I know that sleep is an incredibly important piece of weight loss, but is there any way to make up for it when you don't really have a way to get more sleep? I work on a cruise ship and we work 14-16 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Since it takes my brain some extra time to get tired after getting off from work, I typically only get five hours of sleep. Sometimes four, and sometimes six, but very rarely do I get seven. We walk 25k-30k steps a day but I don't think I've lost any fat at all. My personal clothes fit exactly the same. If it matters, I'm 5'5" and maybe 190lb, and the chefs onboard make the menu so I don't really have any say on what we eat or don't eat. I usually skip breakfast to try and sleep more, but it's generally eggs, bacon and sausage, oatmeal, grits, potatoes or tots, and fruits. For lunch and dinner it varies. There's always a salad bar, usually rice or potatoes, a couple types of protein or seafoods. Sometimes it's taco day, sometimes it's just pizza, and whatever else they think up.

I was really hoping I'd get healthier in this job and I'm not sure how to move forward in my health journey. If anyone has any tips on how to get tired faster at night or how to offset the impact of getting too few hours of sleep, it would be greatly appreciated!