Late night hunger, sleepiness, and boredom

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>How do you guys get through nights when you have so much stuff to do and things to study in a relatively short period of time?</p>

<p>Yes, time management is the most effective means but let's be honest it always falls apart...at least for me.</p>

<p>I personally use sugar-free Red Bull and other energy drinks to get me through most days.</p>

<p>I also workout regularly and I'm pretty much a calorie counter so I try to avoid eating junkfood as much as I can but at 11PM I don't have many options. What do you guys do to avoid overeating late at night?</p>

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<p>Replace red bull with coffee. Fills you up.</p>

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<p>Once you start using caffeine to stay up you become dependent on it.</p>

<p>I just drink truckloads of water. It's hard to feel sleepy when you need a study break to take a leak every 45 minutes.</p>

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<p>Smoke some weed.</p>

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<p>"smoke some weed."</p>

<p>if you want to fall asleep</p>

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<p>Make the room as cold as you can stand it. Admittedly this works better in a single than it did when I had a roommate.</p>

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<p>i eat celery with peanut butter. it tastes decent and is pretty healthy.</p>

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<p>Forget healthy. Consume vast quantities of sugar and caffeine. Then prioritize. What MUST be done the next morning? Do that first. What MUST be done by the end of the week? Do that next. Etc. etc. until you're done or you run out of time, more likely the latter.</p>

<p>When I'm busy, I EMBRACE junk food, caffeine, and sugar. Then after I've gone through a couple all nighters back to back, I can barely see straight.</p>

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<p>codeine-containing cough syrup mixed with Hi-c and a blunt. oh wait, I'm sorry, that only applies to Lil Wayne. try tea?</p>

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<p>ughhh the snacking is my problem. ive had a little cup of reeses and an oreo ice cream sandwich tonight while attempting to get some terrible history reading done and watfching american idol.</p>

<p>i just try to drink a lot of water everytime im urging for a midnight/1am snack. or apples.. theyre fun to eat. i usually just eat for lack of something to do</p>

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<p>i like saltines+peanut butter</p>

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<p>fruits usually work...oatmeal and banana or banana and peanut butter are good combinations</p>

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<p>"i usually just eat for lack of something to do"</p>

<p>haha. yeah really. :)</p>

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<p>For me sugar only works for a certain amount of time - and then I get worse.</p>

<p>The most important thing is not to get too comfortable. Your room should be cool (you shouldn't be cold, warm clothing is okay, but the general temperature (the air that you breathe) should be low - it makes you stay awake.
Don't lie down, sit down on a normal (hard) chair. Do not dress for sleep, as your mind will recognize that pattern - as it will recognize removing make-up and stuff like that. You aren't preparing for bed. You are preparing for a study-session.
Drink cold stuff, iced water, smoothies (yummie, just throw some fruit and ice into a mixer), protein drinks (the tasty chocolate ones, maybe as a reward..)</p>

<p>I enjoy fruit, or sandwiches with tomato and mozarella, or omelettes or vegetable sticks with peanut butter- stuff that is easily and fast made, but which doesn't make you feel too full.</p>

<p>Try powernapping, (drink half of a bottle of diet coke. Lie down for 15 minutes and close your eyes. Try to sleep. Get up when the alarm clock rings - you will feel refreshened from the sleep - and the caffeine also starts to kick in. Brilliant.)
Set goals. Take breaks after you reach them. Reward yourself. If you notice that you "space out", take a ice-cold shower.
Consume caffeine in high doses. When you finally allow yourself to get to bed, you will notice, that you are wide awake, but your body isn't. Don't fight for sleep. Use the time to revise in your mind.</p>

<p>Actually go to bed. Four hours of sleep are enough to last you through a school-day and you will feel much better when writing your exam. Take a powernap after you come home, but not longer than 20 minutes (research that topic, it's quite interesting).
Take ice-cold showers in the morning. Revise during drying your hair.</p>