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awesomeame

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so my trainer tonight said i should be eating every 3 hrs. OK, no big deal, but does this mean i should be eating before i go to bed? i don't see her until next week, i want the answer now lol :)

--matt
 
It's not a good thing to eat before you go to bed, because your digestive system will be working a good portion of the night, and is likely to make it more difficult to fall asleep.

You should set it up such that you eat a few hours before going to bed, but when you do go to bed, that you are by no means hungry.
 
^^^^^agreed but if for some reason you are starving or craving foods having a little bit of cottage cheese even a slice of turkey or a 100 calorie no fat yogurt, something along those lines is betting than eating every terrible food you see in your cabinet
 
awesomeame said:
so my trainer tonight said i should be eating every 3 hrs. OK, no big deal, but does this mean i should be eating before i go to bed? i don't see her until next week, i want the answer now lol :)

--matt
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Not a big deal.

You can fit in 6 meals a day ( and a post/pre-exercise snack or 2 ) and usually have your last small meal or snack by 9:00 p.m or so - assuming you turn in at around 11:00 p.m.
 
Derwyddon said:
I don't really agree with what was said. You should be eating strategically for bedtime. Eating small before sleeping is not a big deal, its eating huge meals that make it hard to sleep (which you wouldn't be doing if you're eating every 3 hours right? ;) )

eat some slow digesting protien such a some cottage cheese, a piece of cheese, or a casein shake.
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That's my take on it too. Eating a reasonable amount of the 'right foods' at bed won't make you fat or ruin your sleep.
 
I third that. I have my last meal always very close to my bedtime. If anything, it makes me more sleepy and I fall out shortly after finishing eating...
 
I agree with Dr.BAM,Malkore and Mark. So long as the food is "light" and not a huge meal then you do not need to worry about it interfering with your sleep.
 
thanks for the replies. i'm going to go the shake route before bed, a basic whey protein shake is ok, or should i look for a meal replacement shake? tia

--matt
 
Ideally a slow digesting protein is what you want. That way, it breaks down in your system slowly while you are sleeping, minimizing time that your body has no protein. Cottage cheese has casein protein, and you can buy protein powders with casein.

The problem with whey before bed, is that it will be broken down and digested very, very quickly.
 
picked up some "muscle milk" today at gnc. i'll try it tonight...they only had 2 different kinds of powder with casein in it...pretty much the same cals/protein content

--matt
 
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