Hi All, i have started going to the gym and i love it, but the thing is, i'm not sleeping very well now, I take in about 800 calories a day, I burn about 300 at the gym, and use other calories just living, Can this have anything to do with my sleeping not very well,

I really need help on this, i need sleep i'm only getting about 3/4 hours a night and i feel s*&^,

Thanks

Cherie

you know, i havent been sleeping well since the band/eating less/exercise thing either... i never thought they might be related issues. I figured i was just weird. i thought I would feel the opposite. i am exhausted during the day, but ive always had trouble sleeping at night. Soooo....

i probably am just weird

good question!

Hi, Usually exercise has the opposite effect by making you tired. Are you drinking any tea or coffee etc before bed? Susannah

Hi, I only drink decaff so i know its not that, I do know the body needs at least 500 calories just to keep going, so just maybe i'm useing more then i'm taking in and thats why,

Cherie

Hmm, this is an interesting question. Do you use a cpap breathing machine? If so you may have trouble sleeping if the pressure is now too high because of weight loss. Are you getting enough protien? Is there any new stress in your life that could be causing you to not sleep well? Maybe your body is just confused because of the weight loss and it doesn't know what it is supposed to do when. If you think it may be tied to your calories try upping them for a week and see if that helps any. These are just random thoughts that might help you figure it out and get some sleep :success1:

It sounds like you need to up your calories a little bit, I know when I was pre-op and working out with ~800 calories I was pretty wrecked the next day.

Another thing that it could be is that you are working out later? I really have no idea, it helps me sleep.

I know that I cannot exercise at all within about 4 hours of going to bed or I don't sleep at all. As long as I keep my work outs in the AM through late afternoon I'm fine. But anything later than that and I don't sleep.

You know, your problem might simply be that when you exercise it speeds up your metabolism. You simply aren't used to a better metabolism. Maybe that is all our problems?? Just a guess.

Even though you feel beat after working out, exercising in the evening can actually have a stimulating effect and can keep you awake at night.

I have been taking melatonin for the past few weeks and I am absolutely amazed at how much better and more deeply I have been sleeping. It is the only thing that I have been able to take for help sleeping that does not leave me groggy in the a.m.

I can tell you your body needs a lot more than 500 calories to keep it going, probably more like 1200 to 1500 just to sit around breathing all day. But I cant imagine why that would make you not sleep? But I do know if I ate only 800 calories in a day I'd be running out of steam well before lunchtime.

Exercising in the evening used to make me wired all night, like having five cups of coffee before bed. I can do it now, in fact I can go out, run 10km and fall straight into bed and sleep like the dead all night. But I can certainly remember times where if I did anything within 3-4 hours of bed I'd be awake all night.

Not always true. Remember, stored fat is stored energy. What you don't consume in food calories will come from stored energy. Fat.

Hi,

Thanks for all your help, i only go to the gym at 12 noon till about 1.30ish pm and i don't go to bed till about 10.30/11pm,

but thanks anyway

Cherie x

Hi all me again

I stopped the gym for a week and within 3 days i started to sleep again so looks like i need to see my GP to see what he thinks i should do, I do all i can... only go AM... up my intake...but none of it seemed to matter for me its gym = bad nights for me but i'm not giving up!!!

take care

Cherie

If you continue having sleep troubles you might want to see a sleep specialist. They will run some tests and how you fill out a sleep diary and questionare and probably order a sleep study. If insurance covers it, its all good. If not those things can be pretty expensive. Good sleep is just oh so imporant... Trust me, I have crazy sleep disorders. Good sleep compared to bad sleep-- its a world of difference.