NIGHT SHIFTers

almonds1
almonds1 Posts: 642 Member
edited September 30 in Motivation and Support
Whats up??? Cheers to dinner at 4am ;)
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  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    LOL AMEN!!!
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Aww, my dinner was at midnight, but my pre-workout snack at 4am!
    Finally out of here at 6. Bleh!
  • ACowboyKid
    ACowboyKid Posts: 142
    Hah. Yeah totally had dinner at 4a.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    I tend to snack a TON at work LOL....It's all veggies and fruit and crap, like right now...sliced cucumber.

    But I've got a bag of popcorn on standby and my actual "meal" still in the freezer....don't think I'll get to it though because I had a salad earlier.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I hate snacking here, since all I do is sit at a desk!

    I turn my designated breaks into small meal times, and my lunch hour as dinner.

    In my food diary, lunch is usually 9:30 pm, dinner is midnight, and snacks are 4am.
  • AmerTunsi
    AmerTunsi Posts: 655 Member
    oh my, everyone is talking about food ..and popcorn sounds delicious! AHHHHHHH
  • ColorfulChels
    ColorfulChels Posts: 7
    I know the pain. Shift starts at 11pm and ends at 7. I never know when to eat
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Oh yeah, 7pm to 6am.
    Saturday-Tuesday.
    Awful, right?! My whole weekend is burnt.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    That is a tough schedule!

    I'm 12a-8a Monday-Friday....which means my Saturday is shot for the most part.
  • ACowboyKid
    ACowboyKid Posts: 142
    Oh dang that makes my shift sound like a breeze. I'm 9:30p-6a except for Sundays which is 7:30-6a. Except I also work 7a-3p shifts too which blow waaaay more than the night shifts.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I was thinking about getting a second job during the day.
    At least until school starts.
    I want one at like, Rue 21, just for the employee discount. :D
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    I've done that before....worked at Gamestop from 2pm-9pm after doing the 12-8a thing.

    THAT sucked hard. But needed the cash
  • AmerTunsi
    AmerTunsi Posts: 655 Member
    At least you all are making money for the night hours you are awake ... i just can't sleep at night, so i work out and surf the web.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I wish I could be working out!
    I hit the gym at 6am.
    Stupid morning rush, too. ]:
  • ColorfulChels
    ColorfulChels Posts: 7
    Im a rotating shift. 4 weeks on day, 4 weeks on afternoons and then 4 weeks on midnights.
    Anyone with any advise on how I can keep my eating an exercising on track
  • AmerTunsi
    AmerTunsi Posts: 655 Member
    Yeah it is not bad. I have been working up my endurance and stamina ... and just take it in 1 hour chunks at a time ... and *try* to reach like 4 hours.
  • Chrissy2627
    Chrissy2627 Posts: 70
    It's good to know that I am not the only one awake at this ungodly hour. Sitting here eating cut up strawberries :) 7p-7a shift tonight. Bleh.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Im a rotating shift. 4 weeks on day, 4 weeks on afternoons and then 4 weeks on midnights.
    Anyone with any advise on how I can keep my eating an exercising on track


    Just consider a day as wake up to wake up.
    That's what I do. [:
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    It's good to know that I am not the only one awake at this ungodly hour. Sitting here eating cut up strawberries :) 7p-7a shift tonight. Bleh.


    Whoa, we have almost identical hours!
    Stupid long shifts. ]:
    Totally jealous of the strawberries!!
  • almonds1
    almonds1 Posts: 642 Member
    I can't work out after a nigh shift...always before, I have no energey lol

    I just had some strawberries, nuts and chicken lol...random
  • almonds1
    almonds1 Posts: 642 Member
    ps 2300-0900
  • AmerTunsi
    AmerTunsi Posts: 655 Member
    doesn't sound tooooo random! okay, no more talk about food. la la la la
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I do Zumba when I first wake up, which is anywhere from 2-4pm.

    Then I eat breakfast, come to work.

    When I leave, I go straight to the gym.
  • happymom1197
    happymom1197 Posts: 155
    I tend to snack a TON at work LOL....It's all veggies and fruit and crap, like right now...sliced cucumber.

    But I've got a bag of popcorn on standby and my actual "meal" still in the freezer....don't think I'll get to it though because I had a salad earlier.

    I'm notorious for snacking at work. Lol. Of course, all of my snacks add up to the same amount of calories as a single meal, but some people just don't understand that it takes a lot of hummus to equal the same calories as their calzone. :) Here is to all night snacking!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    So, what do you all do for work?!
  • ColorfulChels
    ColorfulChels Posts: 7
    Thats a good idea, I just get too stuck on what food I've eaten for what day and what meal I'm eating. LOL
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    So, what do you all do for work?!

    I'm a TV Engineer and Technical Director during our Morning Newscast.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    So, what do you all do for work?!

    I'm a TV Engineer and Technical Director during our Morning Newscast.

    Sounds a whole lot cooler than my job.
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    My job consists of:

    12a-4a:

    Putting in TV Shows to air....checking the log to make sure commercials and shows are correct....watch tv. :D

    4a-8a:

    Push buttons and switch the news in the control room.....OR.....Roll the commercial breaks and count the control room in from the commercial breaks.
  • blood_sweat_tears
    blood_sweat_tears Posts: 3
    Hey fellow night shifters,

    just for curiosity when do you work out? Before or after your shift? I usually work 6 pm to 6 am and I get up around 3.30 pm to work out before my shift starts, when do you fit it in and why?
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