[mentalfiction]

Well my parents keep complaining about how I'm gaining weight.
But, I can't help it.
I wake up at 5:30 to get ready for school, and then I come back from school at 5:30 (HORRIBLE timings I KNOW). And when I come back home I'm too exhausted to do anything since well it's realllyyy hot in school and I feel tired and whiny. So I eat my lunch (yeah lunch at 5:30, wow) and then I go to sleep by 6:30, 'cuz I cannot do my homework if my mind is spinning.

I get up by 8 and it takes me a good half hour getting my mind to wake up. Then I start doing my homework. I have loads, loads, LOADS of homework, and I finish by 12-ish. Now after 12 my dad begins his exercise and he uses all the equipment we have at home so I can't exercise then either (but WHO exercises after 12 ANYways?? T_T) and he gets done by 2 ('cuz the treadmill is in my room, boooo), and then I sleep at 2. And then the cycle continues.

So that way I can NEVER find the time to exercise. My weekends are Friday and Saturday (yes it's different where I live). Friday I spend sleeping 'cuz I'm so sleep-deprived, and I have school again on Saturday (yeah I go 6 days a week)

I can't diet 'cuz a lot of the times I eat light dinner and light breakfast, then during class I'm all dizzy and unfocused

So seriously, how do I find the time to exercise? Or how do I find time to simply lose weight in any way?

EDIT:
With the help of you soompi-ers, I've managed to change my lifestyle to this:

I come home at 5:30, have a reallyy light snack (like fruit or something) and after about 15 minutes (I don't want to exercise directly after eating, so then I go on the computer), I exercise for 30~45 mins.
Then I take a shower and am done with all of this until about 7:30-ish. I start doing my homework (and I'm not so tired when I do it so it takes me less time) and am usually done by 10-ish, I go to sleep and wake up at 5:30 again.

And this is what I eat:
Breakfast: When I have to take the bus, I eat an energy bar and drink a glass of milk. When I'm going with my mom, cereal =)
At school: I take a grilled chicken sandwich, an energy bar, fruits (usually 2), and vegetables (usually a cucumber)
After I come back: Like I said, light snack like fruit
Dinner: Well it's not exactly dinner, but just so I don't feel like I'm starving in the morning. A brown bread sandwich (or anything that doesn't have too many calories)

So thank you guys for ALL your help, as you can see it has helped me loads, and I'm not even feeling that tired since now I'm catching up on my sleep! ^^ (oh, and apparently my dad exercises in the dark when I'm asleep...my fault for not asking him that)

[LycheeLa]

Maybe you should cut your time on the computer
and use that time to exercise instead.

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

just think about how you really spend your time.
are you really doing hw for 4 hours straight? or is there some time where you're just on the computer etc?
don't you get lunch breaks at school? you should be eating lunch at school.
if you're really serious about exercising you'll either find time or make time
maybe just taking an hour of your day on the wkends and go exercise

btw just a suggestion, but maybe you should move the treadmill out of your room.
it doesn't make sense for a student to be sleeping at 2am when they can be sleeping at 12am.

[JAMIESHOCK]

You should eat your lunch at school. It will keep your metabolism up during the day so you'll have more energy and maybe you won't feel so tired after school. It also prevents you from over eating since it seems like you starve yourself for long hours. Keep some fruit or granola bars handy; it will help if you start to get hungry and unfocused. Just munch on them in between classes if you can.

You should also fix your sleeping schedule. If you need to get up by 5:30, you should at least sleep by 11. It is also understandable that you will be tired coming home after school, but you shouldn't sleep from 6:30 to 8. You should, at most, sleep until 7 because short, quick power naps actually make you more alert so you can get started on that hw quicker and finish it sooner! I know it's hard to get up, but just make yourself. Do some jumping jacks, walk around, wash your face, etc. You'll feel a lot better if you wake up by 7 rather than sleeping until 8. Long naps actually make you more tired. ):

Though, instead of napping, you could always go on a jog. (: Personally, I get a lot more energy after a work out instead of feeling tired and worn out. I go to the gym on campus before my math discussions and I never feel sleepy in that class. It just makes you feel good and a lot more healthier.

Exercise is only part of it, a good chunk of it also deals with your lifestyle and diet. You just need to slowly change some habits. Not having enough time is a very common excuse to not exercise. I should know; that was my excuse for the longest time. xD But, if you change some habits, you find you actually can make time. You develop new habits because now I feel gross and blah if I don't go to the gym/run at least twice a week. But, yay for a 3 mile bike ride to and back from classes every school day.

