Not hungry because I'm too tired?

Ever since I started working two jobs (I'm a poor university student) I've been really tired. I mean, I can sleep 10 hours and still be tired. One job is at a store so I stand all the time and the other is at a school so I have to run after the kids a lot.

Well, since I sleep so much, I'm not as hungry. I feel nauseous really often and just the thought of food makes me sick. I haven't been able to make it 800 calories, let alone 1200 per day. Is it possible that sleeping too much is making me not as hungry and then I feel more tired since I haven't eaten? Should I just force myself to eat?

It's possible. I know when i was working the evening shift at a cafe during college, I would sleep most of my morning, eat around noon when I woke up and then was just full throttle through the rest of the day. Most of the time when I got home, I was too tired to eat anything so I'd just crash.

It's a vicious cycle. I think the best thing to do would be to get your body on a regular (as regular as possible) sleeping and eating schedule. Sometimes that helps.

I hear ya...last year I worked graveyard and went to college during the day..only maybe 4 or 5 hrs of sleep the whole night.  I lost 30 pounds without even realizing it.  I tried eating a bowl of total for breakfast and it really perks you up...it helps you get most of the nutirents and vitamins you need all day! If you are limited on how much time you have to eat, try eating more calorie-dense foods that are also nutritous like nuts, power bars, trail mix, that you can have on-the-go.

I've been having kind of the same problem lately... with midterms and work, I just can't seem to cope (heh, it's 1h16am and I'm still studying...taking a little 10 minutes break...).  I feel nauseous most of the time, get dizzy when exercising (though I stick with it through the end), and I have troubles eating more than 800 to 900 calories, though I drink at least three times more water than I used to before!  And I used to eat 1400 cals easily...

So I try to eat a spoonful of peanut butter here and there...doesn't make me feel sick, I get calories, proteins, and a couple of nutrients.  It can't be a long time solution, but it's going to be just as good as a more diverse regimen for a little while.

Thanks everyone for your great suggestions! Moozoo, I think I'm going through the exact same thing as you. I strangely get more thirsty and less hungry so I drink a lot more water. And even playing soccer with the kids makes me dizzy sometimes so I have to take little breaks. I'll try eating the cereal and peanut butter and see if that works.