The "Why Am I Awake?" Thread Options

[batman]

I'm not tired and I've put off chem for ... the entire weekend. Why are you awake?

[Joanne]

My sister is stressing out about a marketing competition she's participating in right now (she's in charge of designing her team's logo, and this whole week the other members have been saying they like it... and now, a couple hours before it's due, they tell her they don't WTF), and I'm trying to comfort her.

That, and course selection OMFG LOL

[Gigi]

Um, I am awake because I found out something AMAZING about my math prof. Like, amazing enough to have a new topic. brb while I make said topic.

[gojira]

backhurtseyestiredbutcantsleephelpme

[batman]

holy shiet, the sun just rose and i'm still awake.

i'm going to go to sleep now and try to get at least 2 hours in.

[*paperplane*]

Hah, this embodies every night of my life. Last night I was up until probably 2, even though I should have been really tired because the night before I stayed up till 7 or 8 am and then got 4 or 5 hours of poor sleep on someone's recliner. I don't know why I can't ever sleep.

[Harp]

Because I'm at school.

[luvnhate]

Even though i'm dying to get some shut eye...
i just ate though...so sleeping after you eat means you get extra fat.

and i can't afford more poundage. :/
haha.

[espressive]

I'm not tired and I've put off chem for ... the entire weekend. Why are you awake?

HAHA SAME. i actually did my week's worth of stats hw just so i wouldn't have to start chem xD

[libertie]

I'm at work but I was up pretty late last night so I'm about to leave early and go home to take a nap.

[Reidar]

i just ate though...so sleeping after you eat means you get extra fat.

and i can't afford more poundage. :/
haha.

Eating before you sleep wards off nocturnal post absorptive catabolism, which is when you oxidize muscle mass in your sleep, causing you to store more body fat the next time you eat.

[sixfive]

So eating say, a bit before you sleep, actually helps you lose weight or rather not gain?

[Reidar]

No. Muscle weighs more than fat, so by putting on extra adipose tissue and burning muscle, you'll still be losing weight. It just won't be fat weight.

That's the net amount. Technically, you do lose fat because you're catabolizing both fat and muscle, but then replacing the losses with fat when you eat.

[sixfive]

Hmm. So is eating before you go to sleep good/bad, assuming the next morning you eat a regular breakfast, go to class, and not work out?

[gojira]

lolwat am i reading it wrong? do you lose fat or not

[Reidar]

Hmm. So is eating before you go to sleep good/bad, assuming the next morning you eat a regular breakfast, go to class, and not work out?

It's less relevant if you're completely sedentary, because then you're on a maintenance phase and you're not really in risk of losing the muscle you have. The more you progress, the more easily you undergo proteolysis (muscle catabolism, or burning).

if you workout at any regular rate, you should eat low GI carbs and casein protein (found in dairy products) before you sleep.

lolwat am i reading it wrong? do you lose fat or not

It prevents the storage of excess fat.

[LoveToMySilas]

I am awake because I am hungry.

[*paperplane*]

Yeah...once again, dunno why I'm still up.

[Flaunted]

I have an Anthropology and Japanese exam and I have not started studying for neither due to reading New Moon.

ugh.

[Joanne]

I'm reading about love letters and how-to books for my Anthropology class.

[batman]

I have work in 34 minutes, but all I want to do is crash :(

[fagget]

Well, it's 7:30. Why AM I awake?

[Amaranthus]

Because I'm trying to watch SAW III n youtube.
Which they don't have.
In English.

[Tomates]

Because I'm trying to watch SAW III n youtube.
Which they don't have.
In English.

try watch-movies.net?

i still have to do homework despite that its almost 9

[Mikeplyts]

Because I'm at school.

lol. I'm awake because,well, let's say a bit too much candy and pepsi. :P