Very sorry to hear about your friend. I lost my best friend about 13 years ago to cancer, I was crushed, I have yet to find a friend like him.

Eating, I think of my day as opposite of everyone else. I go to bed at 10am just as day workers would go to bed at 10pm. When I wake up at 5pm I eat breakfast just as people who wake up at 5am would eat breakfast. I go to work at 11pm so I eat "lunch" at 1am and then eat dinner when I get home at 8am.

Hope this helps

You and your friend are in my prayers. I work 7pm-7am in an ER. My family's schedule at dinner time is extremely not regular from day to day. If I'm hungry when I wake up, I will eat whatever I want (sometimes breakfast items, sometimes dinner, sometimes a salad). I have found that if I fulfill my taste buds with what they want from the get go, there are less cravings during the night. Since I usually don't have time to sit for a whole meal, I have started packing grab and go snacks. I keep them on me or at the desk. EX's: celery and peanut butter, cereal no milk, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, nuts, air popped popcorn minus salt. All of these snacks I measure out to ensure serving sizes. I am trying to get in the habit of making my snack bags on the days I don't work so I can sleep longer on the stretch of days I am working, thus not being sleep deprived I can say no to sodas and sweets better!