Thread: Midnight snacking?

Originally Posted by h-townbadass

Well looks like most people here seem to agree that cottage cheese is the way to go...I'm definitely a fan so I'll give that a shot. I think sticking to a shake before bed will curb most of these cravings though.

Built - what about the fish capsules you mentioned - what is the purpose of them? Do they strictly curb your hunger or do they serve another purpose?

Alternatively, you could invest in a casein based protein shake.

Works out to about the same price.

I take 1 scoop casein, 1 scoop whey, 1 scoop of a psyllium husk fiber supp, and 1 cup of mixed berries and toss it in a blender, + 1 serving of EFA's, some fish oil caps, and call it a night, and that usually carries me through. not super calorically dense, but it certainly does the job.

Originally Posted by Built

What do you eat for breakfast - protein and carb?

I'll offer you a weird suggestion: avocado, tuna and cottage cheese. Knock back a few fish oil capsules with water first, then my weird suggestion. I do half a tin of tuna, half an avocado and about a cup of cottage cheese.

You're bigger than me, adjust accordingly. NO STARCHES OR FRUIT with this. Save them for the meal before and or the meal after you lift.

When I eat this in the AM, my appetite is OFF for HOURS.

Breakfast is generally a lot of water and a banana of some sort - generally in a shake or on top of some cereal.

I am interested in the avacodo, tuna, and cottage cheese suggestion - this is a breakfast? While I love all of the ingredients...I'm not sure exactly how I feel about the tuna fish for breakfast, but hey, it's not the end of the world by any means.

As far as your suggestion about the anabolics - I'm already starting to notice the difference in my body...good and bad. Yes I have dropped some inches around the waistline which is great, however I have been looking in the mirror and my body as a whole is starting to look a little smaller. I haven't really noticed much strength loss though - all of my 1RM seem to be in check or very close, but I just look much smaller. I usually get this feeling though about a month after I get off a cycle...that feeling of being tiny. I would definitely like to get ahold of some sort of anabolic soon, however to be completely honest I got laid off from my normal job last month and don't exactly have a few hundered to drop on any test.

But I definitely appreciate all of your suggestions so far, I guess I will increase my calories because I have been STARVING lately, probably another reason why I am so hungry at night!

Originally Posted by Built

Considering I always eat a meal before I go to bed, I'd like to know what those poor consequences are!

Oh yeah, forgot to ask - you say you eat a meal before bed which I think I understand the reason for (replenishing you muscles, not letting them starve themselves overnight), does it matter what you eat? Are Carbs ok? Could I eat a chicken pasta dish relatively late and not have any worries? Or should I consider something with less Carbs?

Thanks again for all the help

I wish I could say it was for a noble cause, but honestly, it's because I train in the evening and I'm hungry at bedtime.

If you don't go over in your calories, eat whatever you like.

As Built said eat whatever you want so long as it's in your calorie range. I personally prefer steak and veggies. Nice and heavy to hold me over until the morning (not uncommon for me to wake up at 5AM starving my ass off if I don't do this).

Its 2 am...I just ate 2 mini sausage biscuits from jimmy dean.....scouring for something else....

...settled for pb and j, some whey, and broccoli

I actually really like pb and J - I've been doing it on a low carb tortilla (and no sugar jelly of course) and it tastes way better. That's a really quick snack to make that's not too bad right before bed or even if you wake up in the middle of the night.

Anybody hear of that disorder that causes people to wake up in the middle of the night and binge? The have no recollection of it in the morning until they see empty food containers scattered about. Talk about problems with calorie control.

Originally Posted by fufu

Anybody hear of that disorder that causes people to wake up in the middle of the night and binge? The have no recollection of it in the morning until they see empty food containers scattered about. Talk about problems with calorie control.

I've done that on a few occasions actually, but Xanax and alcohol is usually involved...