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Dschnei475
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Who are you ? What are your likes and dislikes ? What job do you work on the wonderful midnight shift ?
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Nice to see this group
I work as a bail bonds agent, 3rd shift, long hours and (usually) crazy customers.
I snack and snack and snack, especially during those early morning hours when there may be nothing going on, and I feel myself starting to crash.
Hope to see more faces here! Would love to swap ideas and things to help make our 3rd shift lives easier.
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Thanks ! I searched for one and couldnt find an active one so I figured I had to make one.
You have quite the interesting job by the way !!! Something Id totally be into lol
Snacking was the worst for me but now my health coach has me eating 20 grams of protein every 2.5 hours that I am up so that helps knowing I can have a snack at those times because I used to just eat and eat just to stay up !0 -
Well I guess I should introduce myself too
I work midnight shift for going on 5 years at a rehabilitation residential facility.
My clients sleep most of the night so I do have alot of down time which is nice but I definitely want to
get a day job after I graduate in April.
I think the hardest thing for me with this shift in regards to health is when to sleep and getting enough sleep. I am losing weight but sometimes worry that since I only sleep 4 -5 hours a day that I will eat more than I should.
I hope more people join so we can share our struggles and ideas on how to fix them 0 -
Thanks ! I searched for one and couldnt find an active one so I figured I had to make one.
You have quite the interesting job by the way !!! Something Id totally be into lol
Snacking was the worst for me but now my health coach has me eating 20 grams of protein every 2.5 hours that I am up so that helps knowing I can have a snack at those times because I used to just eat and eat just to stay up !
Great idea by making one! I don't know why I was looking for one tonight at the same time, but it's a great group!
Yes indeed, quite an interesting job I must say. I really do love my job, my boss, everything about it - just wish I had less long nights. :P
Protein is a great idea, what kinds of protein do you eat, by the way? I've been needing to go more gluten free these days until I lose some weight and exercise more (yikes, lol). So I would love some tips even with just the protein aspect, I've always been a carb junkie!0 -
My main sources are grilled chicken or Egg whites
Also, I am on herbalife products and they have a drink mix with lots of protein. It legit tastes like koolaid lol
I need to look up more protein things though because chicken and egg whites get old really fast.0 -
Hi! I'm so excited to see a night shift group. I work in a secure lock down facility for the mentally ill. S'called a crisis stabilization unit. I have the exact same problems, I don't sleep enough during the day and then I eat the ENTIRE time I'm awake...or I did, I'm doing much better on the whole...but its rough lol.0
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Welcome
Thats good its gotten better.
Are you on a specific food and work out plan ?0 -
Also your jobs sounds super interesting to me !0
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HELLO!!! Fellow dark sider here. I work as a 911 dispatcher in a large city in central NC.0
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wow props for doing your job ! I almost applied for the same position but realized I am just not strong enough for that ! Welcome by the way 0
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I'm a Veterinary Technician. I actually don't currently work third shift except like now when i'm covering for one of my co-workers. 10 years ago i did work full time overnights for three years and i've worked it on and off since then.
This week i'm experimenting with sleeping as soon as i get home vs waiting til noon to go to bed. What does everyone else do? Today i basically slept til four then got up and futzed around the house til it was time to come in. Tomorrow i'll try to have more energy and go outside and go for a walk or bike or something.
Also i tend to stick with frozen dinners when i'm working nights. And i bring healthy snacks and try very hard not to go to the vending machine for candy.0 -
Yeah it definately takes a certain personality to do this job. I have spent most of my adult life in emergency services (firefighter/paramedic) but this, by far, is the most fun to me.0
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I'm a Veterinary Technician. I actually don't currently work third shift except like now when i'm covering for one of my co-workers. 10 years ago i did work full time overnights for three years and i've worked it on and off since then.
