Midnight STARVING!

[JKurz1]

I finish working out about 430pm. I usually lay down about 9ish as I have to be up at 5am for work. Problem: I have ZERO appetite postworkout. I usually have a shake, and force down a salad about an hour later. Then I'm stufed for the night. However, midnight, 2am, 4am rolls around and I am STARVING...it actually wakes me up. Last night for example, I had a casein shake with almonds at 9pm, slep, woke starving, had a muscle milk with some veggies.......slept....woke at 2am, same deal....another shake with some pb.....does this mean I'm not eating enough during the day(Im stuffing myself with 3500 cals).......or what? Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a recipe for fat gain? If I continue to drink shakes, eat bars, veggies, etc when I wake?

 

[ironclaw]

I finish working out about 430pm. I usually lay down about 9ish as I have to be up at 5am for work. Problem: I have ZERO appetite postworkout. I usually have a shake, and force down a salad about an hour later. Then I'm stufed for the night. However, midnight, 2am, 4am rolls around and I am STARVING...it actually wakes me up. Last night for example, I had a casein shake with almonds at 9pm, slep, woke starving, had a muscle milk with some veggies.......slept....woke at 2am, same deal....another shake with some pb.....does this mean I'm not eating enough during the day(Im stuffing myself with 3500 cals).......or what? Does anyone else have this problem? Is this a recipe for fat gain? If I continue to drink shakes, eat bars, veggies, etc when I wake?

if you are going to wake up a couple of times during the night adn eat, then keep it to proteins and little to no carbs, I would maybe try to eat a solid meal before bed and see if that helps, just some suggestions, I'm no guru when it comes to diet,(or anything else for that matter)

 

[poysyn]

if you are bulking id say the only drawback to eating the extra foods would be the fact that your sleep is interrupted.

typically I eat fats/casein in the evening and never have issues with hunger

 

[gymratforlife]

if you are bulking id say the only drawback to eating the extra foods would be the fact that your sleep is interrupted.

typically I eat fats/casein in the evening and never have issues with hunger

This is the way to go.

 

[Jimbo15]

fat free cottage cheese, turkey breast, and hot sauce, not bad. that or egg whites.

 

[Razorguns]

desertburn.com

im NEVER hungry

 

[JKurz1]

Rice cakes or oatmeal has been my midnight choice of champs....plus I got theses cases upon cases of carb sense myoplex bars....soooo good with hot cocoa or a thick muscle milk shake....mmmmmmm

 

[Nathan]

IT sounds liek you aren't eating enough throughout the day. When I wake up I usually just down 5 tbsps of ANPB. There's a quick and easy 500kcal with a reasonable macronutrient ratio. Throw in a glass of skim milk and you are good to go. Or have a shake ready to go that has some ground up rolled oats in it or something to keep you feeling satiated.

 

[poysyn]

Rice cakes or oatmeal has been my midnight choice of champs....plus I got theses cases upon cases of carb sense myoplex bars....soooo good with hot cocoa or a thick muscle milk shake....mmmmmmm

ditch the bars and switch to some food..try peanut butter with something casein and your hunger will probably fade..even in the morning after.

 

[Mac173]

Eating whole food before bed may help this.
I opt for cottage cheese, lean ground beef, scrambled eggs, or turkey breast before bed.