I work 3rd shift 4 nights a week; no weight loss guru has ever been able to help me

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  • LacednLace
    LacednLace Posts: 480 Member
    Hey so when I work night shifts (we switch at my job) its usually 12hrs/5days a week. Sedentary as well. I mean extremely no movement. We take small breaks to grab coffee or water or use the bathroom but we aren't allotted actual breaks. Try time stamping your log instead. It helps out quite a bit. It suck alternating every other day sleep schedules as it isn't good for dieting or even health in general. But stick to your efforts. You can do this!
  • saires_au
    saires_au Posts: 175 Member
    edited April 2015
    I'm a nurse and work part time so I only do 2 nights in a row. For me the only way that works is tracking midnight to midnight.

    I do however watch my weekly intake and this allows me the flexibility to have higher and lighter calorie days depending on work, social gathering (which I tend to eat more at and some times drink alcohol).

    So my fist 24hrs tends to be a bit higher as I eat my normal daytime food plus some extra snacks then the next 24 hrs I have breakfast before I leave work, No lunch (sleeping) dinner and snacks at work and the same the following day when I swing back to a daytime routine. It all evens out.

    Fav night snacks are fresh fruit, dip and veg, hard boiled eggs, nuts, light cheese, pop corn, rice crackers and then porridge with fruit for breakfast. I find on nights I like to eat small portions often and have variety.

    While I have an active job I still go for my daily walk when I wake up after night shift even though my motivation sucks on nights. I find wearing my fitbit helps give m the push to reach my daily step goal

    This has worked for me 15kg in 15 weeks
  • shabaity
    shabaity Posts: 792 Member
    I lose just fine going to school 10-6 4 days a week and then working 9pm to 7am 2 nights a week just count Em as the day before
  • PoundChaser2
    PoundChaser2 Posts: 241 Member
    I have the opposite problem of you sandoo4. I work a late night job that has me on my feet walking and standing non-stop and it messes with my food schedule for 3 days. I'm so busy most of the time I can't eat on schedule.... I will eat my heavier meal before work and have a light meal during work. My biggest hurdle is not over eating because I'm active and tired at the end of the night.

    Pick your menu track it and then eat it at the same time each night if you can, I would also pack a boredom snack if your sitting most of the night.
  • 007Charlette
    007Charlette Posts: 27 Member
    It is not that difficult. Like the above comments have mentioned there are chair exercises, and I am sure you get breaks. I worked nights 530PM until 6AM for 4 years and was on Atkins 3 of those 4 years. Don't pretend night shift and 12hr shifts are the same as daytime 8hr jobs it isn't. You have to make adjustments and the people around you have to understand that.

    Prepare a meal for work or eat before work, bring nuts/low carb snacks such as lettuce/meat/cheese and low carb tortilla rolls.. or fruit/nut snacks to work. Keep a pencil paper pad to write your food and log it at home when you wake up.. Any job and task can allow for an excuse but you have to work away from the excuse and start doing the action...

    Good luck

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