Eating at work, not your normal 9-5....

BrightonChick

So I have a question....

I love the idea of this eating small meals regularly but how on earth do I tackle this whilst working 13hour shifts with barely an hour in the day to hydrate and feed!?

I'm a Nurse...it's long hours with little breaks. Throughout a day shift (0730 - 2030) I would have 15min break in the morning, usually 11am and about 20-30mins in the afternoon at about 5pm. Sometimes due to the department I work on I don't always get a break...so how, how HOW can we sort this teeny tiny hurdle??

Switching jobs is not an option

Spatialized

I used to have a snack after my med pass in the AM, try for lunch around 1300, quick bite around 1600 or pre-PACU end-of-shift dump, then home. Didn't always work. Took a turn for the fat when I went to nights, where it was med pass, snack the rest of the night to stay awake.

Lalouse

Eat breakfast before you leave home or right when you get to work i.e. before 7:30am.

At your 11am break, eat your lunch.

split your 5pm 20-30 minutes into a 2pm 15 minute snack and a 5pm 15 snack/dinner.

Does that make sense? Can it work?

skiersteve12345

if you cant eat 6 meals because of work, don't. meal frequency has nothing to do with weight loss/gain at all, eat 1 dinner with all the calories you need or split it between 3 or more meals it really doesn't matter, do what is convenient and best for you, i dont eat til 7pm at the earliest and have 3 (sometimes more) meals from 700 - 1000 cals in each and it works great for me

tobejune

I have a few friends who are nurses and some of their tips are to pack snacks that you can eat quickly. Fruit/ veggies, sandwiches, cheese or meat all cut into small pieces makes it easy to literally grab "a bite" when you pass the main station or wherever you can stash your food out of sight of patients. They also frequently use meal replacement shakes or nutrition bars and keep some on hand in their locker/ purse for those days when all of a sudden you realize you haven't eaten a thing in 7 hours.

taso42

Eat at the times when your life and schedule make it possible. Log your calories. Hit your targets.

linski24

Hi I'm a nurse and I take a little pot of almonds and a sandwich that I can shove down my gullet whils everyone thinks if gone to the loo ..!!
I don't do long days .. I do 8 hours but always too busy for breaks .!! (A/E) ..