Nocturnal Feeding?

Who Nocturnally Feeds?

  • Yes. I do it.

    Votes: 52 46.0%

  • No. I avoid it.

    Votes: 61 54.0%
  • Total voters
    113

YellowJacket

Banned
Just curious if anyone does this. I think its popularity has died down since the discovery of cottage cheese and milk. ;) Im against it, but the arguements for it are generally good. So My poll question is, who does it?
 
I think it can def be very beneficial to people trying to pack on mass. Its funny to think how we dont go more than 3 hours during the whole day without eating but then are willing to go 8 at night. Personally, I think sleep is a very important thing and shouldnt ever be purposley disrupted. However, i wake up in the middole of the night here and there naturally, like having to pee. So if im up and not too dreary ill down a protein bar that ill keep next to my bed or some cottage cheese if i can make it into the kitchen. I wouldnt even set my alarm to wake up and eat at a certain time. Then again im not that much of a hardgainer so it may be useful for some.
 
nope, dont need it, dont do it... I have a hard enough time making sure I get my sleep as it is, no way I'm gonna purposely **** it up midway
 
Biggin said:
nope, dont need it, dont do it... I have a hard enough time making sure I get my sleep as it is, no way I'm gonna purposely **** it up midway
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I so totally agree with this. Continously sleep is good and is needed, why screw with it.
 
I used to drink a shake at night, but recently I have decided to stop. I am starting to think that a better nights sleep is more important. I just try to eat like 60grams of protein before bed, with at least 30-40grams of that being cottage cheese, milk, meat, or egg.
 
I don't either. Thought about doing it a few times but I have too hard of a time falling back asleep. For now I just use a casine/whey/egg protein mix with Flax before bed.
 
in my experience sleep is by far the quickest and easiest way to **** your gains up, IMO (unless you starve yourself or something)... conversely, it is also the easiest thing to improve, so again I don't see the point.. whoever voted yes needs to get in here and explain it to me :D
 
Used to

I used to grab a shake at 2a.m.
But now I just eat some chicken & and an egg before bed, & sweet dreams.
:D
 
I agree with you Biggin

I used to sleep 6-7 hours.
Since increasing to 7-8 hours I feel more refreshed & attack the gym with more energy.
Sleeping is important for me.
 
Originally posted by Supa Freek 420
I do when I wake up to take a leak. Otherwise I don't
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I'm kinda the same way:

most of the time I fix a shake and put it on my desk in my room, and if I happen to wake up during the night, then I drink it.  But if I do not wake up in the middle of the night, then I just drink it when I normally wake up in the morning.

so there ya go :)

 

LG. :cool:
 
i tend not to. i struggle getting back to sleep anyways after getting up in the middle of night to take a wiz. However, if i cant go back to sleep and marinate over to the computer until i get tired again, ill knock a shake down. another factor why i tend not to eat/drink nocturnally is cuz my stomach has a hard time digesting anything once i lay down so quickly after i take something in....Sage
 
I'll do it sometimes. It all depends how hugry I am. Some nights I wake up inthe niddle of the night starving, so I'll get up and eat something. I usually try to eat right before bed ie....casein shake, cottage cheese.....so it's all about timing, if it's time for me to eat I'll eat no matter what hour it is. The only reason I try to avoid it is because I have a hard enough time sleeping or getting quality sleep. I think it would help, because as long as you keep re-feeding/ re-fueling the body with proper nutrition along with rest and training you will grow.
 
I used to, and still think its beneficial for those that have trouble putting on weight (just to help get more calories), but I never saw significant enough improvement to merit getting out of bed :).
 
nope

i tried it for awhile a few years ago and it was more a pain to do. and i discovered like others here that uninterrupted sleep was way more important. if i'm tryin to gain i'll eat some cottage cheese b4 bed, else my last meal is like an hour or two before bed...sleep is alot more important for any goal you are tryin to reach.
 
I would never intentionally disrupt a good night's sleep to have a 4 am meal. But if you are on a high protein diet and don't wake up at least once to urinate in an 8 hour period, you are not drinking enough water. When I get up at 3-4 am, there is a shake made up in the fridge and I gulp it down. I have no trouble getting back to sleep, and sleep like a log.

I believe the late night shake is most important on workout nights, cycle doesn't matter. Occasionally, usually when I'm getting less than 8 hours a night, I fail to wake up, and just drink the shake in the morning, like Lifeguard. Also, I use Max Muscle High 5 or Ultra-Size for this shake, as they are fairly thin for a casein/whey/egg blend and I want to drink it down fast enough to get right back to sleep.

