3rd shift friends??

kayy_08
kayy_08 Posts: 12 Member
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Anyone work or live on a midnight schedule? I need friends! Everyone in my life lives on a day schedule and it's getting quite depressing, along with all my coworkers eating pizza and cake and fast food all night long! In need of encouraging friends
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  • kittysaysmeow420
    kittysaysmeow420 Posts: 18 Member
    i work overnights too, i feel your pain!
  • Dustinryan24
    Dustinryan24 Posts: 233 Member
    im here for you/ lol
  • eyoun531
    eyoun531 Posts: 5
    I also work third shift. I know the struggle!
  • CHDuggin
    CHDuggin Posts: 9 Member
    Lol. Here I thought I was the only one on nights! (4-:230am)
  • Bluebrew
    Bluebrew Posts: 24 Member
    I work mostly nights. Feel free to add me
  • queenofcomfort
    queenofcomfort Posts: 1 Member
    I work 3rd, 11p to 7.30a on Fri, Sat, Sun
  • K9flash
    K9flash Posts: 48 Member
    Oh I'm with ya. Graveyard here
  • soverman86
    soverman86 Posts: 2 Member
    Night shift here too... 12hr nursing shifts where potlucks/cake/cookies are abound :/
  • DoingitWell
    DoingitWell Posts: 560 Member
    Nights 6pm to 6am here!
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    soverman86 wrote: »
    Night shift here too... 12hr nursing shifts where potlucks/cake/cookies are abound :/

    Me too!
  • kayy_08
    kayy_08 Posts: 12 Member
    badgerbadger1 wrote: »
    soverman86 wrote: »
    Night shift here too... 12hr nursing shifts where potlucks/cake/cookies are abound :/

    Me too!

    YES same nursing 12hr shifts and potlucks
  • kayy_08
    kayy_08 Posts: 12 Member
    6:30p - 7 am on a good day lol
  • Anadeusz1987
    Anadeusz1987 Posts: 31 Member
    10 pm to 7am. Iv got a feeling that everyone on night drinking monsters or red bull.but I'm trying to stay strong.
  • jgildernick
    jgildernick Posts: 3
    11-7 during the week and 10-10s on the weekends. Plus going to school for nursing at the same time
  • K9flash
    K9flash Posts: 48 Member
    Hey I don't get potlucks.
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    K9flash wrote: »
    Hey I don't get potlucks.

    They're overrated.
  • rickyberkey
    rickyberkey Posts: 34 Member
    edited March 2015
    I work a weekend night shift, 7pm to 7 am on Fri, Sat, Sun in an engine testing facility. My young, mostly slender coworkers live on pizza and energy drinks but I have been able to avoid that temptation for the most part but find it hard to avoid McDonalds in the morning on my route home :) I've been slipping a little lately but have lost 63 lbs since starting MyFitnessPal in March of last year.
  • bluex232
    bluex232 Posts: 135 Member
    Hey overnighters! Feel free to add me as a friend I would love having people that are awake at the same time as me. I work 1030pm-630am as a 911 dispatcher, off Tue and Wed nights.
  • Smallc10
    Smallc10 Posts: 602 Member
    I work a rotating shift so I'm on nights (12am to 8am) 1/3 of the time. It's freaking hard!!! Feel free to add me.
  • kristenlarkin
    kristenlarkin Posts: 235 Member
    I work overnights on Mondays and Tuesdays, 2nd shift on Fridays and days on Saturday and Sunday.
  • kayy_08
    kayy_08 Posts: 12 Member
    rickyberkey wrote: »
    I work a weekend night shift, 7pm to 7 am on Fri, Sat, Sun in an engine testing facility. My young, mostly slender coworkers live on pizza and energy drinks but I have been able to avoid that temptation for the most part but find it hard to avoid McDonalds in the morning on my route home :) I've been slipping a little lately but have lost 63 lbs since starting MyFitnessPal in March of last year.

    Oh my mcdonalds breakfast is so hard to resist i had a whole week where I went every morning but thankfully iv broken that habit!!!
  • kayy_08
    kayy_08 Posts: 12 Member
    Anadeusz1987 wrote: »
    10 pm to 7am. Iv got a feeling that everyone on night drinking monsters or red bull.but I'm trying to stay strong.


    Energy drinks are my down fall and lately coke has been and I never use to drink pop :'( I started drinking spark from advocare and that helped substitute for a while
  • JMC3Terp
    JMC3Terp Posts: 2,803 Member
    edited March 2015
    kayy_08 wrote: »
    Energy drinks are my down fall and lately coke has been and I never use to drink pop :'( I started drinking spark from advocare and that helped substitute for a while

    Coke (pop) has been my downfall for years. If it was considered bad like alcohol/cigarettes/drugs I would have to be in an anonymous group. It is probably the reason I have failed every diet I have tried for the past decade. I've only been going 14 days this time, but I haven't slipped yet.

    Also I feel the pain of those who work in places that breed bad dieting. I go to law school. Every function has free pizza or chipotle, everyone drinks high calorie coffee, and on late nights everyone is ordering pizza or chinese. It is a struggle...
  • mossyoakcwgrl
    mossyoakcwgrl Posts: 21 Member
    I work 6:45 pm to 7:15 am, the struggle is definitely real! Feel free to add :)
  • kaitlinrt
    kaitlinrt Posts: 28 Member
    I currently work days but when I used to pick up night shifts (6:30p-7a) I would get so nauseated by 4-5am! And to stay awake on nights, junk food definitely abounds; or massive amounts of caffeine.

    Good luck to you OP. Try to get adequate sleep and be protective of your sleep health!
  • mossyoakcwgrl
    mossyoakcwgrl Posts: 21 Member
    soverman86 wrote: »
    Night shift here too... 12hr nursing shifts where potlucks/cake/cookies are abound :/

    same here!! and unlimited pots of coffee!
  • Atagi73
    Atagi73 Posts: 96 Member
    About to start a midnight to 8am schedule EST , add me if you need more support :)
  • Snooozie
    Snooozie Posts: 3,461 Member
    Just to let you all know, there are a couple of groups on MFP for night shift (or 3rd shift) peeps... if you use the search function with keywords like third/3rd/nights etc) you should be able to find a couple of the groups - (I cant remember the links or i'd post them for you) but they are good places to get lots of resources and info in dealing with the challenges of any shift work .. specially on those days you just CANNOT look at tuna at 3am LOL.. this is another popular thread for 3rd shift peeps too in case its any help.. cheers!
    - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/31876450#Comment_31876450
  • Lshona
    Lshona Posts: 393 Member
    I feel your pain. 11-7. Feel free to add me.
  • Bluebrew
    Bluebrew Posts: 24 Member
    I rotate every week and find that I need caffeine so end up drinking a monster ultra. Since I've started MFP I am taking my lunch which has made a world of diffrence. I picked up triathlons last year but never lost weight even though a half iron. Now I've lost 10 in 3 weeks just recording calories with the same training.

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