Graveyard shift?

I went from 8 hour day shifts to 4 night shifts a week and a few day shifts in between. I lost a lot of weight, (I loved it) but a year later, it all came back plus 15 more! I was soooo mad!!! I can't really give you too much advice, I just saw that no one has responded yet. I would do a bit of research or talk to a nutritionist because night shifts are really hard on the body! Good luck to you

I work 10:45 pm to 8:45 am. I also have an hour drive minimum each way. I'm away from the house for nearly 13 miles. I eat at 3am, 10am and 8pm. I do a snack at 1am and another around 6am. I sleep from 11 or 12 noon until 7 or 8pm. I am losing about one pound per week. I walk as soon as I have my 10am meal.

I work nights. Saturday night to Tuesday night 10 hours (9pm to 7am). I go to bed 8-830am. I am up at 3-330pm. I keep to that routine. On Wednesdays I may wake up earlier, but then I go to bed around 12am and am up with everyone else for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Saturdays I take a nap before work. about 3 hours. I leave the house at 830pm, so I nap from 4pm to 7pm.

I don't worry about eating at the same time every day at all. How I do it is based on when I am awake and work from there, I try to eat in the first 2 hours of waking up for breakfast, Lunch is always after gym. Supper is sometime after that, during the days off, at the normal time as everyone else (between 430 and 630 depending on whose turn it is to cook and what is cooking), when I work supper is at 'lunch' break at work, or whenever I feel hungry (12-1am usually), and snacks throughout the night until about 3-4am (mostly because I find if I don't eat 3 to 4 hours before going to bed I don't have indigestion and have trouble sleeping).

It works into a routine, but I just shift between nights and days without worrying about eating at the same exact time everyday.

I dont exercise nearly enough. We have 3 boys at home so we don't have a regular exercise schedule.

Boy, do I know what you mean. I work Wednesday through Sunday, 7PM to 3AM. Usually on weekdays, being a single mom, I stay up until about 7:30AM to get my son off to school, then I sleep from about 8 to 2:30 when he comes home. I'm so glad my local gym has classes in the evening, or I'd never go. It still stinks that a lot of local exercise and hiking meetups on Meetup.com are all done by super early birds. "Let's go hiking 2 hours away! We'll rendezvous at 7:30AM!" Ugh, the world is run by morning people. They took over while we were sleeping in one morning.

Working MFP with the graveyard shift is tough, too. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be counting about my "days", either; for example, if I have a snack at 1AM on Saturday morning, but I've been up working since 7PM Friday night, do I put that as a snack for Friday or Saturday?

Boy, do I know what you mean. I work Wednesday through Sunday, 7PM to 3AM. Usually on weekdays, being a single mom, I stay up until about 7:30AM to get my son off to school, then I sleep from about 8 to 2:30 when he comes home. I'm so glad my local gym has classes in the evening, or I'd never go. It still stinks that a lot of local exercise and hiking meetups on Meetup.com are all done by super early birds. "Let's go hiking 2 hours away! We'll rendezvous at 7:30AM!" Ugh, the world is run by morning people. They took over while we were sleeping in one morning.

Working MFP with the graveyard shift is tough, too. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be counting about my "days", either; for example, if I have a snack at 1AM on Saturday morning, but I've been up working since 7PM Friday night, do I put that as a snack for Friday or Saturday?

I work 6p to 6a. I have only been on MFP for two weeks but I have been logging all of my foods by normal hours. Anything after midnight goes onto the next days calories. I think all in all, as long as you are consistent, it all balances out.

Boy, do I know what you mean. I work Wednesday through Sunday, 7PM to 3AM. Usually on weekdays, being a single mom, I stay up until about 7:30AM to get my son off to school, then I sleep from about 8 to 2:30 when he comes home. I'm so glad my local gym has classes in the evening, or I'd never go. It still stinks that a lot of local exercise and hiking meetups on Meetup.com are all done by super early birds. "Let's go hiking 2 hours away! We'll rendezvous at 7:30AM!" Ugh, the world is run by morning people. They took over while we were sleeping in one morning.

Working MFP with the graveyard shift is tough, too. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be counting about my "days", either; for example, if I have a snack at 1AM on Saturday morning, but I've been up working since 7PM Friday night, do I put that as a snack for Friday or Saturday?

I HAVE A FRIEND ON HERE PEACHNPUNKIN WHO IS A NURSE AND WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFTS
SHE HAS HER DIARY SETUP IN MILITARY TIME.. I THINK HER DIARY IS OPEN
YOU CAN ALSO VIEW MINE, I HAVE MINE SETUP BASICALY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT :bigsmile:

Boy, do I know what you mean. I work Wednesday through Sunday, 7PM to 3AM. Usually on weekdays, being a single mom, I stay up until about 7:30AM to get my son off to school, then I sleep from about 8 to 2:30 when he comes home. I'm so glad my local gym has classes in the evening, or I'd never go. It still stinks that a lot of local exercise and hiking meetups on Meetup.com are all done by super early birds. "Let's go hiking 2 hours away! We'll rendezvous at 7:30AM!" Ugh, the world is run by morning people. They took over while we were sleeping in one morning.

Working MFP with the graveyard shift is tough, too. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be counting about my "days", either; for example, if I have a snack at 1AM on Saturday morning, but I've been up working since 7PM Friday night, do I put that as a snack for Friday or Saturday?

I HAVE A FRIEND ON HERE PEACHNPUNKIN WHO IS A NURSE AND WORKS THE NIGHT SHIFTS
SHE HAS HER DIARY SETUP IN MILITARY TIME.. I THINK HER DIARY IS OPEN
YOU CAN ALSO VIEW MINE, I HAVE MINE SETUP BASICALY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT :bigsmile:

I like the idea of setting it up midnight to midnight. That never even occurred to me.

I run my diary midnight to midnight as well. (don't think I labeled it so.) I work 23:00 to 0700 (or 0730 if there is carry over) as well. It is hard to get / Keep routine but I have many alarms set on my ipod touch to keep me on schedule. unfortunately the world is run by daylight dwellers who are out to make me fail.

I also work 11:00 pm to 7:30 am and have worked the night shift for 20 years now and to be honest you never get used to it...i havent anyway. I schedule my meals every two hours. So i eat at 10:30 pm, 1:00 am, 3:30am, 6:00 am, then workout right after work at 7:30 am, have my post workout drink at about 8:30, and squeeze one last meal in at around 9:30. Then i try to get up around 5:00 pm have some oatmeal and whey, do cardio and i usually try to get an hour or two nap before i get up and start all over again. On weekends I just reverse all the times.

My fiance is a security guard and is frequently working graveyards. Basically he just eats smaller meals every 3-4 hours and/or as his break allots. If he gets home at 7-8AM, he'll have breakfast with us.