This week i'm experimenting with sleeping as soon as i get home vs waiting til noon to go to bed. What does everyone else do? Today i basically slept til four then got up and futzed around the house til it was time to come in. Tomorrow i'll try to have more energy and go outside and go for a walk or bike or something.
Also i tend to stick with frozen dinners when i'm working nights. And i bring healthy snacks and try very hard not to go to the vending machine for candy.
Wow, everyone has such interesting lives! I'm glad I'm not the only night-walker in here. haha :P
Also, I wanted to reply to this as I read about the sleeping schedules. My sleep schedule used to be all OVER the place when I first started 3rd shift about 3 years ago, but (unless there is something else I'm scheduled for during the morning hours, like a dentist or doctor appointment) I get off work between 6-8am, and I usually lay right down and try and sleep until about 3-5pm, whenever I get up. Lately I've only been getting about 6 hours of sleep so I too am worried this will start affecting me.
I've found that sleeping right after work, or trying to, and then waking up and having some downtime before work really helps me get a more stable schedule.
Also, the reason for my 6-ish hours a day of sleep is my darn anxiety. It starts hitting sometimes and I will wake up much earlier than I intend to, or else my room is much too light.
I think I need to work on exercising WAY more to work on that anxiety, and investing in blackout curtains. :P0 -
By the way 116 down ? thats awesome !!! how did you do it ?0
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Welcome
Thats good its gotten better.
Are you on a specific food and work out plan ?
Not really lol. I'm eating 6 or 7 times a day, no soda. Recommended serving sizes lol No fast food.0 -
Oh! weighing in on the sleep thing. I also sleep first thing in the morning when I get home around 8. I've been making my self stay in bed until 330 or 4 so as to keep my eating on track. I've found that black out curtains and then a white noise app on my phone help a LOT. Then sometimes I just set an alarm on my phone and say "you don't have to do ANYTHING until you hear the alarm on you're phone." because I found a LOT of the time I had this sense of things needed to be done that had me getting up to early...and then I'd just sit in the chair in my living room and eat like a zombie lol. Not healthy at all, so yeah, those work for me, ESPECIALLY the app, I have one where you can mix you're own sounds so its really awesome.0
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Hello all
Some interesting jobs here for sure. I work at Walmart as a Customer Service Manager. I'll tell you working 3rd shift there is always interesting.
I know I do not get enough sleep either, like most of you I'm sure. I tend to stay up in the mornings. I go swim for an hour or so after work each morning, then come home and catch up on house chores and computer time. I try to sleep by 12 or 1, My problem is not staying asleep. I wake up when my daughter comes home from school about 3:30. We usually chat about her day for a bit, and then she leaves for work and I try to go back to sleep. I'm usually up for good by about 8. Only time I get consecutive hours of sleep is on the weekends.
Hard thing for me in the beginning of this journey was being around all the candy and junk food at the registers. Part of my job is to stock them, I tell you smelling chocolate all night long and not having any is torture! I used to have quite the sweet tooth. It has gotten much better over the last few months. I'm eating more fruits and veggies, and much less candy and chips and such. I do still struggle some nights though.
So, do you all do this shift because you enjoy it, or out of necessity?0 -
Hello - introducing myself to the group. I'm a Police Officer so work a wide range of shifts. Currently in the middle of a set of nights (2100-0700). My sleep has ALWAYS been an issue.. However, I gave up caffeine in November 2013 and it has made a mahoosive difference. Today, I got into bed at 0800 and slept until 1330 which is really long, for me. I no longer use MFP for logging my calories, I stopped doing that about six months ago, having logged for about 2 years and losing about 20lb. I'm 5'4" and weigh 124lb these days which I'm happy with but I'm now looking to build muscle and generally go from being an ok slim shape to having a toned muscly body I'm proud of. I exercise about 6 days a week - a mixture of running, gym (including weights), circuits, netball and HIIT. I don't have a particular programme, I just like to DO something and feel my body BURN lol!!!! I have recently re-found MFP but these days more for the forums and community, than for the calorie counting. Thanks for the group!0
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Hi,
I work the midnight shift also, and Im new to this website. I work as a 911 dispatcher and I work from 7pm to 7am. I work odd days like work 2 off 3 work 2 off 2 work 3 lol0 -
I see that there is another night walker one here that is a 911 dispatcher....hey how are you?0
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Hello all~
I work on the drilling rigs, as a geologist. I don't always work nights, but I've done a lot of them this winter. I work 12 hour shifts, but I don't get to go home in between, as I am sometimes 6 to 12 hour drive away from home. Other than the 12 hour shifts, we don't have a set rotation, so I am sometimes gone anywhere from a few days, to a month or more.
