Jan 22, 2009 11:08 PM GMT
IN the course of a six-day work week, I work three different shifts: 8am to 4pm, 2pm to 10pm and midnight to 8am.
If I only worked the daytime shift or even worked any of the others more regularly, it'd be easy to stick to a regular eating schedule, but my meal schedule is upside down -- can't really have oatmeal or yogurt when i get in to work at midnight nor is it that easy to have 'dinner' when i get home at 10am on the weekends (esp since around 6am i make a beeline to starbucks for coffee and a sugary scone so i can stay awake the last couple hours). Not to mention it's tough not to snack in the middle of the night.
Anyone else here work odd hours and how do you manage to still keep your eating structured and not just eat junk on the odd shifts?
If I only worked the daytime shift or even worked any of the others more regularly, it'd be easy to stick to a regular eating schedule, but my meal schedule is upside down -- can't really have oatmeal or yogurt when i get in to work at midnight nor is it that easy to have 'dinner' when i get home at 10am on the weekends (esp since around 6am i make a beeline to starbucks for coffee and a sugary scone so i can stay awake the last couple hours). Not to mention it's tough not to snack in the middle of the night.
Anyone else here work odd hours and how do you manage to still keep your eating structured and not just eat junk on the odd shifts?