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The official nightshift thread....
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@fatjon73 I only find it difficult because I get bored of the same thing and my mind says "You're hungry NOW. So why not swing by a (insert fast food joint here) and pick up (insert not healthy high sodium food here) real quick before you get home."
I will for sure let you know as soon as I get a box.
My mother says the more effort you put into making something the more you are likely to actually slow down and enjoy it. So making my food 'cute' might also help. I wonder if they have Star Wars egg molds....0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »
So making my food 'cute' might also help.
I wonder if they have Star Wars egg molds....
The first statement is just so wrong on many levels....lol.....I am not going there......don't do cute....can you tell....lol
Not sure about the moulds...but you could carve a light saber out of a carrot....or draw the death star on a boiled egg......make a aubergine into darth vader..........I could go on....lol......I bet there is an R2D2 egg cup...that's an easy one I bet......lol
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lilaclovebird wrote: »
So making my food 'cute' might also help.
I wonder if they have Star Wars egg molds....
The first statement is just so wrong on many levels....lol.....I am not going there......don't do cute....can you tell....lol
Not sure about the moulds...but you could carve a light saber out of a carrot....or draw the death star on a boiled egg......make a aubergine into darth vader..........I could go on....lol......I bet there is an R2D2 egg cup...that's an easy one I bet......lol
Well you may not do cute, but you obviously have some ideas on how to make food cute.
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Night shifter right here!
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My issue with logging is that once a week, I'm awake for 24+ hours, so I need to eat more on those days. Then one day a week, I "bank" some sleep for the next extra long day, therefore eat less. I know in the end it is down to whether or not I'm losing, but it is frustrating to log sometimes.0
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lilaclovebird wrote: »
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Frankie_Felinius wrote: »My issue with logging is that once a week, I'm awake for 24+ hours, so I need to eat more on those days. Then one day a week, I "bank" some sleep for the next extra long day, therefore eat less. I know in the end it is down to whether or not I'm losing, but it is frustrating to log sometimes.
Yup. Initially for me it was weird because my day starts at about 5-6 at night so when I started night shift(which is fairly recent) I had to log my 'dinner' when I woke up as opposed to a 'breakfast'. So, when I actually started logging again, that first day was awful. Then I kinda got into a rhythm. Now if I could plan my meals ahead of time so I'm not loading in the calories when I get home, that would be nice.
On my days off I tend to stay awake WAY later than I should or I sleep way longer than I should. Leads me to being either WAY over or WAY under my calories. It sucks. But we fellow overnighters know the lifestyle you lead. We understand. That's why the thread exists. So vent your frustration. We're here for ya!
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I wish I had the problem of sleeping way more than I should... usually when I get off Saturday morning, my first day up, I'm up until 9 or 10pm that night.
Then, being used to nights, it's hard to sleep past 1am. So... up at 1am to repeat it all again Sunday.
It's hard not to go sugar hunting those days. 0 -
Frankie_Felinius wrote: »My issue with logging is that once a week, I'm awake for 24+ hours, so I need to eat more on those days. Then one day a week, I "bank" some sleep for the next extra long day, therefore eat less. I know in the end it is down to whether or not I'm losing, but it is frustrating to log sometimes.
Im with you on this one. I work a 62 hour shift on weekends and I'm eating around the clock. It's tough keeping the calories down on 24 hour shifts and logging becomes tedious.0 -
I do zumba on Wednesdays which are my transition days on and off. That's about 900 calories and enough to cover an extra meal or two, but if I don't workout I'm screwed. I eat way less my 8 days on because I spend 10 hours in a biohazard area, 7ish sleeping and 1 working out. I find making dinner for that night when I get home in the morning makes it easier for me0
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Now that I'm off a stretch I have a night at a speakeasy tomorrow, girls night in Thurs and a bachelorette Saturday. I will fail miserably0
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Just had to spay a dog with puppies. She wasn't spayed and the owners other dog that was three times her size bred her. She has been trying for 24 hours to pass the puppies and can't. We had to go in and take the puppies. Only three out of 7 lived. I took her uterus while I was in surgery so it can't happen again. Now I need to see if I can get a charity group to pay for it because they have no money.0
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WildcatMom82 wrote: »Now that I'm off a stretch I have a night at a speakeasy tomorrow, girls night in Thurs and a bachelorette Saturday. I will fail miserably
You're already setting yourself up for failure. Think positive, set limits, indulge a little but not like you normally would and only stick to low cal drinks! You can do it!
