quick question for protein in the middle of the night

[allstar5461]

well ya, but still I dont understand the need for 40g of protein at 3:30 in the morning, unless your going to consider that your breakfast.

 

[miplank]

I take in 57g of protein right before bed. I'm a heavy sleeper so I don't get up in the middle of the night, but come breakfast I hit it hard again.

 

[allstar5461]

Well ya I also either take a casein shake,whey w/ PB shake, or cottage cheese before I go to sleep to stabilize my body through out the night, and than in the morning get some fast digesting whey into me and than a whole food source of protein. But I just was saying I dont think he would need to much protein at 3:30 in the morning if he isnt staying up for the rest of the morning.

 

[Nomak666]

well ya, but still I dont understand the need for 40g of protein at 3:30 in the morning, unless your going to consider that your breakfast.

say you're up for 16 hours of the day, and you would eat every 2-3 hours, but for the 8 hours that you're sleeping, you're not feeding your body. i only take 1 scoop at 330 which is 24 grams, not 40. nothing wrong with more protein, imo. but like miplank said, 8 grams of protein in 1 cup of skim milk is definitely not enough.

 

[miplank]

say you're up for 16 hours of the day, and you would eat every 2-3 hours, but for the 8 hours that you're sleeping, you're not feeding your body. i only take 1 scoop at 330 which is 24 grams, not 40. nothing wrong with more protein, imo. but like miplank said, 8 grams of protein in 1 cup of skim milk is definitely not enough.

exactly...if your going to take the time to get up..make it worth while.

I would say 24g is good amount. I prefer to get my protein from food sources, but at 330 in the morning you pry just want to get right back to bed. LOL

 

[allstar5461]

Well I understand it, 24 is alot better than say a 40g serving. Im into macros so I just wouldnt want that to make me go over my totals, but your making it an everyday thing so thats good.

 

[Nomak666]

i try to get as much calories in as possible. right now im at about 5500-5600 clean calories a day and i only weigh 153-155. i would take in more but i dont want to be so bloated that i cant eat 2 1/2 hours later. i will be adding more calories as the weeks go by. and BTW, my grocery bill is off the chains with the amount of food im eating. its actually really expensive to eat healthy then it is to buy fast food.

 

[allstar5461]

Ya I would imagine, do you do macro totals like:
Protein- x amoount
Carbs- x amount
Fats- x amount?

 

[Nomak666]

Ya I would imagine, do you do macro totals like:
Protein- x amoount
Carbs- x amount
Fats- x amount?

no, not exactly. i just eat the same ammount of protein as i do carbs (roughly) so when i eat 12 oz of chicken breast (2 servings), i would eat 4 slices of bread(2 servings). thats how i do it. the nutrtional info on the bread actually states 1 serving as 1 slice of bread, but imo, everyone eats atleast 2 slices of bread when they make sandwiches. and i eat nice portions of natural peanut butter with my cottage cheese for my dietary fats, and to get a few extra hundred calories in cuz pb has 100 cals per tbsp.

i get more strict when im dieting to get cut, with counting the calories and everything down to gram, but ill worry about that in january.