I stay in a trailer on location, which has a kitchen, and most of the time, I bring my own food and cook it, just like at home. But I've done a few jobs in remote locations, where there is a camp, which makes meal planning impossible.
When I work nights, I get off at either 6 or 7 am, at which point I get to go to bed immediately (my bed is in the next room from my kitchen/living room/workspace). I try to get 7 hours of sleep, but I usually get 5-6, and then sneak in a nap at some point.
As for meal times, I have breakfast at 3 or 4 in the afternoon (usually yoghurt with fruit and some sort healthy carb, like chia or oatmeal). Then I have lunch around 7-8 pm, dinner at midnight, and a snack at some point before I head to bed, so I don't wake up hungry at 10 am. I have my calorie target set at 1550/day, with 35% carbs, 35% protein and 30% fats. I start my logging day when I wake up, and just put everything in that day, until I go to bed.
I use towels or black garbage bags to block out any light that shines in my room, and I try not to get up and use the bathroom, because that usually wakes me up enough that I can't get back to sleep. I also sleep with earplugs, as drilling rigs can be noisy!0 -
Hello everyone,
Darin here. I work as a coroner in California and this is my first stent on graveyard shift in the 9 years I have worked here. Been lucky I guess that someone else was always wanting the shift. It has been a rough go. I am on month 3 of a 6 month stent. Might be longer who knows. Been a challenge adjusting to the sleep hours. Havn't been sleeping enough which leaves me hungry all the time. Breakfast in the car on commutes home has become an issue. Helps me stay awake on the hour plus commute. If only there were healthier choices via the fastfood route. Then I get home and snack for hours. I feel I am almost adjusted to the new routine and have been trying to get the workouts going again. Hope that some support from some chronic nightowls might help me out.0 -
Hello everyone,
Darin here. I work as a coroner in California and this is my first stent on graveyard shift in the 9 years I have worked here. Been lucky I guess that someone else was always wanting the shift. It has been a rough go. I am on month 3 of a 6 month stent. Might be longer who knows. Been a challenge adjusting to the sleep hours. Havn't been sleeping enough which leaves me hungry all the time. Breakfast in the car on commutes home has become an issue. Helps me stay awake on the hour plus commute. If only there were healthier choices via the fastfood route. Then I get home and snack for hours. I feel I am almost adjusted to the new routine and have been trying to get the workouts going again. Hope that some support from some chronic nightowls might help me out.
Wow you really are on the "grave yard " shift. What made you get into that business?
Also you should download the app for your phone called restaurant nutrition. Its shows calories for all the menu items for many chain places including fast food . Its been really helpful for me when I go out to restaurants.0 -
Hello all~
I work on the drilling rigs, as a geologist. I don't always work nights, but I've done a lot of them this winter. I work 12 hour shifts, but I don't get to go home in between, as I am sometimes 6 to 12 hour drive away from home. Other than the 12 hour shifts, we don't have a set rotation, so I am sometimes gone anywhere from a few days, to a month or more.
I stay in a trailer on location, which has a kitchen, and most of the time, I bring my own food and cook it, just like at home. But I've done a few jobs in remote locations, where there is a camp, which makes meal planning impossible.