PS. Don't spend your whole Friday sleeping. I'm sure you can find at least an hour or two to go running or do some weight training. Besides sleep debt can't be repaid back in a day, you need to add an extra hour or two to your current sleep schedule on the other days~ it's better that way.

[xkrn4lyfx]

So seriously, how do I find the time to exercise? Or how do I find time to simply lose weight in any way?[/font]

plain and simple... eat less. if your fat, it's because calories in > calories out

exercise helps the calories out, but if you can't help it, just do less calories in

weight control is like 10% exercise.... and 90% diet

and by eat less i don't mean literally eat less, i mean eat less calories. replace 1 hamburger with 1 apple. same volume, less than half the calories. or if possible, quite literally eat less. get smaller portions, stop eating right before you're actually full. chew on your food a LOT more since that way you feel fuller.

if you don't have time to exercise, that's no excuse for being overweight since you are what you eat. if your fat, then you're eating too much.

[mentalfiction]

^ Actually no I don't eat too much. Like I said, I only have light dinner and light breakfast (actually, I don't have any breakfast at all), the only time I actually eat is during lunch (and like a sandwich maybe at school)

Lol and the time I spend on the computer is the time my dad exercises 'cuz I've got nothing else to do then

But on some days I get very little homework so I try to do it then...but sleeping 5 hours a day (and spending all that time in school) makes my body really tired and I just can't find the energy to get up and exercise. I tried it a few times, and I felt like the energy completely drained out of me.

JAMIESHOCK

Thanks, you actually answered the question Well I don't sleep the whole Friday, but I sleep longer and then I'm dragged outside for the whole day against my will (which is completely dumb, and I'm so not going from now on). Your post has actually motivated me to change my lifestyle 'cuz at first I was thinking there's absolutely no way I can find time to exercise. I still feel like I don't have the time that i wanted (screw dumb school timings), but now I'm actually going to avoid sleeping in the afternoon (and exercise during that time) and tell my dad to exercise at 9 if he wants to do it that bad so that I can sleep early.

Thanks everyone for the help~ =D

[agnes.]

um, your dad uses ALL the equipment all at once?
but anyway, i think you should schedule your time properly. eat during the right time, sleep during the right time.
if you do that you should be able to find time to exercise without any problems.

[ai_toka_dou]

Why don't you exercise before doing your hw? afterall, as you said, when you finish your dad's always using the equipment so get in before he can

[des monstres]

you know... you don't need equipment to exercise.
you could do crunches and lunges instead of doing the computer.
i think when you say you have NO time to exercise, that's .. exaggerated.

i mean, what are you doing now..
you're on soompi.

[zhongguoren]

You get 3.5 hours of sleep?


Wow

Not sleeping and eating infrequently cause weight gain.

[mentalfiction]

um, your dad uses ALL the equipment all at once?
but anyway, i think you should schedule your time properly. eat during the right time, sleep during the right time.
if you do that you should be able to find time to exercise without any problems.

Lol no, but he uses the equipment that I want to use after 12

Why don't you exercise before doing your hw? afterall, as you said, when you finish your dad's always using the equipment so get in before he can

Yeah that's 'cuz some days my dad doesn't exercise, so I may sleep before 12, and I need to finish my homework before then, so if I exercise first, then have no time to do hw..then I'm in deep sh*t

you know... you don't need equipment to exercise.
you could do crunches and lunges instead of doing the computer.
i think when you say you have NO time to exercise, that's .. exaggerated.

i mean, what are you doing now..
you're on soompi.

Well, I'm not really doing those type of exercises currently. I used to do those during the holidays because then if the next day I have really bad muscle aches I can just rest for some time, but since I have school I can't rest. I'm only doing cardio right now. And yeah i have to come on soompi so that I can check my replies right? How long does that take? xD

But anyways, like I already said, I'm going to try sleeping early and do my exercises during the afternoon. So as soon as I start doing that, I'll come back and tell you guys how it's been going ^^ (its weekend here so, can't really say now)

[hyuhin]

if you don't have time to exercise than use the time that you drive around to walk instead? like say you want to drive to the store, instead walk there..

And how can you sleep all day on friday? I know sometimes when I'm up studying for a midterm, the next day even if i try to sleep all day i can't.. so yeah try not to sleep all day and get some time in to exercise or whatever

[foxytoe]

no time to do cadio you say?

First, get fully dressed for running; then every time you finish 2 or 3 questions, go out and sprite (as fast as you can, like you have to pee and you have to use your neighbors' washroom... whooo, need to pee so bad, no washroom, whoo, what do i do) for 1 minute and come back. you'll be super fit!

