Heavy supper vs light supper

Hi Everyone,

For months now my b/f and I have been eating a healthy salad for supper topped with various healthy proteins like egg or shrimp or chicken and lots of fresh veggies and nuts and seeds accompanied by a piece of Ezekial bread which doesn't have gluten.

What I wanted to share with you is I can't eat a heavy supper. My b/f and I had spagetti last night made with lots of sateed zuchinni and mushrooms on top of brown rice pasta. I could not fall asleep for three hours even with taking my sleep supplements. My b/f had trouble falling asleep too but not to the degree that I did because he doesn't have fibromyalgia. Even though we didn't fill ourselves, the spagetti still felt heavy in our stomachs. So if we want to enjoy a meal like spagetti we have to do it at lunch.

What I wanted to share with you is for those of you who have sleep issues, try eating a healthy lite supper and see if your sleeping troubles are less of an issue. I have to also stay away from all caffiene and sugar and unhealthy carbs throughout the day to get a decent night's sleep.

Ups and downs, fibromyalgia has so many ups and downs. Without the ups, I would have to say fibro would be much more difficult to deal with.

 

I agree our traditional doctors don't seem to know much about how diet can affect our fibro. Thank goodness for websites like this one and other websites so we can learn other perspectives.

Hi, I haven't noticed it affecting my sleep, but I do much better on more frequent, lighter meals. Although I haven't been tested, I'm sure I have slow-emptying stomach, and yes, that too is worse the later I eat.

We have to be so careful, don't we?

Debbie

if you love each other it does not matter really . my honey is blessed with good health and mine not so... I am nothing of the person I was when we met. I was in real good shape good weight. and every muscle toned. used to ride bikes a few miles for the fun of in the summer in Phoenix az. swam laps did landscaping . manager in a plant nursery. and then in a flower shop. . now I can not do hardly anything. he does all the shopping, errands, cleaning , laundry. you name it. I do try to cook but nothing like I used to do. and he does the clean up for me. cause after trying to cook and then eat I am fighting off tears.. I thought living with me would not be fair on him and got in soooo much trouble for saying that. cause like he said when you love someone you stick by them.. I guess I lucky to have him in my life. ...love after all is unconditional ... smiles....
~spirit

I totally understand . its so hard to accept all this. I know I have problems with accepting my limits . I guess that's why i see a therapist once a week LOL.
I think its hard cause we are probably only half the person we once where physical any way. but I think we need to realize that we are still the same person. we just have so many more limits. I think if we can just try to be ok with that and try to stay within them. we can at least be happy and smile. my honey tells me all the time he would rather me not over do and be smiling than to see me in tears from the pain. ya know...
any way . take care hon.