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Well I'm new but work nights can I join0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »Just had to spay a dog with puppies. She wasn't spayed and the owners other dog that was three times her size bred her. She has been trying for 24 hours to pass the puppies and can't. We had to go in and take the puppies. Only three out of 7 lived. I took her uterus while I was in surgery so it can't happen again. Now I need to see if I can get a charity group to pay for it because they have no money.
Good LORD! That's awful! I am a firm believer in 'Don't litter! Spay and neuter your critters!'
@oneunfitdad WELCOME!
@Wildcatmom82 I agree with @pco2 Just think positive and set limits. Also, since I can't stick to low cal drinks, I just dance like crazy for a while to burn some calories.
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Mom and the puppies just headed home. And I know for a fact she will never be back for another C-Section. 0
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@sufferlandrian Thank GOODNESS. That is major surgery. Poor mama.
Hope you get the cost thing straightened out. I know vet bills can be expensive. Do you see other critters besides dogs? Like ferrets?0 -
Great... spaying talk and I'm heating up my lunch... always an exciting night on mfp!0
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I work 6p to 6a. I log whatever my first meal is as breakfast. I usually eat around 1p or 2p. If I eat my dinner after midnight (which happens some nights), I go back to the previous day and log it as dinner. Anything after 3 am gets logged on the next day as a morning snack, it's usually no more than 200-300 calories anyways. I try not to eat after midnight just to maintain some sort of normal routine butsometimes I get the munchies :-)0
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bethanie0825 wrote: »I work 6p to 6a. I log whatever my first meal is as breakfast. I usually eat around 1p or 2p. If I eat my dinner after midnight (which happens some nights), I go back to the previous day and log it as dinner. Anything after 3 am gets logged on the next day as a morning snack, it's usually no more than 200-300 calories anyways. I try not to eat after midnight just to maintain some sort of normal routine butsometimes I get the munchies :-)
For me........I have changed my diary settings to show times of day.....I then log my food in the times I eat them....so my log is accurate to times......I work 4 nights a week, then switch back to "normal" at weekends...so my eating pattern is all over the place....the 4 nights at work I eat a main meal at 1am.....so I log it then......it keeps me on track.......my switch days can be worst....eaten at night.,......then at home the next night....so logging the times stops me eating too much that day.....
Think my Diary should be public if you want a nosey.......(look at timings not food choices...lol)0 -
oneunfitdad wrote: »Well I'm new but work nights can I join
Welcome.....if you read back we have one rule in here........you must either work nights......automatic entry for that......but we can be coaxed with extra large burgers.....and weed.......0 -
My diary is broken up into times as well. I would go even crazier trying to figure out how to log my breakfast (dinner foods at 3 pm) or my dinner ( breakfast foods at 8 am)! Joys of nightshift0
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lilaclovebird wrote: »@sufferlandrian Thank GOODNESS. That is major surgery. Poor mama.
Hope you get the cost thing straightened out. I know vet bills can be expensive. Do you see other critters besides dogs? Like ferrets?
Pretty much if it has a tail and isn't an ag animal I'll see it. I've worked on snakes, lizards, birds, ferrets, wild cats like Bobcats, wallabies and kangaroos. I don't work on horses, cows and goats.0 -
I switched mine to hours as well.0
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Ugh... just found out my relief in the morning will be leaving for another job... meaning for the next 8+ months I may be working 16 hours a day, 4 days a week... great.0
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Lmao or the only still awake and milling around. I'm here till six am and again tonight, then my weekend off!0
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And I didn't realize you could change your diary over to times. But know I see what I could do that at0
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at work right now.... just had a meal at 1:00 am.... where should i log it...? yesterday... or today... (finally attached to yestarday as a dinner) also... my pacer is on since yesterday at 6pm and will go off at 6am... so those calories burned will point to yesterday... ha ha... what a tread0
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