8 hours, despite slower metabolism in a sleeping state, is too long a time to rely on a cottage cheese meal before bed to carry you through. If you do, you are allowing the body to enter into a catabolic state,
 
I could never do it.

Once I get up during the night and make my way toward anything but the bathroom, I'm up for the duration. ;)

It must have something to do with my getting up at 4:30 am for my golf tournaments. Thank God for caffeine! :D :D
 
nope.

milk and cottage cheese works fine thx

sides theres a huge growth hormone release during sleep. why mess with that?
 
i guess if you can consistently wake up for like 2 mins and piss n gulp (the shake, not the piss) then you're doing alright... my sleep is unfortunatley much too erratic and it's always been the problem area for me... no partying or anything like that, just sleep issues... i know at this point it's the single greatest detriment to my regime, as it were, so i can't afford to night feed... fucks me up for the rest of the evening, and then i'm zombified
 
im cutting and therefor stingy with my calories, i dont like to eat when im not gonna be active for long periods of time.
 
Lifeguard said:



most of the time I fix a shake and put it on my desk in my room, and if I happen to wake up during the night, then I drink it.  But if I do not wake up in the middle of the night, then I just drink it when I normally wake up in the morning.

 

LG. :cool:
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Ditto. Goes down smooth and doesn't interrupt my sleep a bit. If it's there in the morning, I have it with my oatmeal and save the eggs for later.
 
There was a time when I would set my clock to wake me up to drink a shake halfway through the night, this was before I counted my calories.

My last bulk I did not do this, I learned to count calories and did not notice any difference in gains with or without the midnight shake.

As long as I eat my target number of calories for the day before bedtime, I feel sleep is the more important for recovery than the extra 300+ calories from a midnight shake.

I do not think drinking a shake if you get up to go to the bathroom is needed either if you are getting your target number of calories for the day. An extra shake is extra calories. I dont have any studies, just my own experience.
 
i just do cottage cheese 'n' flax earl before bed. if i wake up to pee i've got a scoop of casein/whey in a little bottle in the fridge.
 
I'm dieting and still take a shake throughout night - main reason being I don't wanna touch milk. I'm only taking 1-1.5 scoops ON whey with water at the moment, take 2 with milk when on. I feel it helps keep the meatabolism racing and I also tend to lose muscle when dieting if I don't eat frequently enough.
 
why not milk? Milk has been shown in a few studies to be a great food for cutting, lowfat milk mainly
 
I don't see the point in fucking up a major facet of recovery to provide your body with components to aid the recovery you just fucked.
 
lol he is saying why wake yourself up from something that is helping you recover just to take in a shake which is suppose to help you recover.


BTW I used to wake up to have a shake now I just use an IV. j/k


CROWLER
 
I am actually starting to retink this. I have NO idea why but I have SUDDENLY been able to sleep for 10 hours at a time. I am LOVING it. I am a MUCH nicer person and overall a better sense of well being. I have no idea why this change since usually I only sleep 6 hours and it is unrestfull sleep. And once I woke up could NOT get back to sleep but now I can EASILY get back to sleep.

So I am thinking if I am sleeping 10 hours I now find it VERY difficult to get in my 5000+ calories in. I always wake up to piss so maybe I will have a shake ready in the fridge and down it.

CROWLER
 
I hear you there gotripped. Do you ever think DAMN I am sooooo full then you look at the clock and it has already been 3 hours since your last meal and you realize DAMN I gotta eat again. :(



CROWLER
 
Matthew D said:
I really hope you figure it out C.. I would like to know the secret on that one myself..
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I just thought of what it MIGHT be. I used to go to bed fairly early (11:00 PM) because of work I had to get up early and I go to bed before I really feel tired.

Now things have changed for me and I don't have to get up early so the last couple of weeks I have been staying up until about 1:30 or 2 and getting up at 11:30 or noon. Probably doesn't help you but I am wondering if everyone really DOES have their own internal clock and I am a so called night person.

These are the 2 weeks I have REALLY felt rested and MUCH better attitude.

CROWLER
 
CROWLER said:
I am wondering if everyone really DOES have their own internal clock and I am a so called night person.

These are the 2 weeks I have REALLY felt rested and MUCH better attitude
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I wish more people were interested in this. I haven't been able to find much info. Everyone always agrees that sleep is a crucial part of bodybuilding, but I almost never see any discussion about it.
 
RobInKuwait said:
If I wake up to piss I have a shake.
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:lol:

not more than 3 times though



to keep it post relevant, the night i didnt have a shake before bed i woke up about 2 hours earlier and felt f**** awesome. still need to figure out if that was a fluke or not (it was like 2 days ago).
 
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