I am the Biggest Loser...Kinda.

[christie]

Originally Posted by Lady Jewel

Maybe someone has an idea for me...I have trouble sleeping at night due to chronic pain. So my whole schedule is topsy turvy. Compound that with me being a night eater. Im just not hungry during the day. Ive tried the six small meals thingy...but doggone it, late at night Im always starvin. Any ideas?

Jewel

For me, nights when the fibro is kicking and I can't sleep, the portion control, must-eat-every-carb-in-the-house demon is BAD.

The food demon for me is looking for that endorphin release so that it ramps down the pain.

My solution is simple. I replace the food endorphins with sexual ones. If Jess isn't available to participate, I indulge in a lil solo action. If once doesn't abate the pain, well, thank goodness for hoarding Energizer (a different thread, I suppose... that whole hoarding thing!)

I am sure that you could get the same from exercise endorphins, but usually when I am in that kind of discomfort, the LAST thing I wanna do is exercise.

I saw a documentary several years ago on women's health and one of the things that stuck out was that sleep deprivation or erratic sleep cycles were a connection with weight gain/difficulty in losing weight. It was a chicken/egg first thing.

Sleep is so very important and even more so when you do have chronic health/pain issues.

Sonata, Ambien, etc were my best friends for years. I am determined not to be a slave to prescription medication again, so now I dose with Tylenol PM nightly. I have spoken with my doc about the LT use of this and feel that the risks to my health don't outweigh the benefit for me.

This may or may not be helpful, but the whole orgasmic endorphin part certainly couldn't hurt!

Christie