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Trouble Sleeping

chameleon4eva Posts: 11 Joined: 2004/07/17	2004/10/21, 06:11 PM been fasting for a week now and i am having problems sleeping, my typical fasting day is as follows; Wake up at 5:30 am eat and get back to bed get to uni at 9:00 am and get back home at 4:00 pm eat again at sunset read prayers at the mosque at 8:00 am and get home at 10pm i will go up to bed at 10:30 pm but fall asleep around 2am only giving me 3 hours of good sleep. get up again at 5:30 and continue the cycle. are there any ways in which i can fall asleep quicker cuz i can't manage to just get a few hours of sleep tnx 4 the help
neiltilley Posts: 325 Joined: 2003/03/09	2004/10/23, 12:09 PM just because you are fasting doesn't mean you should eat less. i mean you eat before sunrise then eat after sunset- why only twice? why not at about 11pm after mosque getting in protein which satiates and may aid restful sleep also maintaining metabolism? you have created a sleeping pattern you believe in- you have trained yourself to go to bed and then not to sleep- what do you go to bed and do till 2am? don't tell me, you lay there as if you want to sleep and do nothing till 2am! remove your radio/telly/books etc... and go to bed with the view it's to sleep. aids to sleep are a herbal pill from a health store/protein/no carbs/no cheese or milk or any dairy/no stresses or at least low , so deal with any problems constructively. and training can assist in aiding sleep- so train before retiring.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/10/23, 02:08 PM Try ZMA. This stuff works wonders. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com