I’ve been on the 5:2 for a couple of years now, and feel great. But I’ve come to notice that I usually sleep badly on a fast day – can’t get to sleep for hours, lots of toilet calls. Has anyone else had this experience? Any solution?
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Are you fasting (as in no food) or are you just eating less on your “fast days”? If eating try eating your meal late in the evening. Im assuming you are no longer overweight? Frequent urination is a indication that you are running on ketones. Urination is a means of keeping you from going into keto acidosis.
Just started 5 2…. always slept well, rarely up in the night.
The two fasting days were both followed by disrupted sleep, first one 3 or 4 times up to bathroom, second just took ages to get to sleep, plus bathroom visits.
Having said that drinking more water on fasting days ….. but the benefit, lost 5lb in the week!
OP, I’m not sure if you drink, but I’ve found that saving a few calories for a glass of wine in the evenings has helped me sleep quite well on fasting days. Dry, red wines have especially been useful in helping me drift off. I’d stay away from the sweeter stuff (i.e. moscatos, sweet reds, viogniers), as I’ve found they make me feel hungry or snacky. Could just be me, though!
@mukica – Different bodies certainly process things differently. For me (as well as my husband), a small glass of wine has helped considerably with falling asleep. If it doesn’t work for you, then certainly give melatonin a try!
That’s our primal brain shouting at us “Starving is imminent! Get ye out to hunt and gather you daft human”. Our primal brain doesn’t know there’s food everywhere these days and that we are actually not starving.
Regarding extra toilet calls;
Before starting to burn fat the body empties it’s glycogen stores (stored carbs). Every gram of glycogen holds approx 3 grams of water. So yeah… need to get that out somehow. 😁
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