Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: Re: [fast5] Awake in the wee hours...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Re: [fast5] Awake in the wee hours...

Wow... that is really interesting!

A glucometer. I'll have to look that up.

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 6:16 am, Ellen Ussery wrote:
> Yes, try that and let us know how it goes.
>
> What is interesting to me is that some people find that they sleep so
> much better on FF. Some have trouble getting to sleep. Some have a
> problem for a week or so and then it just resolves. It would be
> good if we could begin to sort out why some have these problems and
> others don't. So the more info here the better IMO
>
> Ellen
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:02 AM, <churyl@tmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I should add that right now, my window is the middle 5 hours of my
>>
>> day... about noon to 5p. Maybe having a later window will solve the
>> problem.
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 5:55 am, Ellen Ussery wrote:
>>> Try experimenting with the level of fat in your meals. That may do
>>> the trick. I would say experiment with various ways of eating.
>>> More
>>> whole grain and legumes, or more low carb and high fat.
>>>
>>> I would also get a glucometer and see how your blood sugar is
>>> running. What is your fasting blood sugar, what is it when you wake
>>> up in the night. That will tell you a great deal about your own
>>> metabolism and save you enormous amount of time just following this
>>> theory or that theory. Nothing works for everyone all the time.
>>> We are each an experiment of one.
>>>
>>> Another possibility is that you have some problem with your
>>> adrenals.
>>>
>>> Ellen
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:16 AM, <churyl@tmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is the fourth time since beginning Fast-5 that I wake up in the
>>>> wee
>>>>
>>>> hours from serious mind-blowing hunger, and can't get back to sleep.
>>>>
>>>> I could probably stand to eat more than I am during my 5 hour window,
>>>> but I'm just not hungry for more. Should I force-feed myself? Maybe I
>>>> should eat something high fat at the end of my window to get me
>>>> through
>>>> the night?
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas on why? Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Warmly,
>>>> Churyl
>>>
>>>
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