How Do you get Enough Exercise and Enough Sleep?

tehpounce

I've been struggling with maintaining a schedule. I'm always tired. My eating is better and I work out but sometimes it's harder to get motivated to work out when I'm always tired.

PeaceLoveKarla

I work 10 hr shifts at waffle house. It took me nearly 5 months to handle eating healthy on my schedule and now that I have that down I'm trying to fit in exercise but mostly I just do it on my days off. I am usually most concerned with sleep on work days but I'm trying to figure out how to fit some kind of exercise in those days.

mauilatina

I have also noticed that I crave carbs and junk fast food when I don't get enough sleep. I average around 5 hours. I have not had any luck yet with finding a consistent routine.......:frown:

mauilatina

what time do you slee???? Kudos by the way!

Msdjt75

I usually try to go to bed about half an hour or so after I get home, then get up around 3:30, start my work out around 3:45/4:00, eat something then get a shower and head to work. If I don't work a twelve that day I will sleep in a little bit more, but I always try to work out after I wake up instead of before going to bed.

I was always told to work out right before work, makes sense when you think of the increased surge of energy after a workout due to the endorphins, I was encouraged to do this when I went back to nights in April but because I didnt want to shower at the gym, I never did it. so gradually I fell off, and basically from april to this week I fell off completely. gained back 6 lbs in 6 months and at that point I was down 13 lbs with 10-11 lbs to go. so what did I do? ditch the gym, waited for my daughter to go away to college, put the treadmill in her room, and I bang out an hour before work while watching tv. I work ed3 12's in a row this week yet I did it and I felt AMAZING at work, I stayed alert, all night, full of energy, and no cravings. I have tonight off, by the way, it feels amazing to be sitting on my couch in front of the fireplace watching TV. I worked out at 8pm tonight, while watching an hour tv show, despite going to probably be up all night, but I would have been regardless after waking up at 6pm, tomorrow night I am back at it for 1 night, but will still wait to work out until right before work for all the reasons, I stated. if I work out in the morning, then I wont be able to get a nap in cause I will be wired, so I will stay up most of the night and get up at 4:30pm, work out for an hour, get ready for work and Sunday will be my only off day. Hope this helps. We can do this!

Msdjt75

Hello, I work 7p-8a 4 times a week and I workout about 5-6 days a week. I found that if I workout for at least 1 hour before work I feel better and actually able to have a nice burn. I wake up about 2;30-3:00 and leave gym by 4 shower and cook dinner and leave my house by 6p. It seems to work out great!!! On my days off I workout for about 2 hours and my two rest days are usually my 2nd or 3rd night of work straight, but even on those days I manage to do some situps or something.

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lisa28115

I have also noticed that I crave carbs and junk fast food when I don't get enough sleep. I average around 5 hours. I have not had any luck yet with finding a consistent routine.......:frown:

Being overly tired will do it to you everytime

when I am tired and sleepy I want to eat junk

I work sun-thurs nites 10pm to 6am

check out the official nightshift thread or if you are into facebook

check out the nightshift crew group and request an invite ...there are alot ot MFP people there also