My sleep patters have changed dramatically when I am on my exercise/clean eating routine. I find that even getting 9 hours of sleep keeps my a** draggin' in the morning. I get up at 6:45am and it's hard as heck, even going to bed at 9:30pm.

When on vacation, last week though, I could easily get up (waking naturally) at 7am even going to bed later. The only difference was that I was eating a bit more (I was still doing my workouts).

Could 1900-2k a day not be enough, thus making my sleep cycles/patters go wacko? Anyone else notice this issue? :confused:

(background info: I've been eating clean and exercising for over a year now with great results. I've lost ~100lbs and continue to lose a steady 1.5-2lbs a week. (5'9", 200lbs)

I currently eat a 40/40/20 ratio, totaling ~2k per day (a little shy). I do 70% mhr cardio 5-6 days a week (@5pm) for 40min and do a little lifting in the mornings, 3 days a week. I feel great and whatnot...but just have this sleep issue)

i dont have a definate answer for you....just my own experience. when i was eating too little i had a bitch of a time getting up in the morning. i could sleep 10 hours at night and if i felt like it i could take a 3 hour nap and i STILL had a hard time waking up in the morning.

i say try to up your calories for a week, see if it helps

Yea, that's kinda how I feel. I mean, I'm a morning person too, which is what initially confused me. I naturally am fine getting up early, but when i started doing all of this I got really tired.

Perhaps i'll give it a try, thanks tashimarie!

Up the calories. If you're below 2000 a day, at 200-lbs, you're not even maintaining the mass you have really. You're losing LBM and fat. To contrast that, I eat 12~14 times my body weight in calories (I was 138 this morning and I eat around 1,900 calories a day). This keeps me energetic throughout the day, and by doing split workouts (cardio morning, weights at night) I create the caloric deficit to lose weight. I sleep a perfect seven hours a night (when I'm now worrying about natural disasters) and pop up like a spring when the alarm goes off at 5:30am.

Just re-evaluate your diet. Don't be afraid to increase calories. Make a change and stick to it, tracking your diet carefully for at least four weeks. This is your measuring stick - if the change works, the numbers will reflect it. If the changes don't work, look at what you did, and try to fix it. I guarantee that if you're conscientuously exercising and eating clean, upping the calories will not affect your weight loss. You'll lose a little slower, but you'll feel better in the process. I learned this the hard way myself.

Thanks Bluestreak. I'll try it. I'm always afraid to up it over 10x just 'cuz i'm afraid i'll lose my progress. I've been very happy so far, but you're right. I need to just give it a shot.

My main goal is to be able to have the energy to actually get up in the morning to work out for better effect and to free up my evenings to do freelance work. Maybe this will help! :)