Anyone else with a night waker had trouble losing weight?

[~Kaz~]

Does it have to be 8 hours straight or can it be little chunks that add up to a total of 8 hours? Ta.

[appletree]

I think it is 8 solid hours sorry!

Do you co-sleep? Poor thing with the long waking hours! DD was great at going back to sleep again quite quickly once i had given her some (.)(.)

I would just wait it out, they aren't like this forever and you will eventually get some more sleep. And then you have another one, and it all starts again...

[Mr Squidipa]

i beleive it is 8 hours solid just get as much sleep as you can thats all it will certinaly help you to lose the weight

[~Kaz~]

Thanks everyone. Looks like I'm doomed til he starts sleeping through

Bella - that is interesting. I find it hard to stick to sensible eating, get starving even though only feeding once per day and crave sugar and carbs like I never have before. I feel like a chocolate addict and I never used to eat the stuff. I've been thinking that I'm looking for short term energy. I'm starting to worry about things like Diabetes, no joke. I used to have pretty good willpower and determination around food when I was motivated and I feel quite motivated but can't quite get it together to follow through on my plans.

Appletree - on the really bad nights we have started co-sleeping but even that doesn't always work (cause we didn't do it much before 12 months) and I still sleep like cr@p cause I wake slightly about a million times an hour and he doesn't let me roll over etc etc.

[Life is Good]

Hi Kaz

As everyone has already said, sleep has a definite impact on weight-loss. I have obstructive sleep apnoea (largely brought on by weight gain in pregnancy) on top of night wakings and it does take its toll, I know!

I can't really help with the night wake-ups, but I can share with your what has helped me with losing weight and maintaining energy levels and cravings.

So due to the impact of the weight on my health, I went to a dietician (I have 11kgs to lose before I am in a health weight range). I explained the situation and told her how tired I was and how I craved carbs all day long. She said that one way to firstly, lose weight and secondly, to curb daytime tiredness is to limit your carbs each day to about 3 or 4 (i.e. 3 slices of bread and 1 cup of milk would be your carbs for the day). It basically helps your insulin levels from fluctuating. Unstable insulin levels make you crave carbs, eat them, suffer a blood-sugar crash and start all over again - exactly what was happening to me!

I was scepticle and really didn't believe in restricting a food group, but it worked!! I no longer have those cravings and the tiredness is nothing like it used to be. Perhaps something like this will help you a bit and make your days easier?

I just wish someone had told me about this 11 months ago when the sleep deprivation and carb guzzling / weight-gain was out of control So I just thought I would share, incase it helps.

[onemore]

Hi, have just been reading your posts.....

this is very interesting, I have a little girl 18 months old and still night wakes.

I gained about 10 kgs once i stopped bf, I blamed it on the implanon implant so had that removed, its been about 5 months since I had it removed and although I havnt been doing regular exercise I just cant shift the weight Perhaps the night waking has something to do with it... I have been looking up low carb eating plans so "Life is Good" I might give that a go and see what happens.

Thanks Bella for that info.


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