What is helpful for those that work the night shift....

samigirl1975

I had done it before but I don't have my treadmill anymore.. I have 2 days off and my schedule varies from 6pm to 2am, 8pm to 4am, and 9pm to 6am. I try not to eat the fattening food at work, I eat salad, veggies, fruit and when I am at home, I eat Special K foods like the cereal, protein bars, a nice filling meal, that is sometimes not so healthy, protein shakes, green tea, and I drink 4 - 8 cups of water and use my exercise bike 1 or 2 times a week depending on my schedule and I am taking online classes. I do the MFP and limit my calorie intake within the 24 hours, can anyone suggest anything or should I just watch my calorie intake from 12 am to 12 am or should I adjust it from when I wake up to when I go to bed? I am awake when most people are sleeping and sleeping when most people are awake.

sineadramsay

i'm the same. i've only started this journey but i just limit my calorie intake from 12am till 12am

darrensurrey

Why the protein shakes? Are you lifting heavy and not eating enough protein?

As to your question, just log it all as MFP wants it; your body doesn't care what time it is. If it helps, I eat 50% of my calories after 7pm if I'm not working.

samigirl1975

They are special K protein shakes... LOL I drink em cuz they seem to fill me up...

BelindaDuvessa

Go look at my Diary. I made it time frames. 12-6, 6-12, 12-6, 6-12, starting from midnight to midnight. I log everything I eat within those time frames. I close my diary out before midnight, even though that is halfway through my shift. I switch from nights to days and back again every 2 months, so I have found that in the long run, this is better for me. If you do it this way, the first couple of nights might look funny, but it should even out after that. My diary is open if you want to check it out.

Lonewolf1507

I rotate shifts on a 3 week rota, 06:00-14:00, 14:00-22:00 and 22:00-06:00. What I do on the week I am on nights is to log my food overnight as lunch as I will/should be asleep at lunchtime, then have a cereal breakfast before bed. I have found these weeks I can actually lose more weight than on the other 2 weeks, I will get up and go to the gym every other afternoon.

Andy

darrensurrey

They are special K protein shakes... LOL I drink em cuz they seem to fill me up...

Ah, I'd just eat more meat and fish.

samigirl1975

Thanks everyone for the input. It just seems hard. I can't shake the weight even tho I watch what I eat and limit my sweets. I guess I should see if my boyfriend can make room for my treadmill. I loved my treadmill, I would go on it 5 days a week along with my weights. I was thinking of buying an elliptical instead.

lisa28115

i log midnight to midnight

lisa28115

go to the official night shift thread and you can talk to other night shifters

Railr0aderTony

OFFICIAL NIGHTSHIFT THREAD

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740806-official-nightshift-thread?page=5#posts-10946896