> From: "Todd Moody" > >after 9:00 the carb cravings do kick in. Yet I > > never wake up with carb cravings in the morning (or with any > > hunger at all, for that matter). There's something odd about > > going to bed with intense carb cravings, but waking up with no > > desire for any food. Seems a lot of us have this. I am more likely to be a morning person than a night owl, but if I do stay up for whatever reason, I get the carb craves. I used to have some toast, cereal, maybe even a glass of milk. My dad was that way too - his favorite nite snack was saltines in a glass filled with milk. It seems to be worse if I have had a higher than usual carb day :) We all recognize that carbs call for more carbs because of insulin. If I eat at nite, I wake with a higher blood sugar and wanting to eat. If I just ignore it and go to sleep, the morning blood sugar is lower and I may or may not be hungry - I won't if I was a good paleo eater the day before; I will be starving if yesterday was higher than 100 grams of carbs. Varying amounts of fat and protein don't seem to make a difference. Also, the bigger the morning meal (paleo or not), the more hungry I get during the day. I think this is my whacked-out insulin response and am waiting to see if it changes down the road with paleo. Is this the same sort of pattern the rest of you are talking about? -- Elisi Tsayonah, AniWodi, ghigau, St Francis River Band of Cherokee