Bedtime Protein Question

[mendo]

I posted this in the AS forum cause I know everyone here takes protein before bed, and nobody ever goes to the diet forum anyway.

I'm a full time college student, so I have to change my eating and workout schedule every quarter as my class schedule keeps changing. So far I've managed to eat approx. every 2-3 hrs for the past few years...unless I'm in a 3-4 hr lab. My only problem has been my bedtime shake...

I find that I have trouble sleeping and I still feel full in the morning if I try to drink a 40 gram casein/egg/flax monster right before bed... How much protein do you guys get before bed? How soon before you sleep do you take it? Can I get away with a smaller shake...like maybe 20g or something? Do I have to drink it imediately before I sleep...what about an hr or two before bed?

 

[DieselGunz]

I drink a shake with about 35 grams about an 1/2 hour before bed


seems to keep me "fuller" in the morning

 

[mendo]

seems to keep me "fuller" in the morning

Fuller muscles...or fuller stomach?

 

[chefbone]

I drink a shake with about 35 grams about an 1/2 hour before bed


seems to keep me "fuller" in the morning

I concur. 30 min. b4 bed and I down 35 g of casein. Yummy.

 

[DieselGunz]

fuller muscles I think

Also if i am hungry before bed i can not sleep

I have a gym at work and I get out of work at 11 so sometimes I will do a small bodypart or do cardio so i like to replenish after training.

i only eat a bowl of oatmeal before training in the morning so everybit helps

 

[mendo]

I've been pretty much doing the same as you guys...but I can't seem to get used to sleeping with a bit lump of casein in my stomach...

 

[chefbone]

I've been pretty much doing the same as you guys...but I can't seem to get used to sleeping with a bit lump of casein in my stomach...

Man up broham. It's mind over matter!!!

 

[NaturalOnlyAtBirth]

damn i wish a shake that small would keep me full, i down a 40+ gram egg/casein/whey/fish oil/pb shake before bed and i wake up at least twice during the night starving so i eat cottage cheese till im not hungry and go back to bed.

 

[chefbone]

damn i wish a shake that small would keep me full, i down a 40+ gram egg/casein/whey/fish oil/pb shake before bed and i wake up at least twice during the night starving so i eat cottage cheese till im not hungry and go back to bed.

You're a mutant. I get that way sometime when I'm on EQ.

 

[will b huge]

Another question, Poll: What do you find to be the best protein shake for the buck????