The official nightshift thread....

Usually they hit me in Sept/Oct...sinus issues typically in the spring. So I'm blessed with both now! I can usually tough it out buy my poor little girl has been on meds since being a baby. Everyone always thought she was crying, watery eyes, runny nose and such. Poor thing. Still rough on her even with the meds...

When I get the bored munchies, I try to drink a bunch of water and see if that helps. Or drink some caffeine, that helps me out too.

I can't help you with the munchies issues. I've had brownies, ice cream, cookies and caffeine and I'm still dying. Fortunately I have a couch I can catch a quick nap on in between patients.

I pull a 62 hour shift. They let me nap when ever there is a break in patients. I don't get any breaks when there are patients so caffeine is sometimes my best friend. The problems is, when I get depressed or angry, I often take it out on my diet. It's a bad habit from when I was growing up. Hungry? Here, eat this. Feeling bad? Here, eat this. Bad day at school? Here, eat this. We train our children to have weight problems when they grow up and then let them spend millions on weight control plans and supplements. It's a crazy world we live in.

Absolutely.. I can relate completely. It's like food is the subconscious center of my universe. I eat when I'm happy. I eat when I'm stressed. I eat when I'm bored. Once I was rushing around and stopped to make a sandwich and eat it.. I thought, "I'm slammed for time and all stressed. Why am I stopping to eat?!!!" My view of food is totally broken.

I'm trying so so hard to help my daughters see food in a harmless light. I say we eat food to be healthy and have energy for our bodies. I let them eat candy/cookies within moderation and after eating healthier foods. I want having food around not to be a big deal for them. For me.. if there is cake around.. I'm eating it! Or I'm thinking about eating it.. stupid cake. I don't even really like cake!!!! ARGH! It has taken me a long time not to constantly be thinking about food. Like.. after eating breakfast thinking about what I'll eat next. Crazy.

I don't even mention that I'm trying to "lose weight" in front of them. I say "be healthy". I don't talk about not eating something because it is "bad". I just eat it or I don't. My mom was/is always on some fad diet and talking about how she wasn't supposed to eat this or that and then eating it.

Sorry I wrote so much! I'm really passionate about this.

We do the same with our girl, language wise when speaking about food. She is a great eater though, loves veggies more than just about anything. Willing to try anything. She really has a great mindset towards food. I tried to raise her differntly than I was and it has worked so far. I think about food CoNSTANTLY and cannot have stuff that I really love in the house because it will get eaten. No self control. So we stress eating healthy not anything about losing weight.

Oh, how I miss 3 and under. Back when accidents were accidents and not done out of spite. My daughter is a daddy's girl and acts just like me (stubborn, no self control, sassy pants)...so we butt heads a bit. I'm looking forward to all day kindergarten next year. I'm an only child...really enjoy my alone time...and she is the most social butterfly there is. Yup, all day kindergarten is going to be nice for both of us.

Evening all.....I have work munchies tips......but it does involve calories........

I work in a chocolate factory, we make 12 different types of chocolates...., After dinner mints, easter eggs, walnut whips, choc biscuits and peanut butter cups....so temptation is all around as you can imagine.......if left to my own devices I can eat a *kitten* load of calories in a night without thinking about it.....3 sweets are 150 cals......I can eat 100 a night......its easy in a 9 or 12 hour shift......lol....

A solution I found a few yrs back were polo mints.....(I live in UK...not sure what the yanks have that's same)...I suck on a mint for as long as possible.....I play a game with the mint...see how long I can suck it for...not chew it.....so it lasts........Now personally I don't like mints with chocolate...so sucking the mint stops me wanting / eating the choc........a pack of polo mints is 120 cals or close to that......and a full packet easily does my shift.....if a bad one....but usually 2 shifts.........so this saves me from eating a *kitten* load of calories in the sweets.....

So my tip....find a pack of suck able sweets / mints.....check the cals.....under 200....and make a game to make the pack last your full shift........eat one or 2 a time.....to get you through the craving for food...........

I'm an emotional eater all day long. Food has been the solution for everything from simply needing a nap to my marriage is ending. I try to get it under control but it's hard. Caffeine is a God send.

I'm thinking a midnight run to Super 1 groceries. They make good cake.

Forage had me lol'ing @belimawr. I think that is exactly what sleep-deprived people do. It isn't "snacking" out of hunger but foraging for energy sources to keep us coherent.

If you are going to breed your dog, you should have the money set aside for the C-Section when things go wrong.

Not our mutt! $$$$

Our cats have always been healthy. Frankie, who lived until nearly 20 was on BP meds towards the end, Sonny had stud chin once. That is about it. Dogs on the other hand...Tony was tumor-y. Nash, our current dog, is allergy ridden, gluten-free, bum hips. I know a girl that had purebred boxers, one had cancer the other diabetes. I think purebred/mutt...doesn't much matter with dogs especially...

I have 2 German shepherds, both boys. They're both a couple/few months shy of 2 and I'm hoping they stay healthy. One of them is def getting fixed before the other lol.

And we are home #3 for both of them.

jennifer_417 wrote: »

Oh hey, guess who's working nights again? That's right, this girl! How's everybody's night going?

S.L.O.W. It's the holiday, no one is coming in during the day, and barely anything to do. MFP and YouTube to help me stay awake. lol. Thankfully I am meeting some friends for a jog later in the morning after I get off work and I am looking forward to that. Oh and it's my Friday, can't complain too much. ( ^ _ ^ )