Do you work nights?!?

interceptor311

They are all long. :-(

lisa28115

some nights are longer than others

vampire_cakes

yay im overnight worker! friend call me vampire ironically im training to be a phlebotomist! har har..so i work 10pm-630am add me i could use some more friends plz

klpruitt7

I'm an evening shift worker! Blah! I work 4-12... I would say most of us on the night work are in public safety or nursing? Am I right?!

Telecommunications at a Hospital.

Same here - computers @ hospital

lisa28115

check out the official nightshift thread

boomrain

My last night on shift. Haven't been feeling well. Working nights and being sick really suck. So then why did I eat that cupcake?!? Ugh. Not looking forward to my weigh-in this week.

pinkprincess1952

Ok so its going to be a very long night.... Very tired... No sleep, at work till 7am and I am patient sitting

MsTonyaRenee

I'm a night owl too! I work swing shift so I go on nights 2 months at a time, then days. working a 3-2-2 Schedule. Can make for a confusing food schedule

judykay05

I am a truck driver and I drive midnight to 11 am 6 days a week for 6 weeks at a time, then I have 2 weeks off. I do have breakfast around 1:30 am, a snack around 6 am, and my lunch at 11:30 and another snack around 4. It gets very confusing sometimes. So my biggest problem is that I eat for energy to stay awake.

I have a pretty good sleep routine, but sometimes I just can't sleep and that's normally when I get into trouble.

I have pretty much thrown in the towel and given up, but I keep gaining and I can't handle it!

uhlu

I work 12hours night shifts, 6pm-6am. I am a 911 dispatcher so it's high stress and I've gone a whole night without eating (not good!). I keep the same schedule when I'm off for the most part, unless I have appts or things I HAVE to go to during daywalker hours. It's incredibly hard to eat normal with this work schedule! I have been at it over a year and I still haven't grasped it well. The ONE thing that does help me is to eat a big meal before midnight, then only have snacks after that. It prevents the dreaded occurance of laying in bed after a LONG shift... tired out of your mind... and realizing, I'M HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!

girlsonly04

I dont work nights but I have crazy hours. I am a dayhome provider and a single mother of two. My hours can run me to working 12-14 hours a day there are months where I can get only 2 days off. I have been at this for 10 years now. It is the only way I could be with my children while they are young and not work away from home. It can though be hard to eat properly it has taken me hitting my forties to realize if I dont start being serious I could lose out on seeing my children getting past high school. I had tried every diet I could (some not healthy) But now I am on the right track and through myfitnesspal I am feeling ten times better and excited about this journey. Still have my challenging times but going to keep focusing on the positives.

lisa28115

hey guys ...

check out the official nightshift thread to talk to other nightshifters

pinkprincess1952

Fun and easy way to shred lbs... Dance for kinect... Its fun and easy... you get to listen to all types of your fave music and it also has sweat counter on it, so you can tell how many calories your burning

somanyrhoades

I work nights and let me just say it makes you a crazy person! Well at least it has me anyways. pretty sure that's why I gained 10 lbs over the past year or so without changing my diet or exercise routine. It's taken me some time to get a meal schedule down. I work 11p to 7a 5-6 days a week. here's what I do, but this may not work for you since you probably sleep 8 consecutive hours whereas I only sleep in 4 hour blocks due to my family life. I eat breakfast when I come home usually around 8 or 830, definitely nothing heavy otherwise I can't sleep... usually a small bowl of cereal or a scrambled egg or piece of toast with a little peanut butter on it. I have a snack when I wake up aroun 1 or 2. I usually have "lunch" around 4 or 5 pm, but I try to keep it closer to 4 because I lay down again at 730 pm and I don't sleep well on a full stomach. I work in a hospital and the cafeteria opens at 1 am so that's when I eat dinner. Lucky for me they only serve healthy food. No cheeseburgers, no fries, no garbage. They have fish almost every night and also have a few veggies to choose from. Even the vending maching only contain low-fat snacks like pretzels, granola and baked chips. They also care things like soy milk, greek yogurt and smoothies so it makes eating at night a little easier for me. Sometimes I have a snack around 5 am, like almonds or a piece of fruit, but I don't always do this, just depends on how satisfying my dinner was. 3 or 4 days a week I pack my lunch but I am used to eating at that time so that's when I eat.

somanyrhoades

I work night shift at the hospital- 3 12 hr shifts 7p-7a. I have the same struggle as most people. More so with excerising than eating. I goto bed at 830am try to wake up at 230pm to walk the dogs and 45 min of cardio. but some people dont understand sleeping 6 hours during the day is WAAYYY different than sleeping 6 hours at night. If they think it is, then they should try it for a week. So when I wake my energy is zilch and feel like a zombie walking the dogs. I havent had problems with dieitng bc i bring small snacks to work, i love the green giant instant veggie steamers. very filling. I cook a weeks worth of chicken breasts and bring the veggies- what a filling meal. also bring apples and penut butter, carrot sticks, celery, small yogurts.

