Do you work nights?!?

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.

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.