Stephanietrish Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Hi ! Me and my hubby are doing our first whole30. We are both in good health and we were eating pretty good. Before whole30 my husband had no problems with sleep and now we are on day 18 and he has been strugling with sleep for the last week ...he wakes up in the middle of the night and Can't fall back to sleep. He used to eat high carbs as a snack before whole30. Now he has some compliant ham with almond butter or protein with fat. His sleep is very light. Tossing and turning...other than sleep he is doing good but now getting tired. We are following the meal template and he has fat and some starchy veg each meal. Me: I have on and off insomnia periods in my life and I have reactive hypoglycemia since forever. But before the whole30 this month I was sleeping very good. Since starting the whole30 bad sleep which I knew was detox at the beginning but now it's day 18 and still takes me forever to fall asleep..I even have to take a snack of almonds around 1am to be able to fall asleep. I take magnesium before bed and melatonin. I have some fat and carbs with every meal. Anyone relate and have solutions? We love whole30 but want to SLEEP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted April 11, 2019 Administrators Share Posted April 11, 2019 Whole30 can disrupt sleep in the first couple weeks. Sounds like your sleep disruption is going on a bit longer though. Try having some starchy veggie with your evening meal and see if that helps. From my own experience, my husband has always been a difficult sleeper and was snacking on nuts before bed. When he eliminated the nuts, his sleep improved. Not fully, but the nuts specifically were causing issues for him. Can you post a few days of typical consumption for both of you (include quantities for both of you) and we can see if something stands out? It's possible you both are undereating which can disrupt sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanietrish Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 A typical day for my hubby who has an active job in construction: breakfast hash with ground pork, veggies and half avocado. Lunch: one palm size protein veggies and som starch maybe half a potato or half plantain with fat: maybe ghee or coconut oil or olive oil. Etc...one fruit such as orange etc. Dinner: same template as lunch with one fruit. Snack before bed: some almond butter and 2 or 3 ham slices For me: Same meals as hubby except I need snack with my hypoglycemia. Morning snack: some nuts with a fruit Afternoon snack: chia pudding without sugar .some berries or smoke salmon with avocado. Before bed snack: tuna with almonds We have had nuts before sleep for years and never had problems. As I mentionned, it even makes me sleep.Hubby was having tortillas chipa with peanut butter for a year and slept like a baby before whole30. Maybe he is not having enough carbs for his activity level ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_juggles Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 It looks like he's not eating enough *period*. If he's got an active job, that should bump his protein up to at least 1.5 palms, probably 2 would be better. Are his meals based on his palms or yours? If yours and you have smaller hands, that's even more he's been undereating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted April 11, 2019 Administrators Share Posted April 11, 2019 He is definitely not eating enough! Also make sure you are having about 3-ish cups of veggies per meal. If you're having a starch, make it a fist sized serving and then 2-ish cups of non starchy veggies. Don't count cooking fat in your template - besides it often remaining in the pan, it gets split among servings. Go for a plated fat (eg, avocado, guacamole, olives, homemade mayo, generous drizzles of ghee after plating). Bump up his meals overall. For you, snacking between meals is fine but try to stick with protein + fat or protein + veggies. And check the ingredients on that ham - ham is notoriously hard to find compliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanietrish Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Ok thanks so much , will Definitly eat more both of us! Our ham is natural and compliant ! Yey! Love your idea of snacks veggies +protein or protein +fat..but have any ideas?? Do nuts count as protein or fats in this equation? Nut butter and celery ok? 3 hours ago, ladyshanny said: Whole30 can disrupt sleep in the first couple weeks. Sounds like your sleep disruption is going on a bit longer though. Try having some starchy veggie with your evening meal and see if that helps. From my own experience, my husband has always been a difficult sleeper and was snacking on nuts before bed. When he eliminated the nuts, his sleep improved. Not fully, but the nuts specifically were causing issues for him. Can you post a few days of typical consumption for both of you (include quantities for both of you) and we can see if something stands out? It's possible you both are undereating which can disrupt sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators SugarcubeOD Posted April 11, 2019 Moderators Share Posted April 11, 2019 36 minutes ago, Stephanietrish said: Ok thanks so much , will Definitly eat more both of us! Our ham is natural and compliant ! Yey! Love your idea of snacks veggies +protein or protein +fat..but have any ideas?? Do nuts count as protein or fats in this equation? Nut butter and celery ok? Hardboiled eggs, mayo, guacamole, deli meat, leftover chicken or other leftover meats, tinned sardines mixed with mayo eaten on cucumber slices... Nuts and their products are recommended to be limited so while they are a fat, it's not your best choice and shouldn't be the go to... once in a while is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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