THIS IS MY EXACT PROBLEM! I find it so hard to find the time/energy to exercise. i try to walk for at least 20 minutes consecutively while I'm at work and on my "official" break (I eat and chart at the same time). And then I'm so tired by the time I get home I go to bed for 4 hours. wake up at 1 or 2 to get my daughter off the bus and god knows she won't let me get in any real exercise (we do some together but she's 7 so she can't really keep up with a vigorous cardio work out). By the time we finish her home work, make dinner and get a bath it's time for me to go to bed again. It's so hard, especially the not having energy part. Daytime sleeping is NOT the same thing as night sleeping and never will be! Sigh. i want a day job!

lisa28115

I work nights and I know exactly how you feel

EyeBite

I understand what you mean! I work 7p-7a at a hospital. It's frustrating to watch what I eat. It's like my days run into each other.

lisa28115

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/706012-official-nightshift-thread?page=15#posts-10406368

checkout the above thread

this is where the nightshifters hang out

pinkprincess1952

I work nights and let me just say it makes you a crazy person! Well at least it has me anyways. pretty sure that's why I gained 10 lbs over the past year or so without changing my diet or exercise routine. It's taken me some time to get a meal schedule down. I work 11p to 7a 5-6 days a week. here's what I do, but this may not work for you since you probably sleep 8 consecutive hours whereas I only sleep in 4 hour blocks due to my family life. I eat breakfast when I come home usually around 8 or 830, definitely nothing heavy otherwise I can't sleep... usually a small bowl of cereal or a scrambled egg or piece of toast with a little peanut butter on it. I have a snack when I wake up aroun 1 or 2. I usually have "lunch" around 4 or 5 pm, but I try to keep it closer to 4 because I lay down again at 730 pm and I don't sleep well on a full stomach. I work in a hospital and the cafeteria opens at 1 am so that's when I eat dinner. Lucky for me they only serve healthy food. No cheeseburgers, no fries, no garbage. They have fish almost every night and also have a few veggies to choose from. Even the vending maching only contain low-fat snacks like pretzels, granola and baked chips. They also care things like soy milk, greek yogurt and smoothies so it makes eating at night a little easier for me. Sometimes I have a snack around 5 am, like almonds or a piece of fruit, but I don't always do this, just depends on how satisfying my dinner was. 3 or 4 days a week I pack my lunch but I am used to eating at that time so that's when I eat.

I eat like I am suppose too, and I gained 15lbs from working the night shift

frankiedb

Yikes!! I feel for you.. I don't work nights, but if you sanity you can count on me.

PerfectAndi

I work 1p-11p and have to get up @ 7/7:30 because that's when my daughter gets up.

gshoemaker06

No

VanessaHeartsMasr

I work nights. 8 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. M-Friday. In fact, I'm working right now. Oops.

Add me if you would like.

AmyFett

I'm up all night, my husband works night shift and I can't sleep when no one's in the house..

knw32183

I basically work second shift from 4 or 5 until 1230am. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later depending on how busy then night is ( I work at Subway) and I am usually up until 4am trying to wind down to go to bed. I ended up changing my meal times to just Before Work, At Work, After Work. It was the only way I can keep straight what I am eating when:)

pookerdoodle

HI...
I too, work nights...7p-7a. It is a difficult switch back and forthe trying to juggle off days...Feel free to add me if you would like...We could swap ideas...

ej_rocky

YEAH, I WORK NIGHTS! I WORK 2 WEEKS DAYS AND TWO WEEKS NIGHTS...TOUGH ON SLEEP!!

pinkprincess1952

I am at work right now and theres nothing to do... I am bored all I do is sit here at the computer... I work in the hospital, I have a few things here and there to do but thats about it...

nmhanna

Anybody still out there???