Night shift

jammet80

I work night shift, only part time thank god. But on my days off I have to live a normal life on day shift for my girls. My youngest isn't in school yet. I'm tired all of the time! There are often days when I only get a 3 hour nap or so. I have a hard time deciding what day to track food on. I wake up at 7am but then work all night. When I eat during night at work what day does it count for? I'm focusing on healthy eating. I know junk will only make me more sluggish. It's now 8:30 pm and I had one 3 hour nap since yesterday when I actually got up at 5am, Days like these I'm way too beat to workout. Help! Anyone have a similar situation?

mamadon

I work nights, 12 hour shifts. I just start counting my calories from the time I wake up, whether it be day or night. On work days, I get up at around 3 pm, eat breakfast at five, lunch at midnight and dinner at five am. Days off I switch it to normal times. The hardest day, is my first day back to work. I get up at around ten thirty in the morning, but wait to have breakfast until five, since I am up for almost 24 hours, and don't want to spread my calories that thin.