I'm cutting and trying to lose a lot of fat (22%). I usually have my last meal at around 11pm. I don't sleep till at least 3AM due to my work/school schedule. After work, say at around 1:30-2AM I get really hungry. Are fruits such as tangerines, grapes, bananas good to have before bed? What about nuts such as peanuts, cashews, walnuts, almonds?
Cottage cheese is out of the question because I despise it.
Any ideas?
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05-04-2006, 12:01 AM #1
Fruits Before Bed?
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apples are fine to eat before bed. IMO, they are just as good if not better than fats before bed. they are very low glycemic so it will slowly release insulin sparing protein during sleep and the fiber is beneficial and will slow digestion. ive eaten an apple before bed every night except within a couple weeks of a competition when you gotta cut pretty much everything out. im just saying, ive mananged to get to a very low bodyfat while eating an apple with cottage cheese before sleeping.
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05-04-2006, 10:52 PM #17Originally Posted by beefupbeetch
you burn calories while you are asleep as well...in fact in 8 hours of sleeping there is only ~120 calories extra that you would be burning if you were awake that whole time assuming you werent doing anything physically demanding if you were awake...how much sleep are you getting? in 3 of 4 people, Growth Hormone levels increase (in 1 of 4 people, GH is highest during waking). And in all people, anabolic hormones such as Luteinising Hormone, Prolactin and Testosterone are all increased during sleeping (REM). Having said this, some people get away well with 4 hrs sleep a night whereas other cant have less than 6.
Sorry Lordzed i dont mean to take attention away from the topic but i felt like i had to let people know after seeing that quote. Lets get back to the topic of the original post (fruits before bed)Last edited by dance2trance; 05-04-2006 at 10:54 PM.
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05-26-2006, 07:14 AM #18
agree with dance2trance.
though people who only need 4 hours a night are very rare, indeed there are some that need 10 hours (me included)
also if ur doing lots of exercise, and on a negative calorie diet most people will find they need more sleep then if there were maintaining and being 'lazy'
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to the poster - dairy is good.
focus on the G.I of foods aswell - fruit wll spike ur insulin levels which usually isnt a good thing (though ocasions when u do want to spike ur levelsm but we wont talk about that now )Wish to compete in 2009 at 21 in I.N.B.A
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