I work nights...when do I eat?!

You can eat at what ever time you wish, that has no bearing on weight loss. If you just started exercising and lowering calories a month ago it is plausible that you're retaining water that is masking any fat you've burned when you step on the scale. You also cannot out-exercise a bad diet, so if you are not weighing the foods you eat it is also possible you're eating more than you think you are. Unfortunately, just because something is healthier doesn't necessarily mean it has lower calories. However, this means you don't have to eat meal replacements unless you want to. You can eat what ever you want (within any medical caveats) and as long as it fits your calorie goals you're good. You do not need detox tea.

I worked nights for awhile. It's rough, everyone on shift gained weight over time. Also doesn't help where I was working if you needed to buy food the only thing open was 24 hours donut places and 711 convenience stores.

The struggle is that feeling of tired and fighting not to eat to feel awake. Set a schedule to eat, and premake and package your work food - ensuring to measure/weigh your food. Not weighing your food is a common error and you'll be surprise how much error you are probably making.

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ummmmm........you work nights so you should only eat at night time or you will die. In fact you should be on an all liquid diet. If you even go outside your skin will burn and you could die as well. And make sure to avoid Garlic and anything metal and pointy near your heart.

An easy and simple method that will work anytime of day or night is: eat breakfast within 30 minutes of waking up to get your metabolism going and then eat on a 2-2.5 hour basis all day. 2-2.5 hours after breakfast have a snack, after that lunch, next is another snack, then dinner, and usually something low calorie/low fat as a snack if you need it after dinner. My "go to" was low fat string cheese or a greek yogurt. Stop eating 2-3 hours before bed. I actually lost a ton of weight while eating on this schedule. Unfortunately I ended up getting really sick and eventually put all of the weight and then some on. Now i'm trying to reincorporate this schedule again myself. Keep in mind the portions are all smaller because you are eating so often. As for napping, same goes. Stop eating 2 hours before you plan on napping. Cut out a snack if you don't need it. When you wake up, eat something within 30 minutes. The whole 2 hour method was explained to me in terms of a fire, and it really made sense. Fire=metabolism. To build a fire you have to start out small and slowly feed it to get it going. Our metabolism works the same way. It sounds stupid, but holds some truth. I'm no expert but I can say that when I stuck to this plan and made healthy choices (including measuring portions) the weight came off pretty easily. Good luck!