meal schedule for night-shifters

jolene930
jolene930 Posts: 3
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Hi!:smile:

I'm just checking in to introduce myself and ask if anyone here works nights and how they schedule their meals. It's been difficult breaking the habit of eating all night (and drinking lots of sweet tea and coffee) to stay awake at work.

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  • lisa28115
    lisa28115 Posts: 17,271 Member
    Jolene you can look at my diary for help
    I work 3rd shift

    you can also go to The Official Nightshift Thread and you will find all the others here that work nights

    you can also add me :bigsmile:
  • Crystal817
    Crystal817 Posts: 2,021 Member
    I log from about 3pm to 9am. Basically from the time I get up, until I go to bed. Some people log from midnight to midnight... what ever works for you best!
  • NELSAL
    NELSAL Posts: 60 Member
    Hi!:smile:

    I'm just checking in to introduce myself and ask if anyone here works nights and how they schedule their meals. It's been difficult breaking the habit of eating all night (and drinking lots of sweet tea and coffee) to stay awake at work.
    I work nights also and I have learned to switch my meals around. As for the sweet tea try water but I have to keep my coffee close.
  • Danadoesit
    Danadoesit Posts: 1 Member
    I find miso soup is an awesome replacement.. for some reason it puts me in a good mood... and i chop up carrots, celery and vegies before i go into work nd some hommus. and if i need to be naughty or get a chocolate craving, i have a cup of weight watchers hot choc
  • lisa28115
    lisa28115 Posts: 17,271 Member
    Hi!:smile:

    I'm just checking in to introduce myself and ask if anyone here works nights and how they schedule their meals. It's been difficult breaking the habit of eating all night (and drinking lots of sweet tea and coffee) to stay awake at work.
    I work nights also and I have learned to switch my meals around. As for the sweet tea try water but I have to keep my coffee close.

    i had to give up the sweet tea, i would rather eat my calories:tongue:

    working nights i have never drank so much coffe my life:noway:
  • sashatranett
    sashatranett Posts: 44
    i wake up at 9pm to be at work by 1130 and i consider it to be my morning time. since i eat between 5 and 6 times a day, i eat every time i have a break (about every 3 hours) and it ends up working fine for me. since i started eating on a schedule, i actually find it a lot easier to stay awake at night. and try some green tea instead. if you don't want any extra sugar, stevia is an artificial sweetener with no calories and its made from the stevia plant, so its all natural, not like splenda or sweet n low. or try honey.
  • ToEKnee213
    ToEKnee213 Posts: 1,031 Member
    I go midnight to midnight because its easier for me to log on the weekends. I just know that on a weekday, my breakfast is at 9pm as opposed to 9am on the weekends.

    I drink LOTS of water (at least 72 ounces a 10 hour shift at work), though tonight I am splurging on some sweet tea.
  • TrishJimenez
    TrishJimenez Posts: 561 Member
    I work a late swing shift, usually getting off around 1-2 am. So I broke up my diary into 4 hour blocks. So it isnt meals, just what I ate in that time. Since I am also more of a grazer.
  • BIGJIMMYU
    BIGJIMMYU Posts: 1,221 Member
    My shifts are all over the place but I eat a lot of raw veggies on nightshifts such as fresh snap peas, carrot sticks and drink a lot of green tea. Sometimes coffee, sometimes water or diet pepsi. Whatever helps. Usually I tend to eat light on nights. Just makes me feel better and I tend to get less of those "nightshift hangovers" when I wake up in the afternoons.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    I log midnight to midnight. I pack my lunch and graze on it through out the night.
  • jstar05
    jstar05 Posts: 127 Member
    Hi there, i work from 830p-630a. my eating schedule is never the same, depends on how hungry I am when I get off of work and how long I sleep during the day. Coffee is a must, I also like black tea. Instead of sugar i use truvia or stevia, liquid stevia comes in different flavors, just recently found that out. Instead of cream for my coffee i use diet hot chocolate, only 25 calories a pack, fake starbucks as my coworker calls it. From midnight until the time i get off i try my best not to eat but if i have to it's a piece of fruit with an energy bar or peanut butter crackers. i also log midnight to midnight.
  • ejohndrow
    ejohndrow Posts: 1,399 Member
    There are groups on here you can check out to talk to people like yourself, Night Crawlers is one of them...along with Coffee Lovers. But, Night Crawlers is good, and there are also several 'night shift' threads floating around as well.

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