Predbed meal....I give up!

[Columbus]

I've tried it all.....I am trying to put on some mass as lean as possible and I continually wake up at midnight (after crashing about 9:30pm) starving and eating.....granted its veggies, chicken, etc so Im sane about it, but just would love to sleep through. He's my final meal layout HUGE karma if you can assist with what you feel is the best clean before bed meal:

finishtraining at 615
shake, with cereal, oats, etc = 50g carbs (quick)
then about 45 minutes later I have 1/2 cup oats and about a dozen egg whites, maybe a hlaf scoop pro blend

then about 1.5 hours after, literallly as I lay down, I have 30g of a good protein blend in water.....so it's a lot of cals, just dont know what will hold me over.

[jusgettinbig]

There is nothing wrong with waking up at night and eating. Just throw a protein shake in the fridge before you go to sleep or cook off some chicken so its ready to go. Cutler and alot of the pros eat every 2 hours. That means EVERY 2 hours. 2am 4am 6am all through the night.

[Columbus]

I Want To Sleep!!

[1buffsob]

This happens to my training partner as well. He puts 5oz of steak and a jar of pb by his bed to eat when he wakes. Takes a minute then he's back to bed.

[zodiac666]

I've tried it all.....I am trying to put on some mass as lean as possible and I continually wake up at midnight (after crashing about 9:30pm) starving and eating.....granted its veggies, chicken, etc so Im sane about it, but just would love to sleep through. He's my final meal layout HUGE karma if you can assist with what you feel is the best clean before bed meal:

finishtraining at 615
shake, with cereal, oats, etc = 50g carbs (quick)
then about 45 minutes later I have 1/2 cup oats and about a dozen egg whites, maybe a hlaf scoop pro blend

then about 1.5 hours after, literallly as I lay down, I have 30g of a good protein blend in water.....so it's a lot of cals, just dont know what will hold me over.

add 10-15g of healthy fat to your pre-bed meal, it will help slow the digestion of the protein so it will be with you longer during the night. and since the fat is digested very slowly you shouldnt store any of it as body fat.

also what protein blend does your pre-bed shake consist of? since it is a shake you probably digest those 120cals very quickly making you wake up from hunger. i would switch your protein source to chicken or tuna because you know that is a good slow digesting source of protein.

another thing you could do is make a shake and set it next to your bed so when you wake up you dont even need to get up, just chug it and go back to sleep.

[spound]

all natural peanut butter and a casein shake will help for sure.

Go to www.trueprotein.com and get a protein powder that has casein in it (you can design your own blends), or even pure casein. This will help.....oh yea, you can use the discount code: SPD365 for 5% off...they just emailed that to me.

[Columbus]

great stuff...so maybe a cup of cottage cheese and a tb of pb? or should I go flax and casein?

[heavyhitter08]

great stuff...so maybe a cup of cottage cheese and a tb of pb? or should I go flax and casein?

this is what my prebed meal consist off. 2 of the snack size 2% cottage cheese and 2 tbs of natty pb. Seems to hold me down till morning, you can also try some casein and natty pb....

[Columbus]

do you find cc makes you hold water gives u the soft look? I got some that has like 80 cals per serv, 20g of pro, 1-2 carbs, 1 sugar....is it the sugar? its called quark I think....

[AnabolicAndre]

i like 30g of casein and tablespoon of natty PB

[Columbus]

Better than cc?

[JohnboyF]

Better than cc?

Goal dependant bro, if your cutting you may stay away from CC. the main point here is slow digesting protein and a fat source. What works for one person may not work you or I. You cant commit if one meal is better than the other if they are all acomplishing the same thing. Comes down to goals and bodytype. Some ppl get buffy with dairy others dont. u decide.

[Columbus]

UNDERSTAND, however would that quark do the same since it has no sugar and no carbs....? actually its like 1-2 g

[Columbus]

http://www.scdiet.org/4faq/drycurd_description.html

[JohnboyF]

so go for it...

[Columbus]

Is That What Does It, Sugar?

[JohnboyF]

i didnt read it.. i told you my thoughts in the previous post... you need to decide what works for you bro..

[Columbus]

Nah, my only question is what in dairy tends to make people look soft? Is it the lactose? The high sugar content? Bump for replies.....

[zodiac666]

Nah, my only question is what in dairy tends to make people look soft? Is it the lactose? The high sugar content? Bump for replies.....

not really sure man, i have heard a lot of people say that it makes them look soft but i have never noticed it when i use milk in my diet. i would like to know the science behind that.