[Barack Obama]

Lols try power walking everytime you commute from class to class, or from wherever to wherever. Lols. xD

[lifelovebeauty07]

I recently read an article that said your dinner plate should be 25% protein, 25% grains, and 50% vegetables. This might be something to consider. I am pretty sure the apple vs. hamburger analogy rings true, too. Good luck!

[duh123]

i'm sorry but i think your whole routine is such crap. you don't NEED to take a nap. the nap only screws you up even more. you should tell your dad to not work out so late because it disrupts your sleeping schedule. pretty selfish of him to make you sleep at 2am just because he wants to work out. you have the time, you just don't use it wisely. i used to go to school at 5:30am and get home at 7pm because i would have 9 classes a day and have tennis practice after school then go play some more tennis after tennis practice. i can't imagine sitting in a classroom being more energy draining than physical exertion from playing a sport. i didn't take a nap when i got home. i would eat dinner then go do my homework. and during those 9 classes i used to have i did not have a lunch period. so i just ate snacks throughout my day in my classes. i used to sneak food in my mouth. so i can't imagine you can't even do that and wait 12 hours before eating anything. the fact that you are gaining weight is because you eat then go and take a nap.

you also don't eat breakfast. putting anything in your mouth revs up your metabolism for the entire day so that's another big mistake.

if you really wanted to lose weight and exercise, you would use your time wisely. you say that you don't do any resistance training or strength training because you feel sore the next day? well do you even stretch before or after your workouts? if you stretch properly, you woudn't feel sore the next day. also weight training burns calories also so you don't need to only do cardio to burn calories. plus weight training builds fat burning muscles. so you can't take two minute breaks inbetween homework and jump in place for 2 minutes? you can't do weight training while reading or get on that treadmill? you can't squat or lunge with a book in your hand?

sleep deprivation messes with your hormones therefore your body may be producing more of a hormone that clings onto fat.

i don't see why you can't take more stairs during breaks at school. or walk really fast to your next class. or go for a quick run afterschool even if you are tired because exercise actually helps wake you up. it's more productive than taking a long nap. plus it has been proven in numerous studies that a 20 min nap is actually more beneficial than an hour nap. you only need to work out at least 3 days a week for 30-45mins, so i can't imagine how you can't make time for that. even it's split up throughout the day. i just see excuse after excuse.

[mentalfiction]

^ Okayyy...thanks for the advice, i guess?
You see the thing is, at the time I didn't know that power naps are better than sleeping for an hour, and that a little jog is better than a power nap (learnt a lot more from this, just giving an example). I'm not making up excuses, I'm just saying, I didn't know that you could do all this. I'm not a weight loss expert, that's why I asked you guys for help. So again thank you for your help

[laris]

like duh123 said, manage your time better and stop making excuses. working out should make you sore the day after..

[af.726]

your schedule is wack. 12 hours of school?! to be honest, i don't buy it. that's got to be an exageration. because if you can afford the time in your "busy schedule" to be on soompi. you can afford to spend some time excercising.
but if what you said is true then you need better time management. when you get home. finish your homework right away. you say that you can't but that's because you haven't gotten into the habit of doing so. your issue is habits.
Don't nap. it messes with your system. just sleep more in the night.

I highly advise you to tell your dad that his excercising is getting in the way of your health. he loves you. he'll find another time to excercise.
poor sleeping habits, such as yours, will cause weight gain. plus a lot of other health issues (ie. weak immune system, etc.).

[mentalfiction]

^ Lol i know it's wack And yes I do get home at 5:30. Only when I'm lucky (and have the last two classes free) I come home about 3:30.
Oh and I come on soompi 'cuz I like doing collabs (performers thread~), and singing is a passion, my days don't go by if I don't sing.

BUT, I can finally say I've changed my lifestyle.

I come home at 5:30, have a reallyy light snack (like fruit or something) and after about 15 minutes (I don't want to exercise directly after eating, so then I go on the computer), I exercise for 30~45 mins.
Then I take a shower and am done with all of this until about 7:30-ish. I start doing my homework (and I'm not so tired when I do it so it takes me less time) and am usually done by 10-ish, I go to sleep and wake up at 5:30 again.

So thank you guys for ALL your help, as you can see it has helped me loads, and I'm not even feeling that tired since now I'm catching up on my sleep! ^^ (oh, and apparently my dad exercises in the dark when I'm asleep...my fault for not asking him that)