Dehydrated at night

[Emre Yigit]

There is nothing unhealthy about drinking water at night. After all, your metabolism continues to jug along, and water is essential for a healthy life. I wouldn't necessarily recommend a gallon, but I can happily say that I get up once a night to drink a few ounces, go the bathroom and go back to sleep. During induction and OWL1-3, I was maybe waking up twice a night. Generally coincides with the end of a sleep cycle.

During Atkins, when your body is in ketosis even while you sleep, I would suspect that you should drink heartily before going to bed. Any ideas, anyone?

[thefemalegreenday]

Well last night I got a glass of water and put it by my dresser.
I never slept sadly.. I had this constant thirst, I had some water a few times
but I also tried to ignore it for awhile
but it didn't go.. Do you think it'll be like this forever?
Im getting less sleep than I ever have had before.

[imagood1]

honestly - I would just forget about it -- it seems you are stressing way to much over it. If you wake up and are thirsty, drink something -- if not don't drink anything.

[ziggy]

Originally Posted by thefemalegreenday

Well last night I got a glass of water and put it by my dresser.
I never slept sadly.. I had this constant thirst, I had some water a few times
but I also tried to ignore it for awhile
but it didn't go.. Do you think it'll be like this forever?
Im getting less sleep than I ever have had before.

its normal to get less sleep on this diet most people sleep less while on atkins cause its so healthy

if you needed 9 hours of sleep before atkins then now you may only need 8

[LageNomAi]

Originally Posted by thefemalegreenday

Well last night I got a glass of water and put it by my dresser.
I never slept sadly.. I had this constant thirst, I had some water a few times
but I also tried to ignore it for awhile
but it didn't go.. Do you think it'll be like this forever?
Im getting less sleep than I ever have had before.

I apologize if you already answered this earlier in the post, but are you drinking enough during the day? I find that if I front-load my water during the day, I'm less thirsty at night.

With that said, I do find that I usually develop a sudden an strong thirst in the evenings. I have no idea why, and it's a total pain because I spend half my night running to the bathroom!

[thefemalegreenday]

Haha yah exactly!
I get REALLY comfy in bed and then I needa go to the lou.
Bloody frustrating XD