple little casein shake takes that long to digest. Now, releasing is a differet story. Like i said, casein can take up to 8 hrs to be broken down which is just enough time to get all the rest you need in one night to fully recover.

The main reason i dint agree with breaking the cycle of sleep is, if you cant get the nutrition that you need in during the day, youre not doing something right. Everything has its places in this sport. Eating, sleeping, training, etc, and i think its very important to keep these as a priority. They should all go to gether, but yhey are all completely different.

1 hour? After you swollow food, it takes 6-8 hours to pass from your stomach to your small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine for further digestion,absorbtion of water and finally, elimination of undigested food.

In a 1980 mayo clinic researchers conducted a study between 22 healthy men and average time from swollow, to elemination of that meals waste was 53 hours.

[Nature101 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Nature101]

Looks like unless we fast we are continually digesting food. So maybe it doesnt matter anyway?

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

1 hour? After you swollow food, it takes 6-8 hours to pass from your stomach to your small intestine. Food then enters your large intestine for further digestion,absorbtion of water and finally, elimination of undigested food.

In a 1980 mayo clinic researchers conducted a study between 22 healthy men and average time from swollow, to elemination of that meals waste was 53 hours.

No no i didnt mean 1 hour to digest. I meant, an hour after you swallow it, its starting to break down and be used as fuel and what not

I prob should have cleared that up a little better

[ALEX.18 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ALEX.18]

Looks like unless we fast we are continually digesting food. So maybe it doesnt matter anyway?

Right, so why break your sleep cycle to eat?