Where are my night shifters?

JLynRN
JLynRN Posts: 19 Member
in Motivation and Support
ICU Nurse here...
How about you?

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    nomoremasa23 Posts: 18 Member
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    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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  • lost4words_ox
    lost4words_ox Posts: 23 Member
    Medical Laboratory Technologist. Not strictly night shifts but definitely a ton of them. Random question... How do y'all structure your meals around a night shift? I can't eat very much during my break at 3am so I'm struggling a bit to eat my caloric needs.
  • lisa01marie
    lisa01marie Posts: 48 Member
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  • crazycat1977
    crazycat1977 Posts: 68 Member
    Night nurse on a rehab ward.
  • UnicornGlitterQueen
    UnicornGlitterQueen Posts: 7 Member
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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    edited February 2017
    Haha just realized I already posted...!
  • gperez8127
    gperez8127 Posts: 23 Member
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  • littlewanderingone
    littlewanderingone Posts: 7 Member
    Yes, fellow night shifters!! I work nights at a group home for youth. Would LOVE accountability & encouragement partners who also work nights! :)

    5'9", 160 or so lbs - looking to lose 30 lbs (which is what I've gained since I started working nights in August)
  • SydandPaigesMom
    SydandPaigesMom Posts: 86 Member
    Night shift (and day shift too..I often work doubles :( ) nurse for medically fragile, tube fed infants and toddlers.
    By day I split my time between being a nurse at our hospitals outpatient Ambulatory Care department and a nurse at a Family Health Team :)
  • QueenE1803
    QueenE1803 Posts: 31 Member
  • nicole20092002
    nicole20092002 Posts: 5 Member
    edited February 2017
    FedEx team lead hub employee. I have started dieting since Jan 7th with lots of working out ( I run 30 minutes on the treadmill and do weights for around 15 - 20 minutes avg and afterwards I do a special group fitness session which is different every day whether it's Zumba, Yoga, Tai Chi, or the like ) I have lost 5 pounds since and have a goal of losing 50 even though I do not like setting a number I wish to have a well toned body. My question is the same as the woman above, what do you guys do about meals to prevent overnight snacking?

    Honestly what I do now is that I bring my dinner to work and eat it there ( it's usually around 8pm when I arrive, and when I start craving crazy things that are not in my diet plan like fried foods, I drink tea that stops it altogether. If I MUST eat something I have my pack of almonds dried cranberries and a few small blocks of sharp cheese. By the time work is over and I return home I'm much too tired from busting my butt at work that I go straight to sleep ( This is usually around 4 or 5 am when I return home on average ).
  • mommy1364
    mommy1364 Posts: 13 Member
    CNA. I'm also going to school full time & I have a 3 yr old, so finding time for working out is few and far between :disappointed:
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  • ebony2399
    ebony2399 Posts: 1 Member
    RRT. I've been on nights for 12 years. I've lost weight and gained while working nights so I'm the problem. Feel free to add me anyone
  • supergirlpw
    supergirlpw Posts: 16 Member
    edited February 2017
    ICU nurse---12 hour Baylor weekend nights here and going to school part time during the week RN to BSN
  • olyamhc
    olyamhc Posts: 60 Member
    Crisis counselor. I don't work overnight (though some of my colleagues do), but rather early night - I finish at midnight. Plus, I have another PT job, which I do before this one.
  • kag896
    kag896 Posts: 12 Member
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  • dancingshooz
    dancingshooz Posts: 11 Member
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  • HopeGrayson12
    HopeGrayson12 Posts: 2 Member
    Acute Ortho Trauma RN. Nights are killing my mojo. Anybody else just want to eat carbs at 0300? Could use some help finding healthier alternatives.

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