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[Muz]

If your brain is tired 'normally', then 'normally' you aren't using it much.

You sound pretty dam bored.

I'd say it's the opposite of this.  The most tired and exhausted I felt was during the final push of my thesis during college, back in 2007.  I study C++ during a lot of my free time, but I always make sure to just have relaxation time.  I wish there were more hours in the day so I could do everything I want.  But I'd also wish to have more energy during that time.

Yeah, I'd have to agree with Kebooo. If you're tired, it's almost certain your body is yelling at you to conserve some energy. Gotta learn to balance it well.. sometimes you can perform at 80% efficiency with two hours of sleep deprivation, but at like 5 hours of sleep deprivation, you'll work at around 20% efficiency (and -200% efficiency if you're coding and adding bugs). Sometimes you get more done by sleeping in and thinking fresh. That's why I save the hard work for early in the day and the easy work for late at night.

Oh, and sleep at night. If you're sleeping in the day, it's less effective than at night. Like 8 hours of night sleep is worth 10 hours of daytime sleep.

[Satarus]

For Magnesium, bananas are tough to beat.  Lots of good vitamins and minerals in those and then supliment that with some green leaf vegies and you'll have them covered with no problem.  If you are really uncertain about what nutrients you are missing, also try a vitamin supplement.  Don't need to get anything fancy, just a 1-a-day that provides most of the esential vitimins.  Also make sure you get all the essential amino acids (the ones our bodies can't synthesize).  You can do that with beans and nuts, but some meat really is the easiest way to get them all covered.

Low energy can also be medical.  Have your blood pressure and blood sugar levels tested. Those are some common problems, but they aren't the only ones. 

Finally, you said you lifted weights for exercise.  You may want to mix that up a bit with some aerobic exercises like swimming, light jogging, or cycling. Weightlifting is anaerobic which won't help you at all with building energy.

[eerr]

If you don't care at all about the activity then it won't help you build energy.

[Vector]

Finally, you said you lifted weights for exercise.  You may want to mix that up a bit with some aerobic exercises like swimming, light jogging, or cycling. Weightlifting is anaerobic which won't help you at all with building energy.

I'll chime in here with a vote for martial arts.  Creates a lot of good energy, self-confidence, and motivation if you find the right instructor/hall.  I've done weight-lifting before, and it just made me feel worn out and heavy (as well as exploding the blood vessels on my legs, not fun).  Running is good, too.

[The Architect]

Well, as long as the topic has productively moved on to exercise options:

Traditional weightlifting is indeed a poor choice. But that's only the kind of weightlifting designed for muscle building; if you do the proper kind for exercise then you'll get plenty of the right kinds of benefit.

But if you have a dietary problem or allergies, you'll only exacerbate it by accelerating your metabolism.

[Vector]

But if you have a dietary problem or allergies, you'll only exacerbate it by accelerating your metabolism.

Wouldn't that then effectively tell him he has a dietary problem or allergies?

[The Architect]

But if you have a dietary problem or allergies, you'll only exacerbate it by accelerating your metabolism.

Wouldn't that then effectively tell him he has a dietary problem or allergies?

Not unless he's an educated physician. All it would tell him is "Oooh, I feel bad!"
Which is what mostly everyone feels when starting to work out.

The bottom line is that you need professional help. You're unlikely to fix this with tai-bo or whatever.

[uberubert]

Without reading any of the replies to this thread: I feel the same way. A few years back I felt alot more energized. It seems for me that after working for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, 5 months in a row, that my daily energy-levels have been lowered alot.
I feel like my half-year overworking schedule has drained my spark completely away.

Dammit, I miss my spark! I sometimes sense my spark while drunk, but I'm not sure that counts...

[Djohaal]

If your brain is tired 'normally', then 'normally' you aren't using it much.

You sound pretty dam bored.

I'd say it's the opposite of this.  The most tired and exhausted I felt was during the final push of my thesis during college, back in 2007.  I study C++ during a lot of my free time, but I always make sure to just have relaxation time.  I wish there were more hours in the day so I could do everything I want.  But I'd also wish to have more energy during that time.

Djohaal, as for sleep apnea, is it possible or common for a young, in shape male to have that?  Also, what specific food would you recommend for magnesium?

For magnesium you can buy these supplement thingys with magnesium chloride. They taste a bit bad but you can mix on the juice and side-effect wize they are pretty much innocuous in adequate ammounts.
For sleep apnea, do you snore a lot when you sleep?
And as I said in my post, bucal breathing can be as harmful to one's sleep as apnea. A good way to know that is if you feel thirsty during the night. I always sleep with a 750 ml bottle of water on my bedside, and most often I finish it every night because I sleep with my mouth open and drying.

[runiq]

Go running. Seriously, it helps.

Go visit a doctor, might as well be some kind of illness.

Do martial arts, as already mentioned. (Running's better, though. )

Last but not least, perhaps you sleep too much? I know I need about 6-7 hours a day, and when I sleep 8, I feel a bit exhausted.

[Vector]

Do martial arts, as already mentioned. (Running's better, though. )

Better for waking you up and making you Happy, but I think that martial arts helps keep you even-keel in a way that other exercise doesn't

[The Architect]

Running as a recreational sport is one of the most unhealthy forms of exercise you can take up. I know there are a lot of devoted runners out there, and the endorphins are a big plus, but practically speaking it's a very poor choice.

Spoiler: I ran for sport in high school, and some of the major health risks are... (click to show/hide)

1. Wear and tear. Especially joints, cartilage and so on. Prolonged jogging is a very severe strain, much more than you might think. We're not physically suited (designed/created or evolved, take your pick) to do that on a regular basis. It's basically torturing your body, in spite of orthopedic aids like running shoes. This doesn't become an obvious problem for most joggers because not everyone has a do-or-die mindset that pushes them too far. I know people who have wrecked themselves physically with obsessive running. The same thing applies on a lesser scale to cycling or use of many exercise machines. Don't make the mistake of thinking that they are the exception; everyone who puts their bodies through these modern rituals takes unnecessary strain and damage, it's just a matter of the degree to which you hurt yourself.

2. Metabolic imbalance. This isn't generally a problem for men unless they have a preexisting condition. The serious problem is that young women (teenagers) need body fat for proper development, and (in short) from a medical point of view long-distance girls' running should be banned from high schools. It is very easy to burn your natural, healthy body fat off, and it leads to stunted development and a significant chance of sterility. It is really an easy thing to get unbalanced in this way, and some girls/women manage it even without this kind of extra strain. It's actually more common for developing female runners to suffer some level of damage than not to in this sport/fad (depending on how they're involved, same activity different word).

You can keep the wear and tear within the range your body can repair by participating in moderation, but why when you can just pick a healthier sport? It's worth it to some people and I understand that. I did track and football all through highschool, and I came out with injured knees. I'd do it again, but if I were choosing exercise for health I'd avoid golf, football, jogging... I mean there's swimming (probably the best for your health of any sport), martial arts, yoga, resistance weightlifting (not muscle building, which has its own lesser dangers), etc.

TL;DR: if you're looking to get healthy, recreational jogging is a very poor choice.