Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

Sunday, August 8, 2010

[fast5] Re: Sleepy after eating

I get sleepy in the afternoon maybe 1-3 times a month.

I weighed 120 all my adult life, until menopause. I went up to 155. Now I am 141. I would love to be 120 again, but I'd be happy with 130.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Chantelle <chantelles@...> wrote:
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> How occasional is occasional ? We can take this off list if you and others
> want :).
> How much weight are you trying to lose? Sometimes I mix up folks with the
> same name, but I¹m pretty sure I remember you from other forums....
>
> Anyway, if you are worrying about it and it feels different from sometimes
> when you get sleepy, I think you are probably ³onto ³ something that this is
> related to your health/ weight loss, etc.
> chantelle
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> On 8/7/10 6:17 AM, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@...> wrote:
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> > Thank you, I understand a little better.
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> > I don't get sleepy that often, but when I do, I worry about it. Maybe I
> > shouldn't worry so much since it's only occassional.
> >
> > The idea of pricking myself over this puts me off so much, I think I'd rather
> > take a nap...! I am a real wimp!!! If I HAD to do it, I'd have to get someone
> > to help me. uh.
> >
> > Perhaps as I adjust to Fast-5 and eat less carbs, my body will adjust and it
> > will happen less often.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com <mailto:fast5%40yahoogroups.com> , Bill McCarty
> > <wbmccarty@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > In some people, a large-carb meal produces unstable glucose levels: First
> >> > the glucose is high, then low, then high again over a period of maybe 2-12
> >> > hours. That's one possible mechanism.
> >> >
> >> > Alternatively and without appeal to a large-carb meal, in the absence of
> >> > food, some people experience low blood glucose. If the glucose level drops
> >> > low enough, the liver may dump glucose into the blood stream, causing high
> >> > blood glucose.
> >> >
> >> > The bottom line is that the body's glucose thermostat, so to speak, may
> >> > alternate between low and high rather than establish a medium level. And,
> >> > however it comes about, a transitory high blood glucose level can induce
> >> > sleepiness.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not claiming this *is what you're experiencing, only that this is a
> >> > possible* mechanism. If you want to investigate this possibility, you could
> >> > purchase and use a glucometer. Or, you could ask your physician to perform
> a
> >> > glucose tolerance test, which might confirm glucose instability. Or, you
> >> > could just enjoy the nap if doing so fits your lifestyle :-)
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, tamaratornado <tamaratornado@>wrote:
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> >>> > > "moderately elevated blood glucose resulting from the consumption of a
> >>> > > large carbohydrate load."
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> >>> > > How does that happen when I haven't eaten anything all day?
> >>> > > Why would I get sleepy when I haven't eaten anything?
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >> > --
> >> > Bill McCarty
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