A distinct lack of yawn

[andrewducker]

I had 11 hours sleep on Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night (interrupted by coughing fits and other necessities). Last night I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 (despite going to be at midnight), but then slept in until 11am.

Tonight, I'm determined to be tired when I go to bed, but it's 1:20 in the morning and my body is refusing to cooperate. I've already emailed work to tell them I won't be in (and going in would be dumb, I could do the work from home, but my concentration isn't there and I'd be coughing on everyone and having to lie down every half an hour), so I don't need to go to bed, but I'd rather like to get tired sometime soon.

But I've seemed to need less sleep since I went on the low-carbohydrate diet, I've had loads of sleep in the last few days, done precious little exercise, and apparently snoring is not something my body wants to do.

I bet there's nothing good on tv either.

Comments

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Carbs produce serotonin. Which makes you feel happy and dopey. IIRC, even I was less sleepy on a low carb diet.

You shouldn't do really low carb if you are ill/injured - it can reduce your immune system activity somewhat. You should be OK since you just started it.

If you want to be tired earlier you must get up earlier, it's as simple as that. Set an alarm for 7am ore something like that. The only time Sean (a notorious night owl) has consistenly been tired enough to go to bed before midnight was when he had to do system startup 2 days a week and had to get up at 04:30.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I forced myself out of bed at 10am this morning (having got to sleep at 4). That should make getting up at 8am a lot easier tomorrow.

And I just remembered the bit about eating a bake potato from that website you sent me. I'll start doing that as of this weekend (which will be two weeks after I started this diet).

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I started with the potato thing last night (sweet potato for me). I seemed to sleep more deeply than usual, though I still woke twice, once was because Sean kicked me and once was just as it got light. That could have been down to the squat workout yesterday morning - we shall see.

The other part of the potato thing is to have protein at breakfast but you are doing that anyway.

[andrewducker]

How did this work out for you?

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

I think it is way too soon to tell. I can resist binges etc for up to 12 weeks (normally more like 2-4). I have been much more dopey when I do wake up in the night, but that also happens when I exercise hard after a break (which is true right now). I also sleep better when I eat properly and don't drink.

I think that the proof of concept will be if I get past the 4-5 week mark with no serious episodes of cramming my face with bread/tortilla chips/crisps/wine.

It's irritating that binging spurportedly seems to happen/get reinforced because the chemical aftermath of the first lot makes you feel good - I don't notice that bit, I don't notice any mood lift, I just notice the mad urge to have more and more. I get driven by a reward that I don't even (consciously) notice or appreciate!!!! This is truly stupid!