When I work nights, I get off at either 6 or 7 am, at which point I get to go to bed immediately (my bed is in the next room from my kitchen/living room/workspace). I try to get 7 hours of sleep, but I usually get 5-6, and then sneak in a nap at some point.
As for meal times, I have breakfast at 3 or 4 in the afternoon (usually yoghurt with fruit and some sort healthy carb, like chia or oatmeal). Then I have lunch around 7-8 pm, dinner at midnight, and a snack at some point before I head to bed, so I don't wake up hungry at 10 am. I have my calorie target set at 1550/day, with 35% carbs, 35% protein and 30% fats. I start my logging day when I wake up, and just put everything in that day, until I go to bed.
I use towels or black garbage bags to block out any light that shines in my room, and I try not to get up and use the bathroom, because that usually wakes me up enough that I can't get back to sleep. I also sleep with earplugs, as drilling rigs can be noisy!
Welcome Also congrats on the weight already lost ! 0 -
Hello all
Some interesting jobs here for sure. I work at Walmart as a Customer Service Manager. I'll tell you working 3rd shift there is always interesting.
I know I do not get enough sleep either, like most of you I'm sure. I tend to stay up in the mornings. I go swim for an hour or so after work each morning, then come home and catch up on house chores and computer time. I try to sleep by 12 or 1, My problem is not staying asleep. I wake up when my daughter comes home from school about 3:30. We usually chat about her day for a bit, and then she leaves for work and I try to go back to sleep. I'm usually up for good by about 8. Only time I get consecutive hours of sleep is on the weekends.
Hard thing for me in the beginning of this journey was being around all the candy and junk food at the registers. Part of my job is to stock them, I tell you smelling chocolate all night long and not having any is torture! I used to have quite the sweet tooth. It has gotten much better over the last few months. I'm eating more fruits and veggies, and much less candy and chips and such. I do still struggle some nights though.
So, do you all do this shift because you enjoy it, or out of necessity?
I also do not get decent sleep until the weekends !!
I originally worked the job because I had already registered for my first semester of college and my classes were like all different times. I find that it was helpful through undergrad which I am finishing up. Looking and applying for day jobs in my field now 0 -
Welcome Also congrats on the weight already lost !
Thanks
I actually find it easier to eat well at work, because I just don't buy/bring junk food, so I don't have access to it, like I do at home.0 -
Hey guys, I work swing shift so i hope i still qualify for this group. Only two night shifts a week. I work in a railroad dispatch center monitoring the signal system and doing minor IT work. Been on MFP for over 2 years lost a bunch of weight and gained a bit back now working to start losing again.0
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I'm Nate. I joined mfp several years ago because I was seriously fat. I had an ephaniy in 2008 when I was in Uganda and it took me over an hour to hike up a hill that should have only taken me thirty minutes. I didn't really do anything about it for several months because I was thinking about how to lose weight, how to exercise, how to eat properly. So I read articles on fitness, health, and diet until I came up with a plan. My motto is From Lardass to Hardass. My theme is Eat Less, Move More, which is also my strategy. I discovered mfp because of a local news story about someone on mfp losing over 100lbs, she was also on national news. My plan for mfp was to track cals and exercise. I eventually ended up losing about 145 lbs but looked like death warmed over so I deliberately regained about 50 lbs. That ended up being a little to much gain, now am trying to get back down to 190-200. 195 is were I feel my best and strongest.
I go by Flash on here because I work for a security department at a university in the pacific northwest. And I like to chase bad guys. A lot. On foot. And I catch most of them. These are kids half my age that should be able to get away from me with out problem. They usually just shake their heads in disbelief when they see an old geezer like me caught them.0 -
You do qualify !! Even if you didnt we wouldnt discriminate
Also, Just wanted to say congrats on the weight already lost over 100 pounds just amazing 0 -
Welcome !
It is inspiring that you lost so much already !!
I am on my journey to losing that much and sometimes it seems impossible.
Your job sounds interesting by the way !0
