Sleep eating!

[susan423]

I use to do this almost every day but since I've been dieting I haven't done it as much but it still happens. Well, I'm not exactly asleep but not quite awake either. I get up at least once a night to let my dog out to pee. Well, last night after I went to bed my roommate aka brother-in-law came home with donuts and left them on the counter (his intention was to take them hunting with them this morning so they'd be gone before I got up). Well, I got up at 3:00 this morning to let my dog out and before I knew what happened I sholved 2 of those suckers in my mouth. I'm so mad at my self this morning. I think part of the problem is I go to bed really hungry but I prefer not to eat much at night and I like to be hungry for breakfast. For a while I would open a can of rootbeer and that seemed to help but when I'm half asleep I have a hard time thinking about what I "should" do.

[not2late]

Re: Sleep eating!

See your physician. Sleep walking is a real medical problem and you might need further tests to see if this is sleep walking or some other sleep disturbance. See, eating might be relatively minor, but what if it progresses to something like driving?

So, please, see your physician and get evaluated. Good luck.

[Asclepius]

Re: Sleep eating!

Here here, Not2late. My sister almost drowned sleepwalking. Some medications are also known to cause sleep eating etc to happen.

I've had to watch out for low blood sugar all of my life. Generally I'm fine as long as I eat snacks throughout the day and make sure I'm not hungry before going to bed. Atkins has really helped me in that regard because it keeps me full and busy breaking down fats and proteins so my sugars stay within a good range as I sleep. Before Atkins, however, I would find myself shuffling 90% asleep into the kitchen grabbing whatever I could find to eat and always high carb in mass quantities. Donuts, milk, cheeze its - you name it. Whatever I could shovel down quickly. I'd usually fully wake up only after I'd consumed most of the load - 4mins maybe? I think it was my body reacting to nocturnal hypoglycemia.

My advice in addition to not2late's is to make sure you're eating enough fat and fiber during the day to keep you from being hungry when you go to bed.