Tips on losing weight when working Overnights?

I have the same problem. I work at night also. I have a hard time keeping my food journal because it seems like my days and nights blur into one another. I try to eat my heaviest meal for lunch, which is most peoples dinner time around 6p. I eat light the rest of the night while I'm at work.

I work 11pm to 7am too. I do fine eating at work. I have an open food diary and I also put the times I am eating in my food notes. On sundays I work 10:30am to 7pm, but Monday - Thursday I work the 11 pm to 7pm. You are welcome to add me as a friend too if you would like

I work swing shift (3-11) and I always feel weird on work days I Just pack my lunch and eat normal, the only problem I am having now is getting exercise in on days I work!

Instead of thinking in days like normal hours are. Make a day start when you get up and end when you go to bed and space out your meals appropriately. This helps since I work overnights 11:30pm-7:45am. My schedule is the following: wake up around 2-3pm eat breakfast, snack 3 hours later, lunch 3-4 hours later, small snack just before I start work then dinner during my break. I used to try to eat light during the 8 hours I worked but found myself hungry. Spacing out eating as if your up during a normal hour day I have found has started my weightloss. It dosnt matter when you eat but how many calories from when you get up I when you go to bed. As also stated sleep defintly effects the weight loss.. Get light blocking curtains for your bedroom they make a world of
A difference for tricking your mind into thinking its night when your sleeping during the day.

I work 5PM til 5AM...it is extremely hard to do...but you have to pre-pack your meals and make sure you drink plenty of water...also dont wait too long to eat...if you do then you will more than likely gorge yourself when you do finally eat. I try to eat every 2-3 hours and 3 hours is max. Atleast a healthy snack anyways. Good luck!! : )~

Ohhh yea try to stay away from breads and sugar hehe....they always make me hungrier for some odd reason LOL

I have worked night shifts before; has been quite some time. You may want to adapt your thinking to this scheme... Think of your day being between sleeps. So on a 10-6 shift, if you sleep say between 7am - 3:pm then about 4 pm would be "breakfast", Pre-work meal, your "lunch" and During work meal "Dinner"... The key is making sure your goal calories are met between the sleeping times (you can have some variation of this... However your schedule works. In some ways it may even be better. For instance, if you have a gym membership, the gym is open during nearly all your off hours so it is available to you for a longer period of time... Transistioning during off-days may be an issue still but I think it should be workable. Best wishes on your journey.

I work on call from 7p to 7a Mon - Fri and I usually eat dinner foods when I wake up and want my breakfast foods last. I don't know why, this is just what my body wants. I do have my windows blacked out and sleep after my kids leave for school, until they get home. Best of luck!!

I worked Graveyard for almost 2 years....... I sooo feel your pain.

Great nights sleep is needed for adequate weight loss. People who sleep during the day are NEVER as well rested as people who sleep during the night because our brains release melatonin naturally when it's dark outside. Melatonin is needed for great sleep, and melatonin also helps with other hormones in our bodies. It helps us sleep well and this gives our body a chance to recover and repair itself. For this reason alone, melatonin is very important for our health. It's also an antioxidant and an anti-cancer agent.
http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/melatonin-and-sleep

With that said, working graveyard can EASILY hault weight loss. The best advice I can give you is count every calorie you consume and drink lots of water.... and of course, sleep when you can with black out curtains and something over your eyes.

Oh, if you have a Kroger/Fred Meyer in your area... they sale packs of salad for less than $1! My favorite is shredded lettuce, I eat every day.

i work overnights as well 12-8am I have an hr commute so im home 9 930 i come home pick up my son then i make breakfast so by 10am breakfast then i workout and then i take a nap by about 2 or 3 im up i make lunch then i begin colking dinner bout 4 or 5 i usually eat dinner a lil later about 7 or 8 and when i get to work i have water and some fruit or snacks like wheat thins or yogurt this works for me