Night shifters...help

amc119
amc119 Posts: 71 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Nightshifters, how do you keep from going over your calories? For example, I'm up all day today, then I work until 7am, nap, back at it 7p-7a. Days 2 and 3 aren't hard because I'm sleeping like a normal person but the first day I'm up close to 24 hrs! How do you do it?
Also, if you work overnights like i do, when do you cut off calories for one day and go to the next? Just wondering as I'm a permanent night shift girl (by choice) so I'm going to have to figure it out sooner or later!

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  • amc119
    amc119 Posts: 71 Member
    No night people? Anywhere?
  • halleymw
    halleymw Posts: 246 Member
    If you are staying up more than the usual time, say 20 hours instead of 16, you are burning more calories than if you are sleeping, So when i change over to the night shift, I allow myself a few more calories on that day. So I would not worry about going over calories a little on that day. How much you would go over is up to you, I don't know if there is any formula that would help in this situation, but I would say 10 to 15 % over would not be unreasonable. That would be my SWAG (scientific wild A## Guess.
    Mike
  • scubachick2287
    scubachick2287 Posts: 57 Member
    I argee. When I work nights I am awake almost 24 hours sometimes and I find myself starving on 1200 cals. I just allow myself a little extra so I don't totally binge. I track my calories from midnight to midnight..just easier that way.
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