We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Needing advice!! Night Shift work

Rushay2011
Rushay2011 Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey there, I am needing advice on when to log everything. A little background, my work schedule is 11p-7a, which means i live off of naps and a little sleep. I am still new at this and determined it will stick this time. That's why I am going at it slow instead of trying to loose 100lbs by next month! My daily schedule looks a little like this
Sleep from 830a-330p(in a perfect world) it is usually about 5 hours of sleep
Do the mom and wife thing and get in an extra mile when i can 330p-8p
Lay down/nap 8p-930p
Leave for work 1030p-7a
Work out 7a-8a

This varies on exact times but you get the idea, when should I start logging for my daily calories, and am i utilizing my work out times best?? Any advice on what I should/shouldn't do with this schedule is greatly appreciated!!!!

Thanks

Replies

  • justjara123
    justjara123 Posts: 63 Member
    I think working out before bed is making it difficult for you to get in the right amount of sleep. You could try getting a workout in when you wake up instead?
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    I renamed my six meal slots to represent four hour time frames (for example, one is 4 AM to 8 AM) and just log what I consume in the proper time slot.
  • Rushay2011
    Rushay2011 Posts: 3 Member
    @justjara123 It isn't so bad on my sleep, I do a lot more at a time on my days off just because I have the time to without interruption, on a normal day when i get up it is off to the bus stop, homework, dinner, cleaning, baths and bed time for kids and me, so early am is the only time I have uninterrupted to get it in unfortunately. If I come home and try to go straight to bed it seems I am still up until about the same time and then would have to get up and earlier to get the same work out in. I will be on day shift in July, it rotates every 3 months to a different shift with different days off, that will make it easier, just trying to stay on it until I make it there! Thank you!!
    @seska422 That makes sense! Thank you!! So i assume i would just flip my schedule on eating and start my day when i get up in the afternoon and not worry that I sleep thru "breakfast"
This discussion has been closed.

Categories