Good question KIC and one I get a lot. First, people who walk and eat in their sleep can become very agitated or violent when awaken during an episode. Sweetie tried once to wake me up and said never again. Said I was very verbally abusive towards him. He had been warned from the start that this might happen. Same thing can happen if there are locks on say on the pantry door. I've tried barracking the hallway to the kitchen with chairs hoping that would wake me up, but it didn't. Weird I know, but sleep dr. said it is just best to let the eating happen and work on what I can do while a wake to ease the problem.
I have found if I eat a little something before I go to sleep that helps. And if you notice most of the foods I I go after have a a high fat or sugar content. This is not unusual. Plus they are not foods that I would normal eat on a daily basis. That's true to form as well. At least I'm not getting up in the middle of the night and cooking an entire meal before eating it...all the while asleep. Believe it or not there are people who do that. My episodes have drastically decreased since I've retired. And that really makes Sweetie happy. BTW, I was diagnosed with this disorder by a rheumatotic Dr. When my gen.dr. ran tests and couldn't figure out what was going on, she referred me to this dr. I thought he was nuts, and I do mean NUTS when he suggested I had a sleeping disorder and ordered a sleeping test. Who knew.???
I stayed on my eating plan yesterday even thought we went out to eat for dinner. Went to In-and-out Burgers. I can get what they call a protein burger there. That's a beef patty wrapped with lettuce and tomatoes. I asked for it dry which means no type of condiments are on it. I drank unsweetened tea...something I don't normally do...and drank all of my daily water; 80+ ozs.
I heard from my friends at home...NJ...they may be having a mini-reunion at the end of July. That's just about the time I had planned to visit my mom so now I have extra motivation, which helps.
Okay...I usually get on the scales every morning when I'm working on releasing pounds
, but with the night time eating I don't really want to know what I weigh right now. It will discourage me if I don't see my weight going down. This eating plan is something I've used many years ago and was able to loose 40lbs in 3 months. I don't need to lose that much, but I know the plan works if I stick with it. I'm gonna be like KIC and use my clothes as a way to gauge my progress. Then when I can get back into a specific pair of shorts, I'll climb on the scale with hands over eyes and peek at the results.
Nancy...I love taco soup. So does Sweetie.