Night shift...and counting calories from when to when?

Going from wakeup to bedtime works for me.

I work nights and like a previous poster I do wake up time to start and bedtime to end so me it's 2pm start and 8am end of day. I do occasionally work doubles which is trickey.. On those days I tend to try to keep to healthy snack and salads while I'm up then start my day again once I've slept. If you have that class on the same day you work nights I would count the calories into one of your days and keep it a high protiene snack to keep full. I find doing start of day when you wake up and end of day when you go to bed the easiest way of doing things, especially if your like me and on my days off I tend to stick to a normal persons schedule.

When I worked 12 hr shifts I counted from midnight to midnight--24 hour period. I ate my heaviest meal when I woke up (dinner usually) since I needed the calories and energy to get through the first part of the night. I snacked on fruit and protein (cheese sticks) during the night and ate breakfast at 4am (oatmeal)...nothing too heavy before going to bed at 8am.
And, I lost weight doing that

I'd say wake up to sleep, just like everyone else... however I've never worked night shift. Do whatever works for you, just keep it consistant :-)

if you guys get bored, there is the official nightshift thread , many nightshifters hang out and chat.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/772807-official-nightshift-thread?page=16#posts-11632661