Losing weight working nightshift

michele41809

I work nightshift 3-4 nights a week, my other days I switch back to dayshift schedule... Does anyone have any advice on losing weight working odd hours? It's hard for me to stay on track on the nights that I work... I get so tired I eat whatever as a pick me up. It doesn't help that my work always has cookies, donuts, etc out for all to eat how do you other night shifters handle your nutrition and getting in the exercise? Thanks!

jandsstevenson887

I prelog my food and stick to it. I find when I don't, I snack like crazy. I work usually 2pm-10pm and then switch to 6am-2pm. On my 2-10 days, I have coffee and a light lunch, a bigger dinner on my shift and then a filling late night snack. Today is a 2-10 day if you want to see. My breakfast is actually my late night snack.

LazSommer

Don't eat the donuts?

Nausicca55

I also work night shift but it's throwing a paper route, so it's exercise while I'm working. What kind of work do you do at night?

terbusha

My wife is a night-shift nurse and deals with this a lot. What she does is eat a normal day before her first shift of the week. Her meal at work counts as the next day's lunch. She comes home to sleep and gets up at ~2ish. She'll eat breakfast when she wakes up and the dinner before her shift that night. That completes that day (lunch, breakfast, dinner). Then her mid-shift meal is the next days lunch. When she's coming off of her shifts, she'll get up at 2 and have breakfast and then dinner with us at a normal time. At that point, she's caught back up to a normal day schedule for eating. That seems to work the best for her with tracking her calories and macros. The key is to just find a system and be consistent.

Just do your best and take it 1 dat at a time. Keep your goals in mind and remember why you're making these lifestyle changes. A strong why can help you overcome any how.

michele41809

Thanks for the insight, I am also a nurse. The unit that I am on is typically very slow at night, so it can be very hard at 3am when your literally sitting there struggling to stay awake. I'm not used to working nights, it's very hard on the body!