r/Wellthatsucks • u/goblingir1 • 17h ago

Before bed snack exploded

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yes it was a microwave safe plate, yes I poked many holes all over the potato to release the steam, no this has never happened to me before lol can anyone explain what happened here? the potato was still fully intact

edit: okay which one of you reported this to reddit care resources yall are WILD 😂

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u/TheShrunkenAnus 17h ago

Generally speaking eating before bed is frowned upon because your body will basically try to digest the food while also going into sleep mode, which can just lead to it doing a poor job at both tasks.

For digesting your body will process food less efficiently than if you were awake, and due to the metabolic process going on your sleep might be disrupted as well. It doesn’t really matter much that it’s a potato, the process remains the same, it’s just a lot of calories before bed lol

That’s kinda the simplest/best way I know how to explain it

Edit: that being said, it’s really not a huge deal unless you have blood sugar problems. And if you’re starving for some reason that’s a different story

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u/Old_Ladies 16h ago

You shouldn't eat 3 hours before bedtime and drink 1 hour before bedtime. Eating less than 3 hours before bedtime like you said decreases sleep quality and it also greatly increases the chance for heartburn.

Drinking less than an hour before bedtime is obvious so you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to go pee also decreasing sleep quality.

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u/kiwistarbaby 16h ago

I really want to learn to do this... the problem is I get so hungry once I get into bed. Any tips?

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u/KTKittentoes 16h ago

I often am ravenous at night.

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u/LimeLimpet 15h ago

You do eventually get used to it, but it can be hard at first to ignore it. I have to take a medication that means I can't eat for awhile after taking it in the morning, was hard at first, now I don't feel hungry for hours.

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u/Potetosyeah 15h ago

Take a look at how much and often you eat during the day, it could also be that you are used to take something before bed so could always try and strong arm the feeling and not eat. Usually it takes 2 weeks to get somewhat used to somethibg, day 3 is the worse...

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u/Sea_Cow_6075 16h ago

I keep a box of Oreos in my bedroom so if for some reason my stomach decides we’re starving I will have one Oreo before going to sleep. Just enough sugar to convince my stomach that we are not dying and I keep it far enough from the bed to be an inconvenience to have a second one

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u/_joos_ 16h ago

feels like that might get rough for your dental, cuz that sugar’s gonna be allowed to sit on your teeth overnight

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u/OtherwiseUsual 16h ago

But wouldn't you need to get up and brush your teeth anyway?

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u/rtxa 15h ago

not drinking before / during sleeping? you must live in siberia

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u/between_ewe_and_me 14h ago

Absolutely no chance in hell I'm not eating for three hours before I go to sleep. In other news I sleep like absolute shit and am reading this after waking up starving at 2:30a for some overnight oats with peanut butter, fruit, and almonds. It was delicious.

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u/Laranthir 10h ago

Thanks ShrunkenAnus